The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-16
eARoos $50 TO % FOR Low.
strons-LusGed s~aunbsie In which Ridder did
Up the TnmnnnI Men.

BtronG-LunGed tuunbbl0 In which Rider DID
Up the Tamnnns Men.
The German-American Reform Union. through
it's General Committee. which met In the big
auditorium OF the Grand Central Palace last
night. indorsed the city and county ticket OF tho
Citizens Union. This was not done. however, I'M
til after the liveliest sort of a tussle between the
supporters Of the Tammany ticket and Herman
Ridder and his friends, which lasted moro than
four hours. More than half Of this time It
looked as IL the advocates Of the Tammany
ticket would prevail. but at the last tho Cts
ticket was Endorsed by a vote OF 3s2 to 80.
The men who led the fGht for the Tammany
ticket were F. o. Dettmann, who used to be
one Of the Sheriff's auctioneers, and who has
been in daily communication with John G. Shee-
han. Carl l. Lewenstein. q clerk under John f.
Carroll in the Court Of General Sessions, and
jean We'll, who was accused Of looking for q
Tammany nomination.
On the roll call Dettmann responded for the
Thirty.third district delegation that 1t was
mostly for Van wyck.
"Aber nit!" shouted the delegation, and then
there were counter cheers for Seth Low and
Tammany Hall.
An effort was made to secure the Endorsement
Of George Strassner on the George ticket for
Register. 1t was not successful. Herr Tamsen
wouldn't have 1t.
one OF lRUlsen 3 deputies named Levy trleQ 10
talk in En- .itsh. This came near. pre"ipitating
q riot. The Germans shouted "Dcutscl!" at
him, and the Sergeantat-Arms had to save
Nco Fielder of tho Second district asked:
Are VIC here to sell our votes Lows party
too. thrt l believe II Tammany Hall had agreed
to give this organization tho naming of the cam
didsteq for sheriff and Register on her ticket
wc would have supported tho rammany ticket,
Mountaineering we say now It Is composed OF
De imam ridiculed Herman Rldder and
Oswald 0,tendor!cr, and asked the Germans II
they were going to permit those, men 10 vote
them one year for a Democrat and tho next for
Carl Hangl was tho first Low orator to be
"Croker and shcehan told me that tho Ger.
mans have no right TO exist as u separate polit.
i iffo,nl 2rSs1 1hn %n We XII XII s 1ioT them s on ele &c
more honorable for US. and better for our organ.
i%zation. TO lose with Low than to win with Van
rect betrayal from Low"
They are not Democratic candidates" said
he. but NJ. Cookers men. Mr.. Croker Is the
man who will benefit by their election, not the
Democracy"
Herr Tajnsen said:
"Seth low Is no Republican. He voted 70,
Grover Cleveland. The Democratic can no more
be depended on for what We want in the way Of
an excise law than the Republicans. Our only
hone is to elect INDEPENDENT candidates, like
those OF the Citizens Union"
he had tried to deal with Tammany for place.
on the ticket ....
nenLa cen on Mr. oroker. no SAID. anG
tinn from IT Hal - n,nst ;oo -
many: otherwise l can do nothing for you.
Then we saiG to him. Nominate y candidate Iol
Mayor whom We can indorse.' He replied
Tho man l name will be a regular orga
~nization man aud one whom 1 can con
troll We asked him to name Coudert
He refused. We told him we'd tax,
Fitch, or Dayton. We named ten or a dozel
men who would prove acceptable candidates
but Mr.. Croker had his own man, whom he coult
control. Ho said:
I've can name any ticket We please and I
will no elected 1t was then we declared aRains
Tammany Hall. II Tammany is beaten nov
Croker will have to go and you will DO the rea
Democratic party" lCheers.l
The vote was taken with the result alread,
announced. Then a resolution WAS adopted pro
dd o. moi q I%T an The re a% nngIGi Mn .
any district committee which does not prov
loyal to the Cts candidate.