The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-13
LOWS OWN CLUB DIVIDED.
SURPRISING DEVELOPMENT AMoNG
THE FoUNG REPUBLICANS.

CIn1fm E0unueTh huu Us
There is ono so-clllcd Republican organiza'
ton in Brooklyn in which tho sentiment Tor
Seth Low is supposed to be supreme almost
without n shadow of dissent. IniS ID 'ho
Young Republican Club, of.which ho was one OF
The founders and the first President. In its
eorlv history. when its banner was still unfair.
nishod with Mugwumpism, tho club was OF
commanding Influence in Republican politics
IN Rrooklyn. IL covered itself with glory in
tho Garfield campaign. Its decline dates from
tho Blaine campaign, when horace u. DeH-
ing and other friends Of MIR. Low In tho cluo
made n desperate and almost successful onort
IN turn II ovcr Tn Cleveland. Since that event.
full night, when tho membership was close on
1000, the club has been In n moribund condi-
ton and now has not an active membership OF
200. It's political activity Is now confined 10
an Endorsement Of some candidate or other
as each election rolls around, but IL docs inns
with as much ceremony and display as posi-
BILE, with n view to magnify its Importance.
A couple of weeks ago, before the strict
alignment of the contcnding political hosts there
was a meeting Of tho club with about 100 mem
bcrs present, and Low was perfunctorily in
dorsed. The true-blue Republicans in the club,
and there are some Of them thcro still, alb
sented themselves from the meeting. thus lot
ting the Low Endorsement go by default. some
thing occurred. however, on last Monday night
which shows that the friends Of Gen. Tracy are
determined to dispute tho field with the cts
Union candidate, even in tho Young Republi.
can Club. This was clearly demonstrated at a
secret meeting of the Executive and Advisory
committees Of the club on that night in the
Johnston building, to which. strangely enough,
not one Brooklyn paper made n word OF refer-
encc yesterday. The committeeman glided into
,l,o ,an,, r, t;rtnn fpr fear prOhnbly. of Mt
tract,ur the attention OF the other frequcntcrs
OF the building, and AS each entered the assist,
ant secretary. who was posted OUTSIDE, ss ,ip reiUef he.
gan, at o o'clock. fourteen of the fifteen mem
beers of the Executive Committee and fourteen
committee we're on hand. Hiram II. Steele.
who presided, at once called Tor an expression OF
opinion on Low and Tracy: some OF the com ,hh,e
mittcemcn expressed their surprise that the
question should bc confined to that narrow
field and not extended TO the entire tickets head
60 Ny PE Steele en and tenXS:Mayor schicren, who have
been nll along devoted TO Lows interests,
scented serious ri nn,o danger ing E,i in . tsisn pr ropfneS 10 tho tho
heads OF the respective tickets. The debate
which followed DIV, was sv very 7, h ,So yo anu i Rs sTs y
force." "'u' = H'
IN Mayor Schieren Is said to DO one OF the
committeeman to have admitted that many OF
the signatures on the Low petition were not
genuine and that It was In consequence OF inns
fact that he and the other members OF the Soih.
mittee Of Fifty favored the conference with the
Republican committee. ~
MIR. Low would have been the Rcpuohcah
candidate
Messrs. !schicren and Steele made It plain
that they had no interest whateyor in the sue
| cess OF Mr.. Low's!associates on the ticket, ana.
| indeed, the former said there was at least one
man on the Republican ticket ir whom Nc
Charles A. Moore, President, McKinley's clos.
| chs ,npinnpi the cauSp of Gen. Tracy anu Tlu-
died the Cts candidate in a manner which must
have been Calling 70 his %T9rsfiIPerns r., Mr. vow
hut i do not propose in this crisis to follow him
in his political fancics. He is u free trader and
trade. In the event OF Mr.. Lows election three
years would be required to recover from the
b~lighting effects which would follow NV mott.
ton. M. Moore gave "a iorcible illustration.
a notary, he said. with whom he was acqnaint-
ed, received fifteen names attached 10 the pc,
! tition, with instructions to hunt up the alleged
voters and get their signatures to the nonii-
Which he got 81. the notary succeeded in run
ming down only four OF the tiftcen. IN SIX cases
other cases the addresses were big factories in
which no trace Of the signcrs could be found.
Mr.. Moore snid, that there was no douot whnt,
ever that the Low petition rolls were paducd
throughout and that no reliance or Importance
could be attached TO them.
Mr.. Moore pointcdly criticised Mr.. Low Tor
his slurring references to Gen. Tracy and espc;;
cialy his prediction that II Tracy were slc?oe9
the adminis list 91nm Wo shf Grsa'ef u Se asse r1sk
and called on any of Mr.. Lows friends present
to contradict tiff they could, that Gen. Iracy >
d~estitute OF any scmblnncc Of subserviency 10
any outside influence and throughout merited
the praise OF the entire country.
Another committeeman spoke or Lows ref-
erence to Gartield's assassination. in hs Brook
Ign speech as probably the greatest blunder in
"Sach a 'siur.' he said, ION Senator Plat is
sure to react, and will cost Mr.; Low thousands
Ur'- .-..1 NlA hiEHin TI
the Republican party are not fooled by such
stuff as this"
hours, with the understanding that no personal
reflections OF any kind should be passed ON
a remarkable. triumph for decent politics in
such n gathering.
bcrs OF tho Executive Committee voted for
Gen. Tracy and nine for Low. The Tracy men
1eF TbS Gna[le Charles ri M Pierce, ' Frank Il. Williams ia
and james II. Walling. The Advisory Commit
toe stood 8 to u for Low. There were seventeen
in attendance at the Tracy meeting in tho
Academy and had they Nil been present, the
friends, however, were more than gratihed at
the result, having shown enthusiastically that even
the Young Republican Club hus still some true
Republican blood In its veins, and Is not wholly
devoted to the consecrated candidate of the
Cts Union. There is to be a general meeting
81 fIFh ,hG for eve, GEN. o? Tr sss" Tiii be meme re"ew ed" inc" "'
One by one the genuine Republican organiza'
tions in Brooklyn which are not controlled by
the disappointed office-seekers who have gone
over TO the Cts are coming out for Gen. Tracy.
This resolution has been adopted by the stall.
wart Republican Club of the Twenty-ifth ward
and similar action has already been taken In
nearly all the other wards: .
"phpreus, The Citizens Union having posi-
lively declared 1t TO be against their principles
to confer or enter into a deal with any political
organization; and
",Wherea$,. Having shown their insincerity
and Inconsistency to their principles by con,
Nummating u deal with tho Henry George and
National Democratic organizations, while stead
tasty refusing 10 confer or treat with the Re,
publican organization in any manner, thus
proving that the Cts have been organized fol
the main object of destroying tho Republican
organization in the State; therefore, be II
"Iicsoired, That we, tho Republican Club OF
the .Twenty-ffth. ward. in regular meeting as
semblcd, urgv all Republicans to stand Loyalty
by the organization and its nominee for Mayo!
OF Greater New York, the Hon. benjamin T.
Tracy, and that we pledge ourselves to wori
until the close OF, tho polls on election day fol
all the can6idates'nominatcd in the Republican
City Convention. held on Sept. g. and also thost
named in tho county, council, Assembly and Al
dcrmanic conventions in tho borough of Brook
lyn."