The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-02
MI. Lows Surprising Silence.

AONDst eAN StNS Sob6ASco SAhIh saAaS w
correct any shortcomings Of this summer.
MP. Lows Surprising Silence.
No word has como from Mr.. SETH Low
concerning his candidacy for nomination
as Mayor since his letter to the committee
of the Citizens Union wherein he an
nounced his willingness to take the nomi.
nation II 1t should be proved to him that
would be . "unifying force among the
friends Of good government" He has given
the consent of silence, therefore, to the very
extraordinary efforts which have been made
to boom his candidacy, though these have
been conducted in q spirit and by methods
which make impossible the uniication he
laid down as an absolute condition.
While the Citizens Union has been in.
6ating his boom DO l~aboriously, the Repub-
lican organization In New York has pro-
ceeded to make the annual enrolment of
It's members, with the result Of securing
. much greater list than ever before.
At . meeting Of the district captains
and organizers of the party, held pre-
viously, the attendance was many thou
sands, making it one of the most important
and suggestive political gatherings ever
assembled In New York, though it met
90 long before the excitement of a po-
litical campaign. Together with the re-
markable enrolment of last Tuesday, 1t
indicates nat the Republican party in New
York is now more %compactly organized
and under better discipline than at any
previous time. than even last year. when 1t
carried New York for the first time since it's
foundation.
The enrolment Of a party in a large COM
munity never affords the measure of it's
whole strength. A large part of the member
ship, one-half, or at least one-third, neglects
enrolment altogether, not caring to take
any share In them management of the interior
machinery Of the party; and this is true of
Republicans perhaps more especially. Very
many of them have no concern in practical
politics except during a holly contested
campaign. The Republican enrolment of
last Tuesday, exceeding 10000, it is es.
timated, suggests accordingly that the
present strength of the Republican party
In New York is greater than ever before,
and 1t shows deep and unusual interest
among its members even so soon after the
exhaustion of a long and bitter canv ass
llOoD OfyluH W EcTNc hpu cHlOJlOu
It indicates also that the unity of the Re-
publicans in their party organization is
now more complete han ever. Unquestion-
ably the effort to push forward the candi-
dacy of Mr.. Low in disregard and defiance
Of that organization furnished the prime
motive in inducing them to come out in
largely increased numbers on a hot sum-
mers evening to enroll their names as faith
full followers of their party leaders. 1t was
o demonstration to Mr.. Low and his Citi-
GEMS Union managers that the Republicans
10 not intend to have any municipal ticket
forced upon them, but that they mean
themselves to discharge the duty of unity.
Ing the opposition to Organism in New
York; that Is incontestably their right, their
obligation Of political and patriotic duty.
1t having thus been made plain to Mr..
Low that the canvass for him as an indie.
pendent candidate is hopeless. and that it
tends to division and confusion rather thar
TO unifcation, how can he encourage 1t
longer by his tacit ASSENT II MIR. Low was
n man seeking only publicity, the adver.
tisement Of his name by the means adopted
by the Citizens Union would we'll serve
his purpose. But he announced in the be-
ginning, with evident sincerity, that he
had no other desire for the suggested nom
ination than the desire of becoming q
"~unifying force" That Is, he declared very
plainly that he would not run simply for
the sake of running, and to encourage
the development Of All independent
movement by his supporters, but only
IL his candidacy should bind together
all the opposition to Tammany Hall.
Obviously, occupying the place he does as
the head of q great university. he could not
rnn otherwise without offence to the dig
nifty Of his Office, his own self-resDect. and
the public respect In which he and the in
stitution represented by him should be held.
We are surprised, therefore, tha. Mr..
Low continues to permit the conditions of
his letter as to his candidacy to be so openly
violated, with the consequence of bringing
him into dlscredit and oven ridicule. He
IL bearing the outrage committed against
the digpity of his Office as the head Of a
great school of learning, and against his
W dignity, with inexplicable patience
and liberation. 1t caunot be doubted,
after the facts showing the substan.
italy solid Republican sentiment OF
this community, which we have recited,
that II the Citizens Union persists In
trlhlng with Mr.. Lows consequence
and representative obligations, and II that
lrreverential collection of mischievous mar
plOts goes to the logical conclusion Of put