The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-05
REPUBLICANS IN FINE TRIM
TRACY WILL MAKE HIS FIRST CAM
PAIGN SPEECH ON FRIDAY.

Cen. Harrison. Also. May Address the Cooper
Union NGcetina-1t IL to ne n SHARP. AE-
Ercsaive Campaign. and Thousands or Dem
ocrnta Will Desert the Yellow Dog Ticket.
The heavy Republican cannonading Of tho
campaign will begin in Cooper Union on Friday
night. The Hon. Benjamin +. Tracy is then TO
make his first speech Of the campaign. and
President Quigg said last night that probably
other Republicans OF national renown will then
range themselves in battle line alongside OF Gen.
Tracy. The Republican county ticket will have
been nominated by that time, and the battle
will no OH in every district in Greater New York.
The Republican fight, President Quigg said, Is
to be wholly aggressive. The city ticket is one
that commcnds itself 10 all believers in stable
government, and the county ticket, which Is to
be nominated on Thursday night, will BIO
equally sound in every particular. On the other
hand, Tammany, with its yellow dog ticket"
has been on the defensive from the moment that
the Tammany convention adjourned in Grand
Central Palace. Tho platform on which the
Tammany candidates arc struggling to run,
Mr.. Quigg continued. is a platform of evasion
and dishonesty, and it is known in Republican
circles that the majority of the Tammany lead.
ers are utterly disgusted and domoralized over
The yellow dog ticket The news was brought
to Republican headquarters in Madison square
yesterday afternoon that thousands of Demo-
Gratis in business, either in a large or small way,
who believe in sound money and are not partial
| Gen. Tracy and his associates on the Republican
city ticket. As for the Republicans, there Is
not ,%i,,T 1t h WAS made Known i1oNna' Io sinEio n 1nsie entS o, issy,
for for ta .,.e c%ndi !aHs scs and t6 ~ g ;sai I TTno on k This6
I. Fitch, and X. Ross Appleton are without a
flaw. it was added. and supporting. them is a
platform which appeals to the half q million
hemisphere. As the campaign progresses. ac-
cording to expert opinions, Tammanys forces
the hostile DesHie' Criticism critic m Of Communities Of voters
t Se0 ..y yS oS! dog fsIIi pia tie rssS' Which SG Ta HiSnsS has has
attention to the stories still circulated by Mr..
drawn in favor, of Mr.. Low. Such a report was
pnt in CIRCULATION again last night. President
1T is only a silly lie and shouldn't be noticed
at all. There are two parties in this campaign
which stand for principles. One is the Repub'
and tho other is the Henry George party. stand.
ing. on the Chicago platform" ,
last night that IL ex-Prcsident Benjamin Harri'
son can arrange his affairs he will certainly be
Gen. e0HqR eacy on and fSo f RspSEb hIiixht 5 %sPenn t on
are eager to have, Gen. Harrison speak Il II is
consistent with his engagements, considering
Gen. Harrison one of the most effective cam
paign speakers in the United States. From the
close Of the Cooper Union meeting until the
Saturday night before election day. President
Quigg and his campaigners In Greater New
York are to turn in sturdy orators in all Of the
districts. 1t is to be a booming campaign and
a fight to the finish, President Quigg added
and as the battle. progresses the weakness Of
amply demonstrated. Mr.. Low, he continued
stands on u platform which represents his per
sonal whims and was built to crafty a persona
vanity. T~ammany's platform, on the othel
hand. is chock-fuu of buncombe and represents
nothing but the efforts OF three-card monte
politicians to perpetrate a three-shell game OF
the voters Of Greater New York.