The sun., 1903-09-10
FOR Low, CIRCUIT and FORNES.
FUSION CONFERENCE CHOOSES
AND THE MAYOR WILL ACCEPT.
Two Organizations. the q. n. Y. ID. and tho
Kings Democrats. Don't VOte-They
StiIl Want a Democrat ami Don't he.
Iie,e Low Can Win-Msyor Promises
Not to lie; rsFiissiiship influence Him.

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quarters of the Citizens Union last even
ing il was determined by unanimous vote
| but with two organizat ions among the
conferees not voting, to recommend to the
, several nominating conventions the re-
nominations of Mayor Low, Comptroller
Grout and President Fornes Of the Board
Of Aldermen.
OF the eleven organizations represented
| in the conference, nine voted for these
recommendations The representatives Of
the Greater New York Democracy and the
Kings County Democracy refrained from
voting, on the genera! ground that they
were not empowered to commit their re-
| spective bodies, but must report back
that their organizations may take such
final action az they may desire.
Both OF the dissenting organizations
wanted an independent Democrat named
for the Mayoralty, asserting in private
that Mayor Low could not win q reSlec-
| tion. The Sheehanites, in the Greater
New York Democracy, were especially
insistent upon this point. And the con-
ferees of both organizations. having de-
| cined to vote on the question Of recon-
mending a nomination for the head of the
city ticket, felt inhibited from voting for
or against recommendation for either OF
the other nominations. So they refrained
from voting at all.
When the Comptrollership was before
| the meeting, however, the Kempnertes.
in the Kings County Democracy, being
polled individually, voted against Grout
to the number OF five, two Of them refrain
ing from voting.
1t was not long conference. The con-
ferees came to an agreement as to the
they had 10 listen to half hours speech
from the Hon W. Hep, Russell. They
were longer In considering the names Of
Mr.. Fornes and Mr.. Grout.
Before the first vote was taken two letters
were put before the meeting, one from
r. Fulton Cutting to Mayor Low informing
the Mayor that the Citizens Union pur-
posed placing his name before the fusion
conference and the Mayors letter In reply.
Mr.. Lows letter said that the Mayor
would look with entire favor upon the
nomination OF Democrat at the head Of
the city ticket II that was deemed ad-
| visable by the conference, on the ground
of turn about being fair play; but it said
the Mayor was quite willing to run again
and was confident as to the result OF the
fight.
The letter included some illuminating
comments upon the admixture OF State
and national influences In the municipal
campaign, and added the information that
should the conference consider that his
| Honor would permit partisanship 10 in
husnce him in the administration u the
| municipal Affairs he would consider the
conference to have lost any right ia -Ask
him to lead this fight again.
Dr. Gould moved for the denomination
| of the Mayor and this was seconded by
! Chairman Bruce OF the Republican County
Committee Among other things Mr..
Bruce said
| The Republican county organization can
testify to the nop,paTtsan chaTacteT lrn of the
perience. But we support Seth Low for
renominatton. and in dGing this we are con-
s Ms 'If a Hnd Sannet ne bssae
| that after the administration we have had
| the people OF this city. will vote once again
Who represents the fnll spirit and character
| OF Tammany Han
The Hon. William Hepburn Russell was
! the spokesman for the Greater New York
Democracy. He said that his organization
! was very much opposed to the renomina-
ton of Mayor Low 1t is known that the
Democracy people holding Office under
! Mayor Low have joined Tammany Hall,
| but they don't think it is necessary for this
| to get out very much in public. for the
reason that they fear removal after Election
Day, whether Mr. Low L wac, accepts the proposed
| MIR. Russell said something which should
| diAabuse the minds Of those Greater New
| York Democracy officeholders who have
already joined Tammany Hall. He re-
counted how a short time ago he wrote
a letter to Mayor Low telling him that he
opposed to his denomination on the ground
that his organization favored an 1nde-
pendent Democrat, and in this letter Mr..
Russell submitted TO the Mayor his resigna-
! ton as one of the Mayors Commissioners
! of Accounts.
MIR Russell read letter from the Mayor
in reply, in which the Mayor took the ground
that Mr. Russell was absolutely free to
say anything he pleased and do anything
he liked in the conference committee nf
the Fusion forces, and he, the Mayor, did
not desire Mr.. R,Issell's resignation at all
Then Mr.. Russell went on to say that the
axgencies Of politics, the Democratic
situation in the State and the nation, made
il necessary for the Greater New York
Democracy to insist upon the nomination
of an Independent Democrat for Mayor.
In another speech Mr. Russell spoke Of
Mayor Van Wyck's administration, and
said that outside of the Ice Trust business
and one or two criminal prosecutions, the
Van Wyck administration was not so bad,
after all.
Beside Mr.. Russell these cOnferees made
speeches in opposition TO the denomination
OF Mayor Low Rastus ). Ransom, John T.
Cronn. William j. Mckinley Of Richmond
and Otto Kempner and Dennis j. Sullivan
of Kings
s. c. Huntington proposed the recon-
mendation of the nomination OF Mr.. Fornes
Jacob A. Rrenner moved like action in the
case of Mr. Grout, and Mr.. Huntington
seconded it, Linn Bruce seconded Mr.
Huntington's motion regarding President
Fornes
Borough President Cantor introduced
resolution, which wPs unanimously adopted.
extending the sympathy Of the conference
to Frederick $ Gibbs one Of he Republican
conferces who was a bsent through illness,
Herr Ridder's bund was not represented
He has said some sharp things against
"rYor Low. on the ground that the Mayors
denomination would mean nothing more
than the nomination Of Republican inter-
ested in the national and Gubernatorial
campaigns next year, II was asked
after the conference if Mr.. Ridder finds,
after all, that Tammany Hall has nomi-
mated George B. Mcclellan for Mayor,
where Mr. Ridder will stand.
not support Mr. Mcclellan. on the ground
that he was too much of one-man man"
meaning that Mr.. Mcclellan would be
practically the candidate Of Leader Charles
+ Murphy of Tammany Hall.
Mr.. Ridder, when asked to speak about
the action Of the conference, remarked
thnt he did not wish to Just now.
"Of course ! have my opinions" he said,
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