The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-11
FOR TRACY IN BROOKLYN.
REPUBIICANg WILL OPEN THE
CAMPAIGN TONIC HIT

Former mayor Schroeder 20 Preside at the mig
Ratification R1eetinE-Clta' Annex Deal
with the shepardIte Remnant Causes Dis-
nsion-Desor from the Low Ranks.
The Republican chieftains in Brooklyn. as we'll
as the rank and file of the party, have been great.
ly encouraged by the magnificent demonstra.
ton in Cooper Union on Saturday night, and tho
mastery address Of Gen. Tracy. The speech,
Republicans said, appealed with convincing
force to their consciences when contrasted with
that which Seth Low delivered in his former
homo before o select throng Of his admirers
the same night. A splendid reception is as.
sured Gen. Tracy at the real opening of tho cam
paign at the Academy OF Music in Brooklyn to.
night, and the interest will be enhanced by tho
presence Of Fred A. Schroeder, the most popu-
lar and one OF the ablest Mayors who ever
ruled that city, and by that of Senator Thurs
ton, who presided ut the last National Conven-
ton. Mr.. Schroeder will preside, and no one
doubts that his opening address will still fur
Their clarity the political atmosphere and moro
firmly cement tho Republican forces.
Tho campaign headquarters will be open
for business to-day at A. Court street, directly
opposite the City Hall. The regular Executive
Committee, the special committee of ten, two
from each Of the Congress districts. and the City
Committee Of nino will work in concert. Lieut.
Gov. Woodruff will keep his old headquarters
In the Clarendon Hotel open until election
night, with a staff OF skilled political tacticians
around him, and will aid in every way possible
In the work Of the campaign. On his return
from Nashville, whore he Is presiding to-day at
the celebration of New York day at the EXPOSE
ton, he win take Off his coat and make things
hum.
There are rumblings OF serious dissension in
the Committee of Fifty-the Cts Union Brook
lyn annex-over the dickering with the little
remnant Of Shcpardites in the makeup Of the
Brooklyn end Of the Low ticket, as we'll as over
the George.C Mclaughlin deal, and no one
would DO surprised if the whole concern col
lapsed before election day.
Ex-Asscmblyman George Z. Waldo resigned
from tho Committee OF Fifty on Saturday. and
Is now back In the Republican ranks, where he
belongs. In his letter of resignation to Chair
man John X. Creevey he says:
lam President OF the Twep y ninth Ward Republi'
can Committee. and hence. under the rules of the
Republican organization, am Chairman of the Repub-
lican campaign committee of that ward.
Since the Citizens Committee OF Fifty has oonclud-
ed to make Independents nominations and so taken .
position antagonIstic to the Republican party, l can
not, OF course, honorabiy remain in both the kepubli'
can organization aud the Citizens Coinu.ittee. and.
FIFTY.
consented to become a member of this committee
with the expectation of a union ticket being nomi.
mated by all the Anti-Tammany organizations. I
greatly deprecate the action OF the Citizens Union in
refusing to confer with tue Republican organiz alton.
since that action was considered by the party leaders
as being q direct insult TO the Republican organiZa-
tion, although personally l was dispos u TO overlook
this action and use my best efforts to secure the nom.
ination of Mr.. Low by the Republican party: notwith-
standing the action OF the Citizens Union. The party
Is a whole, however, was not willing to overlook II.
aud the result is that no uuity OF action is possible
against Tammany Hall. ana the only hope OF success
in this campo gn seems to 10 in the candidacy OF
General Tracy.
The Shepardites furnish the most ludicrous
side to the political show in Brooklyn. At the
election in 1S95 tho utter hollowness of their
claims for recognition, as u .virile politi:
cal organization was shown when Edward
NJ. Shepard. their idol, got less than 5000
votes in his race for the Mayoraity after a
most pretentious and costly campaign and with
the Brooklyn Eagle as his daily champion.
The ignominious defeat OF Mr.. Shepard drove
most OF his followers back into the regular
Democratic field, and when the present cam
paign opened all that was left OF the ship
Democracy, in brooklyn was the little Civic
Club in Montague street, and even this has
proved an unfortunate financial venture. The
so-called primaries and conventions of the
Shepardites We're merely farccs, the same
familiar faces Of the ships crew bobbing up at
each OF these gatherings, regardless o! all politi-
cal usages. The only thing which Is generally
regretted by Republicans and Democrats alike
In this campaign Is that not a single shepard
tie had the courage to take an Independent
nomination under the ship emblem SO that
their real strength could be discovered. Mr..
Shepard himself has been in Europe while the
recent interesting developments have been in
progress, and there may be n rumpus in the
Civic Club when he gets back and reviews
some Of the performances OF his lieutenants.