The herald., 1897-10-14
In the Georgeite Ticket at
New York
TECHNICAL OBJECTION MADE
TO PUTTING LOWS NAME ON
OFFICIAL BALLOTS
George Knows He Can Beat Van Wyck
and Tracy, and Hopes to Beat
Low Also
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13-The process OF
lining up for the municipal election OF
Nov % is progressing steadily, though
not without an occasional jolt or jerk.
A gap still exists in the place where
there should be a candidate for the
office of comptroller ON the Jeffersonian
Democratic or Georgeite ticket. Col.
Waring having declined. the nomination
in letter so timed as to give the man
ayers opportunity to fix definitely upon
another candidate without undue haste,
it remains to be decided whether the
name of eX-Postmaster Charles w.
Day ton shall be substituted.
Mr.. Dayton late tonght informed the
chairman Of the George campaign COM
mittee that he would accept the nominal
ton of comptroller on the Henry George
ticket. He will probably be nominated
tomorrow by the George committee, and
an effort will be made to withdraw
Charles S. Fairchild, Citizens Union
candidate for comptroller, and substi-
didate for two parties.
The protest against the Citizens Union
ticket being given a place upon the
official ballot is SO drawn that almost
any line of attack may be based upon It,
The probability, however, is that the
petitioner will seek to establish that the
signatures to the petition which make
Seth Low and his conferees candidates
for office in the eyes of the law are not
genuine and that they were not prop
erly attested, the ground being taken
that each signature should have been
attested to by a notary instead of, as
was done, in "blocks of twenty five
This latter plan was followed to save
expense, and because signatures were
collected upon sheets headed by the pc
tition and lined for twenty five names
The issue will be tried before the board
of police commissioners tomorrow
In an interview regarding what he
proposed to do If elected mayor OF
Greater New York, Henry George said
today: II will execute the excise law
according to my Interpretation of the
law, but will tell you frankly what
think about excise. l think it is an in
Justice ana a II dDSufulty anu all tOtdl-
ly opposed to the existence of any ex-
else law whatever
THAT / can defeat both Van Wyck
and Tracy 1 do not feel the slightest
doubt. In my Ipinion the issue is solely
between Mr.. Low and myself. 1 think
I shall beat him."
A letter addressed, to Gen. Tracy from
Secretary Cornelius N. Bliss, in Wash
ington, bearing on the present CAM
paign, was made public tonight. In the
letter Secretary Bliss says: II am most
heartily in accord with those who are
working for your election to the mayor
atty of Greater New York"
THE STRAW BALLOTS
NEW YORK, Oct. 13-The Journal
and. Advertisers poll of the Mayoralty
preferences Of Greater New York vot
ers includes 24S,95S names. Van Wyck,
Tammany, has 79040 votes: Henry
George, Jeffersonian Democrat, 1862:
Seth Low, Citizens Union, 54,S90; Gen.
Tracy, Republican, 1886.
The Evening Telegram has made a
careful canvass of flfty-two representa-
tive election districts in twenty-nine OF
the thirty-five assembly districts in the
territory which constitutes the present
city of New York. OF 3640 voters, 1885
declared that they would vote for Van
Wyck. Seth Low was the choice of
92S, Gen. Tracy of S75 and Henry George
of 661.