New-York tribune., 1901-10-11
'' REFORMING TAMMANY-
CITIZENS UNION LEADERS CAN'T SHARE
MIR. PEABoDY'S OPTIMISM.

The desertion of Edward NJ. Shepard George Eos.
ter Peabody and few others. who. after lighting
Tammany for years. have suddenly decided wffh
| MIR. Shepard that they can reform that organiza-
ton from the inside. has simply hardened ana
crystaIlized the determination of Seth Low and th
anti-Tammany leaders to go ahead with the wort.
OF driving out Tammany. One of Mr.. Lows friends
said yesterday:
Shepard did not go into this thing witbon+
weighing all the moral considerations Two davs
l before the Democratic City Convention Henry
Hentz Dick S. Ramsey and Frederick w Hinricbr
all his personal friends. paid him visit and taIkef
to him like brothers. making it clear to him that
no one man could succeed in inducing Tammanv t,
| change its spots and stripes They look upon
Shepards acts now more in sorrow than in anger
and think of him as the CoOnists fighting for Their
| liberty thought of those who deserted Wasbnr+o
to accept the better food and pay of the British
Shepard has made an awful mistake; he has take
one of those moral missteps which land ma
| beyond the reach of the sympathy and trust
those who nearest to him."
The letter written by George Foster Peabody In
which he tries to justify his attitude DESERVING
the Citizens Union. ridicuIed by Of his
former friends yesterday. p Fulton Cutting. in
discussing it, said:
l am sorry cannot share Mr. Peabody's optin-
Ism. He says to-day before the election. the coun-
er1rnen+ f tb oL N4 Or p' Ny ~ ~ ' a-
didacy certainly lusties that prediction, but if Mr.
our Augean stables. he will ind the beyond his
result in R Bs6nn TT IN , s9d T 9n
the stables Hercules may be strong enough 10,
Tammany tiger he will come out second best
Colonel Willis L. Ogden. when asked yesterda,
how many votes would be changed from the Cit
izens Union to the Tammany ranks in Brooklyn
by Mr.. Shepards candidacy. said:
Just about eighteen votes-just the little
coterie who on account of strong personal reasons
do not wish to appear as ingrates to Mr.. Shepard
voters of Brooklyn so much as what he does. He
has Joined hands with the pronounced enemies Of
honest and decent government. and nothing that
he say will blind intelligent voters in Brook
lyn or elsewhere TO that damaging fact
Mr.. Low visited the fusion headquarters in East
Twenty-third-st. yesterday afternoon usual and
talked over campaign plans with some OF the mem
bers of the advisory committee He expressed
qualification over the announcement in one Of his
letters that the City Democracy had declared for
the anti-Tammany ticket. ]. c. Clark Mr.. Lows
secretary, sent ex-Sherin O'Brien's friends word
that Mr.. Low would like to meet the notification
committee of the City Democracy tomorrow after
noon IL said yesterday that Mr.. O'Brien
would be made member of the advisory COM
mittee.
E. Ellery Anderson, who is securing signatures
among the gold and independent Democrats for the
Greater New-York Democracy petitions. announced
yesterday that the following former friends of Ed
ward NJ. Shepard had. in addition hundreds who.
we'll known. signed the petitions: Ex-
Secretary Charles s Fairchild Roger n. Pryor,
George L. Rives Henry Hentz Abram S. Hewitt
John G. Agar John D. Herman. Hamilton Odeu.
Henry De Forest Baldwin. Wallace Macfarlane and
Oscar s Straus.
The Republican campaign committee of the
XXXIst Assembly District has leased the Old
Shubert house, at Seventh-aVe. and One-hUndred-
and-twenty-hfth-st and wOTknen yesterday began
the construction OF big platform. which is to he
covered by large tent. with seating capacity or
two thousand. This is TO be called Camp Seth
Low. and the meetings will be conducted there az
they in Carp Mckinley a year ago The
opening rally will be held Monday night next
and theree fter every night there Will be speaking
and music Each Of the fOrtytwo election districts
in the Assembly district is to have headquarters
and from these are TO be strung banners with the
names OF the fusion candidates Another features
OF the campaign will be the display of small ban
ners from the windows Of houses and apartments
Tammany ticket.