Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-29
TRACY GAINING.
Careful Canvass Of New York
City Shows that Fact.
Lows Chances Grow Smaller and Van
Wyck's Do Not Improve.
al the Partiss Holding Aasstings and 6snsr.
ally making vhisss Lively.
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New York, Oct 27.-President L. e.
Quigg OF the Republican city and
county commttte, today, gave out the
following statement:
THE Republican organization has
carefully canvassed the vote in every
election district Of every borough in
the city. Several assembly districts
have been canvassed twice and some
have been canvassed three times.
Each Of these repeated canvasses
shows that Tracy's strength is grow
ing and that Lows support which has
never been large, becomes small every
day.
There are only two assembly dis
tricts in New York city in which Mr.
Low will have any substantial Re-
publican support. These are the 9th
and 18th. In the 10Th he will not have
1000 votes and three-quarters of what
he does will be Democratic. That
proportion of Democratic votes to Re-
publican votes in his support holds
good in 21st, Esd, 25th, 31st and the
trans Harlem districts.
I'm all of those districts, they being
the districts out of which practically
the whole of the Low vote will be
drawn, the net effect of Mr.. Lows can
didacy will be to increase the MAORI
ties of the Republican party over Van
Wyck. Lows vote will be smaller
than Van Wyck's in each district. We
shall carry New York for Tracy by just
about the plurality over Van Wyck
which was obtained by Gov. Black,
last year, over Porter.
N Prnl,Ivcn CtIIo tiOn iS similar
to the situation in New York, but the
proportion of Democrats to Republi-
cans in Lows following will naturally
be smaller than it is here. There the
proportion will be about half and half.
The plurality for Tracy over Van
Wyck will be greater in Brooklyn than
in New York, and is likely to reach
10000.
Lows vote will lead the two great
parties. as to comparative strength in
just about their normal conditions,
and Georges vote will so reduce Van
Wycks as to give us for Tracy a first
rate plurality. On the conditions as
they exist, today, Low might have in
Brooklyn as many as 10000 or to be lib
eral, $4,000 votes.'
A large political mass meeting, the au-
from Murray Hill, Riverside Drive and
other fashionable quarters. was held in
Cooper Union. tonight, under the auspices
of the Women's Municipal League, which
Warning presided and speeches were made
by Col Warning, Mayor Strong, Seth Low,
Rev. DR.. Rainesford, Joseph H. Choate
and James c. Carter.
General Arson G. McCook, today. made
the following statement: Ever since the
great Republican meeting, last week, at
Carnegie hall, the growth of sentiment in
favor of Mr.. Low has been steadily in
creasing. My original estimate made 10
days ago, that he would receive at least
80 per cent. of the Republican vote of New
York county and at least GO per cent. of
the same vote of Kings county. has been
changed by the improved conditions. l
believe, today that 1t Is a conservative
cent. of the Republican vote will be cast
for Mr.. Low and IS per cent of the Re-
publican vote In the county of Kings"
A large mass meeting under the aus
pices of the Progressive Democratic
League OF the workngmen of New York.
representing the Democratic campaign
clubs. Silver League Bryan and Sewall
clubs, was held, this afternoon, in Cooper
Union, at which speeches in favor of Van
Wyck's candidacy were made by John ].
Donnelly Of the Bricklayers' Union, Owen
J. Kendelon and Amos ]. Cummings.
Judge Van Wyck also spoke.
THO SltlZcuS OulOH, tOudy, lSSuSu q
statement which contained the charge
that 1.-The Republican organization has
sent out orders to it's members to shout
for Tracy and vote for Van Wyck. This
report was confirmed by a prominent
member of Tammany. who stated that
Van Wyck was pledged to get about &c.
900 Republican votes.
THAT Plat and Tammany will stop al
nothing is also shown by the fact estab'
lished by reports from many districts OF
the repeated but Intellectual efforts made
by both machines to buy off Citizens
Union workers and local candidates. ant
given to the press of defections among
district chairmen."
The statement contains the further Ian
guage: "Quigg said in the papers of Oct
is. that in the first district of the 2Sd, h
had seen ia voters and found GA for Trac!
and q for Low. In that district the Cit
liens Union people have just seen 10
voters and found "a for Low and 30 TO
either one of the other candidates"