New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-27
NO DOUBT AS TO ITS CHOICE.
SENTIMENT OF THE DRYGOODs DISTRICT
overwhelmingly FOR LOW.


CHANTS PROVING THEIR INTEREST By
SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
ENCOURAGEMENT on
EVERY HAND
These are booming times in the wholesale dry
goods trade. and everybody has his hands full
OF business from the head Of a house to the
porters We, they find time. or make time. to
discuss the Political situation. ard wherever two
or three are gathered together the conversation
soon drifts into argumen; on the Mayoralty
contest or a comparison Of estimates as to the
probable size Of Lows majority For the dry
goods district is for Low There's no doubt
about that And the sentiment Of the dry
goods district is a pretty fair index Of the senti-
r1ent Of the city at large The Low tide wasn't
as strong a week or two ago as II is now, but
II has been gaining daily and hourly in volume
since the splendid Carnegie Hall demonstration
OF last week. and Is now sweeping everything
before it--and that means the many Republicans
who are in ever-increasing number becoming
convinced that General Tracy has no possible
chance Of election, well as all the Democrats
who detest the corruption and tyranny Of Tam
many Hall and. honestly anxious 10 vote for
the candidate who will overwhelm Tammany,
have decided that Seth Low is that candidate
Not in a Presidential year has more interest
been taken in an election than is mani
tested this fall in the municipal contest
and the commercial travellers in the dry
goods trade who managing the MONDAY
Tracy meetings and are supporting the con-
tention Of Quigg and Plat that the National
issues of 1896 are the issues Of the campaign
in the Greater New-York in 1897. represent
very small minority OF the eligible vote Of the
dryeoods district
SUBSCRIPTIONS POURING IN
One Of the best-inforned men in the district
on the drift of opinion is Edward d. Page 81
Faulkner. Page & Co. Mr.. Page, who Is treas
urer Of the Citizens Union has recently caused
TO he circulated among the drygoods houses d
paper setting forth the fact that the candidates
Of the Citizens Union are not allowed to con-
tribute anything to the campaign fund and ask
ing for voluntary subscriptions from all the
men in the district who opposed 10 ram
many Hall He said yesterday: You would be
surprised to see the amount of the subscriptions
which have come from both Republicans ana
Democrats There seems to be a perfect ianu-
slide to Low, and ii has set in within the iast
week since the great meeting in Carnegie nan
was held That seems TO have been the turning
point Men who a week or two ago decilheu
10 give cent now subscribing hperally-
men who are conscientious citizens, most OF
then, Republicans who have now become con-
'yirced that Tracy cannot win and that vote
for him would not he a vote against Iainhlany'
Il can at this moment recall the rames OF only
four drygoods men Of my acquaintance "no
are for Tracy--or were few days ago. FOR they
may have changed since. then Here IN ms
Office day or two ago. man put Sou III pi''S
into nv hand. sizing that his partners did not
hat
zion to the expenses of the election of Seth Low
! scarcely ever come out of my office into the
store to see a New-York customer without hav-
inc so ar SD or $50 thrust al me. Men come
with the money in their hands. | welcome theH
subscriptions for they show that ali classes are
deeplv interested and are with us "a,
W B. Fuller. who has been many years MIN
the II 3 Ciahin Company. ana VINO IN the ld's
four Presidential campaigns mas oIsahEeu, ana
presided over the noon meetings OF the Who'e
rlsIe Drvpoods Republican Club. is probably as
familiar with the politics Of the drygoods trace
as any other man in the district MI. / ui'et
laid Yesterday: Never in the sixteen years OF
nv experience have | known a successiui can
didate in an election 10 have such tide IN MS
favor as is setting for Mr.. Low now Ever slhce .
the Carnegie Hall meeting the anxiety 10 pea i
1,aumanv has been throwing votes to Low, ana
the drvgoods men are more and more leeiins
that a vote for Tracy is a vote thrown away
astimate that in the drygoods district-the
beads of firms and their employees, salesihSn.
nIerks porters and drivers. including al the
nan who are qualified 10 vote IN me eecto'l i %
Va-or-SO per cent Of the Republicans ana -
- can, If the Democrats are for Low. Inc
rest are divided between Van WICK ana Ieo'se
with a very few for Gleason
NATTER OF HISTORY.
"uanv Republicans have said that the cleo
,,on NJ Low would weaken the Republican par
~ hut il is a matter of history that IN brooklyn
the Rspublical party has Increased IN strength
ever since the first election of Mr. 10" as Mayor
and there is no reason 10 FEAR that DIS sue
cess in the Greater New-York election would
work disaster to the party. .,-,.., &c.. %
a Tribu 1e reporter yesterday visited d rev VI
,ha drvgoods houses 70. ascertain by inquiry on
the spot what was the trend or OPINION AMONG
The EMPLOYEES of each. He found surprising
unanimitv These are some OF the houses VS.
,tad Win the sentiments OF the employees who
are citizens OF the Greater New Ork'
Clarence Whitman & Co. No. 20 Leonard-st.-
The great majority or the einPio!eS' pi'"''
'~ E,i,nae, page e. Co. No. &C Leonard-st.-
About eighty Of the one hundred emp!oyes are
qualified voters. and 80 to - per cent OF Ill.,
are for Low. with the probability Of accessions
Garner e. C.. No. 10 Worth-st -ttteen quail
ned voters inside Low is in the majority oy
about six votes. ,,,,. 90,
Twelve or fifteen voters. of whom majority
Including the three partners are FOR Low
Smith Hogg & Gardiner. No. 1l5 Worth-st-
Stewart W. Smith said Ny impression Is Una Id.
the majority Of our people will vote for Low,
but It is only an impression. We nave taken no
Wheelwright Eldredge & Co. Worth and
Church sts-Seventeen qualnet voters WIN
VIII vote In this way: Low. IL; Tracy .
CHALLENGED TO A DEBATE.
Samuel H., Drew. x-Dstrict-Attorney OF Cincin-
natl Yesterday sent the follo"ins letter 10 "eS"
Dor OF his in the Twenty-third Waro' ,,o-