The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-28
Democrats
Divided.

NEW YORK, Sept 27.-The most i'm
portant development in the Greater
New York political situation today
wa the unanimous nomination OF Hen
ry George for mayor by the United
Democracy, composed of numerous free
silver and Bryan clubs, which were ac-
tive in the campaign of last fall. MT.
George once polled $4,000 votes as
labor candidate for mayor of New
York. His strength, if he should &C
cept. would be drawn principally from
the Democratic vote. The United
Democracy also adopted resolution
condemning ''the action of the state
committee in refusing to reaffirm the
Chicago platform and in nominating
as candidate for chief judge of the
court of appeals Alton B. Parker,
whose party fealty is so doubtful that
he is popularly believed to have voted
against the Bryan and SeWan eiec-
toral ticket last year" The convention
nominated John J. Boyd for comptrol-
Ter and Winfield S. Overton for presl-
dent of the municipal council.
A belief is current that Mr.. George
will not accept tonight's nomination If
Tammany indorses the Chicago plat
form. On the other hand, the old-t1me
Democratic leaders prefer to ignore the
silver question altogether So the DEM
ocrats are as much worried over Hen
ry George as the Republicans are over
Seth Low.
The Republican assembly district
leaders of the borough of Manhattan
met tonight and after long caucus
decided to place in nomination at the
city convention tomorrow the names:
Mayor, Benjamin F. Tracy; comptrol-
ler Ashbell P Fitch; president of the
council, Ross Appleton.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittee of Tammany hall today the roll
of assembly districts for nominations
for city and county officers was called
with the following results: Mayor, VIII
liam Sohmer, George B. Mcclellan,
Charles H. Knox; president of the bor-
ough, George w. Plunkett, Charles F.
Allen; comptroller AshbelI P. Fitch.
Much stir was created in political cir
cles today by the publication of let
ter purporting to have been sent to Col.
William L. Brown, of the New York
Daily News, by William ]. Bryan, urg-
ing that the municipal campaign in
Greater New York should be run in
harmony with the principles and de-
clarations of the national organization.
The letter says:
"a triumph of the Democracy of Greater
New York, except under the auspices of the
issue that animates the party, will have the
same moral effect a renewed and affirmed
triumph of the agencies led by Senator Han
ma. When parties cease to represent GER
tain fixed principles the supreme prerogative
of the ballot becomes prostituted to con-
test between organizations for the spoils OF
office and the enjoyment of success. To this
prostitution of the ballot may be ascribed
every chapter of shame and corruption in
the history of American municipal govern
ment 1t is better to have government by
the Republican party, responsible to its dec
larations, than government by Democratic
partisans without responsibility to Demo-
cratic principles.
'sTo suggest that the Democratic party
platform has place in this contest is to
admit a doubt of it's wisdom and places the
Democratic party on par with the falacy
Of non-political government The issue is