New-York tribune., 1901-09-25

enthusiastic
action of the Citizens Union city convention.
last night at Cooper Union, in adopting the re-.
port of its conference committee and placing IN.
nomination the city ticket agreed upon as fol-,
| lows
For Mayor-Seth Low.
For Contr"lier-Edward ". Grcut.
For President of the Hoard Of Aiderme~-i
About one hundred delegates made noisy-
demonstration for Controller Coler but Mr.;
Coler's name was not presented the conven-'
tion as a candidate. and his spokesman said,
that Mr. Coler desired that IL be not presented.
of the 1240 delegates elected to the conven~,
ton, 1,l63 answered the rorcar.
The first mention of the name of Seth Low by
r. Fulton Cutting. chairman of the COMMITTEES,
of One Hundred. received With tremendous.
cheering that continued for three or four min
utes.
MIR. Cutting seemed surprised at the interrupt
ton when he reached the name of the Citizens
Union standard bearer of 1897. He was read
ing his report much he would an essay.
At a later meeting of the Committee of One /,
Hundred said Mr. Cutting the committee I'M
structed its subcommittee of twelve to present !!
the names of four men whom the committee be-
lieved to be the most available candidates for'
Mayor of the city of New-York The citizens /
named were the Hon. Seth Low
That the the great throng of dele
gates had been waiting for. Instantly the air
of the historic old room a-quiver with the
cheers of twelve hundred men. Many stood up
in chairs and swung their hats.
Three cheers for Seth I.ow,'
What's the matter with Low" ID
He's all right and so forth
Then there were more cheers for Low and,
more inquiries to his welIbeing and stiIJt
further assurances by those who like old cam,
vvba tto r
name might be too familiar to arouse keen en-
thusiasm We're almost stunned with the sud-
denness and spontaneity of the outburst
WAITING FOR -CoLER BOOM
Then the crowd waited for the arrival Of th.
Coler boom. knowing positively as to it's
dimensions or the strength of it's legs
Mr. Cutting continued reading his report and /
was interrupted with cheering for Fornes and
GTout. Coming down to the meeting of the
committee of one hundred on Monday night he
said that Michael J. FIaherty one member OF
the committee. dissented from the recommenda-
tions of the eonferrees and when the vote wast
taken several members of the committee he
said, voted in the negative. at the same timer
expressing their preference for the Hon Bird s.
Coler cam
Here was the Coler band wagon. sure enoush,s
About one hundred delegates with sole leathet4
lungs. jumped to their feet and. standing ON
chairs, began hurrahins for Coler.
in an instant there plenty of fireworks
What the Coler lacked in numbers fan6J
they lacked more than nine-tenths). they mads,
up in ginger"
Three cheers for rColer-CoIer-CoIer,''
Three cheers for Low" yelled a Low man
and then the Coler went under the wavsN
Of sound momentarily. only to reappear shoutl
ing for CoIer. The hall was in an uproar Tba,
Low men became a little bit nervous and roSsi
all over the hall. their cheers again and again,
drowning out the Coler men,
''Low-Low-LowI'' they yelled
Then groans and Kisses were intern,insled ,oI
five six minutes
Then there followed five six minutes Of ala
ternating cheers for Low and CoIer. and be-
cause they the game was up the C,oler n,ena
rather good naturedly sought the tall grass -
of them expressed it afterward
The Coler stampede was a furry Whfl-
noisy there less than one hundred-to b,,
exact only seventy-eight-who stood up TO bs
counted
Mr.. Cutting had difficulty In getting the hair
quiet again
Gentlemen" said he, hotIy I'VE are here to-
do something. hope
Ihis seemed to the delegates be sensiblst
suggestion and order was restored Mr. C,utt
ting took fresh grip of the situation. and. In
cidentaily. his printed remarks. and in good
voice went on to cite few of the salient fsat
ures of the political situation. He was Iistensvl
20 with the closest attention until he said.
MIR. Low is too we'll known to require an IN.
PRODUCTION to the Citizens Union Convention
a man OF broad and positive views on tba cr..
tion of franchises. and in hearty sympathy wiz,
"a pause) labor
"Ow-wow-cut il OUT" Please nv C,,,
ting" said bleeding CoIer labor deIsg,..
The interruption was taken good naturedIv anal
Mr. Cutting was not again interrupted
CUTTING COULD HAVE HAD 1T
Mr.. Cuttings great popularity with the dele.
gates was shown previously. when Chairman
George Haven Putnam bluntly told the dele
gates that Mr.. Cutting could have been the
fusion candidate il he had so desired
James r. Burnet moved the adoption of tha
committees report. and then Mr.. Flaherty one
of the Coler agitators. got the floor
Mr.. Flaherty has had more advertising than
grand opera prima donna of late. and whom
his small. wiry. nervous figure was observed
walking toward the centre of the hall In from,
there were cheers. followed quickly by silence
1t was the intention of the minority r.
night said Mr.. Flaherty. Ito make a mnor;tv<
report, but the gentleman whose name was 70
De presented TO this convention by his friends.
positively refused to allow us to present it-
He'll be named by the Tammany ren M
right shouted man in the of the hail
Mr. Chairman" continued Mr. Flahertv. .tbs
friends of Mr.. Coler know full well thar his