The sun., 1903-11-06
No SUCH FUSION NEXT TINE!
fJTIzENS' UNION HOLDS AN IN
OTEST on THE ELECTION.
MIL stick to NOn-Partisanship in Municipal
Afairs. but Many Doubt II the Repub-
I,rans WIN Join Again--Address to
the Citizens Says Take COURAGE.

the tHlIehS says lake courage.
An inquest conducted by the executive
committee Of the Citizens Union yesterday
hy all the members but one AT the close
This verdict was rendered:
IT, m, CInsons Of Nep York:
Tho fight of 1903 is ended 1t is not neces-
sorv now TO speculate concerning the causes
Of orr defeat We are convinced that the
administration of Mayor Low deserved better
at the hands of the people. But our solicit
,ude - for the future 1t is not time to
be discouraged. II is time for the renewal
A. earnest and resoute effort by all friends
Of good government
Nou-rartisanship in city affairs has re-
,elycd temporary setback. the prin-
cple H-elf endures, and endures because 1t
l. rI.dt. 1t was upon Il firm faith in the
,rpr,lnabe character OF this principle that
the l'.2"ns Union was founded. That faith
Is stronger now than ever. Mayor Lows
sdrt,l -lrotion has been an object lesson,
the value of which will be felt in every city
in tins nation Assurances received from
every quarter convince us that our principle
is more firmly rooted in the minds of the
reoplr to- day than ever before. So surely
as the hjtest shall survive, so surely as demo-
cratic institutions not to perish in our
olty governments lust so inevitably must the
carI.. vul,h wc maintain ultimately triumph.
.fbe tens Union Is i in this fight to stay.
sitter tur election OF 1897 may be relied upon
even more confidently now. Our leaders
zatiou throughout the city will continue their
srtrve work of preparation for the battle of
1905
i. to the administration which is soon to
assume power We have only this to say: We
fpr ihur the confessed principle of "undying
craftsmanship" upon which it was elected pre-
Iv los -
part and above personalities We stand for
good government in this city. New stand
Ct by Mayor Lows administration. Every
such advance makes return to former con-
ditior- more difficult.
approaches these standards. we shall feel
grit'f'd that the work of the present admin
IT, own OWN term, @ Whatever IS good in the ,sG ad
mristration OF the next two years we will
support. and We will do what we can to aid
that administration to rise superior to its
political traditions. In order to, secure the
creates, amount Of good. we shall be ,un-
Out Whatever Of evil we may discover.
The citizens Union appeals. to the friends
Of good government to stand by it in the
future as they have done so gnifcently
during the last six years. Its cause is worth
standing by and fighting for
The informal discussion among the men,
hers touched more than once on the proba-
hility of fusion two years hence. It was
the judgment Of many Of those present that
the next municipal campaign would not
find the Republicans coalesced with the
Gtizers Union forces This belief arises
as much from the dissatisfaction Of the
met hods and policies as the dissatisfaction
OF the Union with the Republican methods.
So,ue of the Republican Leaders have fatty
told the Citizens Union that in order to
maintain an effective Republican organi-
zation for the campaigns that come between
,i.,,r, ole ha
work ,nhampered by the Citizens Union
and it's dictatorial attitude in the choice of
candidates.
This has prepared certain influential
Citizens Union men for the idea that in
1905 it must look for a fusion which will
not include the Republicans. In the disas-
trous campaign just closed the fusion was
not without discord. When the Republican
managers went out to collect their cam
P,aign IN fund fund they f found that, that the cittSens'
men who had been regular contributors
to the Republican cause said they had
first been approached by representatives
of the Citizens Union who, presenting the
theory that the cause was q common one,
bagged the contributions. In this way
the Republican campaign was blanketed,
while Mr.. Cutting complained publicly
that in Brooklyn the Republican organiza-
tiou insisted on the Citizens Union paying
the expenses of all the large meetings.
Drawing from the same sources Of flnAn-
cial strength the Republicans were weak
ened by the policy Of the Citizens Union.
The latter was able to supply 500 to each
election district for election day. work
which was more than the Republicans had.
When one Republican spoke to Mr.. Cutting
about this Mr. Cutting answered: why,
We have a more thorough organization
than the Republicans have
To win in 1905 against a regular, Demo-
cratic and regular Republican ticket is
little more than the Citizens Union leaders
expect but they believe that vigorous
campa gn then might bring victory two
years later.
one of the Republican district leaders
said When our workers went to the
polls election day with couple Of dollars
in their pockets they encountered Tam
many workers whose clothes bulged with
MONEY! Many of them were men who held
public Office under Van Wyck and who have
been retained under Low, Two years
ago our fellows expected that II they won
these active Democratic workers would
have to give way to anti-Tammany men,
If not to Republicans. Instead, still on the
Murphy. they were there to oppose the Low
workers. 1t wasn't a very inspiring situa-