New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
CONTROLLERS LETTER.
Not to Come Ont against Tammany
Il Significant Sentence.

controller Grout yesterday told President Cut
ting Of the Citizens Union that he would not
come out against Tammany. He says that the
Cltizens Union has no legal right and the Re
puolicans no moral right to put him of their
respective tickets
1t was learned from the highest authority that
MI Grout viii fight TO stay on the Republican
ncke'' and 1t is expected that at the first move
OF the Republicans to place ia nomination other
candidates in the places of himself and ATr
Fornes ne viii clap Supreme Court injunction
on them In an effort TO restrain an organization
that oenounces him as q traitor from casting
him aside.
l VIII make no promises" says the Controller
My record and my views are well known. l
VIII do what my conscience shall in such situa-
ton dictate. II 1 am not TO be trusted on my
record, let me alone"
Believing that 1 right" continues the
Controller. let me say that if I be left off of
every ticket shall be q candidate for re-elec-
ton, and shall appeal to the people of this city
though 1 stand alone, trusting to their recogni-
ton CT my services and 70 the American sense
Of fair play
As significant tailpiece to his remarkable
letter Mr. Grout says:
This election cannot be Won by calling Tam
many Hall hard names, nor by harping upon the
sins o. men who two years ago were active In
that organization, but now are gone"
This sentence is regarded as a conlplete give
away"
The Controllers letter IN full follows.
You say that the attitude Of your candidates
must be not only pro-cood- ro1-er,r,,art bnt o.
gressively anti-Tamnany Anti-Tsr,4,oan7-
anti Republican, or anti-any :anizatjon which
u not Tor gooo government would be a fairer
! ana more non bipartisan enlargement Of the nror-
osihon. The Republican party controlled the
last administration of the city OF Brooklvn: the
aGr li,
vailed many associated with Tammanv govern
ment Is IL your desire thar '.r~o-eoo.d eo,,sr-1
fnent may also be agEressivelv anti Renubli-
CAM II SO. YOU have omitted TO state il Tho
people have put the seal Of 5isayr-C1'o1 ~, -
| The question Of thu day is not whether the past
partisan administrations OF affairs in New Yori-
| ana b ooklyn were bad, but whether during The
/ isst two years our city has been administered
Win superior @isdom ana integrity. This ! am
prepared 10 advocate. and in its advocacy 7 90
lloi propose. ana never have proposed. 10 belit-
ue me spendld achievements of this admins
! tration or hide its errors Cerrors which I have
openly criticised in the course Of my duties dur
ing The last two years. by any dcrunciation ~
measures and men directly at issue. naifbe-.
Go propose 70 fail in the least to say any ,,orj
word offend.
AGAINST HIS WISH.
A fortnight ago. when I returned from my
e;,e2tlon. was confronted with the necessity
against my wish. against personal interest of
accepting the fusion denomination for Control
Ter II was impressed upon me by many reoDie
that the cause Of good government esnfcioIi-
a. expressed in the Mayor would s,1ffer -
! refused put aside an other considerations
save pubic ones. ana accented the rrusf
said 10 YOU then that in the main and loeicall,,
the contest must be upon the record Of The al
mlnistration. which must defend as effectively,
as could. certainly TO every part of il ,yhjc,
i nelpeo 10 make. must repeat this statement
OF the issue. which is entirely in agreement with
your platform. and ] bv no means apra1
with the newer proposition in your letter ~
the foremost issue Is the defeat of the existing
management Of Tammany Hall"
I I Tyo-
elected, Tot 10 be defeated. and that NV re
election, only slightly less than the Nayor's ie
deemed by fusionists to be important IN the
cause OF good government and OF non rartisan
administration. But II seems that this is not so
* seems that the prospect OF the certain re
election OF Nh Fornes and myself. which coU-
pied With the weil-nigh assured reelection Of
Mr. Swanstrom and Mr. Cromwell gives 10
fusionists in any event the control Of the Board
Of Estimate the practical control Of the SINGING
Fund Commission, as wei the control Of The
nothing for good government.
I went further IN my letter to You and ex-
pressed my resentment at the purely personal
attacks upon the Mayor. I shall not recede
from this ground. even though he fails now 10
say a WORD FOR me, though he fails 20 make II
known that ten days ago l talked to him of the
possibility Of the regular Democracy fndorsine
nv record and my nomination with its ewes
open and without obligation" 10 quote YOU and
that il then seemed to him. I believe il still
seems to You. something from which the fusion
cause could have received nothing but benefit.
If now It seems possibly TO be hurtfu the
attacks upon ire.
: disavovved in my letter TO you. also the claim
that the issues here were between Republican
ism and Democracy. II both offered equal prom
Use of good govern n'ent. | would prefer the lat
ter. But in city affairs I maintain THAI neither
should be considered. That is the true position
gs 70 all CITY elections. 1 have so maintained
heret OfOre. both as candidate and official, and
shall so continue
ANY Endorsement of my nomination will be
made without qualification. without condition
without bargain or pledge without seeking. and
with eyes wide open 10 my position I now
state II to YOU. Indeed. this letter vill be made
public before the convention, and my indorse-
ment, II made. viii be with fun knowledge Of
what I have here said These are the circum-
stances under which Mayor Low has heretofore
said. and you say that such Endorsement
might properly be accepted.
ASKED THEM TO PROMISE.
Let me reveal to you that with the prefer OF
this Endorsement was made precisely the
request which is made on your part.
vas asked then. az you ask me, 10 promise
Nhst part ! should take upon the stump I
MADE The same answer: I viii make prom
! ises. my record and my views well known:
Nili DO what my conscience, my sense OF fit
4 ness my judgment shall IN each situation die
/ L1ue' II am not to be trusted upon my record
t-ieeiaiy IN view Of my recent letter 10 YOU, let
! ne alone To you. however / must modify the
/ last part Of that answer bv saving thar vour
organization has renOminated me because II an
proved OF my record: with full knowledge that
wollQ accept any unsoughf and unconditional
lLcofselnent- IL mas notified me Of its action and
maintain that clearly neither ii nor the Re
pu9HSan party has any moral honorable