The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
HOWLOW'SPETITION GREW
WIT DoEsN,T MEAN ANYTHING PUT
-FOUR NAME ON, hNYWAYo

Republican or Democrat. Tam,nnny has or
IteTormer, Every One Was Urged TO elRn
and Hoip Produce That Evidence "or =
UnirJinE Forcer-T. ,. SIarrow's Adventure
Pcsrcely q day passes now without fresh reve-
iations about the means adopted by the young
men OF tho Citizens Union to obtain signatures
to their big bogus petition, which pretends' to
show that $4,000 voters living in the districts
which are 10 make up the Greater New York
want scth Low for their first Mayor. Hundreds
of people who signed the petition have como
out since Mr.. Low was nominated and boldly
stated that their signatures do not mean that
thoy would vote for the choice OF The Cts.
Their reasons for placing their names on tho
petition are many, the main one being that tho
can vAssors have pleaded with them on tho
ground that 1t was bread and butter TO them TO
obtain q certain number OF signatures each day
"what was q man to do" said n strong Re-
publican organization man to a Sun reporter
tho othor day, "when n hungry-lJoking follow
throw one Of these petitions down In front OF
him with the remark: II you want to help a
poor fellow to get q few cents Sign this'i You
could tell the man that you were opposed to Seth
Low. that you weren't . Cit, that you wouldn't
vote for Low. or any other old thing that you
wanted. All that ho would answer would be:
well. I don't care what you do on election day.
All I want Is the three cents / get for your name
and enough names TO mako my Job good enough
for another day.. What could a man do against
an argument Of this kindi Isigned. and 1 know
dozens Of others who did SO for exactly the same
reason"
The Cts have all along disclaimed any respon.
sibility for tho acts Of the canvassers. saying that
they wei instructed only to ask people to sign for
Mr.. Low. That they were a party to tho scheme
TO obtain signatures, whether those Of friends or
opponents OF their candidate. however. Is being
made more evident every day. Now along comes
q Republican with an experience which shows
ccnc!usivcly that the Cts themselves know that
u good 30 per cent. of the names on their petit
ton are those Of men who never have intended
TO support Mr.. Low in tho Mayoralty contest,
and also solicited men, who plainly told them
at the time that they would not vote, to sign
anyway.
The Republican is Thomas J. Marrow. a we'll
known insurance man of 1877 Broadway. Mr..
Marrow lives at All West 145th street and is
one of the most energetic Republican workers
In Harlem. He is the Secretary of the Twenty
.iEhss El s;s,eIat d an5 ci,o of s the TWsn ~ ,hn sr A..
burst Republican Club at 3o2 West 145th street.
Mr.; Marrow told hls experience with the Otis
Low by the Citizens Union" he said. II hap:
pened 10 pass the headquarters Of the Citizens
Union In my Assembly district. at 1877 Amster-
dam avenue. At that time there was every
together. AT least i thought 80. and as / like to
be acquainted with all the workers In my dis.
e ec,st / s GISpGSa ta Of oP t iUnsFs aooms. 14e@ P had dn q
nice carpet on the floor. chairs and tables scat.
tered around, and plenty of writing materials.
There was only ono man inside. He was q
evidently a Cit Of some 'e conseouen SfeSS He' Wei.
comod me most cordially, and explained that he
was alone. because there was an outdoor Cit
meeting n few blocks away and all Of his col.
leagues were down there. He had consented to
mind house. he said. because the regular man
hnh onna owl IN fha natin
""Well. no gradually worked around to the
subject Of the Low petition, and finally asked
whereupon he flashed q blank in front OF me,
pushed a pen in my hand. and remarked that
the tRs' Sls %is aside aE S" and ds Said Inc Ny fye dear SIR i P I sm a
Republican and cannot consent to commit my
party may name q man moro suitable to me.
Besides that, even II they named a man l liked
less than Mr.. Low 1 should stand faithful to the
"'But.' said the man. that should not pro-
Gon't y unaer s,snanf sh IT. sh% RIss.'i9Yn your ! n snsss b yGs
fnc1 Ley sf M IN s sas nav VI 4 81: :,tRR RSw m sssnid that nst y ySS
for Ms{Ss, IN ether words. that you think him
expressed surprise at this, and asked him
nau or tho names on tho petition / had heard
% much about were obtained BY the appiica-
Ssd signed Who Would not a' vote ese'i for or e@A support pany
M. Low. bnt whothought him q suitable man
another man came in. He was a well.dressed,
the other man that he was scheduieSd to SPEAK
at the Cit outdoor meeting but that he had been
that here re- Was IL genuine NJ ESse cit. one ae OF me III. ils9 Hn aSsy
Bpell6inders. and, a man who would decide for
s ne %hstss ws aRs t ass . %sn, spp 4ae'iss 20 oi s sna my "
general use by the Citizens Union. You
S sse ! heq Mr. Tnd faM 3o9 M taas only Msyn men re bs who 10Y you'd 20 Id
sign the petition. So I appealed to this man
hAan advanced nv the frat He diltinrtlv aaIl
that II thought Mr., Low was q suitable man to
run for Mayor. whether ! would vote for and
said guessed, not. ard, with q goodnight,
what the men had told me so surprised me
that when / met u friend OF mine. Thomas Balm,
ford OF 1871 Amsterdam avenue, a few doors
ipwsF Sure, said Balmiord; didn't, you sign
their petition 2 No. did your 1 asked. Why.
snow this surprised me moro than ever, be-
sSssSSaaI to Ss years. 1 K rI] perfsss{Yy % %sil i ana HIS hIs
signature on tho petition for Mr.. Low meant alb.
b~olutely nothing. 30 asked him why he had
the ". o.S.l' I III tell .5 10y 9ba he f rsSi tn IT en- i, ,P' there err.
"dentiomen. I'm a Democrat and viii not vote
ifoF or support Mr.. Low" They Immediately
sign. ! finally told them that If that was the
case. and all they wanted was my signature,
dozen Of them repeated that l was not pledged
70 vote for or support MIR. Low by no doing, and
was perfectly free to vote for a Democrat
"iTent homo with Some new ideas OF the Citi
Gems Union, and / have been thoroughly dis,
Eusted every time / have read Of the Cts petit
tion; How such . petition. admittedly signed by
hundreds who put their names to it on the un
derstanding thatthey were not committing them,
selves to vote for or support Mr.. Low, but sim
man to DO nominated for Mayor. can bo consid
cred as an indication Of the preference OF the
people for Mr., Low over any other man. / can
pot understand. Understand. | was not talk
ing 70 can yassers or any OF the rim. raf employed
by tho Union, but got nv formati straight
from Cts OF consequence"
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