The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-19
REGISTER OR SURRENDER!
TO CROKER's GREEDY RULE IN. THE
CITY, PERHAPS THE STATE.

Tonight Gov. Roosevelt speaks in hazets
District, which VIII Be the Chief Battle
Ground of tn. Local CampniEn-A Police
Commandments Plan of Disturbance.
Tomorrow and Saturday are the last two
days of registration. The man who 10 not
registered by 10 o'clock on Saturday night
cant vote. and unless better record is made
on Friday and Saturday there will be some
thing like 900 men in this town who had the
right to vote last year who won't have 1t
this What proportion OF this 10000 are Rcpub-
Leans and what proportion are Democrats. IL
Is OF course impossible to say. but 1t behooves
every Republican fret to make sure that he 10
registered himself. and then to soc That every
other Republican that he knows Is registered.
There will be meetings in every Assembly dis
trict in this city tonight at the various Repub-
lcan headquarters. and the Republican leaders
will give the Republican workers Just as hard
shots as President Quigg OF tho County Com
mlttee has given the leaders for the falling OF
In the registration the first two days.
There was considerable unhappiness at the
headquarters OF some OF the allied factions y es
terday because OF the criticisms that had been
made upon them for their dereliction in get
ting out the men whose votes they say they
represent. but they admitted that oil the
criticisms were true and that they
had been spending all their time
getting names to petitions nominating
various candidates independently. Last night
it was promised at these headquarters that the
members OF the organizations would get to
work to- day. and that they would put in good
lcks between now and Saturday night Mem
bers Of the Citizens Union said that they would
begin house-to-house canvass in the
various districts in which they were organ
lied. and that they would personally urge
y,Ntar hon hay mi fhAv
are organized in only few districts. At the
Independent Labor Headquarters 1t was prom
ised that the Labor men who could spare any
time at all would register themselves and get
oil their fellows registered. II these
promises are carried out it is possible
that the figures in New York county. while
the time is short. will be brought up so that
they will compare favorably with the regis
tration figures in the cities up the State. A
look at the figures on Saturday night will show
whether the promises are kept or not.
A number OF Republicans from uptown
districts who were talked with yester-
day said that the men who had not
| registered were the independent Repub-
| licans and independent Democrats
| They knew this by oanvasses that they
| had made They declared that the Repub-
| lican organization workers were doing their
| full duty. and that they would keep doing it,
| They said it was up TO the Citizens Union now
to get out the class of citizens on whom it de-
| ponds wholly for it's strength.
The Republican campaign will open in the
| city tonight with one Of the biggest mass
| meetings that has been held here since 1896 {:
it will be at Durland's Riding Academy. and the
meeting will be presided over by Sen ator Depew
| Gov. Roosevelt will be the principal speaker.
The demand for tickets which has been I'M
| precedented. and which led the County Com
mittee on Tuesday to hire the Metropolitan
| bicycle Academy, across the street fer an over
| flow meeting, led the committee yesterday to
| make arrangements for still mother overflow
meeting; it viii be held d, in p the Circle s
every effort in their power to- keep people
ava, away from thes &c. meetings They have de-
John B. sexton. the Tammany leader in the
district. is going to parade with 5000 men.
ems to march around the Academy. Mr.. sexton.
| it may be remarked. is Police Comm Toner.
AZ the same time there vii! be a meeting held
! Stewart. the Citizens Union candidate. who
has been taken up by Tammany for the rnr
tioIer has been drafted into the service Of Mr.
Sexton to make a speech at that meeting.
yAs 4h be bym 1ns Mazs de
Ader he meetng ub 'onFht the West hs
Pre.idens q the club This. West side Re.
fHG ats IN the S ns
While it has always been a Republican club.
majority Of It's mbership favored Il TIE cleo.
work for him The members are lust as much
Interested to-day in the election OF Mr.;
| MaZet. They are workers. too, and
they are particularly Interested this time
because tho Citizens Union. which they sup
| ported when Seth Low was running for Mayor.
| has now allied itself with Tammany Hall in
fighting Chairman Mazet The club has already
| appointed committees on registration and
on meetings, and letters have been sent TO
| every Republican voter I'm the district urging
n week beginning tonight. Tammany Hall
would rather LOSE any dLstrrt: or any wv" ais-
man. Mazet. reelected, and the Tammany
w T n%t ts o1 trct IN III. sS
that they propose putting up against
| him. They were gleeful yesterday because
Thomas f. Eagnn. who runs a little alleged
Republican club of bis own. had come out
the afternoon. and in the morning before it
| was held the Hon John +. Carroll gave out the
resolutions that II was to adopt.