New-York tribune., 1901-08-24
REALLY FOR NOMINATIONS
CONFERENCE OF SEPTEMBER 8 WILL
PRACTICALLY NAME THE
FUSION TICKET.

The adjourned anti-Tammany conference 10
be held at the Citizens Union headquarters on
September o win be little less than nom
inating convention. BY that time IL is expected
that things viii have taken shape so that the
REALLY strong candidates will be few in number
The names Of these will be presented In turn
by the representatives OF the dozen or more or
ganizations at the conference. While there can
be nothing conclusive in the informal NOM
,nations. stiII II is expected that the nights
deliberations and discussions will eliminate All
but two or three of the possibilities
The Coler boom. attributed yesterday TO John
c. Sheehan and his friends. is not well received
by the Citizens Union leaders. In fact. they are
almost all against the proposition. Some OF
the Controllers anu-Tammany friends have
without avail tried 10 have his name favorabiy
considered by the Citizens Union lAaders. One
OF Mr. Coler's ardent admirers even went so far
as to say positively that the Controller had
figures concerning official rascality on the part
OF Tammany heads OF departments that would
blow Tammany out of power
Colonel Willis l. Ogden, chairman OF the
Citizens Union conferrees, is confident that
Tammany will be defeated.
The issue viii be particularly clean cut
said Colonel ogden. 1T will be the citizens
candidate against Crokers candidate for one
don't believe that more than half the voters In
,his CITY want TO be dominated any longer by
a man whose wealth has in some mysterious
manner been accumulated in this city, without
Croker having any visible means or support py
a. man who is so un-American that he prefers
10 live half his time a lordly English gehue-
man spending s. 600 apiece for bullpups. l
don't believe that more than half OF the voters
of this metropolis will tolerate that kind or a
boss"
The nronosition Of a certain faction in the Re
,,pblican organization 10 change its representa-
,ion IN the conference viii never be heard from
neain. Senator Platt declared emphatically yes
ferdav that the plan dead. The present
conferrees" said the Senator, will continue TO
do tn. work for the Republican organization
II the city convention appoints committee on
nominations il viii be made up OF the orlglhAl
,conferrees An the work Of clearing the way
sor the fusion ticket and the negotiations with
The snti-Tammany forces will continue In the
HANDS OF MT. Morris"
Have you any choice for Mayor 0"''
Platt was asked
..No" he said positively My choice will he
the choice Of the fusion conference. The RepuD-
ucan organization will support the candidate
urged 10y the Citizens Union. There won't be
any trouble about that. won't discuss canal
dates"
How about Seth Low?" was asked
seth Low or any other man named by the
conference would be acceptable 10 me
Robert C Morris gave out a statement yester-
a., a, answer to Frederick s Gibbs, who has
declared that Mr.. Morris was fully cognizant or
the plan to change the Republican representa-
,ion in the conference The statement in part
follows:
Mr. C,i,bs represented that Mr.. Morris nae lohs
feen cognizant Of the plan made pupIS 81 s aeess
49, matter rerhaps twenty times Win MI. ~
FVck and himself CMr. Gibbs: that M MOTIFS
had prepared the paper prodHcee Al ,ne TrIt,ae
the executive committee OF the city comm 49,
with some assistance from Mr.. Halpln, VINO Pgt,t-
sented the resolutions, and that IL Is ms NNi''
Morris's scheme. - a.. ,,--a.,,,, revre-
senting the facts in the Mr.. Motifs cohsl9e
ii his duty say that he had never PIoPostu M NJ
policy; that he had never dlscusseI II VIII ~
Gihbs or Mr. Ten Eyck: that he did not prepare
fhe resolutions and that he was surprised Nhen
he learned for the first time on TUESDAY attefLOOh
that they 10 be introduced
Mr. Gibbs said:
I stand by my interview in The Times TINS
,norninp II II comes 20 a question OF Veracity De-
tween Mr.. Morris and myself, am prepaIed 10
make good. j no advantage 10 pe btilIlet y %
controversy of the anu-Tammany FORCES. Put ~
Mr. Norris challenge my word as i salo
before, shall make good
call for a meeting OF the city committee OF
the Citizens Union next Tuesday night has been
issued. In the call it is said that it will be nee
essary 10 make final arrangements for the Sep
tember conventions" and 10 transact other I'M
portant business" II was further stated that
''aI nominations viii probably be made or deter
mined upon before the next regular meeting
and that therefore the importance OF ATTENDING
Tuesdays meeting is obvious.