New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-28
CITIZENS TO NAME FITCH.
A STRONG SENTIMENT FOR HIM IN THE UNION
az sIGS ArI,REs

A STRONG SENTIMENT FOR HIM IN THE UNION
THE WORK OF GETTING SIGNATURES.
The Executive Committee Of the Citizens I'm
ion began in earnest Yesterday the making up
Of the independent tickets which 1t will place
before the voters on November z For over
two hours at their downtown headquarters al
No. 80 Nassau-st. the members OF the COM
mittee considered and discussed the names OF
many men as possible nominees OF the Citizcns
Union, but. so far could be ascertained, no
selections were made. At the end OF the meet
ing no information was given out 10 press rep
resentatves but it Is understood that strong
sentiment was displayed for Ashbel r. F'i'ch as
the Unions candidate for the ControlIership
The favorable record that Mr.. Fitch has maze
during his incumbency Of the office. and the
Endorsements which he has recently received
from influential and representative bankers ana
fnancieys Of the city. carried much weight WIN
the committee. and ii Is more than proDapie
that during the next day or two Mr. F1tcn VIII
be formally announced as the choice OF tne
Citizens Union for Controller. The committee
will meet every day this week, and VIII en-
deavor to complete It's tickets by thursday or
Friday at the latest.
James w. Pryor, behalf OF the sub-com-
mittee on certificates of nomination. laid various
recommendations before tine Executive Com
mittee as TO the methods to be adopted in ODD
tanning the signatures necessary Tor legaiiZins
the independent nominations. According TO the
report of the subcommittee. Its members nave
found serious difficulties in the making or pre-
liminary arrangements for the filing OF nomina-
tions because the professional politicians who
framed the election laws have done all In their
power to impede independent nominations.
There is no mention. for one thing OF the mem
DDS necessary for the nomination Of municipal
officers to be elected by any area less than that
Of the whole city. with the exception OF those
selected by wards. which have no part IN tne
Citizens campaign AS Aldermen will be elect
ed from Assembly districts II has been assumed
by the committee that five hundred signatures
the requisite number for Assembymen, VIII be
a sufficient number for the nominees for Alder
men. For coroners, who are elected ny
boroughs no provision has been made by the
law. but in order TO obviate the possibility OK
any complications arising the Citizens Union.
in the case OF coroners. in that OF all other
candidates, with the exception OF Aldermen,
will have appended two thousand signatures.
Since an affidavit must accompany each sigma
ture made before notary public, the nechan-
ical labor involved Is an indication OF the ain
cultes placed in the way OF independent nomi-
nations. While there is nothing in the law that
prohibits the grouping OF all nominations on
one certificate. II has been found that in order
to keep matters straight and comply with the
details Of the law IT will be best to have hve
separate tickets Of nomination. The Mayor.
Comptroller and President OF the Council VIII he
grouped together on one. county officers on an
other borough candidates. comprising the Presi-
dent Of the Borough and the coroners on the
third and Members OF Council and Aldermen on
the remaining two. To facilitate as far as pos
sible the labor Of obtaining the necessary sig
natures on October j, u and the committee
will arrange to have notares public at each AS
sembly district headquarters and other places
the situations of which will be announced dur
ing the next few days.
Those present at yesterdays meeting were
James g. Reynolds. J. Kennedy Tod. John c.
clark. Henry II. Kunhardt, George Tombeson
John Frankenheimer. Charles G. Nadal James
w Pryor. Richard Watson Glider. William NJ
Kingsley William Jay sch!enelin. John b
Pine and Henry White.