New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-24
1T Won't SUCCEED.

tarv. All the districts were repreSeh'e'' a.
nearly all the caucus members were
ether IN person or by proxy. The confereh'e
was held with closed doors ana continue -
session until after , p. m. when President |'uisR
announced the adoption Of the following res''"-
,,6n offered by himself by unanimous Fo'e,
Resolved That ,hc president be requested i,,0 'n
name of this conference 70 ask ING Ho,l ia Tnforo
Tho Honublican civ Convention for 30" ono" "'
MAJOR.
Mr. oulrg ,hereupon Forwarded the following
,orogram ,o General Trey. who IS at Saratoga
attending TO the business Of his profession;
Hon Penjnmln + Tracy. United States Hotel Sar-
S9ro been requested by the loadcrs y no Re,
r,,hir,, Organization of 'he Clty 1F7 county oi
Nc%ySrk glto- 70 AK fs {RcrnSan Ken 10 % ~ Gouy@oon or
domination FOR the ofic" of MAJOR 10 '"uV >'nt
,hi' request beg 20 ar you o., %, ii' . ~ ,r .'
cariiiacy LEMUEi =. "tl'''.
t'p To n late hour last nigh; ,tr QulRg said
tina, he had received ~ answer from General
Tracy.
In spite ~ the action of the Republican or
garlzation leaders. Senator Plat, who was seen
lac, evening 10 Castl,ton. Sta'en Island where
ne IS temporarily s1iournlrT. asserted that DIS
trct-Attoru.y Olrott. who WIS s"'c"."d q week
ago ,o head tho straight Republican ,i-Sct hal
date Mr. Patt declined I, enter rpoa any rea-
sons FOR tho chaure ~ base sanctioned by the
caucus uc,nlers of tho Republican County Com
mittec H. sld that General Tracy was r""oE-
nizcd ns on" u the foremost Republicans OF the
age. and was in every way qualified f. the I'M
por,ant Office II the General could bc induced
To- accept. Mr.. Platt believed that he could be
elected triumphanuy.
Mp OICOTTS POSITION
AT Republican Headquarters It was said yes
,c-dov ,hot the efor, 10 secure another caull-
d,,. ,or Mayor In place of MIR. Olco,t was
duo IN mart t. the dislncliudton of the latter
to enter th. field for that office. Mr. Olcott has
oII alnng cxqretr,d his preference for retain
ing his present oNlce. ard tnat some older ana
better known Republican should head the ticket
An intimate friend ~ D.5tri't-Attorney Oh
cott said yesterday that the action of the or
garizatIon leaders was taken only upon the
District Attorneys most urgent request. MT.
olcott was quoted "a saving To Mr.. PIatt when
he OicotD was insisting ''"' ~ ""N"' -
Withdrawn from ''o ''O''
hundred times ~ mar" i'' ''''"'
could for myself MI '''''' '''" - ''''
yesterday he was confident 'h"' "cH''"' i'".'
would accept the nomination. 'ho' "' "'u''
bc the candidate oi 'he "''"', "'''
omcn of Mayor and that he would DE cI'ctti.
corcrrssman Quigg said Yesterday aiter the
conference adjourned that he had no doupt
General Tracy would decide t. accept 'he
nomination. aud that In That event he "ou'u
be the first Mayor or Greater Nc"-'''N'
HOW THE UNION VIEWS IT.
..,,,,,nars of the Citizens Union the
h"'o't '' ,,,,o,. General Tracy was
PfoP'''''''' o.,,,. os arother attempt on the
'ooN'' '..,.a,ior pcnublcans To induce Seth
Joy To retire from the canvass. i"' 'NP'''-
,, with Mr. Olcott having failed SAID mem
"'' -, ,,,,i,,,o on organizations the cf-
Der OF 'he No IT., ,,,. &, ,,,,,, ~
fort To drive Mr.. Low out "i ''i' I''' ~ '" -
Ia made through General Tracy. The schehe
~ -. ,,,i ho tus, ms complete a failure as
with ir"o! "i' ,ho c.,,cral has
-. .,osidir, officer OF the Greater NcW-York