New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-25
WHY THEY WANT LOW.
OVERWHELMING TESTIMONY FROM ALL
KINDS OF MEN As TO TIE DRIFT
N HIS FAVOR.

KINDS OF MEN As TO The pHlfl
N HIS FAVOR
Henry g. Flat. dealer In oils. at No sc Pl.tt-
ST.. is not a relative Of Senator Thomas C. Plat.
although the Senator has a son who bears the
name Of Henry 3. Plat, aud is the manager or
the surety company that furnishes bonds for
liquor dealers and contractors. Mr.. Platt, or
Platt-st, Is Republican who Is going to vote
for Seth Low He said Saturday TO Tribune
reporter:
Until few days ago Was watering because
I could not lecde whether Mr. Low or General
Tracy was going to be the stronger candidate
10 beat Tanmsny with. have talked with
many Republican, acquaintance, ar ! am COLI
WINGED that the drift OF sentiment is so strongly
In favor OF Mr.. Low that he can be elected. and
am going to vote for Mr.. Low and urge all
my Republican friends to vote FOR him.
In the Colonial Club where have talked
with both Republicans and Democrats about the
municipal campaign. they arc nearly all talk
ing for Low About CO per cent OF the mem bers
Of the club will vote FOR Low, think, although
tho membership 81 the club I. equally divided
between Republicans and Democrats, and most
Of tho Republicans meet there are Low men.
I formerly was president Of the Fulton Clup.
where every day meet many acquaintance ol
luncheon. and about three quarters OF the meHi-
hers ere going 10 vote for Low. In the dis'ri0C
west OF Central Park which has become one OF
the best residence districts in the city. nine OUT
Of ten men know will vote for Low.
Lowell r. Jerome Is Republican who mas
been taking an active part In the campaign anu
making outdoor speeches for seth 10" III sew
eral districts which have been Tammany strong
ho,ds IN the rast He said to a reporter: 1T Is as
narts Of the city are TO listen TO speeches for Ar
o,r 4 few years ago " would not have ocen
safe TO go into those parts Of the city ana MAKE
speeches for an anti-Tammany candidate. ihiS
fall many men who are well known a. 10y ne. :.
Tanmany workers stand In the streets and pay
close attention ard even applaud speeches. lot
the Citizens Union ticket. some CT taen MAJ
declared openly that this Is good year 70 VOC
against the bosses. and they are ready 70 Note
eithe- for Mr. Low or for Mr.. George. whenever
they think has the best chance OF election lhey
say they want TO vote down Boss croker ana
Boss Platt at the same time
"The election is going 10 disclose the rotten
ness of the regular Republican organization en-
rolnent in the city, because the vote toi beheral
Tracy will be less than the NUMBER OF names o.i
the padded rolls In the Tventy-nfth E!eCtioh
District OF the XXVIIth Assembly District there
Is an alleged Republican enrolment or over ~
ana last fall that was the number OF voters reg
istered In the district. There viii be about foity
votes for Tracy in the district this fall
Said a well-known Democrat yesterday VINO
lives in the XIXtb Assembly pistricl. uu,
whose business Is l. real estate IN Lioei > -.
"Jt is amazing to ME how many real estate men
whom I never knew 10 vote RepuhNcan ticket
IN their lives are out for seth Low: an &c
nuainted with a number Of hideofund Iaulnlahy
democrats who have turned their backs on an
Jyvrt and the Wigwem and mean % vote for
Ioo They say that they know the city VIII
be safe in Lows hands. In neither Van we
nor George have they any COMMERCE. ray
they saw IS not IN it.
This estimate OF the drift ~ sentiment among
real estate men was ccrroborated saturday oy
prominent real estate dealer. whose acauain'-
ance Is extensive especially on tho West Side.
This man is a lifelong Republican. and lives IN
tn. x-ZIst Assembly District
"People about me are wild TOT Low ne sdlu,
They meet uptown. downtown everywhere ana
fell me they are for Low. II this thing goes on
in this v ~ a week longer Lows plurality IN me
XVIII Congress District fQuiess) VIII be sVo
Austir Norris OF Jere Johnsons well-known
real esate establishment In Llncrty-st' salu'
"Nost OF our people live In Brooklyn. and they
are for Low. They ssy, too. that brooklyn VIII
give Low great plurality"
Or. F. LEROY satterlee' - NO West Eign,
feminist. well known both es r. physician and
a Republican. has declared his intention u
vote for Seth Low. He drove to the headquar'
ter. o. the Citizens Union IN East Twenty-th'rd-
st. Saturday and said h. was willing 70 do what
he could In the way Of work for Mr.. Low, rs h.
felt confident that NJ. Low could be elected
Two lawyers and real estate agent who
were acquaintance. met at 40. I'D broadway
Saturday and compared notes.
everybody knows AIN going TO vote for
Low" said one Of the lawyers. because was
O vice-preaidcnt at the big meeting At Carnegie
HALL"
Il am for Low" said the other lawyer, be
cause want to defeat Tammany, and Low If
the only candidate who can beat Van Wyck
live In big spartment-housc where there are
forty registered voters and we have been count
ing up Low votes The only man In the house
who says he will vote for Tracy Is an organiza
ton Republican. who doesn't dare 10 say any
thing else, and half suspect he'll vote for
Low"
IT live in a little settlement up al Spuyten
Duyvil," said the real estate man, "and every
man in the settlement Is going 10 vote for Low
except one and am not that one"
z. G. Snow. jr., who has law offices at 10
Al Pne-st.. Is convinced that the XX1Xth AS
sembly District. which generally goes Eepub
lican By several thousand will this year give
Low at least thousand. The Plaza Republican
Club has indorsed Low almost unanimously
Mr.. Snow expressed the BELIEF that the city has
never before had so representative politica
meeting as that Of Thursday night at Carnegie
Hail. and the contrast between II and the ma
! chine meeting OF Wednesday at the Lenox Ly
| ceum marked enough to show concusivelS
! the difference In the sentiment OF voters. Mr
Snow estimates Mr.. Lows vote 10 be: Manhat
| tan and the Bronx. 100000: Brooklyn. ioVoO
/ Queens, 5000 and Richmond. 1000. total. 1S5,
600
! George p. Kingsbury OF No. AZ Cedar-st-. whc
| has until recently been undecided, has decided
to vote for Mr. Low. He mentions two reason'
FOR his decision. He believes that alr. 10"
stands a better chance than General Tracy II
the fight and he considered the arguments o
/ Mr. Choate and Mr.. Root at the recent Carnegie
! Hall meeting as convincing.
CITIZENS UNION WATCHERS.
A vELL-oRoANizEp FORCE TO LOOK AFTER TIL
COUNT on ELECTION MONT
The largo registration and unusual number 0
! candidates on the ballot make 1t very propaol
that the count on election night VIII be unusuaH!
protracted and difficult. The work Will be turthe
| ,ncrea,ea by the number OF candidates running oil
! tvyo or more tickets. our IF tho columns on IN
ballot will have no candidate for Chief Judge o