The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-10
LOWS LETTER
OF ACCEPTANCE
Righ Compliment Paid TO Comp
troIIeT GroUt.
POINTS TO WELL KNOWN FACT
TAMMANY NEVER BEATEN
TWICE IN SUCCESSION.
POINTS TO WELL KNOWN FACT

New York, Oct 9.-There was no
change I'm the aspect of the political
campaign today. Mayor Low gave out
his promised letter OF acceptance.
Mr.. Hinrichs and Mr.. Mcclure fu-
sion candidates for comptroller and al
dermanic president. We're today noti-
fed Of their nominations and made adj
dresses Of acceptance.
Owing to the storm and floods the
registration for the first day was very
light and up to a late hour the full
returns were not received.
Lewis Nixon, who was for a time re-
Earded as probable Independent Dem
ocratic candidate for mayor. wrote a
letter today advising against an indie
pendent movement
Lows Letter.
Mayor Lows letter of acceptance.
which was given out tonight. reviews
at length the work performed during
his official term in the abatement Of
evils and in the economical administra-
ton of the citys affairs. As to the
prospect Of success at the approaching
election ne says:
ut is often pointed out that Tam
many has never been beaten twice in
gotten that no fusion has ever out
lived "a single term Neither has any
genuine fusion ever been beaten"
As a result OF changes in the fiscal
policy Of the city Mr.. Low says it
has been found possible to carry on
the work of local improvements on a
liberal scale and stiH tax the city S1O.-
100000 less this year than last.
Particular credit is claimed for the
Fr.H
taxpayers have been conserved in the
matter OF public franchises.
Compliments Grout.
The conduct OF the comptrollership by
Grout is characterized by Mr.. Low as
a brilliant contribution to the success
OF the administration but i'm view OF
Mr.. Grouts nomination on the Tam
many ticket, the mayor declares that
'Tammany Hall permits no man the
opportunity for untrammeled service
such as he tMr. GrouD has heretofore
been able To give
Summing up. Mr.. Low says: The
fusion demand now. as I'm the last cam
paiEu. is: First for a government Of
law, as distinguished from the inequaH-
ties, favOritism and corruption due to
tolerated blackmail. second, for a gov
eminent i'm the interest of the public
treasury.a against a government dOmi-
mated by that mercenary spirit that
breeds dishonesty i'm the public serv-
ice and, third. for a. government in
the city i'm the interest of it's own
existence, against a government that
IS swayed this way or that by the sup
posed interests of national politics"
Five Regular Parties.
Tt was said late tonight at the bu-
reau of elections that the five regular
political parties had filed the certif-
rates of nomination for their candi-
dates. The time within which the GER
tifcates could be filed was up at mid
night tonight.
The Independent organizations and
parties have until Wednesday. oct. IA.
TO file their petitions. The only indie
pendent petition filed was that of Will
liam s. Devery for mayor
The five regular parties to ne repre-
Eeted ON the ballots. and whose GER
tfcates have been filed. are the Re
publican. Democratic. Social Demo
cratic, Prohibition and Socialist La
Dor