The sun., 1902-12-09
COUNCIL OYER LOWS FATE.
" HEN PRESIDENT AND SENATOR
AND GOIERNOR MEET.
shall fIe he Renominatcd for Mayor:
Then suppose lie Is Reelected What
About Running the Goycrn0rship In
I8OA-And suppose lie Isn't Rc.elect ed

The sun has already noted that Gov.
Odoil ~ 10 ihcet Senator Pa't in Washing
ton on Wednesday. Naturally. the Governor
Of the State Of New York would not 60 to
Washington without paying his respects
u the President of the United States. Gov
odell and Mr.. Pliu. and possibly Col
Dunn. chairman Of the Republican State
committee. ~ has already been all, are
10 discuss in Washington with the Prcsi-
dent the policies of legislation AT Albany
this winter. OF course they will talk about
these matters: that is just as natural as
that man should eat his breakfast this
morning But what comes after the break
fast?
Well. the President Of the United States,
the senior Senator from the State of New
York and the Governor of the State are to
discuss on Wednesday. and possibly on
Thursday, the advisabili,y of bringing about
the denomination of the Hon Seth Low,
Mayor Of New York. in the city convention
which will he held in New York city in Sep
tember next. No matter about the little
legislative plans which are to Ie assigned
by Mr., Plat and Mr. Odt Il at Albany this
winter; no matter about a cert ai.. lcgislst-
i've programme which. in tus estimation
"i a great many people. will not amount
10 anything; the main point discussed will
be as 10 the advisahility Of renominating
Mr.. Low and his availability a, a candidate
against the proposed candidate of Tam.
many Hall, al this moment, Representative
George Brinton Mct lrllan.
President Roosevelt and some Of his
friends have heard of suggestion, IL l.
said, to the eject that Mr. Low should be
renominatod for Mayor next fall, for the
purpose. if nothing else. Of testing the
value of his administratic ion to the 3, ,437. .2O2
inhabitants OF Gp'atcr New York The
argument is this: II Mr.. Low has made
"A popular Mayor. there can be nothing
for the Republican organizations making
up the city convention to DO but to re-
nominate him. Of course, the Sheehan
Democracy and one or two other fag-tag
and bob-tail organizations fone or two
sneaked in the recent flgl outsido Of Tam
many Hall and outside oi the Republican
county organization. amount to little or
nothing. -
its weakness on Election Day through its
vote for John Dewitt Warner for Supreme
Court Justice. The Tammany organiza-
ton seems to be intact, The Civil Service
laws have retained in Office nearly a, 900
Tamnany off1ceholders under the Low
administration. These officeholders, to a
great extent, were quiescent on election
day: in other words, they were not open
partisans az they would have been II Tam
many had been in control They voted for
Tamnany Hall, and let it go al that
The President II utterly friendly to Mr..
Low, Mr.. Oiell may be regarded as par
tally friendly" an Mr.. Platt-well. some
of Mr.. Platt's friends said last night that
since 1850 he has met good many tin g. d..
and he has become accustomed to them
Hes'a philosopher al 40
A little story here will do no harm. When
Mr.. Plat resigned from the United States
senate in 1881 Warner Miller became leader
II the Republican party of the state. Mr.
Miller was nominated for Governor in 1855
and beaten by Hill. although Harrison,
the Republican Presidential candidate, car
ried the State of New York Mr. Miller
went down As Republican leader. but Mr..
Platt did not come up as the masterfu
spirit of the Republican party until 1899,
year" Mr.. Miller was a ponderous gentle
man. and IL was said last night that Mr.:
Low Ia becoming quite as ponderous. Yet
Mr. Roosevelt believes that Mr.. Low is o. X
and Mr.. Odell-well what does Mr.. Odell
think. anyhow
But there L. Mayor Lowhe was at the
Scottish dinner the other night. looking
like Ajax dcfying the lightning, II the
President and the Governor and the Senator
decide that Mr.. Low shall be renominated
next fall, and If Mr. Low il defeated, what
will be Mr. Lows future in the Republican
party, was asked last night Mr., Lows
fate will be decided within sixty-two hours
Will the President be powerful enough to
Insist upon the nomination of Mr.. Low for
Governor in 1904? That would recall the
Arthur-Folger campaign in 1881?
Anyway, the results Of this conference
between the President and the Governor
and tho senior Senator Of the State Of New
York in Washington on Wednesday ard
Thursday are awaited with more or less
interest; the Republicans ard Democrats.
and NMgwImps. and Socialists, ard Pro-