The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
GREATER NEW YORK.
FOUR CANDIDATES IN THE
FIELD FOR MAYOR.
Tammany Nominates Judge Van Wyck-
Republicans Name Ex- Secretary of the
Navy rncy-Tammany Ignores Bryan
and Free Silver-Germans for Low.

New YORK, Oct 1.-The Democrat C
city convention last night nominated
these candidates for officers of Greater
New York:
Mayor-Robert A. Van Wycls of Man
haitian.
COMPREHENSIVE S Color of Brook
Ign.
President of the council-Jacob Rup-
pert, Jr., of Manhattan.
The ticket had been agreed upon by
the Tammany executive committee be
fore the convention met, and dele
gates simply ratified the choice of the
leaders. The platform makes no ref
erence to the Chicago platform, Will
lam j. Bryan or tree silver. 1t favors
home rule and repeal of the Raines
law and other restrictions on personal
liberty, and demands dollar gas and
municipal ownership of franchises.
The nominations evoked disapproval
rather than enthusiasm in the conven-
ton hall The ticket it is believed is
unsatisfactory to the faction headed
by Henry George.
The announcement that Van Wyck
was the choice of the convention was
the signal for storm of Kisses from
large portion of the audience and
from the Brooklyn delegation from
the Twenty-irst district, which IL
took hand to drown.
New YORK, Oct. 2.-At the city
nominating convention of the Demo-
cratic Alliance of Greater New York,
held last night, Henry George was
unanimously nominated for mayor.
The nominating speech was made by
Charles Francis Adams. The nomin-
alton was greeted with enthusiastic
applause. The platform, in part, is as
follows:
tine Democratic Alliance is body
of Democrats loyal to the policy of
the great Democratic party. Our aim
and object was to find basis for
united action of all Democrats in the
pending municipal contest We deemed
it essential that the Democratic party
of Greater New York should reatfirm
the Chicago platform, pledge itself to
the policy of municipal ownership and
operation of franchises and to the
principles of direct employment in
stead of the contract system The
action of the city convention of Sep
TENDER 80 is clear to all msn. Tam
many and her allies hide away the
national banner of Democracy, and
are ashamed to march under Its folds.
A conference committee was APP
pointed to confer with all others in
sympathy with the Henry George
move ment, and to arrange foy' mass
meeting. Then the convention ad-
iourned until Monday night.
New YORK, Sept. 80 General Ben
iamin T. Tracey. former secretary OF
the navy, was last night nominated
by the convention of the regular Re-
publican organization for mayor of
Greater New York.
Seth Low, the nominee of the Citi-
zens' Union, got less than fifty of the
34s votes cast. His name was received
by the delegates and spectators with
ieers and misses, and Jacob Worth,
the leader of the opposition to Senator
Plat, was cried down when he cssayed
to present Lows name None of the
defeated Low men, however, express
an intention to bolt the regular ticket.
The St. Louis platform was Endorsed.
New YORK, Oct. 1.-The executive
committee of the German-American
union, after learning of the nomina-
ton of Robert A. Van Wycll for mayor
by the Democratic convention, adopted
resolutions Endorsing Seth Low for
mayor