The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-15
NOW, S'P0SEGROUT W0N'lRUN
HE'LL RE HERE TODAY AND
THEN WE'LL KNOW ABOtT 1T.
Mayor Low Asks the World Not to Credit
Him With Any Views He Does Not Per-
sonaliy Evpress-W. ii. Baldwin. Jr.,
Thought Low Not the Man tn Nominate.

Comptroller Edward NJ Grout is ex-
Pected home from Europe to-day. The
report of the last week or SO, that Mr.. circuit
would decline denomination on the fusion
ticket. was again very prevalent last night.
Mr.. Grout g friends said that no one was
competent to speak for him except him
self. Mayor Low, in his letter to the fusion
conference, suggest ed that IL he, the Mayor,
were to be renominated he would like to
have on the ticket with him Mr. Grout
and Mr.. Fornes.
All sorts of gossip were heard as to Mr..
Grout. If he should decline the denomination
what would Mayor Low do?' was one Of the
questions, and this was very generally
answered by the statement that Mayor
Low would remain head of the fusion ticket.
Should Mr. Grout pull out. the fusion con-
ference, it was said, would be reconvened
and another independent Brooklyn Demo-
crat put into the place Of Mr.. Grout.
The Kings County Democrats are so
anxious to have a Democrat nominated
on the city ticket who will help them along
with their borought and county tickets
that they would not, 1t was said, hesitate
u
in their power.
The old story that the Brooklyn Demo-
Gratis would offer MIR. Circuit the nomination
for Supreme Court Justice in the Second
Judicial district, to succeed w. w. Coed
rich, was heard high up last night.
Opinion has been divided as to what
course MIR. Grout ia likely to take. One
OF his appointees said yesterday that he d
bet 100 to that Circuit would run again
on the fusion ticket, while another wanted
to bet that he wouldn't. Deputy Comp
the other day that Mr.. Grout wanted it
made clear that no one was authorized to
speak for him in his absence or to under
take to say what he would or would not
do in things political.
Mr.. Stevenson went down the bay last
night so as to be the first to greet his superior
this morning. He is prepared to tell Mr..
Circuit what the situation is. A peculiar
situation may arise from the temptations
offered to MIR. Grout. Mr.. Stevenson lives
in Brooklyn, and his friends have been
seeking the fusion nomination for Borough
President for him in case j. Edward Swan
strom declines to run again. MIR. Swan :
strom wants place on the Supreme Court
bench If Mr.. Grout should take the
Mclaughlin offer Of a Supreme Court
place and Mr.. Stevenson should go on the
fusion ticket for Borough President, the
present Comptroller and Deputy Comp
roller, now very close friends, would be on
opposing tickets across the river.
The carved doors of the Mayors inner
sanctuary swung open yesterday, usher
ing this official statement to the world:
observe that interviews are being given
from time to time that purport to represent
my views on this subject or that. must
Views Vie ~ to p% mo that do not give expression
to myself SETH Low.
New York. Sept. IA.
When statements from the Mayor have
been refused recently, information has
been sought from such friends as City
Chamberlain +. h. l.. Gould. What DR.
Gould has said has carried the weight of
his close personal and political relations
with the Mayor. In his latest talk, DIR.
Gould responded to a question about Dis
trict Attorney jerome with the comment:
He's a very good fellow"
The City Hall was saying yesterday
that possibly the Mayor wished to escape
responsibility for that statement.
II. Fulton Cutting got back to New York
Yesterday. He was asked if he thought
Mr.. Jerome would attempt to stampede
the Citizens' Union convention against
Mayor Low.
ii do not think he could if he tried, and
! do not think he will try" said MIR. Cutting
Corporation Counsel Rives, who returned
from his vacation yesterday, said that stories
that he might be the fusion candidate We're
all tommyrot. Il have no intention or
thought of seeking Chat honor said Mr..
Eives. Il am for Mayor Low
IL came out yesterday that William II.
Baldwin, Jr., president of the Long Island
Railroad Company and one Of the leaders
of the fusion movement, had written letter
expres sing he opinion that Mayor Low was
not the man to nominate this year. The
letter is said to have been addressed to Il.
Fulton Cutting. MIR. Baldwin would not
say yesterday to whom it was sent 1T
was a personal note" said he, land do not
care TO discuss it,"
According TO well authenticate re-
port. Mr.. Baldwin expressed the heartiest
admiration for Mayor Low az a man and as
a Mayor, declared that New York never had
better administration than fusion had
given it in this term and that if New York
could have two more years Of the Low
regime it would be placed on high plane,
from which Tammany could never drag it
down. In spite of all this, Mr.. Baldwin did
not think the Mayor could win this year,
because he is Republican For this
reason Mr. Baldwin thought an independent
Democrat would be the better standard
bearer.