Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-02
THE CHOICE OF LOW
New York Newspapers on the Action
Of the Citizens Union.
VIGOROUS APPROVAL AND OPPOSITION
Effect on the Republican MayoraIt>
Nomination.
ENTERTAINING COMMENTS

The comments Of the New York papers
of today on the nomination of Seth Low
for mayor of Greater New York by the
| Citizens Union are varied, vigorous, con-
| Trajectory and entertaining.
The Tribune, without approving the meth
DDS adopted by the Citizens Union, favors
the Endorsement of Seth Low by the repub-
| licans. 1t says:
| Yesterdays nomination, If accepted,
makes it highly probable that the first
| mayor of Greater New York will be either
Seth Low or Tammany democrat.
whoever advises or demands a policy
| that ends in the latter result will yet be
held not only an enemy to honest municipal
| government, but the worst of enemies to
| the republican party.
| why should not the republican organ
ization indorse the nomination of Mr.. Low?
The Citizens Union may have been I'M
| reasonably suspicious and irritatingIy pre-
| cipitate. But the Brooklyn committee,
| which is said to be nearer to Mr.. Low, has
| been most considerable and open-minded and
| still exists to be a bridge of union. And
| above all, Mr.. Low himself has preserved
| an attitude through all this trying season
| that no republican can Justly criticise.
He has offended nobody's sensibilities and
| made 1t impossible for nobody to support
| him. The republican organization is as
| free, without the slightest sacrifice of self
| respect. to nominate Seth Low for what
| he himself is as If sumo rcilious young
person had ever said bitter things about
| political machines. Mr.. Low by appoint
| nient of republican governor helped to
1 draft the Greater New York charter, which
| was passed by the republican party. His
experience, mis- ability, his popularity with
| the Independent voters whose ai6 is needed
| for anti-Tammany success, all combine TO
make him man to whom the republican
convention might naturally turn. even if
| in6ana.1dant fay i'm
| Independent bodies committed to him, with
the prospect Of a Tammany mayor the
| only alternative to his election, the
publican organization will better consult
| its own interests and preserve its self
| respect by using it's opportunity than by
| concerning itself with Sights which be-
| come embarrassing only when they are
| noticed.
| Mr.. Lows nomination cannot be made
| less proper by the fact that some people
| who want him for mayor are lacking in
| consideration for the republican organiZa-
| ton. If a candidates supporters all agreed
| there would be little chance of his polling
| a large vote. The fact that thousands of
| men who are not republicans want Mr.
| Low Is an argument for his nomination
| rather than against it. The republican
| party, which is responsible for the exist
! ence of the Greater New York is account
able for its future veal or woe. 1t can
not afford to turn over three million peo-
| pie to be robbed by Tammany Hail. Better
| ruffied sensibilities than such record Bet
| ter the respect and gratitude of those three
million people for unsefish work in their
| behalf than any satisfaction of party pride.
| The present situation may be the trial of
| the republican organization, but it is also
! its opportunity"
The World approves the nomination, and
does not doubt that the republicans will
| indorse it. 1t says:
| THE conference of the republicans and
| other organizations opposed to Tammany
Hall recommended that the nominating
| conventions of the bodies which they rep
| resented be held on September 2S There
can be little doubt that they will unite in
| the nomination of Mr.. Low. He is I'M
queStionably the strongest candidate that
could be found for the allies that seek
| union as the only hope of success. He has
| been tried and not found wanting in posi-
| tons requiring great administrative abil-
| ity. He has the prime qualifications of
capacity, character and courage. And he
has the advantage, which no other man
| possesses, of 10000 citizens pledged to his
| support.
Though it might and should have been
! brought about with greater tact, the re-
| suit is propitious for the cause of good
| government in this imperial city. Mr..
| Lows candidacy will be stronger among
| independent and democratic voters because
| of his nomination by a non-partsan body"
| The Journal thinks that nomination of
| Low by the Platt machine would defile him
| and cause him to forfeit public confidence.
| 1t says:
1.-The question now is what the bosses of
| the republican machine will do. The wick
| ed Gibbs truculently declares that they will
| nominate a straight ticket, and the dplo-
matte Quigg darkly intimates the same
| thing. 1t Is to be hoped that they will. Mr..
| Low deserves better of the community than
| to go before the public wearing n Plat
collar. He could easily afford to be beaten;
| he could not afford to be elected under such
] degrading conditions.
! No man has been elected mayor of New
| DIRK since the n reDnhlicap
| Strong was elected a non-partisan. and
| proved afterward that his republicanism
was more deeply ingrained than his nom
| craftsmanship. That Is one reason for the
present unpopularity of reform movements
| The community has its eyes open now, and
1t Is quite certain that it will not let an
| other republican partisan steal into power
disguised as reformer
The threats of Quigg and Gibbs that
| their convention will nominate a third tick
et neea not alarm Mr. Low. He could ask
| votes, but he should not fall into the error
| O. confounding republican votes with a
fiatt nomi lation. Such a nomi lation might
| quite possibly do him more harm than good
| rms Is democratic city, and there are no
democratic votes to be had for ticket
designed to turn over the government of
| Greater New York to Platt
| Mr.. Low has already forfeited the CON,
| hoehce OF many democrats who are willing
TO sacrifice the interests of their own nartv
20 Wnat they regard as the good Of the
/
the service of the Easy Boss BY his an
parent readiness to dicker with Plat he
mas LED them to ask themselves whether he
Is just the sort of man they took him To he
II the secret negotiations of which they
nave heard should be capped by an omen
republican nomination of Low. the trust of
such admirers would be gone. Platt's hands
are pitch, which nobody, not even the Pres
ldent Of Columbia, can touch without being
defiled.' "enis
The Times approves the nomination and
refuses to speculate whether the Plat nv
ganization will choose humiliation or sui
The Citizens Union has now demon
strated that its independence is NOT .
transitory phase of existence, but per
manent estate. It has escaped the fate
! that usually befalls citizens reform move
ments. Their common destiny is to he
| swallowed up by one of the political par
| ties The Citizens Union, with an An.
dacity which is perfectly appropriate to it's
| strength. has set out to swallow one of the
Old parties and defeat the other It is on
| the right road - - oAA