The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-16
BROOKLYN EALFORTRACY
ALL THE REGULAE REPUBLICAN,
CLUBS DISAIoW Low.

Harmony Among tho Leaders supplemented by
Hard worL-A Hot YiEht for Tracy Ex-
pectcd In the Young Republican CIub
To.NiEht-AppenI for the Shows or War.
The Republican chieftains in Brooklyn are
putting up n hotter campaign than brooklyn
has over witnessed, and, they Will hesitate no
longer in directing their shot and shell directly
at tho consccratcd Mugwump candidate. They
are going TO show just what an ideal Chief
Magistrate Seth Low was during the four years
OF his administration in Brooklyn and what no
did not do as well ms what he did do for Brook.
lyn. There arc many pages In the record which
Mr.. Low himself would doubtless like to have
cxpungcd, but the true blue Republicans, in
Wow Of the attacks he has made on Gen. Tracy's
manhood, propose to exhibit in the full light Of
day several phases OF the personal md tyranni.
cal rule of tho young man from Columbia
Heights. who reached the Mayors chair through
the favor OF tho veteran patriot and Ropubli.
can whom he Is now attacking.
A visit to the Republican headquarters at a.
Court street yesterday demonstrated that a fast
and fierce campaign 10 under way. The big
chiefs and licutcnnnts had their coats Off in
their work on the varied do Iails of the canvass.
There was a constant demand for Tracy pic
lures and buttons, and before night the supply
was exhausted. 1t is proposed to distribute
ltO,OUO OF tHCn Wllnin II rev days., ana next
week the Republican colors will be waving
proudly from Red Hook point to the boundaries
Of the Gleason dominions. Chairman Hamburg.
the Eighth ward leader. has so far proved him
self an admirable head for the Campaign Com
mittcc.
1--WE arc all working he said, Sin perfect
harmony. not only here. but with the Campaign
Committee in New York. MIR. Low we no
longer consider rs n factor in the campaign"
Chairman W. +. Phillips OF the Finance Com.
mittec has made this appeal for substantial aid
in the struggle to the patriotic members OF tho
party:
DEAR SIR: The campaign for the election
for the election OF county officers for Kings
county. has just opened.
THE Finance Committee of tho Kings
County. Republican Campaign CommittH re-
spectfully solicits contributions from you
toward paying the Legitimate expenses Of tho
campaign, which is one of the most important,
II not the most important. that hos ever taken
place in this city and. county. Every citizen
~tlliations, is Interested in obtaining and main
tanning good government in our great city.
'Thc campaign must of necessity be short and
sharp. and must be vigorously fought from now
until the close Of the polls on election day.
hn %AlI sSa'r nmG Should Ti 81 . sS pr pTG%%RRIIiissm p s.
Phillips, Chairman, T.; o. box 269, Brooklyn, n.
". BY order of the Committee"
United states Commissioner John J. Allen.
who is rcGhrded as one of the most reliable fore
casters in Brooklyn, thus outlines the situation:
Within the past three days l have noticed n
very distinct change in feeling Oh the part OF
many who we're inclined to oppose the ticket.
b be% ena .Ie .s 7 da IN my fb asT psople sr w'i be ,~G1ehss
to sec that this municipal election will ncces-
sarily have a very important interest upon the
next national election, aud that the result on
Nov. = will have n very appreciablc bearing
upon the financial questions which are agitat-
Low would be not only a direct thrust at tho
Republican party, but u lamentablc foreboding
All the regularly organized Republican clubs
throughout the city have declared enphaticalIy
and unrcserycdly Tor Gen. Tracy, and there is
no Low sentiment Ia be found anywhere except
in the little political side shows made up for the
greater part Of disKruntled and disappointed Of.
can Club has long been regarded as one OF tho
since the Blaine campaign its influence and
membership have been on the declinc but each
year 1t manages to rise on the political horizon
By coming out in the Endorsement OF some con
sccrated candidate. This year very naturally
1t was claimed for, Seth Low, whO-was one OF its
founders and its first President. A few nights
joint meeting OF the Executive and ADVISORY
committees, and a resolution indorsing Low
the great surprise OF the admirers of the Cts
candidate, an intense opposition TO the rcsolu-
its presentation was made. Tonight the club will
meet to take action upon the resolution, and nj
though It will probably. be adopted, the cause
not lack vigorous advocacy. 1t will be shown
that even in this little solemn band OF his sup
posed chief admirers Mr.. Low is anything but
u 'unifying force"
Charles \. Moore. President OF the Montauk
Club, win be on hand tonight and champion
ten. Tracy's cause il he can possibly defer an
urgent call to n Western Citv.
Il know, he said last night, that a great
many members, will vote against this Low
resolution. such men as Judge Steele. Mr..
Schiercn and Willis l.. Ogden. who are mem
bers OF the Committee OF Fifty; have placed the
club In its present position. and many members
followed their course without due elaboration.
Thore has been Il. great change within a few
duys. however. and many members OF tho club
have come to rae and told me that there was no
reason why they should not vote for a soldier.
a patriot and statesman. like Gen. Tracy is,
against n thcorist and free trader like Seth
Low"
The Federal Republican Club. which has kept
the party standard aloft in the hide. bound Dem.
ocratic Tenth ward for the past twenty years
and which once rendered n reception 10 Gen.
Grant, held n meeting on Thursday night AZ its
clubhouse, 3i1 Union street. There were not
half n dozen abscntccs. and with n hurrah
which could no heard a block away, q resolution
was unanimously adopted indorsing Gen. Tracy
and the entire Republican ticket.