New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-22
THE DRIFT TOWARDS LOW.
GROWING STRENGTH OF HIS CANDIDACY
APPARENT

SOME REASONS WHY HIS SUCCESS Is FRoBABl-t--
VOTERS BECOMING MORE AND MORE con
WINGED THAT HE Is THE MAN TO SUPPORT.
General Tracys forecast of tho vote Of Seth
Low will receive on NOyemhcr2. which the
General for reasons Of hsIOwn. saw 1T Ia in
icct into his spec h at M Lenox Lyceum on
Wednesday evening was The subject Of some
amused comment among politicians Of all sorts
YESTERDAY General Tracy's prophecy was that
SIR. Low would not come within 1W.WD votes
Of being elected. that Mr.. Lows vote In New
York City would not reach 5000. and that he
would not receive 10000 in brooklyn.
With an evident purpose OF bolstering up
General Tracy's reputation as a seer CON
gresham Quigg. late yesterday. INDUCED In
some prophcsl ing on hls o"n account, ana
/ while Mr.. Qusg Vas disposed 10 allow MI. Low
1900 more votes in Brooklyn. or 10000 In that
borough than General Tracy conceded TO MS
Republican competitor. he cut General Tracy's
figures in New-York City down to about -"""'
although in an afternoon paper Mr. Quiss was
quoted as conceding Mr.. Low something icss
than G0N0 votes In New-Iork.
No welI-posted political observed on either side
of the East River regarded the predictions oi
Messrs. Tracy and Quigg with any real seri-
BUSINESS Yesterday. That they were intended
simply TO gull the gulliblc was the opinion o.
sensible people wherever the prophecies were
spoken Of. Their object plainly was to create
the impression that General Tracy stu mas
chance Of election in order to prevent the ap-
pretended landslide of Republican voters from
Tracy to Low as soon as they are convinced
that the real fight Is between Low ana van
Wyck the Tammany candidate
WHAT GOOD CALCULATIONS THINk
Mr. Lows growing strength IL being gradually
impressed upon thoughtful and independent
voters Of all parties. That MI Low is the strong
est man now opposing Judge Van Wyck on
tho one hand and Henry George on the other
is being rapidly realized by the electors OF TINS
great citv The best calculators OF the result
this fall believe that in the division of the
vote among four candidates one hundred and
fifty thousand votes should be sufficient to elect
the next Mayor. Instead OF the meagre num-
Der allowed Mr. Low 10y General Tracy and by
Mr. Quiggs arithmeticians, those whose oppor-
tunities for information are deemed superior
give Mr. Low total OF not less than one hun
dred and eighty thousand to one hundred ana
ninety thousand in the general result. Inc
original returns Of the Citizens Union canvass.
which convinced Mr. Low that he might he the
unifying force in the campaign, footed NY over
one hundred and twenty seven thousand legal
voters. Most Of those who signed inc Lo"
papers belong To- NeW-York city.
1t is generally conceded that Mr.. Low ~
stronger in Brooklyn than any of his competi-
tors. unless the exception be van WycK. ana
that he may poll there more votes thdn lracy
and George combined. The number Of electors
whose names are now enrolled IN the CltlzenS
Union organization OF New-York. rs officially
given out yesterday. show II total or l3to>- IN
the thirty five Assembly districts OF this city IL
10 this total only the number of votes when MI.
Ouigg comedies to Mr. Low In Brooklyn. which
IL 1UpD should be added. his vote in the three
bcroughs OF Manhattan, the Bronx and Brook
lvn would exceed 1II.OOO. or 2I.OOO more than
sufficient 10 insure his election. according TO
the belief Of many skiifu politicians.
MIR. LOWS SUPERIORITY
The practical reasons for a result which Will
give Mr. Low handsome plurality week from
next Tuesday are not being lost slight OF by the
people. who about to do their own voting.
They see that for the first time in many years.
they can strike blow at both the big political
machines without giving the advantage 10 either
Tammanv or the rival organization. by elect
ing Mr.. Low they viii place III the mayor
chair Of the new metropolis IA man who VIII y"
wholly independent OF the bosses Of both parties
and who viii be able To- administer the govern
ment of the municipality in the interests ot tho
people alone. Mr Low is conspicuously free
from corporation cntanglenents. The street
RAILWAYS the gas companies, the biS syndlcateS
of all kinds are not Interested in his canvass
they are putting up no money 10 eject MN
AIR Low, viii be free to conduct himself in his
liances He Is really ;he only man named ior
{ MAYOR who can deal with the question "t iran
chises without embarrassment.
These and many other facts are being under
stood by the peop,e now AZ they nave NOT peeh
understood heretofore. Republicans are becon-
ing aware that tho man they should vote Tor 10
defeat Mr. Crokcr's man Van Wyck Is Seth
Low.