Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-16
LACKED ENTHUSIASM
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Low in the effort to deprive him of any
republican support No intelligent person
can doubt for an instant that IL the re-
publican party can succeed in voting sub
Tracy he will be elected. The detection
from Tammany Hall to George will be
enormous, and in that situation the re-
publican party is perfectly competent to
elect It's ticket The republican ticket can
be defeated only by republican OBJECTIONS
to Low. and in that event it is not Low
who will be elected. but Van Wyck. Our
prime duty, therefore, is to prevent these
republican defections to Low il We can:
and the way to do that plainly Is to ex-
pose Low as the Tammany ally. which he
really is.''
The George Campaign.
The George campaign Is moving quietly
and steadily. They are making few predic-
lions, issuing few documents, seeming to
prefer to let the whirl Of excitement re-
garding Dayton first exhaust itself. Henry
George. however. today expressed himself
as follows: Il am well pleased with the
political situation. see by the paper that
there is trouble in Tammany. and that
Cookers name was Kissed even in his own
stronghold. 1t goes to show that the
rank and file of the democratic party are
opposed to the way in which Croker EaS
tried to force upon them candidates whom
they did not want With a big bolt from
Tammany. and the disagreement of opinion
as to the unifying force of Low, L think
the simon pure JefferSonian democracy will
stand an excellent chance IN the coming
campaign. I am willing. as I was IL the
campaign of 1856, to meet in joint discus
sion any of the real candidates for the
mayoralty. 1t would no doubt be enter
tanning to the masses to hear two or more
of the candidates in the same evening from
the same platform in short talks. l think
the committee will try to arrange meeting
for me with General Tracy, Judge Van
Wyck OF Seth Low. But it may be like it
was in 1885, that the three bona fide cand-
dates will not care to dignity the move
ment for which my name stands by meet
ing me in joint debate"
Mayor Strong came out hard and fast for
Low last night. Incidentally he took q
fling at President Mckinley. The speech
making is going along at a lively rate in
behalf of the Citizens Union candidate,
and IS about in the same vein. The only
thing new to chronicle in the Low camp is
that he has apparently given heed TO the
voice of his press agent, and has emerged
from the privacy and exclusivenesS indi-
Gated In Yesterdays letter. Today the SEN
tinels who had stood guard at the entrance
were removed, and all could see Mr.. Low
and shake his hand. He came down to the
Dig, bare front room on the first floor.
where he received all callers. For the
most part these were political workers
candidates and gentlemen with axes to
grind. Mr.. Low was especially attentive 10
strangers. He did little talking himself
and led his visitors Oh to talk, and so
learned some new things The Citizens
Union Is paying rent of rooms in nearly
every assembly district in the city for
local headquarters. In many of the dis
tricts they have large rooms. capable of
seating several hundred persons. They are
well supplied with stationery, and the walls
are covered with Autographs of Seth Low,
and altogether they afford excellent quar-
tiers for homeless man to spend the even
ing. The doors are always open, and every
passerby is free to enter.
Figures of Stntisticinns.
Campaign statisticians, the men who are
paid to juggle with figures for a month be-
fore election, are making reports and fore
casts of the results of the fight in the
Greater New York. These reports, which
are made to the campaign managers from
time to time. are compiled from political
records, from district leaders, from trade
and labor agftators and from hundred and
one other sources AS rule the ready
reckoners" are kept out of the reach of the
campaign workers, in order to be undis-
turbed and uninfluenced by the madding
crowd. At the present time the largest
vote has been figured out by the lightning
calcuiators fer the Citizens Union and
Iammany democratic candidates. They
agree only on one pof1t however and 1
that is that the total vote will be close
to $4,000 in the Greater New York The
democrats are chary of giving details. Cen
eralities and claims only are dealt in.
Seth Lows statisticians figure that he |
will poll 100000 votes. There are two men
at least at the Citizens Union headquarters
who have been making estimates of the |
strength of the various candidates They |
set great store there on the German-Ameri-
can vote. and unless 1t goes as they reckon
there will be a big discrepancy between the |
estimate and the result. The basis of the |
Citizens Union estimate is the 1O4.OO sig
natures to the petition asking for the NOM
1natlOn of Seth Low the candidate for L
mayor.
Chairman Quigg has a pair of s.atisti- |
clans at work. AS result of conference |
between the two statisticians it was an
nounced ten days ago that Gen. Tracy |
would have plurality of 5000 votes over
the second man in the race. Since the Bliss |
letter it is estimated that Gen. Tracy will |
be elected by a plurality of 15.UW
1t is now reckoned that VanWyck will |
get much of the vote that had been set |
aside for George in the first estimate. but |
that the Bliss letter and other aids to
Tracy will not only counterbalance this, but
add 10000 to Gen. Tracy's lead.
"VanWyck will be elected by 5000" re-
marked one Of the men in charge of the
city campaign after the Tammany ratifi.
cation last night. How do 1 figure 1t?
Well. practical campaigners don't usually
indulge in figures, especially at this time
1t is safe to say from district reports
though. that VanWyck will have 5000
plurality in New York county on a vote of
100000. We are told that Kings county will
give the democratic city ticket $1,000 plu-
rality. That's little high, and allowance
must be made for the anxiety of Kings
county men to make a good report. We
will have 10000 plurality in Brooklyn. how
ever. and we expect to make an even break
in the other places"
GeOrgeftes Not Giving Figures.
Nothing in the way of estimates can now
be procured at the Henry George headquar-
tiers. The speaking and buttonholing cam
paign will not begin in earnest until tomor-
row evening. The nearest that can be got
to a prediction of the result is that Henry
George will surely be elected"
An effort Is being made to induce William
Jennings Bryan to write letter in favor
of Henry George as the democratic candi-
date for mayor of Greater New York. Mr.
Bryan is being bombarded with letters and
kilograms by the Georgites to come out In
favor of the distinguished single. taxer as
the representative of the new and true
democracy. Within the next three days a
Of Mr.. George will start for
the west with credentials from Mr.. George
for the purpose of inducing Mr.. Bryan to
declare his position In the fight. On the !
other hand, Tammany and the democratic
have several representatives
in the west trying to induce Mr.. Bryan to |
pronounce in favor Of Judge Van Wyck |
Owing to the attention which the Greater
OH hos off cd Of