The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-13
FOR THE LOW BOOM.
oUI9G AND ANTI-RoRTH REP UBLI-
CANS FALL A HALT

Ne ceaiitiou Possible. ouiEE says. n the Cite
Nominate low In Advance-In Brooklyn
Thoy Dent sec Now Thes Could Accept .
Candidate Already Nominated by HOstlies.
Local Republican leaders furnished some un-
pleasant surprises yesterday for the statesmen
who have the Low boom in charge. President
Quigg Of the New York County Committee
stated In the most positive language that q
coalition OF the Citizens Union with the Repub-
licans will be an impossibility if the Union
nominates Seth Low in advance OF the Repubh-
can City Convention.
Tho Cts managers we're perhaps prepared
for this statement OF President Quigg In view Of
his previous warning utterances on this sub
ject. They did not, however. expect the blow
which came from Brooklyn when City Works
Commissioner Theodore b. Willis issued the fol.
lowing statement for publication:
1.-THE apparent purpose of the Citizens Union
10 nominate Seth Low at a date earlier than the
meeting Of the Republican City Convention on
Sept. %, and to nominate without regard to tho 1
action Of our convention, places the Republicans !
OF Brooklyn In a very embarrassing position.
We are not for Mr.. Low as the candidate Of q |
hostile political organization, declaring in the
same breath with which they nominate him that
tho Republican party has no function to per-
form with regard to municipal affairs. We have
bNOh ioI IL LAW 10 . INcpuuilCbn hnu us Iu6 !
candidate Of the Republican party. but we shall |
be much embarrassed to vote for him in a city
convention " prior to its meeting he Is already
before tho people rs the candidate OF a hostile
body. which has nominated him, without even
offering to confer with US, and on the principle,
indeed, that municipal affairs are none of our
concern. As I understand it. this is the position
that Brooklyn Republicans have generally taken
in relation to Mr.. Lows candidacy"
Thia atatannapt A. proparnJ aftn ~ N thoro,rh
discussion Of tho situation. participated In by
Mr.. Willis, Walter r. Atterbury, Congressman
Francis II. Wilson and Denis NJ. Hurley, and
Tax Collector r. Ross Appleton. Mr.. Willis
was nominated as spokesman for the conferees.
and he confined himself to the statement print
cd above In announcing the result Of the con-
ference.
This statement of the anti-WorthR Republicans
OF Brooklyn came with stunning force to the
Citizens Union statesmen who have depended
all along on the united support Of the Repub-
Leans of Kings county for their candidate.
They saw in this declaration the possibility that
their Great great, and good friend RE County Clerk
delegation to the City Convention from Brook.
In for Low, and. worse that Worth will
Sooltfng; for he Would thus lose control Of tSss
county organization to the Willis. Wilson-At-
would stay with the organization and tho new
AhCEC ID hO uOubJ IHhL III uuIl- W OTln COulDE
nation expect 10 control the County Convention,
and are taking adygntage Of the County Clerks
President ouigR, in his talk before referred to,
ecoalitiona against the Tammany candidate for
81 am sure, though said he, that tho posi-
bility Of such q Coalition would be defeated
should Mr.. Low be nominated by the Citizens
Tsis nR R5iIsF n 70 ,hs ES sBsna. on G city Sspy sss dis3:
IONS Union and the Republican. party are OF
soeompiish%enl. i i not sF tie eom5in"ti % sn night 1t
as well not be attempted. Our organization in
tend, tom 81 ih a fsfSss &c daP Magoyy. Hal Il h, X t eisis slss;;
Union u of the same mind there ought to be no
diiftiSuiity Of concerted action, for do not be;
In the way Of that achievement. II. on tho
other hand, the one aim of the Union is to as,
certain how many votes can be secured for the
principle that municipal administration is not
involved in national politics or affected by it.
ticket subordinate to that idea, ! can see no use
OF even talking about the possibility OF union.
publicans and Citizens to Join forces. to reach
a common understanding as to the policies to be
advocated and as to the candidate TO be named.
OF every body who has any relation to the subject
to work in good faith, considerably. and with
full regard to other peoples ADVERTISEMENTS,
TO bring about such q union. ! think that anybody
Pugns anybody else's motives. who undertakes
TO DO any rough riding at all, is an enemy to
a shinP th haf When an ep the ar to sSGd F E Ssea ,bnf. I
the Citizens make a nomination without confer
ence with us. and in advance of the meeting of
our convention, we shall have to indOrse their
action-when 1t Is said that the machine poll
ticians' won't dare to do anything else-it
makes for war and not for peace"
Concerning the claim Of Secretary Clark that
the Citizens Union has received more than
10000 signatures to the petition favoring Mr..
Lows candidacy a Republican leader said yes
Experience ought to teach these enthusiastic
gentlemen that no dependence is to be placed
ON petitions. i venture to assert that more than
90 per cent. OF the candidates who have been
nominated by petition under our new Ballot
law did not get as many votes as there were
names signed to their petitions. I know this to
have been the case in u half dozen instances.
Yet the petitioners in such cases under the
the candidate nominated. They doubtless do
want him nominated. usually. however, to se-
cure the defeat OF some Other candidate. have
20 doubt that there are many signers of the
Low petition who are actuated by a desire to
secure the defeat Of the Republican candidate.
We have only to go back to 1895. whenthe vari.
GUS anti.Tammany organizations claimed a vot.
ing membership ,agRregatinR more than the
registered vote. That did not leave a vote for
the Tammany ticket, yet that ticket was sue
cessful ut the polls. II will be that
that year the Good Government clubs had a
bona fde membership Of 10000 and claimed a
voting strength greatly In excess OF that. The
Goo Coos ran a ticket and 600 votes were cast
for II. i am afraid that Mr.. Low as an indepen.
dent candidate would get an even smaller pro.
portion OF the 10000 who are alleged to have
petitioned for his nomination"