The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-28
REPUBLICANS CONFIDENT.
Views of Chairman Quigg and GEN.
Trncy-Campaign Notes.


NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Following a long
caucus of Republican district leaders to-day
Chairman Quigg, of the Republican COM
mittee, gave out statement, in part as fol-
lows: Repeated canvasses show that Ira
cy's strength is growing and that Lows
support, which has never been large,
becomes smaller every day. There are only
two assembly districts In New York city in
which Mr.. Low will have any substantial
Republican support These are the Twenty
seventh and Twenty-ninth. In those dis
tricts, they being the districts out of which
practically the whole Of the Low vote will
be drawn, the net effect of Mr.. Lows can
didacy will be to increase the majorities of
the Republican party over Van Wyck.
Lows vote will be smaller than Van Wyck's
in each district We shall carry New York
for Tracy by just about the plurality over
Van Wyck which was obtained by Governor
Black last year over Porter. The plurality
for Tracy over Van Wyck will be greater
in Brooklyn than in New York, and is likely
to reach 10000 Lows vote will leave the
two great parties, as TO comparative
strength, in just about the normal condi-
tions, but Georges vote will so reduce Van
Wyck's as to give us for Tracy first-rate
plurality -"
General Tracy mas alSO maze a claim. II
is reported that he asserts there are in
Greater New York 10000 people who vote
the Republican ticket year in and year out;
that Low is the only one of the candidates
who will draw at all from the Republican
vote and that he cannot take away more
than per cent of the regular Republican
vote, which would leave, in round figures,
10000 votes for Tracy, while whoever re-
ceives as many as 10000 of the half million
ballots that are likely to be cast is moral
ly certain of election.
The Citizens Union to-day issued state
ment which contained a remarkable charge,
that the Republican organization has sent
out orders to its members to shout for
Tracy and vote for Van Wyck. This report
was confirmed by prominent member of
Tammany who stated that Van Wyck ex-
poets to get about $4,000 Republican votes
That Platt and Tammany will stop at
nothing is also shown by the fact estab-
lished by reports from many districts OF
the repeated but Intellectual efforts made
by both machines to buy off Citizens Union
workers and local candidates, and by the
false statements which have been given to
the press. of defections among district
chairmen.
General Anson G. McCook made the fol-
lowing statement to-day: Ever since the
great Republican meeting last week at Car
negie Hall the growth of the sentiment in
favor of Mr. Low has been steadily in
creasing My original estimate made ten
days ago that he would get at least so per
cent. of the Republican vote of New York
county and at least 90 per cent. of the
same vote of Kings county has been
changed by the improved conditions. / be-
lieve to-day that it is a conservative esti-
mate to say that in this county 90 per cent
of the Republican vote will be cast for Mr.
Low, and IS per cent of the Republican
vote in the county of Kings"
]. Kennedy Tod. treasurer OF the Citizens
Union. has issued a statement to the pub
lie saying that further contributions to the
unions campaign fund are nat needed. The
statement says; THE peoples response to
the appeal OF the Citizens Union for con-
tributions to its campaign fund have been
so numerous and generous that the treas
ury now contains all the money which can