New-York tribune., 1897-08-16
LOW FORCES RALLYING.
ATTITUDE OF WILLIS AND ATTERBURf
AROUSES THEM

CHAIRMAN OF THE BROOKLYN COMMITTEES of
FIFTY SAYS A PROPOSITION WILL BE PRE-
sENrED AT \ CONFERENCE TO NOR
ROW FOR a Low MASS MEET
ING IN THE ACADEMY.
The threatened hostility to Seth Low which
has developed in the Republican organization
since Thursday has caused unusual activity
among President Lows friends In Brooklyn
Citizens Committee OF Fifty appointed some
time ago To guard President Lows interests In
Brooklyn but as the Republicans and inde-
pendent voters seemed to be unanimously for
him there was apparently no work 10 he done
and for that reason little has been heard o. the
Committee Of Fifty.
Commissioner Theodore b. Willis and Walter
b. Atterbury by their threatened attempts to
array two Of the biggest Republican WARDS III
the city the First and Twenty-thrd. with the
anti-Low forces Of New-York city have aroused
the Low men to start movement to call atten-
ton to the strength Of the Low sentiment IN
Brooklyn The announcement is made ina,
conference will be held tomorrow evening 10
consider methods Of protest against any attempt
to send anti-Low delegates TO the city conven'
ton.
John X Creevey. chairman Of the Committee
of Fifty saws the Meeting will be held in the
directors room Of the Academy Of Music. and
that a proposition Will be presented for consd-
Grafton favoring a Low mass-meeting to be held
in the Academy OF Music before the Republican
primaries are held in September
Mr Creevey says he has every reason to know
that every ward in Brooklyn will send Low
delegates 10 the convention if the wishes or the
voters are expressed at the primaries ana AS
sembly district conventions. 1t will be easy
he saws 10 demonstrate the strength OF Presl-
dent Lows hold upon the sympathy OF Brook
lyn voters. and he thinks this should be/done IN
such a way that the Republicans VIII not dare
10 disregard the wishes of the pepole
The followers OF jacob Worth in the Repub-
Iican organization. il is asserted, are secretly
pleased with the attitude taken by Messrs AT
terbury and Willis. They believe that the Low
sentiment will hclp them to secure the support
OF many former allies Of Messrs Wills and AT
terbury if hose leaders persist in their tnreats
Of antagonism TO President Low. Many Repub-
leans who have no direct interest in the
rivalry between the County Clerk and the Com
missioner OF City Works have said that tney
will certainly follow Mr. Worth this fail II he
continues 10 he the leader Of the Low forces
through the deserion Of the Worth men
Brooklyn reporters have within three or four
days secured many interviews on the supJect OF
President Lows candidacy, and the result or
their work has been significant Yesterday Inc
Eagle" had twenty-five such interviews win
Pre- minent business men, including Repubhcans
ana Democrats. twenty tillee d'l1''" '"~''
selves in favor Of Mr. Low and only TWO re-
fused TO indorse him. Those who declared for
him were Abraham Abraham Louis liebmann
.. d. Matthews. Henry Batterman. freetorn q
Smith. A. zimmerman. Herman Fl Rotnschild
Elwin : Piper Colonel George A. Price. Cen
eral G. r Christensen. president OF the Brook
lyn Trust Company; c. T. Young, president OF
the National City Bank; Joseph w. White
Joseph Totten. Frank Bailey y. a. webster
oliver Johnson. p. ". Taylor Edward Barr
treasurer Of the Brooklyn Bridge; D. Chauncey
ex-senator william II. Reynolds. Marvin Rob
bins Leonard Moody and George f.. LoVett