New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25
AGAINST AN ALLIANCE.
CITIZENS UNION AND THE FALL CAM
PAIGN
PAUL FULLER SAYS HIS ORGANIZATION
SHOULD MAKE ITS NOMINATIONS
WITHOUT CONFERENCE WITH
POLITICIANS.

The meeting OF James p. Reynolds, chairman
of the Executive Committee OF the Citizens
Union in the Low campaign. with Lemuel E.
QuigG. president Of the Republican County
Committee, to talk over plans for Republican
organization in support Of independent nomi-
nations for local Offices at the fall election has
apparently given offence 10 some OF the men
who now in control of the Central Commit
tee OF the Citizens Union. Paul Fuller, who
was prominent in the attempt TO draw away
Independent support from Governor Roosevelt
for Governor last fall. and instrumental in
nominating Independent Citizens Union
State ticket that got less than thousand votes
in this city declared yesterday that the Citi-
zens Union must not he drawn into alliance
with the Republican organization. According
to Mr.. Fuller. The fundamental principle Of the
Union is not TO have premeditated alliances with
either political organization The Union, as
controlled by few self-appointed judges Of the
fitness OF candidates for public Office, should
make its nominations entirely without confer
ence with the politicians. and let the political
parties support reject such nominations.
Isaac II. Klein, who was an assistant 10 Mr..
Fuller in the attempt to defeat Colonel Roose-
welt by the nomination of an Independent State
ticket, said yesterday that Mr.. Reynolds was not
a member Of the Central City Committee Of the
Citizens Union. and wa" not entitled to say
what the union would d.. The Citizens Union
must put its candidates in the field in such a
manner that there can be no susp cion Of a
deal" Mr. Klein declared. Mr.. Fuller and Mr..
Klein are among the Il uT- tial members of the
Central City Committee of the Citizen' Union.
Among those associated with them are men who
believe that 1t would be better to nominate
ticket independent Of any understanding with
the Republican organization and have it get
only a few hundred votes rather than 10 have
a union anti-Tammany ticket elected. Most or
the men of influence and political force who were
in control Of the Citizens Union in the Low
campaign lost interest in the work Of the union
when Mr. Fuller Mr.. Klein and some others
now prominent tried 10 use the union as means
of defeating Colonel Roosevelt
Mr. Quigg and certain other Republican lead
ers have declared that the Republican organiza-
ton will support good candidates for local Of
fees for Assemblymen and for Aldermen VINO
are nominated by the Independents, Dut they
do not believe that such NOMINATIONS can pe
made by the Central City committee Oh lHe
Citizens Union. The nominations TO nave any
strength must be made they say, ny represeil-
tative independent organizations OF cltlzeils IN
the districts The Republican leaders Would
like to have the Independents nominate Assem-
blymen Henry, Mazet and FalloWs IN the IN
XIXth and XXIst Assembly districts, in "hich
the Republicans are reasonably sure OF e4eCtine
tbair candidates for the Assembly without IN
dependent support. The leaders would nave no
objection TO the nomination OF Assemolyfna
Adler in the With District II the InuePenu en-
ant. could and no stronger snti-Tammany can
didate In the XXVIIth District where GneraI Vi
Davis was elected a Republican Win IN
dependent support last autumn. tpe !ndepeha- pl'i-
ents might be expected to nominate MI DaV's
again. 49, 1do
No suggestion would be made to the lnde-
pendents the Republican leaders say, as 10 the
nominations Of candidates for Aldermen in any
Of the districts. All the Republican leaders
could desire would be the nomination OF worthy
candidates II is to be left to the Independents
in the districts to organize and select ther can
didates with the assurance OF Republican or
ganiZatiOn support