The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-23
SETH LOW is CAUTIOUS.
Not Yet Ready to Say He Will Run
for Mayor.

The Contest in Crater New York-Mr.
His Candidacy VIII NOT Be An.
nounced Before the Middle of Septem-
Der.
New York, August 21.-The presence of
Seth Low in the city this week has had
an apparent effect to make the leaders of
the Citizens Union willing to delay his
nomination for Mayor of Greater New
York until they can be assured of support
outside their organization. Some of the
leaders have had cor situations with Mr..
Low and have been coassured of his will
ingness to be candidate, but he has
managed to make them understand that
too much haste in the announcement OF
his candidacy would cut off the support
of the Republican organization and of
other org anizations hostile to Tammany
Hall. Friends of Mr.. Low said that he
went back to Maine last night with the
understanding that his declaration of
willingness to be the candidate of the
Citizens Union would not be made pub
lie until near the middle of September
In the meantime there is to be an. effort
to have conference between a committee
VI tuS SltlLOuo OAiOd anu COllllAbUCCG
representing independent voters in Brook
Ign, Queens and Richmond counties and
the Borough of the Bronx.
When Mr.. Low came to the city from his
summer home in Maine early in the week
he was said to be greatly pleased by the
report of the Citizens Union enrolment
and the number of ballots for him which
| had been received from citizens who are
not members of the Union. He was told
| that more than one hundred and three
! Thousand voters of the Greater New York
| had declared for him, and he was urged
to make an announcement OF his willing
| ness to run as the candidate of the Citi-
Zens' Union Immediately, without wait
ing for any action by other organizations.
Such an announcements, he was told by
some of his friends in the Union, would
prevent any Republican of prominence
| and strength from consenting to. be put
forward as the Republican candidate on
a straight ticket, and the Republican Or
ganization would be compelled to indorse
the Citizens Union candidate or take the
responsibility OF aiding in Tammany
victory.
Then Mr.. Low was informed by some
of his Republican friends in Brooklyn
that, while the Republican organization
might be led by other means to make
him a union candidate, the organization
could not be coerced in the manner stated.
The attitude of the leaders of the Citizens
Union in declaring they would not have
any conference with political organiza'
ton leaders, it was said, was weakening
the support of Mr.. Low among the Re
publican friends in Brooklyn and al
hope of inducing the Republican organi
Zation to indorse his candidacy depended
upon the efforts of those friends. The
effect of the conference which Mr.. Low had
with his friends i'll Brooklyn and with
leaders of the Citizens Union was appar-
ent at meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Union which took place on
Thursday afternoon at No. " Nassau
street.
NO COMMUNICATIONS IN WRITING
1t had been expected that Mr.. Lows
acceptance of the offer of nomination
would he sent to the meeting, but no com
munication from him in writing ap-
peared. Instead of such commun1ca'
ton, there was conveyed to the executive
committee the expression of wish fol-
further delay. 1t was made plain, also
that Mr.. Low desired to have the support
of other organizations before he wrote a
letter of acceptance. 1t was said that
while Mr. Low was delighted with the
support of his candidacy which had beer
obtained by the Citizens Union in the
Borough of Manhattan, he felt that there
must be q strong call to him from indie.
pendent voters of the four, other boroughs
of the Greater New York before he could
admit publicly that he was the choice OF
his fellow-c citizens who want to divorc;
municipal issues from party politics.