The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10

organization. We know that immsniaVg1,s nI.Sr
s cnn na u Mi' o"ipg' declared unhesitatingly
In favor of a union of tho Itopuolchm p"uut .,, III
I'll ORGANIZATIONS opposca 10 yi,m n history be.
hind It which j have Indicate !. More than tnat,
ho represented an organization WIZ LII
fear at The r, suit Of the then coming election,
stood as a bulwark against brSertS r.u ~
s snrn carr '; at the = of Greater New York by u ma
jority of 80, 900. lApplause.l lie 0nereu INC Mp ,Sn
md cooperation OF that orEnn1Es'oo Of acquiring
good government in the CITY OF Hew ao,N.
That offer was rejected, and Why N S,S was
cation that had accomplished 30 muSn mas
not good enough for the gentlemen onstiIutinS
the Citizens association TO confer WIN. nha
MI. smith, the Chairman o. bna n,netinu TO order
In this house, undertook to give a statement
why tho Citizens Association haa refused .o
publican Organization, and he says in
Justification, When a ,o man rnbbe mas into '1 bis
s sSSSsS SSf' Il Thu i"' he b aHS the RSp%S;
lican organization of this city as one
unfit for the ,confdence or eoop Ssoafni,o or
There is no reason why there should
not have been cooperation o1ra and .ihi ph,op re,t !, our sn.
tirely with tho Citizens Union. lCries OF
"Goodl' and applause.l
Bnt IN every contest bnm nSMexsii incidents and
the deal that was made up yesterday between
the George party and the Citizens Union party.
~ Weiua ' Of nSer Citizens Union laughter and
applausel. is one of those humorous incidents.
il eHsiTe 10 Sr fe g y0t to t the eSplan nation t that f has
been made Of that event by the Citizens Union.
i is curious and interesting; In m the first imnd plaGei
to know whether the explanation given by the
Citizens Association is in all respects truthful.
OF that trans ,clion, which I will read as pub.
lishei in the Ereninp Post. It reads as follows;
1t Is supposed. mark the word supposed
I1Auphrnrl thprN ia n little dOuDt ABOUT IL
tthink i" i % .gSnshtsrI, ard MsIrI ths ssdSSs
Association has resolved to support the
county, borough and district candidates Of the
the representative OF tho George movement
without the slightest suggestion from the Citi
zens, Union TLaughter.l
breaking into the building. but we did not want
at drst to suggest 1t. 1t is suggested; They made
Union have not been asked 10 accept the plat
form of the George party. and they have not done
sc; Tiit its nominees as'y and they have accepted
them , They will continue to stand on the plat
form. &c. The Citizens Union is not invited to
supper any political organization. and has not
WHAT DO they mean By SAYING that the ci.i:
political organization : Am l mistaken in that
i len sn Th nc h, | Fsad B By %pF I1w to t ssEs e Sssn TTie.
of any party. Laughter and applau el will
accept the nomination Of any party upon any
RRict with good sovernm mt Ictries Of He is
the great American hog. and laughterl
a man advcrtiscs in a public print that he will
accept a certain thing he invites 1t. lApplause.l
Now want to read from the Hsrald Having
read that they did not know practically any,
thing about it, want to read from the Head
Laughter and applause.l Listen to what II says:
lGen. Tracy here read one of the newspaper
holds and Tom Johnson and Of the Elee with
which the Cts candidates welcomed 1t at a
meeting TO which Reynolds summoned them for
the purpose. He went onl:
THAT was the organization that was so holy
that 1t could not afford to confer with the Re.
pp niH,ehi IN the psr interests .Ur Sc" Of ppo opRo Government g In
the light Of those facts, gentlemen. l want to re-
read this official statement, to see how It com;
ports with the facts stated by the reporter OF
"'it Is supposed. says this official state.
borough, and district candidates OF. the
BY the representa,ives Of the George movement
without the slightest suggestion from the Citi.
zens' Union. and without any previous under
Think OF that statement in the face Of the re.
Port q the facts as published in the Neg FORK
Of ofF''" aoh% "h hosET T lhaasshiis IS I tho 'F ass
sca,'Sn 'h ssi. county ;ns t HsHsy wt GsSGss any P1 pfs:
vious understanding with ANYBODY connected
Ti,h or Tepresfi Gtins the S Citizens asr,s,n A IS :, isns 2
NO, certainly 1t Is not. Il the facts are as re,
ported by the reporter Of tho Herald: and he &c
was writing. about, can you believe for
a moment that the Henry. George party
nominated this ticket without knowinS that the
how can 1t be true that the nomination wds
made without any previou understanding
Contrast, that, contuct with the incident that
! happened under my own observation, ladies
and gentlemen. in this campaign; There came
a suggestion to the Republican lea ers in this
city that probably ono OF their candidates for the
county ticket could be Endorsed by. tho Henry
Gcorg. party: What was The .nsweri Quick and
"'No. sir! No candidate on the Republican
county ticket can stand on the Henry George
ticket at the same time. And yet they say thai
they are above deals.
but then there is another wrong alleged BY
the Constitution !aMsIS that anything but non,pa r
tisanship at a municipal election would be un
constitutions llaughterl. that political parties
refer to a clause in the Constitution which sep
frst and second class from state elections. ant
they rely upon the report OF the committee rec
ommending that separation. The committee sa,
icpal elections from State and national cleo
tions. to the euh that the business affair
controlled by national and state polite
| ana 10 the enu also tnat inc great ISSUE
OF national and State politics may be deter
mined upon their merits. free from tn,
disturbing and often dcmorslizing effoc
Of local contests. For this purpose !
has been necessary by II series OF amend
mcnts to rearrrnge the terms OF office and time
of elections of the Governor. State officers. Sen
ators, and municipal officers so that the cleo
tons for State officers will occur on the even
numbered years, and the elections for munich
pal officers on the odd. numbered years.
THAT is to 3 y. the object OF that Constitu
t'onal amendment WINS simply this: To separat
the times OF State elections from those of cit
elections in our larger cities. so that tn
minds OF the citizens. whether acting ii
whatever. capacity. might not be diverte
from the local issue to the general Issue, an
the general issues in State elections Nigh
not be embarrassed by local issues. The
said. One thing ut n time. Let us have cleo
tions In our greater cities one year. an
our State and national elections in anothc
year" But their is no suggestion that, poli,icu
parties were not to take part in those elections
no suggestion OF non partisanshis, no suggestio
of disintegratiOn OF polit ical parties. |
the event OF such municipal elections
and on the point that that Is the tru
intent of that constitutional amendment i refC
with tho utmost confidence to the HoI
Josep II. Choate. the President OF that cor
%vention. ,[Applause.l The question Of nor
partisanship was not considered, and 10 ,nc
involved. That IL is not is made very oleO
from, another provision Of the Goustitutio