The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-28
VICTORY FOR TRACY.
So MIR. Lsmual B. Qaigg Figures
1t 0at.
CITIZENS UNION TAKES ANOTHER
VIEW OF SITUATION.

Tracy Men Claim to Have Made Careful
Canvass of the City-.'shout for Tracy
and Vote for Van wyck" Declared To
Be Latest Fiat From PIatt Head
quarters.
New York, October 27.-President L. E.
Quigg of the Republican city and county
committee, today gave out the following
statement:
"The Republican organization has
carefully canvassed the vote in every
election district of every. borough in the
city.
Several assembly DISTRICTS have been
oanvassed twice and some have been can
vassed three times Each Of these repeat
ed canvassss shows that Tracy's strength
is growing and that Lows support, which
has never been large becomes email every
day. There are only two assembly dis
triots in New York city in which Mr..
Low will have any substantial. .Republi-
can support. These are the 9th and 29th.
In the 10Th he will not have 1000 votes
and three-quarters of what he does will
be Democratic. The proportion of Demo-
cratic votes to Republican votes in his
support holds good in the s1st, 23d. 25th
and 3lst and the trans-Harlem districts.
, In all of these districts, they being the
districts out of which practically the
, whole of the Low vote will be drawn,
the net effect of Mr.. Lows candidacy will
be to increase the majorities of the Re-
publican party over Van Wyck. Lows
vote will be smaller than Van Wyck's
in each district. We shall carry New
over Van Wyok which was obtained by
Gov. Black last year over Porter.
In Brooklyn the situation Is similar
to the situation in New York. but the
proportion of Democrats to Republicans
in LOWS following will naturally be
portion will be about half and half. The
, plurality for Tracy over Van Wyck will
be greater in Brooklyn than in New
York, and is likely to reach 10000.
Lows vote will lead the two great par
ties, as to comparative strength in just
about their normal conditions, and
Georges vote will reduce Van Wyck g as
to give us for Tracy first rate plurality.
On the conditions, as they exist today,
Low might have in Brooklyn as many as
\ $4,000 or, to be liberal, S5, 900 votes.
i CITIZENS UNION STATEMENT.
New York, October. 27.-The Citizens
Union today issued statement which
contained the charge that the Republi-
can organization has sent out orders TO
its members to shout for Tracy and vote
for Van Wyck. This report was con-
ftrmed by a prominent member of Tam
many, who stated that Van Wyck expect
ed to get about 3d. 600 Republican votes
"That Platt and Tammany viii stop
at nothing is also shown by the fact
established by reports from may districts
of the repeated, but Intellectual efforts
made by both machines to buy off Citi-
zens' Union workers and local candidates,
and by false statement which have been
given to the press of defections among
district chairmen.
The statement contains the futher lam
guage: "Quiggs said in the papers of
October 10th, that in the first district of
, the 23d, be had seen ia voters and found
district the Citizens Union people have
just 1872 voters and found "a for Low and
80 or either one of the other candidates -
WOMEN FOR LOW.
New York, October 27.-A large politi-
cal mass meeting, the audience being
composed mostly of women from Murry
able quarters. was held in Cooper Union
tonight under the auspices of the Woin-
ems Municipal League, which favors
Lows candidacy. Col Geo. E. Waring
fpresided and speeches were made by Col.
Waring, Mayor Strong, Seth Low, Rev
DIR. Rainsford, Joseph II. Choate and
James G. Carter.
GENERAL McCOOK'S STATEMENT.
New York, October 27.-General An
son q. McCook today made the follow
ing statement:
| Ever since the great Republican meet
ing last week at Carnegie hall, the growth
OF the sentiment in favor of MIR. Low has
been steadily increasing. My original
estimate made ten days ago that he would
receive at least so Per cent of the Repub-
lican vote of New York county, and at
least 60 per cent of the same vote of
Kings county, has been changed by the
J improved conditions I believe today
/ that it is a conservative estimate to saw
that in this county 65 per cent of the Re-
publican vote will be cast for Mr.. Low
and rs per cent of the Republican vote
r in the county of Kings"
J FAVOR OF VAN WICK.
New York, October 27-A large mass
meeting under the auspices OF the Pro-
gressive Democratic league OF the work
ingmen of New York, representing the
Democracy campaign clubs, Silver League
Bryan and Sewall clubs, was held this
afternoon in Cooper Union at which
> speeches in favor of Van Wyck's candi-
dacy were made by John j. Donnelly of
the Bricklayers' union, Owen j. Ken
delon and Amos j. Cummings. Judge
Van Wyck also spoke.
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