New-York tribune., 1897-09-03

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We have the honor behalf of these voters mum.
thousand. and including residents OF all the bor.
GuSnS S conpIsing ne city, to tender you the NOM
respectfully, '
JOSEPH LAROCoUE.
JOEL b. ERHARDT,
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Inc Citizens Union OF the Borough OF Manhattan.
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Inc CITIZENS Union of the Borough OF the Bronx.
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JOHN W. WEED.
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Citizens Committee of the Borough OF Queens
JOHN S. DAvENPoRT,
ERAIPH >&S MKEH
The Citizens Union OF the Borough OF Richmond.
EVIDENCES OF THE POPULAR WISH
The following letter. accompanying the nomi-
nation. was sent also to Mr.. Low:
Hon. Seth Low Northeast Harbor Naine
Dear Sir In May last a committee OF the Cit.
ZenS Union expressed to you our belief that there
was popular demand that you should become a
candidate for the office Of Mayor and asked your
accePt3nc. OF nomination for that office IL ten
stated that you required more evidence cot ot the
popular desire 10 make It seem 10 YOU to be a
public duty to become candidate. bu, that II you
were convinced that there such popular de-
sire and that your candidacy would prove a unity
in the city. you would not hesitate to accept our
nomination. and at the same time you expressed
purposes Of the Citizens Union you understood
inem pr9GeGd ng upon me basis of your letter the
means of asccrjainng the extent Of the popular
deSte lor your NOMINATION. ne results OF ms
canvass AFFORD what we regard as conclusive eyi-
dence that there IS very strong ana general de-
a. 4 candidate. Representing solely the issue OF good
city government. you Will unite voters Of all par
fcient to insure your election. A blank in the
following form was printed and widely distributed
For Mayor-seth Low. The undersigned voter.
election Of the Hon Seth Low as Mayor with a
request that signatures he returned 10 the Citizens
Inion Up - the present time lO25s3 voters. in
Guiding residents of all the boroughs have slgni-
fed their preference by signing and returning these
ballots In addition TO the above the enrolled mem-
Of the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, who
have expressed their approval OF the principles OF
the Union and authorized our Committee OF Organ
zation TO make nominations. now numbers 300.
our enrolment and the results OF the canvass nave
been classified and arranged. and are open TO your
Inspection or to that OF any one one whom you nay
has resulted in the figures above stated has been
conducted with absolute fairness ana impartlasiity
the results as nearly free from is possible
udtr m he 60 re portion OF the city as to render
it fair test Of public opinion in all localities and
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While no systematic effort has been made to Sc
cure tie signatures in Brooklyn or elsewhere. out
side the Ti Tececa upWard Of 5 sigma
lures from Brooklyn voters, ana consldersnie
total number Of voters who by signing the enroll
ment blanks and ballots OF the citizens Union haYs
10 IS i9 NH Those voters every
phase OF political opinion on National issues. but NJ
H. first Navor Of the Greater New-York, satisfied
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not for the benefit Of any political ORGANIZATION; m
AGng x Gh Of citizens Of the other
horoughs In rendering you the nomination Tor the
Mayoraltv and we ask the favor OF an early reply.
copy Of our Declaration Of PRINCIPLES and Objects
Is here"''" JAMES b. REYNOLDS.
Chairman Executive Committee.
A special meeting Of the Executive Com
m,ttco Of the Citizens Union was called last
evening at the headquarters in East Twenty
third-st. in the expectation that information OF
tho reception of the letter Of nomination by Mr..
Low would come by telegraph from John c.
Clark. only ten members Of the committee were
~ ,be meeting, however and they took no
oo,iop They were James r. Reynolds Henry
White George Tombeson. James Loeb, Charles
scrihner. John Frankenheimer, John B. Pine,
Janes W Pryor. Richard Watson Glider and
Thomas Clegg They sat in an upper room for
three hours talking over the situation When II
became apparent that they were not to hear
from Mr. Clark until morning, they went to their
homes saving that another meeting OF the COM
mittee probably would not be held until Tuesday
afternoon, the next date for regular meeting
at No. 81 Liberty-st.
COLLECTOR BIDwELLs VIEW.
Collector George r. Bidwell yesterday talked
calmly end dispassionately about the political
situation when Tribune reporter saw him IN
his office in the Custom House. He said Il
think the Republican organization Is too big and
has too much responsibility to be moved by petty
in the nomination OF a candidate
for Mayor OF the Greater New-York In my
view the availability of n candidate should be
the first consideration. We ought not to be
moved by what j. E. Reynolds or any other man
in the Citizens Union may say about US. or
about the Republican organization. We cannot