The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-14
ANOTHER SHOCK FOR CTS.
WALTER b. ITTERBURY FORMALLY
REPUDLATES lows CANDIDACY.

Leader or the E~psbicnn Forces In y Great
riroohiyn stronghold. To Deci,ues to ne
Labelled with the Tag or tho CIts-Low to
Ne Named In Advance or tho Convention.
The Worth-Low camp in Brooklyn received
another bad shock yesterday, and 1t proved even
moro domoralizing to the advocates OF tho
Citizens Union candidate than City Works
Theodore Il. Willis's pronunciamcnto on Thurs
day. Walter B. Attcrbury, the recognized leader
of the Republican forces in tho Twcnty-third
ward-which cast nearly 10000 votes for Nc
Kinloy-after a conference with Mr.. Willis, Con-
gresham Francis II. Wilson. Congressman
Denis NJ, Hurley. Tax Collector Appleton. and
other well.known Republican leaders. came out
in q formal statement, fatty ropudiating MIR.
Low as a candidate worthy OF the support of
organized Republicans. This Is Mr.. Atterbury's
statement:
II had intended to remain silent while in
situations have been diligently circulated in
Democratic papers that l Intended to mislead
and betray my political friends In tho ward
which has complimcntea me with honorary
offices many times In the past. The history
OF politics in the Twcnty-third ward during
the past three years should give the lie to
such suspicious. / am whore 1 have always
been, with the people OF our ward, and what
they want 1 want as long as / remain their
executive member and represent them In tho
General Committee. During the past month
or 30 every one has been crying. Low. Low
and / became infected with the thought that
no one but Low should or could be nominated.
At q meeting arranged for by my close political
friends, months ago, and which declared loudly
for Low, I kept silent. but acquiesced in tho
general sentiment. Nevertheless, / felt in my
heart then. and feel now, that Seth Low Is not O
Republican, but q FREQ trader.
''Some time ago / was asked by a most distin-
guished citizen Of this city. and a man whom I
would gladly go out Of my way to serve, IL L
would lead a Seth Low movement. 1 declined
because I knew my heart would not DO in the
work. My friends will remember that l thought
consolidation II political mistake, that is,
as far as tho interests of the Republican
party were concerned, and I publicly said so.
Now. we are face to face with the crisis on party
Of LOCO. 600 people with a Democratic city Of
100000. This has given a small body OF men
f tho 1ppUdit of tHo u Re nSiSblI anu party rs and Mpt say c'f in
effect, Nominate the man we name, or we will
.HSs the great party Of Fremont, of Lincoln,
and of Blaine. the party that has Just been in
dorsed by the people Of this country. by over
whclming majorities in most OF the States, come
to such q pass that 1t is to be held up. as it were.
and made to 20 down on it's kneesf 1t may be
that the nomination of ssth Low is the best
ono man in the Republican party NJ to nomi.
Kill him off before the meeting of the Republic
can Convention; but don't bully the great Re-
Tin the bottom of my heart I think Mayor
Strong will make a more more popular Gandidate
that ConEress%an Wilson thinks So. too. 'I4e cam.
not feel that the man VINO, Jointly with a gentle
man now deceased. defeated James g. Blaine
signed from the Republican party in 1888 be-
cause he could not support Benjamin Harrison.
wsrd want I am for. and always win be-
great %st sisnihoants in n'i political I c% irsssa'f He as has as
long been the undisputed manager in the strong
ing to q positive statement made by Congress
man man. Wils on p is President Mekinley's first
1t is also understood that Congressman Ben
nett. Congressman Fisher, and Naval Officer
horents Of County CLERK worth in ali his fac
tional squabbles. have notified him that. he
S Ssps;s,s any n b lGn ao,;cS count ,n r.e on their ,d tS ssPmGo oroI II he Q
M; Willis had this to say in regard to his
by every influential slalwart Republican in
Gratis and by some Republicans who act with the
Democrats, more frequently than with the Re-
Mayor Wurster contributed to the discussion
by giving Mayor Strong this send-off:
did ADMIT ad@in strait mas H E,g may Ns have o made q sp %is.
takes, but ali men do that. lie has tried to give
those who voted for him would hesitate to put a
Tammany man in the chair Of the Greater New
York II he were a candidate. Brooklyn is indebt-
d to Mayor Strong for two things. He could
have prevented us from getting s.. 600. 900 for
new schools by vetoing the bill. I went to him
and explained tho needs of the city in that re-
spect and he approved the bill. Another thing
he did for Brooklyn was to help to pass the free
bridge bill and to approve OF 1t when 1t came
before him. Mayor Strong has always stood for
the right"
The recognized bosses of the Citizens Union
movement are still on their vacation, and only
Secretary John C. Clark could be found yester-
day to reply to the suggestion of President
and Messrs. Willis and Atterbury, the Brook.
Ign Republican leaders, that a conference should
he had by the Cts and the Republicans relative
to the nomination of a union ticket against
Tammany. II Mr.. Clark is to hav. his way in
the management Of the affairs of the Union IL
will 20 on and nominate Seth Low for Mayor in
advance of the Republican City Convention.
He'said. among other things:
1T is entirely too late to discuss the posi-
bility OF conferences, or to discuss the question
Of whether the principle of municipal admins
tration is involved in national politics or nf-
fected by it. Mr.. Lauterbach denounced us,
and declared that the Republican organization
would have nothing to do with our movement.
This declaration of the machine never has been
withdrawn. MI. Quigg, in fact, has carried out
the intention of that declaration, by fixing the
date for thdRepublican City Convention so late
that we have no choice under the law except to
nominate previous TO it."