The sun., 1903-05-08
REPUBLICANS ARE FOR FUSION
nut PLATT'S IDEA rs. ADJOURN
CONFERENCE TO AUGUST.
Republicans VIII Go to II with That Mo.
tiOn-G. N. Y. ID. Also GOinx-Sheehan
FayOrs DelAy-G. 4. 10. 4. Declines InVt.
tatiOn on the Ground Of Prematurity.


National Convention. which will be held eithe
in May or June of 1904 in Chicago or s,
Louis. There has been no mistake about Sen
ator Platts utterances in this line, and HI
has been joined in them by Senate. Chaunce,
NJ. Depew. SO some Republican ioiAt yes
terday thought that possibly Senator Plat
had been somewhat hasty, or rather tina
his utterances as to the fusion situation II
New York city at this moment might bt
misinterpreted. Senator Platt has said al
along that he desired to keep the peace u
the State of New York so that the Republ
can party shouldwin the State in the nationa
battle next year.
Senator Platt said yesterday concerning
the situation in New York city:
"The Republican organization Of the
State is not opposed to fusion. but is ir
favor of 1t. As an evidence Of good faith
representatives Of the Republican organiza.
tion will be sent to the conference next
Monday night and they will move that the
conference adjourn until the latter part OF
August without any action being taken
One of Senator Platt's personal friends
sat beside him when he made the forego-
ing statement. and 1t was recalled that at
the Amen Corner dinner on April II song
was sung which was parody on In the
good old summer time, and which car
| oiled:
Good old summer time
|
They break into print and open mint.
That ,heyre out tor place i the M.yor.y race
In the good old summer time.
In the good old summer time
he e geo ?. aosbsS oa Ss pus fs ar. Dnch.d
Bu, then cold wave flag goes up at Number Forty
They scores of dead ones in about eonven slon
of the Republican County Committee for
Saturday night to act on the invitation Of
the Citizens Union.
President Morris said he would appoint
a committee Saturday night ito perfect
a plan for fusion" He did not say that
with the Citizens Union committee Monday
The Greater New York Democracys
executive committee held a short session
at Broadway and Twenty street
Jacob A. Cantor offered this resolution:
We hereby accept the invitation OF the
Citizens Union for a conference on Monday.
May IL.
1t was passed, passed, without With, dissent: !, William liam
appointed the following conference COM
mittee John c, Sheehan, Jacob A. Cantor,
William Hepburn Russell William J. O'Bnen
Rastus S. Ransom. Bryan L.; Kennedy,
TSyoT phRs Hsnrx Joh9 hs1yn Kelly vHoens Hsenx
Schaefer (RichmoncD and P. E. Leahy
(Queens).
In the contest over the leadership in the
Twenty second district the advisory COM
mittee, through John c. Sheehan, reported
in favor Of the sitting delegate, John 7.
Cronin, whose contest with Joseph Mu-
roney has been the scource of much bitter
ness. Mr.. Sheehan was thought to be
friendly to Mulroney, as he was reported
to have called Cronin an ingrate The
executive committee approved of the action
Of the advisory committee.
Earlier in the day MIR. Sheehan said that
he shared Senator Platt's belief that there
was no occasion for long campaign. 1t
was admitted Mr.. Sheeh!n said. that Tam
many was stronger and fusion weaker
now than in 1901, and he thought that the
nomination Of an independent Democrat
would bring votes to the support of the
fusion ticket that would go elsewhere if
Low should be the candidate again
The executive committee Of the German
American Reform Union, at a meeting at
Terrace Garden last night, voted against
sending delegate to the conference Mon
day night.
the Citizens Union executive committee
was drawn up:
rnAn sin: M The members Of the executive
vitation tit; with which you honored the or M
ganization in your letter Of the list ult. have
concluded. with nractiSSal n.sS ,ui, unanipmty, that
VI Presideni, Of the General Committees ''' '"'
1t took the Germans only about fifteen
minutes to come to decision, and it was
said afterward that only ten of the lis
members Of the committee voted for going
to the conference. One of the committee
men, speaking of the action of the organi-
zation, said afterward:
"We Germans are for the best possible
h,t DOME pt to
be played for suckers. and that's just about
what we would be If we went into this
conference.
II anything important came up, why.
a trap besides, for our very presence at
the conference would practically be a
pledge that we would support whatever
the conference voted. We'd rather rest
on our oars and see what the cranks are
going to do between now and septem-
This letter doesn't mean that We will
or will not support fusion ticket under
Low or any other man. We are just going
to wait for developments.
two weeks ago looked altogether too much
like a Republican boom meeting for us
Everything was Low. We didn't have a
word about Grout or Fornes or any Demo-
crat at that meeting. They were all elected
to a little consideration. Who knows but
what Gov. Otiel, with his present cinoh
on the city government, may not have
Crout showed on the ticket next fall and
Swanstrom nominated in his place, so that
Woodruff can put Republican in for Bor-
ought President over in Brooklyn? That
might happen,
Anything might happen between now
and September, end We want to be in po-
sition to choose for ourselves. II we wanted
10 join the Republican party we could go
into the primaries and join them straight.
But we don't want to, All we want ia to he
able to see what sort Of a pill we re going to
be asked to swallow next fall. before we
pledge ourselves to anything We think n
summer campaign fatal and entirely un-
called for"
SYRACUSE. May 7-Timothy L. Wood
ruff said to-day that he did not agree with
Senator Platt concerning the proposed
Citizens Union conference in New York,
and that he would go to New York to-mor-
row morning and remain to attend the
meeting.
Iowa At Navy Yard for Repairs.