New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-28
NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
SETH LOW FIRST CHOICE.
RESULT OF THE STRAW VOTE TAKEN
BY THE CIVIC CLUB.
MAYOR GLEASON OF LONG ISLAND CITY NEXT
IN sTRENGTH-MANY PEOPLE TREATED
IT AS A JOKE. But THE CLUB PEG
PIE THINK THE BALLOT
WAS BIG THING

WAS BIG THING.
Seth Low was an easy winner in the straw vote
for Mayor OF tho Greater New-York taken under
the direction OF the National Civic Club. OF Brook
Ign. Out OF a total OF $751; ballots cast Low was
the first choice OF S6o and the second choice
OF 76s Patrick J. Gleason was second. with l'oso
votes first choice and a. second choice Amos
j Cummings and William Sohmer were third and
fourth as far as first choice votes went, though
Cornelius y. Bliss and General Benjamin f. Tracy
were strong leaders for second choice men
The following is the summary OF the first choice
vote: Cornelius y Bliss. 49. Amos J. Cummings
SIS: Ashbel p. Fitch. 37l William J. Gaynor' a'
Patrick j. Gleason. i,5s5: Seth Low. $50 Morgan
j. O'Brien. 27S; William Sohmer eoi; Benjamin r
Tracy. AIS: scattering. $500 total. $685.
A large number Of voters could not ind their first
or second choice among the nine names printed on
the ballots and wrote in names OF their own
Among these the names Of Mayor strong, CORONER
George l. Waring, Theodore Roosevelt and Henry
George led with about a dozen votes each Scatter
ing votes were cast for ex-Mayor Hewitt Hugh J.
Grant Mayor Wurster. Richard Croker. Andrew H.
Green Charles w. Dayton. ollie TEAL tone VoteD'
Lieutenant-Governor Timothy l.. Woodrur' eX-
Mayor Scheren. Elliott Danforth, Edward NJ
SHEPARD c. c. Shayne. Lemuel f. Quigg, ex-Gov-
ernor Flower DR.. Parkhurst. William c. Whitney.
Ferdinand Levy Chauncey NJ. Depew, ;. r.
butcher Thomas l.. James. Augustus w. Peters.
Justice Cullen. George Francis Train and Charles
Broadway Rouss.
The vote was taken through tne agency VI hcS-
senger boys. who distributed nearly nifty thousand
ballots at the Bridge and the various elevated road
stations and the ferries of the boroughs Of the
greater city.
Perhaps the two most interesting results OF the
are the great strength developed by Low In
Democratic districts and the large vote cast
for Long Island City's Mayor. The young men of
the Civic Club could not be suspected OF favoring
the fortunes of President Low after the remarkable
speech made last week by Edward NJ Shepard.
Charges made that Mayor Gcasons friends
helped him make good showing by elec;ioneer-
ing for him. This hardly be sustained. in view
OF the fact that ballots were sent to his town only
the eleventh hour Probably the correct theory IL
that those who inclined to take the whole
thing joke voted for Gleason.
This straw vote is believed by the members OF the
club be the largest vote Of the kind ever taken
in America. and they feel highly pleased. The sys
TEN of voting planned by Daniel : Remsen, a
~ell-known lawyer. with an office in Wall-st, New
York. who has been interested for years in The
plan OF first and second choice voting. which mas
been found TO work well in practice in Australia
Under that system. II no man receives a majority
of the frst-choice votes, secondchoice votes are
added from the ballots of the lowest frstVote man
until some one has majority
When accused OF dividing the Democratic vote
by putting In six Democratic names and three Re
publicans. Herman A. Metz. who conducted the
vote. said that names taken they were
discussed in the papers