The sun., 1897-10-26
OLD PARTY SPIRIT WAKES
AND HILL SWEEP TRACY IN1o THE
M1YORiLTY OF TIE NEW CTTT.

IT'S tho snmo Little Group or M"loontont' to
Fnco rhnt Have Rcen DcTcnted In Dozen
unttlcs-Are ThcJ Trying This Time TO flight
tho Party In the state for seth Low
"wc are coming, Father Abraham. two nun |
drcd thousand strongl" Such was tho senti' |
mcnt scnt by Nelson H. Lawton to the Repubii' |
can campalgncrs yesterday Mr.. Lawton is |
real estate man, and In his communication TO |
the campaigners declares that ho has Clihcheu |
dozen voters who were originally for Low out
who are now for Tracy. Mr.. Lawtons scnti
mcnts and statements were similar to thousands
OF others received by the Republican campaign
ers yesterday. Tho mighty army ot Ecrnohcnns
is marching on.
TuE SvS has shown that tho alleged Rcpub-
licans who surround Seth Low have never been
heart and soul for their party except when they
were candidates for office. some of these al
legged Republicans enjoy more or less distinction,
professionally and socially. in the community,
but politically they have invariably been known
as bushwhaCkcrs Folks outsiuc or New horR
city read the names of these alleged kcruh'
licans In the newspapers, and come to look upon
them as Republicans. The Republican cam
pnirners know them only rs dsturhcrs. They
fuss and fret and fr,mc about the management
OF tho Republican party in the state, and have
rot raised their hands except against IL.
They are fair weather Republicans. '.hcy
ppcnd their summers at the watering places OF
America or in Europe. returning early in the
fall to spend a wcek o. so at Jckyll Island for II
little fishing and hunting. About month be-
fore election day they get around to New York
They Cotdlc themselves at their clubs. After
a while they como ont in the sunshine
with uucru,ous dispositions and are ready
TO criiicse anything md anybody who
has lifted his hand 10 help along the Rcpuhli-
can party. The nest step these Republicans
take is that OF attempted iconoclasts. They
have not been interested in building up and
they attempt to pull down. The Rcnublica
cnmpai2ncrs have faced these alleged Rcpubli.
cans in a dozen battles ana easily overcome
them The Republican campHgncrs declare
that II similar fate awaits these alleged Re
pubicaus on election day.
Set Low In his sprc hes no longer says Il
am a Republican" lie now says when was
a eRerublican." Such were the words he used in
q speech in Long Island City last week when
pleading with the electors Of Dutch Kills for
their votes. \ glance at the ballot o be used
or election day demonstrates that Mr.. Low ia
not n Repuhl an. He is nominated for Mayor
OF Greater New York by the Ship Democrats.
which organization was swallowed by Tammony
Hall and which nominal TammHuy's county
ticket. The Jeflcrsonian Democracy. whi,h
nominated in Brooklyn Henry George for Mayor
OF Greater New York, nominRtes also Seth Lows
county ticket Here is Mr.. Low Juggling with
Tammany Hall and with Henry George. The
Republicans bringing his fact TO the front
every day.
The Republican campaigners were very much
amused yesterday when they read that Seth
Low was nominated for Mayor Of Greater New
York because all the machines in all the parties
are against him.
The most dogmatic and dictatorial machine
New Workers have seen in a quarter OF n century
is tho Citizens Union machine. which nomi-
mated Seth Low. Halt n dozen free trade Dem
ccrats and Republicans who have not been in
sympathy with their party for u dozen years
met in y doubleockcd room in the Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company building
and nominated Mr.. Low for Mayor OF
Greater New York. The Republican candidate
for Mayor OF Greater New York was nominated
by convention numbering 4is delegates. Each
delegate was elected according to the primary
laws OF the State Of New York. The bosses o
the Citizens Union elected themselves 10 nom
inate Mr.. Low. OF course they had perfect
understanding with Mr.. Low all the time
There never the slightest disposition Il
confer with the Republicans OF Greater New
York. Moreover, there was never any intcn
ton to do So The Citizens Union machine i
the most dictatorial ono New Workers have eve
seen. Moreover. Mr.. Low has been taken up b.
the Henry d. Purroy machine, the StcCklcr ma
chine, the CARGO machine and the Ship Democ
racy machine Here are five machines.
The Republican campaigners In touching o
this feature OF the situation said that the Who'll
Low business is nothing but effort to bunc
the voters OF Greater New York. Here Is Set
Low who was so far above machines that h
couldn't consult with the Republican organize
ton, and vet he makes dickers and deals wit
four other machines. Then Mr. Lows friend
promulgate the prepostcrous nonsense that he
a spontaneous candidate OF tho people. Til
petitions which were circulated by Mr.. Low
friends to secure names in his behalf at thrt
cents apiece were nothing but machine work.
The latest news of the Cits is that thoy tai
of supporting Alton B. Parker. DEM, for Chit
Judge OF the Court Of Appeals. and so of putin
themselves on record rs meaning 20 fight the II
publican party OF the State of New York. NJ
Lows social friends say that his ambition wi
end until he occupies the President
chair at Washington.
AS Mr.. Lows private secretary said when
was Mayor of Brooklyn
There are to be but three steps In Mr.. Low
career-Mayor OF Brooklyn. Governor Of Il
State of New York, and President OF the Unit
States.
Tho Republican campaigners last night sa
NIT.
TRACY BETTORs ON DECK.