New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
LOW NAMED FOR MAYOR.
ANTLTAMMANY CONFERENCE ALMOST UNANIMOUS IN IT'S
CHOICE OF COLUMBLA'S PRESIDENT
SEVENTEEN FOR LOW.
HERMAN RIDDER THE ONLY MEMBER or
THE EIGHTEEN WHO STOOD OUT
AGAINST HIM.

The committee of eighteen, to which the anti
ETammany conference submitted a list Of pos
7 sible candidates for Mayor more than a week
Eago. with request to recommend the most
available candidate on the list. decided after al
Hong session last evening to recommend Seth,
Low. The vote fas II TO / in his favor. Her
man Bidder was the committeeman who stood
out against Low. 1t required a number of bal 7;
5lots to secure this result.
When the committee met in the headquarters;
Iof the Citizens Union at p m. ii had before,
liz only the names of Mr.. Low. Captain F. Nor
ton Goddard, Charles \. Schieren Jacob A Can
tor and Herman Ridder The committee re
Estored to the list the name of Edward NJ. Knox,
land then took it off again. The names of sew
eraI other independent Democrats of Manhattan.
were discussed, but a majority Of the committees
was opposed to placing their names on the list.
Mr. Cantor's eliminated Mr.. Ridders
withdrew his Mr.. Scheren's name
was withdrawn. Then there followed a longI
argument to a choice between Mr.. Low andG
Captain Goddard. On next to the last ballot
cast the vote stood - for Low and for Rives
whose name had been substituted for Mr.. God
dards, but the final ballot two who had pre-
viously voted for Rives switched over to Low.
1t was nearly o'clock, the time set for thel
meeting of the anti-Tammany conference, whenI
the committee adjourned for refreshments. II.
was then said that Mr.. Low had a majority of
the committee and that his would bel
recommended to the conference
MR. FLINT WITHDRAWS.
1t was said that the name of Charles r. Flint,
had not been discussed, because Mr. Flint had
I sent to the committee a letter saying
The honor of leading in a movement toward al
better and higher municipal administration Of a
welfare of so many people might well gratifying
Ito any one and a citizens duty when called Onl
But IN my own case the commercial interests to
which am committed and in which so many
fso important and exacting that it is Impossible
domination at the present time; Under the cir
eumstanees Is my duty to send send you @ inns PromP
6tee who desire my nomination will consider this
sdecislon as unalterable.
At the meetings of the committee 1t was said
there had been discussion of Controller
Coler as a possible candidate, partly because
of Mr.. Colers refusal to squarely
against Tammany and partly because of the re-
5rorts that he might be the Tammany candidate
{ for Mayor. Some of the members of the COM
nittee said it was to be expected that there
would be a discussion of Mr.. Colers at
! 1.-The conference later in the evening, in view of
the reports that his friends in the Citizens
Union thought they could stampede the conven 1
I 2tion for him.
Later 1t was learned that in the early ballot 4
ang the vote of the committee had stood as fol
Flows: Low, q Knox, ,; Goddard, 4, and Charles
wv Dayton. whose name had again been thrust
into the list, . The names of Mr.. Knox and
/ Mr. Dayton were then thrown out, and the vote
Sstood: Low -; Goddard, g. Mr.. Goddard 8
sfriends then proposed the substitution of Mr..
zRivess name for that of Alr Goddard, and he
I received the ballot already mentioned.
THE TWELVE MET SECRETLY.
i A meeting of the Citizens Union Committee of
STwelve had been held in the office of r. Fulton
3Cutting late Tuesday afternoon. This meet
Hing was kept quiet and no notice was sent until
: the last moment NJ. ]. Flaherty a strong Coer
man. who is member of the Committee of
1rwelve. did not receive his notice of the meet
8ing until Tuesday morning. This was stig
znatized by him last evening sharp political
epractice At this committee meeting resolution
was passed recommending that by all means the
name of an independent Democrat be selected
= for Mayor by the anti-Tammany forces. NJ. J..
3Flaherty who is a member of the general con-
&ference committee, present at the Citzens
Union headquarters during the deliberations of
i the committee of eighteen. He said:
without desiring to disparage the efforts of the
ors are somewhat hampered by the hypercriticaI
attitude they have assumed 70 & Eandldates m ate can
{iTnion want Mr. Coler candidate. AT the cit Y.
Convention next week no knows what will ha p-'
fpen There are of $50 delegates from Brook
bivn who will found for Coler. There will bel
almost solid delegation from Queens and most of
sthe delegates from Richmond To these may bel
Efrom Manhattan and The Bronx. There about
ltweIve hundred delegates TO the city conventionI
Rand you will find that most of them win be for,
a oler.
Mr. Flaherty said that a special meeting of
s1he Borough Committee had been called inE
Brooklyn for tomorrow. and he thinks there