The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-26
SETH lows PLATFORM. !. Mr, ME.
Ths Use OF Personal Pronouns Discussed In
an Open Lcticr from a.snrrn a. snnu

ANNAA -
an Open letter from t!eorEe A.. snow.
An open letter to Seth Low has been pub-
Ished by George A. Snow Of East Orange. Mr..
Snow was formerly a resident Of Brooklyn, and,
as an ardent Republican and a member Of tho
hepubllcan orEaniZati n of that city, had
abundant opportun ty to learn much concerning
Seth Lows descrtion from the Republican ranks
In 1888. The first part OF the letter was written
last August, when it vas possible that the Re-
publican party might accept Mr.. Low as its
candidate. Mr.. Snow says of Mr.. Lows politics:
your usefnInoss in tho Republican party is
dead; 1t was killed by your own profc sions and
acts. a long series OF which have been made and
committed In recent years. extending from the
yenr 1884 down to the present time; and tho
egotislh and downright ignorance which you
nave displayed in your predict ms and pro-
iessions during this time on the great question
OF political economy have mover been cqunlled
by any other American citizen since the founda-
ton Of the American Union, unless II be by
your particular pet and prot6ge. Grover Clove-
land. the great American calamity breeder"
Further on the letter SAYS:
Tho Citizens Union was organized for the
sole purpose OF a PROSECUTING scheme in tho
interests Of the Mugwumps. and has about as
much stability rs The spiders web, and It's fol-
lowers arc less skilful than the crafty spider
who gave the neat invitation to the un wary fly
10 walk into his beautiful parlor. The spider
advertised his show as pretty enough to be
distrust tiiieir own scheme by Offering a small
fec and IA large amount of hypocritical per
suasion as inducements to all who will conde-
sCond, 10 sign their petition. Could they get n
crowd largo enough to put them In control of
the Government once more. they would admin
lister another dose of knockout drops to Amcri-
can industries.
How is this for a PARALLEL
GROVER CLEVELAND, SETH Low,
Free Trader. Free Trader.
Mayor Of Buffalo. Mayor OF Greater New
Governor Of y. Y. state. Governor of N. Y. state.
J r. sidcnt OF United states. President of Unltedstates,
stroycd. stroyed.
Its too transparent, though: It won't work
at this time. You will have to wait. No, no; 1t
too soon. Wait. awhile, until time has dulled
mo memories OF the people; until they have
weary. Of wcll.dGing. Then suddenly spring
your free.tradc scheme upon them, disguised in
some garb similar to the tariff-reform dodge Of
1892, and il ever you can fool them again enough
to once more experiment with FREQ trade, by
CONSUMING the industries of the country to its
sone plan disguised similarly to that Of 1891"
The preceding EXTRACTS are from tho letter
postscript dated Oct. 20 in which. referring to
Lows letter OF acceptance. he says:
wish Of those Tor Whom y; YOU SPEAK. as / undcr.
stand it, Is especially TO secure for this i'm
perial city the opportunity TO start uuon its new
the interests OF the city its supreme care This
should be restated and transposed to read
thus-in order to make the statement intellec-
tually honcst-'Thc wish OF those for whom you
speak, as l understand them. IL especially to
secure, for myself and the originntors OF the
Citizens Union scheme, this imperial city AS a
political plaything, from which to draw fat In
comes. and for me later on 10 use as q stopping
stone to higher political honors.'"
Mr.. Snow ends his letter with a recapitulation
Of Seth's use of the personal Dronoun. He says:
Your lettcr to Mr.. Charming Frothingham
contained II personal pronouns, namely, ID Is.
3 my's. and l me. Your formal letter OF accept.
anCe TO the Citizens Union contained 80 per-
sonal pronouns. namely, % is. 10 my's, 3 mes.
and l m myself. Your recent letter. denying Mayor
st rong'B statement that you would probably
withdraw from the Mayoralty contest, &C., con-
tanned 46 personal pronouns, namely, % Is, II
my's. 8 mes. and l us. Your recent speech ut
the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday,
Oct. s, 1897. as reported by the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle Of Oct. 10, 1897, contained 1877 personal
pronouns, namely. 1876 Is. 81 my's, Is mes, 2
m~ysclfs. 9 ives. and l our. Making in Nil. in
your three short, broad-minded. businessIike
letters. and one speech, bearing on the Mayor
atty campaign OF Greater New York. $40 intel
l%ectually honcst personal pronouns. namely. 202
is, 40 my's, "a me :, 3 mvselfs. 9 ives, l US,
and l our. Your degree of increase in the use
OF personal pronouns in the campaign is clearly
indicated by the following mum bers: l7-39-46
-ls7. At this rate of increase by the end of the
campaign your speeches, IL you make many, can
contain nothing but pronouns OF the first person
singular