Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-20
Vitascope Takes Prominent Part in
New York Campaign.
FIGHT now ON IN DEADLY EARNEST
Little Prospect That Any Of the
Candidates viii Withdraw.
VAN WYCK'S ACCEPTANCE
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

NEW YORK, October 10, 1897.
The campaign in the Greater New York
may now be said to have opened in deadly
earnest. The time when any changes on
the official ballots could be made having
passed. it is apparent to all that the con-
test has settled down to four-cornered
fight between Tracy, Low. Van Wyck and
George. Hundreds of speeches are being
made nightly throughout the larger New
York district, and men are discussing poll
tics in the restaurants, the street cars, the
hotels-every place where groups of men
gather. The bitterness in the fight seems
to be focused between the followers of
Tracy and Low, on one hand. and those of
Van Wyck and George on the other. The
regular organizations are concentrating
their attacks upon the Independents. The
leaders of the republican and democratic
organizations attack each other rarely, or
never But they make up for this neglect
in the intensity and energy with which
they attack the Independents who have
broken away into the Thomas jefferson
democracy and the Citizens Union organi-
cations.
McGlynn VIII Not Speak.
Rev. DR.. McGlynn will in all probability
not take the stump for Henry George in
this campaign. His sympathies are with
ocOLSe, II lS dHuOuHC6O, DuI ne OOeS not
care to leave his church work and enter
the political arena. This will be a disap-
pointment to many who remember his bril-
liant, fireworks sort of a campaign-one of
the most picturesque of the Georgite can
vass of eleven years ago. There are two
reasons why Father McGlynn cannot be
counted upon to assist Mr.. George in this
campaign. The first reason is found in the
fact that he has only comparatively re-
Gently been restored to the full rights and
powers in the Catholic Church. This
church organization. which holds especial
ly pronounced views upon the rights of
property and vested interests, for num-
Der of years suspended Father McGlynn
leaving him without church and congre-
CATION. Though much of the bitterness en-
gendered by this movement on the part of
Archbishop Corrigan and the New York
hierarchy passed away with the coming
or Satoll, yet Father McGlynn does not
care to run the risk Of the reopening of
the whole question, and possible complica-
tions. especially when he feels he could
do little good. He is an older man by far
than he was eleven years ago, and he is
thoroughly satisfied with his work as a
priest, and desires to continue to live and
die in full accord with the faith in which
he was educated.
The other reason is that when Henry
George supported Cleveland because of the
free trade views of that President, Father
McGlynn declined to follow him. Dr. Nc
Glynn said some sharp things about George
angry about the matter. Their personal
friendship was not even interrupted. Still
the priest and the single-taxer parted po-
iitical company at that point, and it is
hardly to be expected, though it is possible,
they may appear on the same platform
again.
Two Weeks More of AgaOny.
In just two weeks from today the politi-
cal agony will be over. The borough of
Brooklyn has become for the time the bat
tie ground of the campaign, the republi-
cans, the democrats and the Citizens
Union all holding great rallies there last
night. Perry Belmont addressed rousing
meeting in the Academy of Music for Van
Wyck. There were cheers for George, how
ever, when his name was mentioned, and
these showed that ne had many admirers
in the audience. There were groans and
Kisses for Low and Tracy. which showed
that 1t was democratic gathering.
General Tracy addressed an enthusiastic
meeting at the Clermont Avenue Rink The
rink is nearly if not quite as large as the
Madison Square Garden, and it was filled
to overfiowing. If General Tracy is cor
rectly reported the following significant
passage occurs in his speech
Il did not doubt the motives of the Ciu-
zens Union or vast majority of them.
did not doubt the patriotism of their can
d1date believed they had been Influenced
by conscientious motives, and that when
they came to see how utterly homeless was
TINS struggle, with our forces divided. they
would, Tor the sake of the city. for it's in
terests as Wei as for the general interests
OF the nation, consent to unite upon some
candidate who could poll the entire vote
OF the Citizens Union and the republican
party
Does General Tracy mean that tho DIV,
sion in the republican party caused by Seth
Low candidacy insures the loss of Sthe
hight against Tamniany?
Considerable stress was laid IN 4b; -
IN
II being argued that ne did mean that ~,
struggle against Tammany was hone,sss
me general late today said that he was
nIa nm 10 .ne hopelessness of the strug-
Sie tne CitiZens Union were making and
tiat ne mac no reference to the rep,,Iar =
nominations. He believed that no u,as
suonser stroi,s.e, now than ever, and that the
contest by handsome plurality As
Low Meetings Well At,a,a.,
mr. Low also made a series of speeches
IN brooklyn. all of which were well at.
.ehoeo. The Citizens Union appear to
,'a'e cohhoence regarding the result in the
oo'"sh' Inc managers of Lows cam
pa,sh IN Kings county state that BROOKLYN
nm 'o'ooo 10 $1,000 votes, the first
ngure being the lowest estimate.
In New York Henry George and Charles
w. Dayton appear ed for the first time ,,r.or,
tne same platform in Terrace Garden Tbev
attacked bossism in the democratic nartv
with great vigor Henry George coined a
new phrase. 1t is Richard Croker the
la,!i Earl OF New York" The inciting Of a great
pohucai uprising Of laboring men and a
savage war on Tsmmany are the George
methods His party wishes to be consid-
ered the leaders of the workingman in the
campaign. The Jeffersonian Dress hursou
with THIS end In view. is hustling out cam
palsn literature at a great rate from its La
Dor department. Charles w. Dayton. who
was to have opened his personal headuuar-
ters at the Albemarle yesterday, did not
fnd rooms to his taste at that hotel. and
has secured accommodation st the Sturte-
want House. This Is some distance from
the George headquarters. but 1t is said that
arrangements have been made to keep in
touch with the Jeffersonian committee Mr.
Dayton's campaign will In some respects
differ from that of Mr.. George, and II was
thought best that he have a place of his
own whence he could direct It,
There Is an enormous pot of money being
spent In this campaign in the way of dis
play. The republicans will string Tracy
banners along Broadway and 5th avenue.
just as they were by the republican ma