The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29
LOW II FAILS.
a Gulf OF Silence YawnG Nearer ana Nearer
fer His Hoom.

The Cts. even the bosses. see at last in what
desperate straits their cause is, and the Cam.
paign Committee is in session morning and
afternoon trying to discover some bluff to
stop Tracy" What fairly woke them up to
the real situation was the revolt OF the election
district Leadership the Fifteenth Assembly dis.
trict, followed by threats from other dis
tricts. The Cts house OF cards is about ready
to fall.
The statement OF J. Kennedy Tod. Treus.
urcr Of the Cit machine, issued on Wedncs-
day, that the Cts needed no moro contribu-
tions. as they had more money now than they
could spend-a device that originated in the
mammo brain of Arson Ii. ok proved
To he yesterday a regular boomerang. John Is.
Pine, who bosses the district leaders, has been
more than spartng in the money he sent to
them. As a direct consequence OF this there
is not n district leader in Manhattan or Bronx
who has not uuid out money from his own
pocket ever since the campaign began. When
ever they have asked to be reimbursed they
have been put of with the excuse that tho
before tho campaign was over the leaders
would get back every cent they had expended.
All day yesterday they bcsicgcd the Cits'
headquarters in the hope OF seeing some Of that
surplus money. They did not see any OF it and
their Srumhlingo, and complaining increased
100 per cent. Then some OF them made state
mcuts that were not at all comforting 10 the
bosses, and as a result before the afternoon was
rcry old a state Of seIni-panic prevailed through
Yesterday tho great McCook produced a
i,tatoInent thnt II leading dry goods merchants
had indorsCd Low. In The list that was given
out names of thirteen men were given AS NOM
bGrs OF firms. Al the Other names We're of
firms and corporations, and Of these fully 90
per cent. are importers aud free trado Demo.
Gratis. The hollowucss ur IL all can be shown
by one eN9Inio. In he LIT hroo Of WeTGhants is
Cooks idea being TO haze people think that
ilrm and its employees indnrsc Low. AlcCook
evidently doesn't read the papers. for on
Wednesday. evening, the evening. ,hcct of n
paper, that is howl,tnS, f1r Low published a sup
s SSsc fcm f%CTSSt T. p Ca. % rh n"G poll SInl' hs SSSSiis 81 ave. wss:
Van wyck. 1873; Tracy. 1874, Low. 1885, George, l2;
scattering. 81.
Another dodge, and one that will appeal 10
those philanthropisrs who believe in the injunc.
ton, 'But when ,thous docs aims, let not thy
lcII hand know what thy right hand dooth,' is
+" hSIt, fi?rtiytnG a'sn "G IRON nor Lo% ", OBJ MN n
the fund that was raised to relieve the distress
among the poor. The settlement calls upon the
calls him the friend OF the poor and says
that II seth had not given this sum OF IL 900
the ,poor.would have received no RELIEF that win
Ii is said that McCook blu;hed when he or.
dcrcd his press bureau 10 send out o statement
by Charles stewart Smith, published elsewhere,
about deals" The last dodge he tried yester,
day hg worked through barkhgr.l,s City: yigi-
hursL's picture at the top were sent out by that
organization 70 AS man ministers OF Greater
Sew ork, ca!line on them 10 90 GEcrything IN
best, to induce their congregations to vote Tor
Low. The letter calls on the ministers "as
men placed in official position to use all their
power TO this end.
From these methods it may be judged how
panic-stTicken the cts are. McCook is getting
ready 10 resort TO any means, no matter how
disreputablc. to get Oui z respectable vote for
Low. lie has given up all hope of ~elcrting him.
IL ho ever had any, and he has lost all hope OF
beating Tracy. FOR which no cares more than
beating TauIInuny. Before the week is out
| desertions from the Cits RANKS OF captains and
leaders in certain uptown districts where Low
thinks himself tho stFonE est