New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-05


FOR TIE BOSSES TO CONSIDER.
"A,reasv beatsn by their own figures is th'
verdict passed yesterday by members OF the
Committee of Fifty who had taken time go
compare the statements made on SUNDAY ny
yIeu.enan.- Governor Woodruff and Chairman
ouirp on the outcome OF the election in case
shore is four-cornered fight One mem
,er az the committee amused his companions
at conference held yesterday ny snow
ing them comparison Of the estimates
made by Messrs Woodruff and Qusg. Later
Tribune reporter secured the comparison win a
few words OF comment by way OF eucidation'
This is what the member said: Woodruff ana
Ouisg are pupils in the same school OF politics
Either they use different arithmetic or one oi
the other is slow at figures. Otherwise ther
answers To the problem which their master
asked them to solve on Sunday FOR the beneht
Of the public would have agreed more ciose9
than they did. The problem placed before 'nem
was: There are five hundred thousand voters III
the Greater New-York. General Tracy Is can
didate and Seth Low. Robert A. Van WICK ana
Henry George are also running What VIII ne
tho relative standing OF the candidates after the
votes are cast?'
"Quiggs answer is: TRACY, George. Van WICK.
Low Woodruff says: Tracy. Low. Van Wyck'
nrst place, but their amusing disagreement on
the other men gives one the impression that they
must have SUSPECTED from the wording Of the
problem that Tracy should be first. and then
worked ahead on that supposiion with little
thought that disagreement on the rest or the
sequence would cast doubt upon the correct
ness Of the first deduction. Quiggs method OF
attaining his result is a little obscure, and II Is
even impossible to make his figures tally with MS
result. Woodruffs figures are palmer, ana appar-
entity backed up by some kind OF reasoning.
Quigg puts Tracy at the top Of his list but ne
does not show that his vote Will be over one
hundred and forty thousand. That Is certainty
not q winning number and. moreover IT Is nve
thousand less than Woodruff gives Low. Neither
Woodruff nor Quisg expect that Tracy will get
any votes from outside the Republican ranks.
and Woodruff even admits that Low would nave
Is per cent Of the Republican votes, but all OF
them from outside the organization. Mr.. Wood
rufus totals for Low and Tracy are:
Tracy, IS per cent Of the Republican vote;
Low. IS per cent of the Republican vote. $4,000
National Democratic votes. and 4V,VVO German
Democratic votes.
which, then, according to Mr.. Woodruff's
calculations. is the unfying force. Low or Tracy?
Tracy cannot hold his own party together, while
Low gathers votes from all parties, and would
now have the entire Republican vote IN ADDITION non
dashed his organization into line against him.
I'm his estimate giving Tracy 10000. Low
$4,000, Van Wyck 100000 and Gleason and
George $4,000 Mr.. Woodruff does not conGder
that a share Of the Republican vote will go 10
George. AS a matter of fact, fully 1000 laborers
who voted for Mckinley will vote for George
because OF his friendship for the laboring men,
Other Republican laborers will vote for Low be-
cause they cannot swallow Georges free-trade
notions, and because they consider Tracy too
good a friend Of the corporations. This class
numbers at least five thousand. Then again
Mr. Woodruff says every enrolled Republican
will vote for Tracy. The Committee OF Fifty and
the Citizens Union already have information
proving that not less than 20 per cent of the en-
rolled Republicans will vote for Low. Revising
Mr. Woodruffs figures to correspond with
these consideration have this total: Low.
10000; Van Wyck, 10000; tracy $4,000:
George and Gleason. 5000. 1t is certain that
George will get some votes which would have
gone to Low in contest between Low. Tracy
and Van Wyck. Concede 10000 such votes TO
George, and Low Is still winner. with the pro-
cesson In this order Low. 10000; Van Wyck,
100000 Tracy $4,000: George. 10000.
Mr.. Woodruff in telling OF the lamentable de-
feats that have come upon independent move
ments made big mscalculat!on when he ig-
nored the spirit Of independence which has this
year split the old parties squarely in two and
stirred up a mighty revolution against vicious
and selfish boss domination. The bosses may
the voters can cut those wires the moment the
bosses try to attach them to the ballot-box. and
this Is the year they are going to do it,