The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-25
AGAINST TAMMANY
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN NEW YORK
CITY UNITES WITH THE
CITIZENS UNION
SETH LOW CHOSEN TO LEAD
President of Columbia University Is
Named at Two Conventions as
the Fusion Candidate
for Mayor.

NEW YORK, Sept. A.-The Republican
city convention to nominate mayor,
controller and president of the board of
aldermen, met at noon today and after
organizing adjourned to meet tonight.
The night session was attended by most
of the leaders of the Republican party.
Lieut. Gov. Woodruff was the chairman,
and prominent among the delegates were
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Frederick S. Gibbs
Robert G. Morris, Jacob Brenner and +.
Norton Goddard. On taking the chair,
Mr.. Woodruff said that while partisan n
ship was proper in state and matte nal
politics in, the government of the nun ci-
pality which comes closer home to the in
dividual and those domestic interests
which party principles do not affect non
partisanship should be the dominant idea.
He also bitterly attacked the present
police administrati ton.
The platform adopted arraigns Tam
many hall as "a band of conspirators
against the public welfare and as an
Organization devoted to public plunder."
1t charges the administration of the
police department with buying and SELL
ing license to break the law" and the
machinery designated for the admins
tration of justice as being employed to
promote vice and protect criminals u
The platform pledges the candidates to
do away with the biackman iniquity.' q,
1t further says the election of the ticket
will not mean blue law government but
the largest measure of personal liberty
consistent with public decency and the
maintenance of public order.
TAMMANY SCORED.
The platform then scores the Tam
many hall administration for it's tinan-
cial administration of the city and
charges it with filling the offices with
Tammany workers. 1t also says the laws
concerning wages to city laborers will
be enforced by it's candidates and prom
ises to see that ample school facilities
are given.
After the adoption of the platform
Robert c. Morris moved the ratification
of the report of the conference COM
mittee, which met with the representa-
tives of the other anti-Tammany organi-
cations, and formally named Seth Low
president of Columbia college, for mayor;
Edward NJ. Grout, of Brooklyn, for con-
troller, and Charles V. Fornes, of New
York city, for president of the board of
aldermen. There was great enthusiasm
when the names were mentioned, and
several speeches Seconding the nominal
tions were made.
The convention then nominated Messrs
Low, Grout and Fornes by acclamation.
The city convention of the Citizens
union, Whlch was ADJOURNED last April
after organization had been perfected
and a platform adopted, for the purpose
of permitting a union to be arranged be-
tween all of the anti-Tammany organiza-
tions and candidates to be agreed upon at
conferences of representatives from all
the organizations opposed to Tammany
hall, re-convened in Cooper union. to-
night.
Tonight's convention was attended by
over 2,000 people packed in a hall de-
signed to hold 1,700, and hundreds sur
rounded the doors outside. There were
1850 delegates. The Bird S. Coler men
were plentiful, but just after the con-
vention was called to order it was an
nounced as coming from Mr. Coler that
he would not allow his name to be used
as a candidate for mayor before this
convention. George Haven Putnam pre-
sided, and in his speech attacked Tam
many hall and it's methods. r. Fulton
Cutting presented the report of the com
mittee of 100, which named Seth Low for
mayor; E. M. Grout for controller. and
Charles V. Fornes for president of the
board of aldermen There was much con-
fusion at this point and Mr.. Coler's
friends made themselves heard but the
report was finally unanimously adopted
and Messrs. Low, Grout and Fornes
made the candidates of the Citizens
union. f