The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-21
GOV. ROOSEVELT HELPS.
ALETTER FROM HIM WORKs WONDERS
IN Tie 3IST.

Union Candidates In the District De-
cline to Run-The Tammany-Cit Combs
nation in the 10Th still Holds Out.
Gov. Roosevelt started for Cincinnati at one
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He will make one
speech there and will return TO Albany. Next
Thursday he will go to Frederick. Maryland.
and thence to Baltimore, making speech in
each place. The Governor breakfasted at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday with Senator
rlatt and BENJAMIN b. Odsll. Jr., the Chairman
Of the Republican State Committee. After his
talk with the Senator and Mr Odell he wrote
the following letter to sas G. Croft. the Re
publican leader in tho Thirty-ilrst Assembly
district:
ndatI6n at D the H faat that r Slater
and MI Goodman have been renoninated for
Assem- blymRn and Alderman In your dis
trict. am pleased. not merely as. Rspub
lican, but as a good citizen. II happens
relations with both of these ,gentlemcn, and
cannot too strongly say that they are entitledto
fearessSes. and in,egrity and good d judsmsnt
give n public servant n claim upon those of his
constituents who believe in civic righteous
With Mr. Goodman was thrown very init
mately in contact while ! was Police Commits,
mo n every way u ths har and difficult work
Of that time. Mr.. Slater was among the
iA AZ, With whom ! was thrown
and l gained the highest opinion OF
him: 1t would be a real mni.foritune
the Legislature. His work in connection
with the franchise tax hlI and the teachers
hope for the success OF both.
Before this letter was written Mr.. Croft had
one or two conferences with Republican lead
ers Mr. Croft made public the letter soon
after he received it. with the result that
last night Weyland T.. Benjamin. the
Citizens Union candidate for Assembly
man. and Morris Finn. the Citizens Union
candidate for Alderman in the Thirty
first Assembly district. filed declina-
tons Of their nominations at Police Head
quarters. and SO far as they were concerned
the Citizens Union Tammany Hall combina-
ton Of the Thirty first district 10 at an end
Secretary Edward Goldsmith OF the local
Citizens Union organization said that he
knew nothing of it. Mr.. Benjamin.
after reading the Governors letter
and making up his mind that an alliance
| with Tammany Hall to defeat the
| Republican candidates was not a good thing at
this time. said that he had decided to declln .
because he was unwilling to run against
| such a fit candidate as Mr.. Slater. and
| no added that Mr.. Finn was unwll-
| ing to run against such a candidate
as Alderman Goodman The Thlrty-frst dis
trict was carried last year by the Repub-
| Leans by plurality OF 1902. There
was no reason why the Republican can
didates this year. who are the same as
| they were last and have made fine records.
| should not be reelected. but the Citizens
Union set out to beat them both. by not only
declining to endorse them. but by nominating
candidates against them. While that or
| Ganization is not extraordinarily strong
In tho Thirty first district. it is
not unlikely that they could have polled
| enough votes to have beaten both the Assem-
! blyman and the Alderman. With their candi-
| dates out there is no reason why the district
| should not be won this year.
The Citizens Union Tammany Hall ALI
ance in the Nineteenth district ia etill
on and unfortunately there doesn't seem
to be any chance OF It's being broken
The Hon. Richard Croker declares that Tam
many Hall is personally responsible for
every nomination that the Democratic
| party has made in the city. and Tam
many Hall nominated Perez NJ Stew
art. who is the Citizens Union and
Tamnany candidate. against the Hon. Rober,
| Mazet. whose offence has been that he
was Chairman OF committee that eX.
| posed Tammany Halls salary grabbing. Tam
| many Halls public sale OF Judgeships. and
| a good deal more Of Tammany corruption
and misrule. The Nineteenth district is a dis.
| trict where the Citizens Union in times pas,
| has had more or less strsngth. bu,
| it ia a Republican district and the Repub-
| lcans declare that II the unexpected
happens and Mr.. Mazet should he de-
feated. the responsibility will rest with the
| Citizens Union. that is in cohoots there with
Tammany. under the leadership OF the Hon
Isaac II. Kline. who last year ran a man named
| Bacon for Governor.
Tho Hon. George R. Bidwell. the Republican
leader in the Nineteenth, declares. however
that Mr.. Mazet is going to be elected. the Citi.
| zena' Union Tammany Hall alliance notwith.
standing. and while admitting the Citi.
| Hens' Union strength in some cam.
pagns In the past he calls attention to the fac
that last year the Hon. Isaac Fl. Kline sue.
cseded In getting only seventy-two votes fol
| his man Bacon. an average OF a little more
than two votes in each election district
| The Hon. John b. Sexton. Tammany Police
| Commissioner who is running the cam paig IN fo
Perez NJ. Stewart and using Tribune ed
toras for campaign literature. is spending two
| thirds oihs time in the district. and the chars
| IA made that the police there are at least no
doing anything to help Mr.. Mazet Nothing
further about this need be said at this time.