The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-15
BOT SHOT FROM LEADERS
Straight-out Republicans Comment
Freely on Low.
Quigg Says He Is Republican Who
Aims to Keep the Party Out
Of Power.

New York, Sept. 15.-While the Citizens
Union leaders are disposed TO be very en-
thusiastiG over Seth Lows acceptance OF
their nomination, they are nevertheless
rather chsgrined at the very lneager praise
| It receives outside of their organization.
| The s.raight-out Republican leaders abso'
| lutely refuse to support Lows candidacy.
Lemuel z. Quigg, chairman of the New
York Republican county committee, said:
''Mr. Low explains his position clearly
| enough when he says: i am a Republican,
but - Mr. Low has always been Repub-
| licau, but he is Republican, but he
could not lend the favoring light OF his
| countenance to James q. Blaine. He is a
! Republican, but he could not bring himself
TO the support OF Ben anin Harrison. He Is
a Republican, but he felt it his duty TO re-
| sign from the party organization because, as
he said, he did not believe in protection to
| American industries. He is Republican,
but he isconspicuous only In movements TO
| put or keep the Republican party out Of
| power.
His present but is that If elected, al
though 1. Republican, he viii forget that
fact while In Office, and he actually seems
to think that there is some mysterious sort
of virtue in SO doing. Mr.. Lows pretty
plan to secure TO himself supreme power
free from all partisan obligations is
simply scheme to create, under pretense
of devotion TO the public good, purely
personal political machine.
"A for his far promises, he las already
shown that he can break them rs
fast as they are made. He said In his let
ter of June Z tina Il he would not accept the
nomination OF the Citizens Union unless IT,
could he shown that his candidacy would
be 'unif ying force among the friends OF
good government He has deliberately
violated his pledge. So soon as nesaw that
his political record and the methods EN-
pioyed by the Citizens Union to force his
candidacy upon the Republicans had ren.
dered his nomina alton impossible In our con.
vention, but that an agreement upon almost
anv other Of the prominent candidates
might easily be effected, instead OF with
drawing himself from tie stua ton to make
room for one OF these. as he was In homer
bound to do, even il he had not made 81
specific pledge he gave the word to the
politicians I'm the Citizens Union to go
ahead AID make his nomination formal
fact. The man who would do this is nota
patriot. He is a selfish egoIist. He shows
that his promises are of no account"
Frederick 5. Gibbs, member Of tie Re
publican national committee, eaid: 1T Is
the kind OF letter that any man who is
bidding for votes would write. 1t is not
a strong letter 1t furnishes n, reason why
the Republican organization shtllld noni-
nate Mr.. Low. On the contrary, there is
every reason why it should not nominate
him. His position on the excise question
in my Judgment, will drive all temperance
votes away from him, without gaining hIin
ans votes from the liquor people. 1 believe
that If all the elements opposed To Tam
many Hall should nominate him he would
still be beaten. suppose bis letter pieaSes
the Citizens Union mugwumps and Demo-
Gratis, but / don't believe single thor
oughgoing Republican who believes In
protection aud the st. Louis platform, viii
be for him.
HE says he il Republican Nv idea
of Republican 1 s man who supports his
whole parry ticket, both national and
local He has twice refused to support
the national Republican candidate, giving
as reason that ne did not beliey. in the |
protective tariff The free traders are |
tc-fHhh- III iht htipt lAltt NC W HI NC
elected, and they win be able to control !
the delegates To thu next national CON
ventioa. / should be opposed to the
nonnratioE OF any man who would not /
stand on the Republican platform. Mr.. |
Low capnot do that, and therefore his |
nonlinat:nn is Impossible. l believe that
III we nominate good ticket, headed b? !
such a man as Mr. olcott, and with the
other places assigned to men with records
as good rs his, We can elect it -