The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-15
LINEUP NOW COMPLETE
or tho Candidates for the Various Offices In
Greater New York.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE principal po-
litical events Of the day were former
Postmaster Charles W. Dayton's accept
ance OF the nomination for comptroller
on the Henry George ticket; Mayor
Strong's first speech for Seth Low, in
which ne resented the interference Of
the nationl administration in the Great
er New York campaign, and Tammany
Halls ratification meeting, which was
neither 80 well attended nor so enthus-
iastic as the leaders had hoped it would
be.
The Citizens Union is holding numer-
Gus meetings, and Henry George is about
70 take the stump.
Speaking at crowded Citizens Union
mass meeting tonight, Mayor Strong
made a vigorous plea for Seth Low. He
said:
when Folger ran for governor and
was defeated by barely 900 majority
the national administration tried to in
terfere in the affairs of the state. If the
foundation principles of the Republican
party are so weak that it is necessary
| 10 have a member of the ca binet inter-
| sere in our municipal affairs. the founda-
| tons have been knocked from under the
party"
| Seth Low today entertained Lord KEEL
vim, the famous British scientist. To-
! night ne addressed 5000 enthusiastic
| people at the Claremont avenue rink,
| Brooklyn. q
| Former Secretary Of the Treasury
! Charles S. Fairchild was the principal
speaker at a big Citizens Union meet
| ing tonight Former Congressman John
| Dewitt Warner spoke at anothe Seth
Low meeting.
| The executive committee of the Ger
msn-American Reform tonight formally
| Endorsed Seth Lo wand the entire Cisi-
zens' Union ticket.
! The Henry George committee tonight
issued an appeal TO the public for
funds The United Democracy. whose
! nomination Henry George accepted and
| then declined. met tonight and de-
nounced him. Alfred w. Cruickshank,
| for mayor, will head the United Democ-
! racy ticket.
The effort to throw out the candidates
on the ticket Of the Citizens Union by
| throwing out the certificates of nomina-
! ton presented 10 the police board for a
! place on the official ballot, on the ground
| that the certificates were invalid, were
unsuccessful. The full police board to-
! day decided that the certificates were
regular and should stand.
At a Seth Low melting tonight. speak
| ing from the same platform and irnmedi-
aiely after Mayor Strong, General Anson
| G. McCook handled the Mckinley ad-
ministrafion without gloves for its inter
ference in the present mayoralty fight.
He said in part:
My Republicanism is not 10 be chal-
| lenged by Senator Thurston of Nebraska
or Senator Foraker of Ohio. / don't chal-
lenge their right to come here, but 1 do
! question their propriety and their good
faith. If Senator Thurston wishes 10
teach Republican principles, let him go
20 his own state, which last year cast its
vote against the Republican candidate.
They need instructions there-we don I
in the state of New York. Applause)
''One of these gentlemen said that ev-
cry original Mckinley man would vote
for the candidate of Tom Platt. nominal
| ed at Carnegie hall. ! know of one o-ig-
mai Mckinley man yho yon't do this
General McCook concluded by saying
that he would vote against General
| Tracey.
New York, Oct. 14.-With the accept
ance of the Jeffersonian Democrsc y' s
nomination for comptroller by ex-P)zI-
master Dayton, the tickets OF the leading
! parties and associations that will con-
lest for the Offices a the municipal eiec-
ton next month may be said 20 be COM
plete. Against the statement that nego-
tiations are in progress for the with
dra1al OF c. s. Fairchiid from the Citi-
zens' Union ticket, upon ~Aica he Tss
nominated f3r comptroller. there stands
the explicit denial by NJ. Falrchild that
such a proposition has been submitted %
] or entartailai b. him