The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-10
GIFTS AND REVOLUTIONISTS.
DEAL STANDS IN SPITE OF DENIIIS
AND FITS OF HOLY HORROR.

Low Afraid IL VIII wreck ISIS own Chances
Fatal, Ridder says. but II stands-Cntch =
cit DeclininR n Nomination by beeiEebub-
"Httsthe Cause. 1t IL the Cause, Ms-Onice."
The Cts woro In n deplorable state OF mind
yesterday morning over Boss Roynolds's zeal
with the George men, by which the latter on
dorscd the Cts county, borough, and district
tickets. 1t came out yesterday morning that
the meeting OF the Executive Committee on the
preceding night had been very stormy. 1t adj
Journed without acting on tho deal. AT the
suggestion OF Boss Low 1t was thought best to
sleep on it before telling tho public what they
were going to do.
There were several things that made that
meeting stormy. In tho first place. Boss Rey-
nolds took part in tho deal with the consent OF
Boss Clark only, and consequently Boss Pine
and Boss Larocque felt that they had been
sighted. In the second place, Candidate Low
did not know anything OF tho deal until he
reached headquarters that evening. When
he was told Of it he saw in a minute that while
such n combination was likely to help the Cts
county ticket, 1t certainly would do him no
good and might do him a great deal OF harm.
Moreover, he did not intend to let the young
ste-s play any politics without consulting him.
In the third place, there are on the Executive
two or three men who are honestly
opposed to any deal of any kind. Henry X.
Kunhardt is the leader OF this faction.
With these various motives to spur them on
they each OF them took a fall out Of Reynolds
and Clark, and there was the deuce to pay gen
orally. Reynolds protested that he had acted
as he thought best, and that he really thought
he had accomplished a great coup. Larocque
and Pine gradually anne around to his side, al
though they were very sore ut him for not
letting them share the credit. Candidate l.
said hard things and kunhardt and his follow
ers were absolutely irreconcilablc.
They argued over the matter until midnight,
and then adjourned until II o'clock yesterday
morning, hoping to find in the mean timo some
excuse for the political immortality OF loss
When morning came they saw that It was n
pieces. before . o'clock the Ills headquarters
was thronged with angry. men, disturbed men.
and sorrowfu. men, the district leaders and tho
district workers OF the organization. who
wanted to know and know quickly how much
truth there was in the story OF the deal. Every
had made Il deal with n street railroad corpora
ton, the sooner they got OUT of the field the bet
and said that IL the Gifts should accept the in.
dorsemcnt OF the George men certain defeat
would stare Low in the face; Such an indorsc-
mcnt would drive back into the Tnmmany ranks
all who had left Fourteenth street to join tho
Cts. Candidate Low was at his phone early,
as soon as he had read the morning papers, and
ordered that the report OF II deal he denied at
once. He also sent word that he would re.
pudiate publicly any deal OF any kind.
Such was the state OF affairs when the Cts
Executive Committee met ut II o'clock TO see
what they could do: As usual they decided
ment was to give out a general denial" Boss
Clark came out OF tho committee room at noon
no proposal from Tom Johnson. the George
manager, but that such a proposal had been
made and was under consideration. Even Simon.
the meSsen ger, laughed when he heard this,
and MIR. clark saw that his blum didn't work.
The bosses then talked for,another. hour, ut the
end OF which Clark fixed up AN explanation
which was to sooth everybody. 1t was in short
that Tom johnson had voluntarily offered 10 in
nofhG sn in natu s%0U Ths cts Ttsf for H their a psT, .n ,Hf
that they could not. keep any one from indoors
Ing, the whole or a part OF their ticket. This
childlike statement was clothed in the follow
ing language:
at is reported that the Henry George organi.
oush, and district candidates OF the Citizens
Union. This action has been taken by the rep
rcsentatives OF the George movement without
the slightest suggestion from the Citizens
mon. and without any previous understanding
whatever. The candidates OF the Union have
George party, and they have not done SO. = They
will continue to stand upon, the platform of the
Citizens Union and that alone. The indorse.
only upon 4 reeogniIion OF the personal fitness
not invited.thc support OF any politica:organiza-
ton, and has not entered into any alliance, un.
usEsttuuiis. VI 'oH'enlion Will any pohtiSai
organization. But in Its declaration OF princi.
plies 1t has appealed to all good citizens to unite
In the effort to ~omp the object OF the
Union. and cannot properly repel any co.opera.
ton Of any citizen who may respond to this ap-
peal. The Union and its candidates represent
one issue only that Is, good city government
as defined in the platform OF the onion"
In addition TO this statement Boss LArocque
spoke a. follows:
cit is now a question for the individual can
didRtes on our ticket to decide for themselves
whether they viii accept the Endorsement OF the
George people. The only way they can refuse II
efrectuallyi%in be to file their decl!nations OF the
George nomination. We have left them TO de-
! eide the question for Themselves"
How quickly the candi iates will decline the
Inducements may be Judged from the remark
OF Alderman Hall. candidate for County Clerk.
what can we dor he asked in a helpless
manner. IF they choose ito vote for us. why
should we try to stop EN-. ldOn't see what
there is TO do but let them vote for U.S."
The boss Gifts are hugely pleased with their
statement, for they think that they have sue
ceeded in throwing the whole onus OF the deal
on the George men and upon their individual
candidates. They have soothed the con.
sciences OF the ddle-of-the.road like Kun.
hardt and think they have quieted the fears OF
still worried and will insist that a stronger
statement be made early this week.
II was announced yesterday that tho Gazoos,
who were Republican deserters from the Garoos
in 1898, had decided TO reorganize and support
the Cts ticket. They came to the conclusion
after An assurance from Carl Schurz that as far
as he knew there was mo deal" with the
George men.