The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-24
CTS WON'T SHOW THE roll
WoN'T EVEN GIVE THE SUN a
SAMPLE 1000 M NES.

Tnmmnny Men Laughing All Over lows n,
the Ease with which They Have rcruusded
Mr. low TO Regard Himself ns n Unir,in,
Force ana to stay In tho Race for Mayor.
On tho third floor of the headquarters of m.
Cts at 80 East Twenty.third street are n bo,f
dozen young women who are employed by the
week to road off the names on tbat fnmou.
petition which called Candidate Low from the
const of Maine to act as "a ''unifying force"
and save the greater city of New York from
the hands OF Tammany. Specifically. the work
OF these young women was first to sort and mr.
range alphabetically the 1927 900 names that
are said to be on the petition in addition to
the $4,000 names of alleged members OF the
Cts organization, and then to catalogue the
names by Assembly districts. Their work has
been followed with a great deal OF interest, for
1t had been given out some time ago thai
when:this task.had been finished the rolls would
be.opcn.to inspection in order that the "pecp.ul."
as tho Industrious Sulzcr would say, might SEQ
for themselves that all the names were those
Of genuine New York voters and Low men. II
was about two weeks ago t%hat.Chairman Rey.
nolds let 1t be known that tho petition could
be seen when the work was done. That work
is practically finished now, and n ~stricter guard
than ever Is set over the roll Of 1O2, 600 names.
Chairman Reynolds and the others Cts Of
high degree that attend the secret councils Of
tho Executive Committee have not been able
to find language strong enough with which
they might dcnounce THE SuN for showing
that the greater part Of that petition Is fake
in so far as 1t purports to show votes for Low,
not only as an Independent candidate, but
even as a possible fusion candidate. Whenever
even an intimation has been made that the
petition was not honest they have thrown In.
dividual and aggregate fits. In the past their
cry has been wait until the names arc sorted"
and now 1t hos come to "A di-cct refusal to allow
any one, aside from the aforesaid young wo-
men Tha ana the pig cts, TO- see the names.
tied a few of the weaknesses Of the Committee
on Organization, the foundation OF the alleged
Citizens Union organization, caused an un.
pleasant sensation at headquarters. Mr.. Rey.
nolds was so agitated that he was not able
to take his accustomed afternoon nap. the first
afternoon nap that he has missed In thirteen
years. Early In the morning he and John G.
and decided that inasmuch as such holes had
been found in the Committee on Organization
it would never do to allow the names on the
petition to become public property. In conse.
qucncc Of this it is very doubtful IL any ono
S %in de-. of s the ,g Soqng women ne ian and the big Cts
them public.
yesterday afternoon in behalf OF THE SrN for q
number OF names on the petition. II was writ
calls. THE Sun asked for 1000 names, or 500.
or 100, or even ten selected at random that 1t
might show from the names themselves how
genuine the Cts, petition is. Mr.. Reynolds
threw a ht when the request was given to him.
write q reply to the effect that he wouldn't
allow THE Sun to take the names nor would ho
give them out. He wrote as follows:
THE Sun has persistently perverted the
facts regarding our enrolment, as we have
abundantly demonstrated. We therefore have
honest Investigation of any names if opportun.
The way Mr.. Reynolds has .'abundantly
demonstrated" that THE Suns stories regard
ing their enrolment were not true has been TO
set his typewriters in motion to make a formal
ment OF the Republican organization. No at
tempt has been made to disprove the charges
that thousands OF Tammany men, from fun or
malice. or pity for the solicitors OF the Cts
signed the petition for Low.
1t Is to be feared that mono OF those l02, 600
names to which Candidate Low alluded 30
touchtngly m his letter Of Wednesday viii
have grown TO love that petition. so that they
refused to give even fifty names TO a news.
paper that Is. onf OF their chief organs, and
ing a fall out o1FTHE SUM-" This paper sent
employee. ranging from an office boy, who
Reynolds to allow 1t to have fifty names, but
Mr.. Reynolds wouldn't. That petition was in
tended only for the private perusal and edih-
cation OF the half dozen young women and the
gentlemen Of the Executive Committee. In
the meantime in every corner ginmil on the
Tammany men are laughing when they read
Mr.. Lows remarks about being called by 1922.
600 citizens of New York to give q non-pard-
san administration to the city.