The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-26
CTS TO FIGHT ROOSEVELT.
COMMITTEES ABOUT 10 PUT UP
ANOTHER CANDIDATE.

to Run Him on a Ticket of Their Own
MakinG-Conterence Mt Albany To-Day!
The Citizens Union Committee. which re-
Gently nominated an i~ndependent State ticket
with Col. Roosevelt at It's head, met In solemn
c~onclsve in the Reform Club yesterday after
noon and decided to run n candidate against
Roosevelt. There was a long and very thoughtful
session. Col. Roosevelt's refusal to run on the
Cts ticket, which was printed in THE Sun yes
terday morning. caused the hard thought. It
was finally decided that the Nominating Com
mittee, together with the candidates already
named. should meet In Albany this afternoon.
and II is very likely that a candidate for Gov
ernor will then be selected informally. Thu
formal nomination will not be made until
after the 30th.
In the meantime It is the intention OF the
Cits to keep right on with the work OF securing
signatures for the nominating petition. TIL
election code requires that 6.O00 names shall
be signed to q petition for the Independent
nomination Of State officers, and provides that
there shall be at least fifty signers from each
county In the State. reckoning Fulton and
Hamilton as one county.
John De Witt Warner and other members Of
the Cts Committee say that the work OF get
ting these signatures is practically finished
and that the petition will be all ready for filing
The meeting yesterday was. not particularly
TfT Wesntys third RiSi street sire S. found is way 70 the u Re-
John Jay Chapman. Isaac H.. Klein and Assem-;
as solemn as an undertaken. They frightened
up in the evening. however, when a youthful
not TnH Tss p sshh o%i re Ia go his sIsR %onderf l4f s S@e
cess ip Rock!land, Orange and Delaware Goun-
s .Iss; II a0f * Rse SSe9nf FgIS Re said a he be F VIi, a.! sh 81
Nvack. which he described az the STRONGHOLD"
Of Senator Lex9Y: In Orange county he said he
Hon lon b B. o "a jr. Chairman Sf the RopubIi2
ty. the. yoSithfuI Sit declared that the inRSb;
ttants literally fell over each other in their mad
mept which meant the, Ultimate downfall Of
got over seventy signatures right in Grifin's
Corners alone. he said.
When asked who would be the probable sue
ticket. the Cits looked wise. but declined to
names nam cs for the place had been under St discussion
at the meeting. but they refused to, disclose
then on m the ground ,o S thS ! it would %ntfor be T mSni3
properly belonged to the Nominating Com
MIR. Fuller. as Chairman of the committee.
and Mr.. Boudinot Keith, as Secretary. gave
out to the reporters a statement in which they
"In August last It was known that many
voters Of all parties in this state were ready t9
support IOT DldJt OlIlCpS CiIlutIdt3S WHO STOulu
Certain Of Mr.. Roosevelt's friends believes that
h y0 we're be eo ne ISsel a head in i3 36e s1 Sais e 3 t1SKf IT
which the Republican party found itself. that
an anti in55iH dep RjtSnn Tp gIs 8 would TSs force Se, It. to 1G }Tdt
with an independent ticket in the field his cleo
ton you'd be assured, and at the same time
S use # his T T6sv record n4sIst to elect sSfs its S,. other q
Chat oP PSsS' had 81 seen lndSsR r, R06s;evei ftt"'Pfa as
about sPss sas week eef 1at ten f eRpS a fnIl eons %ita Sam a nd
n %lSSt thu the v ieyo5I Of M the R eSnteFspce T that t the.
R @ashs ls'i we're ie'0 faRo raj H0G Gseeiaed. 1 bat Sit6
t 6b3sot i must %oul b b @a %sd S,es s6 Mat Ma. R f6Sssh 70
acceptance Of the Republican nomination. the
Ee%aindsr Of the d tiGke T. to oo be %p &c by the
tion might Be fully Iaid before Mr.: Roosevelt,
Chapman sae and nsfMsf III. Rleinf re 81 rte fG that they s had
fully conferred with Mr.. Roosevelt. and that
but With With ttRRe the express press limitation that II case case
our plans SHOULD 90 far fail that he should not
then be free to accept or decline the indepen-
dent nomination this. under our law. being by
the date for which the Republican Convention
had been called. and that, in any address which
we S should ndI Issue this a should be e. made tbis plain ain h.-
lievins themselves in full accord with Mr..
Roosevelt's views, arrangements were at once
The ticket and f9T cooperation IL the canvass.
the dh%si% pFlEnc p Cities til 81 the X State ate and 9'iT reported ed to
cciided upon a ticket and directed petitions to be
PREPARED for Q its its HHfG2mI 1nnSt f4n,o asked k@bo the CO.
eEal Committee was to meet on Monday; the
18th inst: and issued an address !pEEaising
machines and machine ticketSl. |
III II the Sit press 81 ant an in as goIIows with COL Jerome of
ment that he is and always has been a RePub-
lican in the broadcast sense OF the word. While
he has not been seeking the Republican nomi-
nation for Governor. should It come to him he
recognizing as he does the dignity and honor
Of the position. He means the regular nomi-
at. the Saratoga Convention, Should he re-
ceive the nomination and be elected he would
be q Republican Governor-a Governor OF the
"ASPPITesiating, III that at, i 5Hptthe n the closing
as an independent candidate. a representative
Of our conference: Mr., h9thschild; who was
called upon him at Mohtauf on Monday, the
18th inst. gave him a copy OF the New York
t a]5%ss sOn ssPinlsses the th add FSs c s9a I SteeF 6P PR53
was that evening to decide whether to support
the proposed ticket. and asked for such an ex-
gieW' IN order a. r. thai the Glsizens' Thlon might
be advised by telegraph Of his exact position.
At first by telegraph and later In person Mr..
Rothschild reported Mr.. Roosevelt's explanation
that he had not used the specially partisan
language referred to-. that Mr.. RooseVelts
position remained precisely as when Klein and
~gestions to Mr.. Roosevelt as to circulating
nominating petitions: The telegraphlc adj
meeting and their contents used, The Citi:
zens, Union formally approved the proposed
and emblem in their behalf. and on the follow
ing or second day thereafter those in charge Of
Roosevelt's approval over his signature OF the
address In question. Blanks for nomination
petitions were at once prepared ,and-as the
to know-circulated for signature.
On the Goth inst. word. was received from
possible position with reference to our nom
~ination. and suggesting an interview. and at
such an interview at the City Club on the 23d
inst; MI. Roosevelt, after producing a letter