New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-14
NO FEAR OF FULLER TICKET.
REPUBLICANS WILL LET 1T GO ON THE
OFFICIAL BALLOT

LEGAL OBJECTIONS TO THE CERTIFICATES. BUT
LEADERS WILL GOT PUT ANY OBSTACLE
IN THE WAY OF PEOPLE VOTING
As THEY WANT To-
Conferences were held at the headquarters Of
the Republican State Committee in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel yesterday and last night as to
the propriety Of trying to keep the Independent
State ticket nominated by Paul Fuller's COM
mittee off the official ballot IL the nominating
certificate and petitions found to be want
Ing In legality. The original certificate OF the
Independents. which was filed on Wednesday
with the Secretary Of State. had Colonel Roose-
welt down the candidate for Governor. al
though Colonel Roosevelt had given warning TO
the Independents that he would not be their
candidate His formal declnation of their nomi-
nation was filed yesterday morning with the
Secretary Of State follows:
Please take notice that decline the nomina-
tion for the office of Governor rendered me by
the votes Of the Citizens Union Party. filed In
your office. Yours,
Dated oct. 10. 1893
A copy OF the certificate OF the Independent
nominations on file with the Secretary OF State
brought to the Republican State Commit
Youngs Of Oyster Bay. who had been in AL
bany to oppose the fling of the certificate. The
copy was examined yesterday by B. B. Odell. jr.,
chairman Of the State Committee. and William
Barnes jr chairman Of the Executive Commit
tee. in conference with Elihu Root. Mr.. Youngs
and others In the headquarters Of the State
Committee
I'VE aren't trying to knock out the indepen-
of
said Chairman Odell later, but we are acting
as II we were engaged in lawsuit. looking over
the papers. and II they are found to be Illegal
We shall simply take advantage Of the fact"
DECISION OF THE CONFERENCE.
Another consultation was held In the AFTER
noon, and later Mr.. Odell said there would be
another conference last night, at which Mr
Root and Charles c. Beaman would be present.
The conference was held at 10 p m. Those
present were Ellhu Root. c. C. Beaman b. Il.
Odell. chairman Of the Republican State Com
mittee: John Proctor Clarke. william Barnes.
Jr. W. J. Youngs. of Oyster Bay; Frederick d.
Kilburn and John Murray Mitchell. At the
close of the conference. shortly before midnight.
Mr.. Odell, speaking for all, made the following
statement:
We find that there are serious legal objections
to the certificate filed by the persons who have
adopted the Citizens Union name and emblem,
We DO not however wish any citizen OF the state
OF New-York to feel that putting any Oh.
Sacle IN the way Of his voting as he chooses ana ND
printing Of the names of the candidates on their
certificate on tho official ballot We do not appre-
hend that any considerable number Of the citizens
ticket
Supplemental TO this statement Mr. Ode gave
ont the appended statement which shows con-
cusivey that on September "a and % the Citi-
zens Committee fully aware that Colonel
Roosevelt would not accept nomination from
t,em, although signatures to the petition were
secured subsequent to this date upon this under
standing The following statement was one
made by the Citizens Union Committee on Sep
tember %;
Saturday evening the 24th inst. Mr. Roosevelt
notified us that he should not accept our nomina.
tion for Governor II rendered him Our personal
feelings over Mr.. Roosevelts withdrawal make II
at once more difficult and more necessary for
fully 10 Inform the men who have acted upon
authority Of the steps that led up to the present
After taking what We believed to be every rea-
sonable precauton to be that acting
In full accord with Mr.. Rooseves views have
to thank our friends throughout the State for the
prompt support In funds and in work with which
the Independents canvass has been supported and
10 regret that any confidence which they may have
acquired through us In the entire Willingness OF
their proposed candidate to accept their nomination
should have proved mistaken.
welt bespeak for the candidate to be named In
his place. \ conference or the other candidates
with our committee has been called for Tomorrow
Albany. PAUL FULLER.
Chairman independents Citizen Committee.
BOUDINOT KEITH. Secretary.
New York. September %, 1898.
COLONEL JEROME's PROTEST.
Colonel Lowell II. Jerome who went to Albany
Wednesday to oppose the filing OF the Inde-
pendent petitions was consulting with counsel
yesterday and may go back to Albany to make
a formal protest against them. Although he
was in consultation with Chairman Odel, ne
had nothing to do with the Republican state
Committees action. He thinks Of protesting as
an individual member Of the Citizens Union
that the Citizens State party has no right 10
use the name and emblem Of the Citizens Union.
When II was first proposed to run STATE
ticket under the name OF the Citizens Union
Colonel Jerome says he with others threatened
TO bring proceedings for an injunction, and this
caused the committee which has been running
the movement to decide upon the name "Citi-
zens State Party" and the beehive emblem
After II was found that the change could NOT
he made in the petitions. the Central Commit
tee OF the Citizens Union prevailed upon 10
pass resolutions authorizing them to file the
State petitions with the name and emblem OF
the Citizens Union upon them.
Colonel Jerome says hat they can't do this
legally and he declared yesterday that the Clt-
gems State party knew this and would not make
any strong fight
There will be no Citizens state ticket on the
hallot" said he when II is printed.