The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-19

loon are crowded. Costumes Of all sorts
md styles are seen-baggy boomers
lose-ftting knickerbockers, long skirts
hort skirts, divided skirts, almost no
skirts. And fine show these blue-eyed
Yankee girls with shapely limbs, make
lying along the smooth pavements.
Politics us now engaging the thought
Of all New York. The first Mayor of
Greater New York is to be elected. 1t
will be no small honor. The whole cor
pora ton is to be re-organized and the
patronage will be something immense.
Thirty-six miles of almost solid mason
ary-sky-scraping bu:ldings-crowded
with human beings, is no small empire
All parties have covetous eyes on the
prize. Almost nightly mass meetings
conferences and oaucuses are held. 1--WE
must make no mistake" the leaders are
saying. They are thoroughly canvassing
the situation and the strongest men will
be nominated. Already one candidate
Seth Low, president OF Columbia Col.
lege-is in the field. He is the nominee
of the Citizens Union, whose cry is re-
form and progress. Their hope is that
the Republicans will endorse Low, though
this is not at all probable. Tammany, un-
der Richard Croker, is girding up its
lions for such a fight as it has never
before made, and the betting in New
York is big odds in favor of its winning
The Citizens Union crowd is composed
almost entirely OF Republicans, Will,
the Democrats are pretty will united, So
far as the city election is concerned. but
hopelessly divided ON the money question
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The German Reform Union, which con
trolls nearly 10000 votes in New York
has declared that it win not vote for
Seth Low and that it will give united
support to the Democratic candidate. In
no case will they vote for a Republican
as that party inaugurated the very excise
law that they are now seeking to have
repealed.
1t is the opinion Of Republican leaders
that to endorse Low now would be suici-
dial to the party To be sure, with these
two allies--the Citizens Union and the
German Reform Union-gone, that party
stands little chance OF winning under
amy circumstances hut if it should now
effect a fusion with the Low forces even
what chance it has would he gone
Senator Platt, who absolutely controls
the Republican machine in New York.
den0unces the methods employed by Seth
Low and the men behind him. md de
clarcs that ii would he impossible for the
regular organization to support his can
didacy after what has occurred
Platt has recently been IN Washing
ton trying to persuade Secretary of the
Interior Cornelius ~ Bliss to resign his
portfolio and become Il candidate for
Mayor. This Mr.. Bliss declines to do.
and Mr.. Plat has declared in favor OF
District Attorney Olcott as the man
who can unite the entire Republican par
~.
Senator Plat is attempting to enlist the
aid and comfort OF the administration in
behalf of the regular organization in the
fight in Greater New York. But the Pres
ident hesitates to thrust the strong arm
of the administration into local polti-
cal quarrel, though he does not wish to
see New York turn over to the Demo
cracy.
Both the Democratic and Republi-
can parties are playing for place among
the floating voters and all names now be
ing mentioned as probable candidates
for Mayor of Greater New York are
simply put out for the purpose Of testing
their strength.
Straight tickets, headed by their strong.
est man. will he nominated by both par
ties. William =. Grace is perhaps most
strong of as the Democratic
nomin
FRED l.. MERRITT.