New-York tribune., 1901-09-04
THEIR ATTITUDE DEFINED.
GREATER NEW-YORK DEMOCRATS WILL.
BOW TO WILL OF MAJORITY.

The exact attitude Of the Greater New-Yorkl
Democracy toward mayoraIty candidates be-
came known yesterday afternoon. following a.
meeting Of the conference committee of that orr
ganization in the Office of William Hepburn
Russell at No. 253 Broadway. Briefly stated,
the position is "A united front in the confer
ence committee on September o against Seth
Low or any other Republican for Mayor but
acquiescence in the final verdict OF the majority
of the conferrees. matter who the candidates
may be-" The conference yesterday was at
tended by John c. Sheehan. William Hepburn
Russell. ex-Surrogate Rastus S. Ransom. Mat
thew P Breen, Bryan L. Kennedy James L;
Conway and James G. Collins. The absenteeS
were ex-senator Cantor and E. EIery Anderson.
After the conference the following statement
was issued:
The members of the conference committee rep
resenttng the Greater New-York Democracy. willis
not intending to dccuss the subject Of candidates
ence. deem 1t advisable to state that the Greater
New-York Democracy has not. thus far. by any OF
sidared the availability of any person as can
an organization any opinion for or against ny per-
son or persons suggested for that office We take
this occasion TO say further that the accommodating
and startling evidences, disclosed day after day.
the departments Of the city government make ft
apparent to all men that Tammany Hall under it's
hs5 in the @ o this e and a
aeesnt citizens TeSaTdess OF political or other con
sorbing duty of driving the despoilers from thss
trust so scandalously abused by them
The foregoing statement was in the form Of a
resolution. and was presented by Mr.. Sheehaa
and seconded by Mr. Ransom. The COMMITTEES
will meet again Friday afternoon in Mr.. Rus
sells Office. when date viii be selected for the
executive committee to meet to call the NOM
mating conventions The regular headquarters
of the Greater New-York Democracy. at No.
!. $50 Broadway near Twenty-eighth-st.. will be
opened this afternoon. Two floors will be Occu-
pied. and there is abundant room for the trans
action OF all campaign business William Hep
burn Russell. chairman of the executive COM
mittee when asked TO state his personal opinion
of Controller Coler's availability as a mayoralty
candidate said:
1t seems TO ne that there are Just three courses.
and only three. left open for Mr.. Coler to pursue
come out explIcitiy in favor of Tammany Hail, to
come out explicitly against 1ammany Hail, or an
nOunce that in circumstances Will he accept any
nomination all this fall II is my PERSONAL
9P5Pd t6PWaTd Tammany Hail before the meeting Of the
conferrees September 9. he will not receive three
candidacy for the Governorship nomination. and
he would be strong candidate for the anti-Tann-t
opposition TO Tammany and Grokerism perfectly
can be considered at all
How would Ashbel P. Fitch suit the Greatsr
New-York Democracy" Mr.. Russell was asked
IAN that I personally know about Mr.. Fitch
is his record" said Mr.. Russell with smile.
why does your organization particularly de-
sire a Denocrat?' he was asked, and he res
piled:
For this reason. among others, that for three
years John c. Sheehan was the dispenser OF pat-
ronage in Tammany Hail. and in that time becams
Familiarity known TO a good many thousand active
Tammany Democrats. When Mr. Sheehan was
forced out of the organization the ban placed
on all of his friends. These men, understand. are
organization Democrats. would
for Democratic candidate for Mayor. but IN NY
Judgment IL would be impossible to induce them to-
vote for a Republican matter how independent
and estimable the Republican might be- think ft
is conservative estimate that with Democrat
a candidate the Greater New-York Democracy
ticket would poll $4,000 votes. very large per-
centage of these voters could hardly be induced
vote for a Republican on the head of the ticket,
matter how hard might try to get out our
fun strength In spite of these facts with refer
ence TO the desire of people to have Demos
crat on the head of the ticket, the Greater New-s
York Democracy will cheerfully and Loyalty sup-s
port the candidates OF the antf-Tammany union