The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-15
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N'o uoAotO tho Noto VIM aIiilouuCCu tubES
went up for Woodruff, Willis, Atterbury and tho
hurrahs for Thomas 6. Plat. The cheering was
renewed when tho formal announcement Of tho
sptiy T N s mnbo ,m MSr.n ana a, b tSstr nS, sat sppar-
The chief business of the assemblage having
been disposed Of the committees then resolved
Seth Low. the boasted "unifying force" was the
cause, Of all the ,tumult. The storm was pro-
Palmer. declaring that the action OF the Citizens
Union in putting up q candidate for, Mayor In
ttves OF the Republican City Convention, and
that snch action should not be deemed a bar to
Senator Brush h also I presented eoute1 a Pow resolu.
tion; 1t declsrsd that in case Mr., Low should
SHOULD be heartily supported.
Half a dozen other resolutions OF similar i'm
self into q bad tangle over points OF order, mo-
tions, amendments, and substitutes. Finally a
the delegates and nearly all the SPECTATORS fair.
~ wild. and { seemed that a general fight might
wina Up Mr. she B BTGefSsain Arose In and shG ,R m,as' q OF M sss
blanket over the Low boomers by a fierce assault
on the Cts candidate.
sented 70 be; Men like the twenty who. nomi.
land remind me of the three taiiors Of Tooleyy
street: They have refused 70 confer with the
Of the Vote to elect etG% their sq'c eandidpet es must GSn,t
DO drawn. The men of the Citizens Union claim
to be great men and men of intelligence, and
yet they absolutely refuse to confer with the
party that has done more for the world than
any party ever organized. lGreat cheeIingl
BENJAMIN Harrison because the platform
Ri bis Views ths RePuhS ass never PsF'y Toud dtf . not 3emo %sss
good Q ough for me TO vote, for in forty years.
party a 9y' You nS eSn' t en Rp@ah the masses os ss Of f s6e Repab.
ltcan party to support the man who twice voted
fer Grover Cleveland and AGAINST BENJAMIN
sands more votes than Seth Low. mean Fred
This Citizens Union does not dare to show
Mr.. butcher declared hat Mr.. Schroeder would
made an analysis of the eminent lights in the
Cts Committee and pronounced them for the
far as possible removed from the common people.
Make the Republicans crawl on their bellies
"Consider this question carefully. gentlemen.
Leave it to the Republican Convention to de-
eide cid ,b IN its no best Judgment who the best man is
Mr.. Worth. over and over again. made his
customary, plea foc Mr.. Low. against whom he
was the only man who could stay tho onward
march Of the Tammany Tiger.
turbulence. with no apparent ".nnifying"
breeze to soothe 1t, and finally a Low boomer was
silenced BY a general whistlins OF Marching
Capt. James Perry got a great hurrah when
he sad: There are as good men in the Repub-
lican ranks as this man who wraps his college
robes around him and expects us to humiliate
ourselves before him."
1t is no wonder this man got so many names
to, his petition. He is building a big hall for his
college students, and the host OF Tammany
names to the petition"
At this point the committee got into another
nasty snarl, but finally the main question was
most available candidate.
Theodore NJ. Williss name was first called,
and his vote in the affirmative indicated. as
The Sun foreshadowed yesterday, that the tri.
imously condescend to give their former dis
tinRuished follow townsman a mild send of In
his hopeless race for the Republican nomina-
ton.
leaders, said that he did not want a Mugwump
and free trader as his candidate for Mayor.
Before the vote was finished many delegates,
who were opposed to Low. but didn't care To
Mr.. Wieberkcr, a colored delegate from the
Twenty-sixth ward. said that he proper place
to settle the matter was In the City Con %yention,
III this fight" he said. 'is to be between
MngTumpery and Tammany Hall. Tamman
SO Indifferent were tho delegates and spec
tators to the fate OF the Low resolution that
most OF them were hurrying on before the re
suit was announced. and there were loud cries
adopted by a vote OF 15l to 80.
At midnight the meeting broke ND In Rroai
confusion. with sheriff Buttling declaiming OK
citcdly In front OF the platform on some proposed
The council cOnventions. The fnal vote wal
the squelching Of tho Buttling resolution.
The Woodruff. Willis. r-Atterbury con
tingent arc not satisfied with the drubbing they
To wipe him out at the primaries and con
v%entions.