The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01
GEN. TRACY CALLS TO ARMS
a LAST WORD TO ALL VOTERS VINO
WISH WE'LL TO TIE NEW CITY

no Will Ne the Next Mayor or Tammany VIII
Ruie-One or These Rssuits-Ne Other
which viii You Have land what Loyal
Republican Has Ever vstsd AEainst His
Party without bitterly ReErettinG N'
Tho Hon. BENJAMIN f.. Tracy. candidate OF the
Republicans and their sound money allies for
Mayor Of Creator Now York, issued last night
the following statement. which 10 q call to arms
for every Republican:
"on tho eve of election day 1 ask the privilege
Of addressing . few final words. hrst to Re
publioans:
IF you are in doubt which way to vote as be-
tween Mr.. Low and myself, I pray you give to
your party the benefit Of tho doubt. 1t Isl
good, safe party to stand by. Taking IL year by
year, place by place, condition by condition, 1t
10 the honest, efficient party. and you can de-
pend upon 1t that it will lose nothing Of its
character in these respects by anything that I
shall ever do.
Remember that you have never voted
against your party without coming finally to
regret It. Tho election of Cleveland by Repub-
lican votes caused the people Of this country
uncountable losses. That whole dark period of
Democratic misrule oamo about because q fow
thousand notwithstanding Republicans deserted
their party.
"In the Mayoralty election of q dozen years
ago, by precisely the same arguments that are
now being used. Republicans were in~duced-not
many. but enough-to elect . Democrat. Out Of
that election Tammany Hall was rehabilitated.
Out Of Hewitt proceeded Croker. And tho fair
promises and Misrepresentation which are
now belnR employed to turn you from the
straight path of party loyalty are Just the ones
which wero urged upon you then. II you yield
to them now, You will simplyinvito history 70
repeat itself.
IL shall receive on Tuesday, in any event,
nine-tenths Of tho normal Republican strength.
Ten-tenths would give mo o splendid plurality.
Mr.. Lows vote can by no possibility approach
the great figure by which the strength Of Reputr
lican principles will DO measured in Tuesdays
election. However highly you may regard Mr..
Low, I am conscious of no act in my life which
can lead you to believe that in tho administra-
ton of any public duty I shall DO one whit less
scrupulous than no or any other man. And in
addition I shall be Q Republican, and tho great
influence which the municipal administration
must exert In some direction will, in the event of
my election, be exerted for tho maintenance Of
tho principles which were declared at st. Louis.
Put this question to yourselves. my follow Re
publicans: Would you not rather have it sol
And to voters who have not always been
identified with the Republican party, but who
wish that the new city of New York shall start
on its great destiny creditsbly, with an honest.
efficient and businesslike administration, ]
give this assurance that I shall approach the
consideration Of every public duty solely from
the point of view Of the interest and welfare OF
the citizenship of New York.
And now, comrades and friends, q long pull. O
strong pull. and q pull oil togetheri We can
win. We should win. We must win. Work
on Tuesday as you have never worked before
for your city, your country. and your party.
Don't content yourselves simply with tho cast
ing of your own vote. Go out after the votes OF
your friends and neiGhbors. Keep at it all day
long. Take no thought of rest until the day ID
done and won. B. B. TRACY"