Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-15
GREATER NEW YORK POLITICS
A Situation in the Metropolis That is
Decidedly Mixed.
Candidates Whose Personality and
the Variety of Whose Platforms
Should Give Every Voter a
Chance to Express His Senti-
ments - Yesterdays Develop
mentS in the Field.

New York, October 1.-THE princi-
pal political events or the day were
former Postmaster Charles w. Day
toms acceptance of the nomination
for comptroller on the Henry George
ticket; Mayor Strongs first speech
for Seth Low, in which he resented the
interference of the national admins
tration in the Greater New York cam
paign, and Tammany Halls ratifica-
ton meeting, which was neither 50
| we'll attended nor so enthusiastic as
the leaders had hoped it would be.
The Citizens Union is holding nu-
| merous meetings and Henry George
is about to 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 nearly 100000 major
| ity, the national administration tried
to irttTfere in the affairs of the State
OF New York. If the foundation pTin-
clr!es OF the Republican party are SO
weak that it is necessary to have
member Ofsthe cabinet interfere in Our
| municipal affairs, the foundations have
| been knocked from under the par ~
seth Low to-day entertained Lord
Kelvin, the famous British scientist
! Tonight he addressed 5000 enthu-
siastic people at the Claremont Ave-
nue. Rink, Brooklyn
Former. Gecratoryr Of ba
Charles S. Fairchild was the principal
speaker at big Citizens Union meet
ing tonight. Former Congressman
John Dewitt Warner spoke at another
Seth Low meeting.
The executive committee of the
! German-American Reform Union to-
night formally endorsed Seth Low and
I the entire Citizens Union ticket
! The Henry George committee tonight
| issued an appeal to the public for funds
! The United Democracy, whose nominal
/ ton Henry George accepted and then
! Declined met tonight and denounced
! him. Alfred W. Cruikshank, for Mayor,
will head the United Democracy ticket.
The effort to throw out the candi-
| dates on the ticket of the Citizens
| Union by showing that the certificates
! or nomination presented to the police
! board for a place on the official ball
lot on the ground that the certificates
| were legally invalid, were unsuccessful.
| The full police board to-day decided the
! certificates were regular and should
stand.
| With the acceptance of the Jefferso-
| man DemOcracy's nomination for
| Comptroller, by ex-Postmaster Dayton.
! the tickets of the leading parties and as
! sociatiOns that will contest for the Of
fees at the municipal election next
month may be said to be complete.
| Against the statement that negotiations
are in progress for the withdrawal
! OF c. S. Fairchild from the Citizens
! Union ticket, upon which he was nomi-
mated for Comptroller, there stands the
explicit denial by Mr.. Fairchild that
such proposition has been submitted
to or entertained by him. There ceased
some time ago to be any talk of the
withdrawal of MayOralty candidates
and there is every indication that voters
will have chi0ce among Tracy. Re
publican; Van Wyck, Tammany Dem
ocrat; Low, Citizens Union; George
| Thomas Jefferson Democrat: Gleason.
anti-Tea and anti-Tiger Democrat. and
! O'Brien, United Democracy. This last
named candidate has stepped into the
! lists in consequence of Henry Georges
/ withdrawal of his acceptance
of the United Democracy's nom
ination, and will be given a place
upon the official ballot through means
CT a petition. The contest. however,
will be quadrangular rather than sect
angular, Messrs. Gleason and O'Brien
being scarcely regarded as in the run
ming
A peculiar feature of the political
situation is that while Mr. Dayton HIS
accepted the nomination for comptrol-
! Ter on the George ticket, he announces
! that he does not stand upon the plat
form of the JeffersOnian Democracy.
! The chasm thus created is bridged by
the declaration of the Georgeite man
ayers that the campaign committee
! long ago came to the conclusion that
the Office of comptroller was not
political one.
Provided the man selected for the
place on the ticket was in every way
qualified for the office the managers
say that it is not necessary that lie
4 should endorse all the planks of the
platform, and no such endorsement
had been required OF Mr.. Dayton.
Mr.. Dayton said to-day that the
issue he would make in his campaign
would be that of personal liberty YER
sus political tyranny.
The betting at the hotels up town
and in the resorts of sporting men
generally is said by the Evening
! World, which is supporting Mr..
Georges candidacy. to be as follows:
Van Wyck, 8 to 5; Low. to /:
George, to /; and Tracy, 100 to /.
One bet of 500 even was made that
Van Wyck would poll a plurality OF
$4,000.
Tammany Hall tonight ratified the
| nomination of its candidates.
This attendance at the meeting in the
wigwam was not as great as was ex-
| pected. While the hall was wei filed,
| there was crowd of several thousands
| surrounding the stands on the outside of
| the headquarters OF the regular Democra-
cy Ex-Governor Campbell. of Ohio, who
| had been invited TO speak, sent his regrets,
| as did also Col. VIM. l.. Brown. E-Mayor
| Grant. Congressman Cummings, ex-Gov-
| ernor Hauser, of Montana. and Lawson n.
! Fuller. were among those on the plat
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