The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-29
As PLATT
HAD SAID.
General Tracy Named for
Mayor by Greater New
York Machine.
BOSS IS RIGHT ON HAND
To See That No One Forgot
to Speak His
Piece.
Worth Of Brooklyn Hooted
Not Much Time Wasted on
the Low Men by the Vic
Worth Of Brooklyn Hooted
Not Much Time Wasted on
the Low Men by the Vic
t0riOuS Majority.

NEW 4OfLh, Sept lo.-Gen. beIJd-
min F. Tracy, former secretary of the
navy, was tonight nominated by the
convention of the regular Republican
organization for mayor of Greater New
York. Seth Low, the nominee of the
citizens union, got less than so of the
34S votes cast. His name was received
by the delegates and spectators with
jeers and Kisses, and Jacob Worth, the
leader of the opposition to Senator
Platt, was cried down when he essayed
! to present Lows name. None of the
defeated Low men, however, expressed
an intention to bolt the regular ticket.
The citizens union several days ago
announced that the withdrawal of Low
was out of the question, and the Re-
publican committee at the same time
presented an Ultimatum to the effect
that Low was not acceptable to the Re-
publican organization. Negotiations
were then discontinued and were not
resumed today, although the Brooklyn
committee of fifty and the Purroy De-
mocracy, both supporting Low, made
last appeal TO the Republican leaders
in Lows behalf These organizations,
it is said, are still loyal to Low.
NEW YORK, Sept 2S.-Up to the
hour set for the assembling of the first
Republican convention for the Greater
New York municipality today in Car
| negie hall there had been no develop
! ments that threatened to overturn the
plans agreed upon at the meeting of
the district leaders last night. A pub
lshed statement that Seth Low and his
friends had been discussing the propo-
sition that Mr.. Low withdraw from
the mayoralty contest, received author
itative denial, which disposed of the
suggestion that had been made that
Lows retirement might mean the sub
stitution of some other name than Gen.
B. F. Tracy's as the Republican candi-
date for mayor
County chairman Quigg called the
convention to order at noon and intro
duced Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff as the fiYst
speaker. On motion Of Congressman
Quigg, a committee of eleven to confer
with anti-Tammany organizations was
appointed. The preliminary work of
the convention having been completed,
adjournment until p. M was moved
and carried.
While the convention took a recess
the committee on conference went into
secret session. There were also present
representatives of the Brooklyn COM
mittee of fifty and of the Purroy fac
ton.
The citizens union was not repre-
sented. Henry D. Purroy made Wig
orous speech advocating the indorse-
ment of Low Members of the BROOKLYN
committee also spoke for Low Ma
tional Committeeman Frederick s
Gibbs denounced Low as a mugwumn.
and Chairman Quigg said that the con-
vention could not consider Low. IF
the latter would withdraw from the
race, then there might be something
done. Mr.. Lows friends said that he
was in the field to stay, and after a
Wrangle for nearly three hours the
meeting adjourned without result.
The doors Of the convention hall were
opened at 7:15 o'clock, and the au1i-
torium was packed to it's utmost ca
pacity. Shortly after o'clock Senator
Platt, accompanied by Mrs Platt and
several ladies, appeared in the box i'm
mediately above the right of the plat
form. The band played Hail to the
Chief and the crowd yelled and cheer
ed until it was hoarse "Three cheers
for Platt'' were given again and again.
The senator bowed and smiled.
When the convention reassembled
Chairman Woodruff called for commit
tee reports and the committee on CON
tested seats reported in favor Of divid-
ing the vote in the First and Second
districts in Brooklyn. A Worth dele
gate moved as an amendment that tho
sitting delegates be allowed to retain
their seats.
Mr.. Woodruff instructed the secre-
a Qryy M To col fI,o,
ed districts. Jacob Worth denounced
the ruling of the chairman He spoke
OF Platt as 1.-The man who presses the
button and all obey the orders of the
button" At this point the Platt men
yelled "Sit down." but Worth kept on.
When the roll call was finished the
vote was announced at 301 to 46 against
the Worth motion. The report of the
committee was then adopted Tho
temporary officers were made per
manent officers. Lemuel E. Quigg was
unanimously elected president of the
city committee.
Edward Lauterbach, chairman of The
committee on resolutions, presented
the platform. which was adopted. TIE
platform begins:
There is one great issue before the people
at this time. 1t cannot be separated from
any political contest. 1t is the issue created
by the Chicago platform, and nothing can
be more obvious than the results of every
election, national, state or municipal, until
that platform has been formally abandoned
by the party that made 1t, must count for or
against its cdious and destructive principles
Every intelligent voter knows that if the
first mayor of the Greater New York is the
candidate Of this convention mighty I'M
pulse will be given in support of every
sound principle CT government Every in
teI-igent voter knows, the other hand,
that if the first mayor Of the Greater New
York is a Tammany Democrat, the effect
will be greatly to revive the hopes and pro-
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