The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-02

oome Doubt About the Use OF Pumping with
No Port to steer For.

No Fort to steer For.
Tho Citizens Union IS at the pumps. Water
Is coming in rapidly. The haven, which is Low,
has developed a remarkable way Of lodging the
ship which is seeking it. When the crew think
they are almost there, 10! the port moves of the
horizon again and they suspect mirage. But tho
youngsters won't give up hope. Tho ship will
never go down." they say. she is founded on
q rock"
Latest adviccs received a. the Twenty.third
street headquarters are to the effect that II.
Fulton Cutting will not return from his Eu.
ropcan iaunt until about Sept. l. Statesman
Cutting is said to be loading up with data on
the subject OF municipal politics in European
cities, with an idea to apply some of the foreign
notions in the c. L. campaign. During Mr..
Cuttings absence tho seth Low Mayoralty boom
will remain in statu quo.
Mr.. Cuttings presence in the city is not essen
tial. for. although he is Chairman of the
Committee of Organization. Mr.. Cutting
Is not the rea! head and front of tho
Low movement. The ostensible High and
Jack are Tiee.Presidsnt Chnrles Stewart
thorizej 10 speak tor the Union and for Candi-
date Low on matters PERTAINING % coalition
rcting Chairman in the absence OF his brother.
"a merely a hgurehead. The same thing might
ut bhluO u NlT. SIIlil anu lIE. NC HOIuS. vi ~ al
generally understood that they speI Ak only when
permitted to do 80 BY Elihu Root and some other
statesmen whose advice is considered low by the
amateur statesmen who ostensibly direct the
GIairS VI The Union.
The public meetings arranged to be held in
various Assembly districts nave been hZzles.
An Mtte4d "a &c 0 10y .WehTT Per wms is Is ' ne. EE Eishth
Assembly district. In other districts as many
as ten or a dozen persons were present to listen
to the speakers assigned TO address them.
-
The Committee on Labor and Social Reform is
s mHn 1s w "a hard x iing ,b ,syGtR om ,9 Ess three ef o %SrElnS.
tion in each Assembly district. They have given
up The ideI OF getting representative labor or,
"wnGe e~arners." II they can get them. They
fear 10 appoint any OF the men who asserted
would make trouble In the movement. The work
progresses slowly.
Statesmen REYNOLDS and Pine have a new
scheme to catch the laboring men. They pro-
to be held in quarters where workingmen chiefly
reside or congregate. Many OF these will be
the Mani titan Single Tax Club has been talked
OF as the director of this movement
The work OF enrolling members OF the Union
has practically ceased. The men who had IL in
charge in the Assembly districts have been de-
70 he Low petition. This canvass has not reai.
ized expectations, although the men who were
Paia a per diem or so much per name could
~
voters or OF myths.
Since THE SUN published tho fact that only
10000 signatures had been obtained 10 the Low
petition out OF the $685. 900 voters in the Greater
New York. Mr.. Wilcox, who WAS the custodian
OF the lists, has been replaced by another man,
S %np moi Sas e SGsn , s11tI9 3hH 2 e Guard im them ba 5sSl9Ssly
signatures nave been returned. lest they should
reveal the secret by talking in their sleep.
Democrats to Greet Senator McEnery In View
Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 1.-The honorary recep-
ton to be given to Senator McEnery for his vote
In favor OF the Dlngley Tariff bill by tho Choo-
taw Club, the chief Democratic club organize
tion OF New Orleans. win take place at tho
Grand Opera House on Wednesday night.
The reception. Is given exclusively by Deno-
Gratis, and IL in the hands OF a committee Of
which the Hon. John Fitzpatrick. late Mayor Of
New Orleans. 10 the head. The Republicans
VIII Join In The celebrs ton. but take no official
part IN IT. The original plan for q non.pArtisan
ssespa9n fell through from party jealousy and