Arizona republican., 1901-10-06
AN ATTACK ON LOW
The Head and Front of Tam
 many'S Campaign
The Real Issue in New York Politics Will Not Be Brought Out-There Will Be no Defense of ,Corrup- tion.

New York. Oct. 5.-Tammany is mak- ing an offensive campaign. with Mr. Low the central object of attack h view of the various charges that have been made against Tammany-charges that may be summed up in the two words. "Crokerism'' and '.Deveryism' this course may seem as bold zs un- expected. It would appear that ex- plantations, apologies, a general smooth ing over of things. would be in order for example, that police corruption and absentee landlordism were inseparab.e from the trend of cosmopolitan" gov ernment that the people of New York want.
 These matters are to be subordinated however. if they are mentioned at all The Tammany campaign will be noth- ing more nor less than an attack on the character and attainmcnts of Seth Low. MT. Croker and the Tammary leaders were quick to grasp the fact that Mir. LOW. the fusioilist candidate for mayor. was opposed four years ago by the republican organization and was bitterly attacked by the newspa pers that supported the candidacy of Gen. Tracy at that time. Now she repub- Eoan organization and the republican newspapers are heartily supporting
 
 advisers think they see chance to w.n votes for Tammany with the pro- nouneements of large section of the fusion party.
 Accordingly arrangements have been made to hire every roof from which the limeliShtS can be worked. For five weeks henceforth New York at night will be ablaze with transparen-' cies thrown on conspicuous places with quotations from Tracy newspapers These illuminations will bear no trace of emanating from Tammany source. They will simply quote a few sentences. from some attack made on MT. Low four years ago and add the name of the newspaper that published it.
 In addition to this device. every available bill board is to be reed for d similar purpose Flaring posters, with quotations from Tracy news papers Of 1897, wil decorate every fence that can be hired. Tammany has q huge campaign fund and it will be ex- pended without stint for this kind of ammunition.
 There is a eorrelative and reza tive side to the scheme. It is this: Mir. Croker is to be kept in the background out of the fight as. much as possible. MT. Croker and his advisers know per fectiy we'll that the fusionists want to make him the issue of the campaign. but they simply refuse to accept the challenge given by Mir. Low in his speech of acceptance to the Citizens Union committee. Does Mir. Croker regard New York city as his private gold mine?" The Tammany answer to this charge Is simply: LOW is no good. and some of you said it.
 To carry out the programme success fully it is necessary. of course, for Mr. Croker to rnaitain silence. And it IS generally believed in Tammany circles now that he will do no talking for pub lication and very little for any other purpose. A politician who took q prominent part In the direction of one of the great anti-Tammany organiza- uons in 1897, said not long ago:
 of we can only unite the anti-Tanl- many bodies and get Croker to talk ing. we can beat Tam1nany with almost any candidate
 MT. Croker knows that the fusionisrs want him to talk, and perhaps ne knows also what his followers know that it Is dangerous for him to open his mouthin the presence of newspaper folk. At any rate, since the fusionisrs want him to talk. that is just what he is not likely to do. There Is certainly little or no prospect of another such re- miarkable series of interviews as was obtained from him last fall.
 Mr. C.roker's position now is very different from what it was a year ago this time. Then he had nothing of personal nature at stake. The inter views that he permitted were in nature Of obiter dicta on national and econ omic questions, interesting chiefly as revealing the workings of MT. Croker's mind. Now, as apparently he himself realizes. he has entered or the fight Of his life. his interest in the result of tha campaign is of a distinctly personal sort, and he has ceased to be the gen fal, gaprulous Crol<er of last year and has become again the grim, silent boss of ten years ago.