New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-05
ATTACK NOT REPEATED.
C. L. REPORT SUPPRESSED.
Woodruf Says Republican Districts
Made Best ShO5ciug.

Although the Citizens Union leaders in BROOKLYN
still believe that the big decrease in Lows vote on
/ Tuesday. compared with 1901, is due IN great
/ measure lack of proper support on the part u
/ the Republicans. they were more cautious yesteI-
day I'm giving utteranCe their feelings than they
were on Tuesday night. Gustave W. thompson
chairman OF the borough committee, prepared
| long statement which he intended giving OUT 10
show how the organization felt about IL l"s
statement was read TO the executive cominh''ee'
which happened TO go into session just before IL
was TO be issued 1t was at first Thought wise 10
censor of the sentences, and before theS so'
through it was decided to issue any statement
Instead Frank Harvey Field. who has his own
private opinions which he expressed Tuesday,
said: II am sure that the leaders gave the ticket
loyal support. But there must have been good
many Republicans who voted for Mcclellan
wooDRUFFs STATEMENT
In answer to the charges OF ''treachery" that
were made by certain Citizens Union leaders on
Tuesday night ex-Lieutenant Governor "ooorui
made the following statement last night;
The statement which certain Citizens Union peo-
pie are reported have made that the deteat OF
the fusion ticket was the result f Oh Tamma1V
ticket Is not borne out by the facts As l pre-
tricts did much bette than the Democratic Assem-
bly, and election districts For instance me NL1h
XylIth Assembly districts gave May giTb Low tea
plurality or 100 ST ta wh twice. the majority received
by any Republican candidate in the gubernatoTlaI
the Republican election districts showed consid-
eraby less falling OF on Mayor Low : vote; as
The polls were never more thoroughly manned
BY the Republican voters than yesterday. In proof
that there was little cutting of the fusion
Repnblican candidates on the fusion county ticket
were beaten by as large or larger maJorities IMAM
the candidates the city fusion ticket In short the
Republican organization, from the managers oI
the campaign down to the district capI a Is ed
possible for ticket.
alike both independents and regulars, voted for the
Tammany ticket and against the fusion ticket 70
to have anticipated. while it would seem as
iyn Should have brought to the fusion ticket as
large majority as two years ago. it must he
borne in mind that he made a gain here Of 1900
Coler carried the county by 5000 1t required to
accomplish even this a change or nearly nIty IN
majority on the average in the so election o as
trets This was accompanies Viii aia war aeo
We did much better this year than we did last year
N gres HSqiP eity OF NeW.YorS 0''ei
On looking oyer the campaign al DO not S , see
do recall single act in the management OF the
We have BEEN beaten and ali we can do is to
the result philosophicslly, hoping that the Tam
a so Bs6 ss e a G prepare Ourselves for
the great national campaign Of 1900.
Jacob Bremen chairman Of the Republican Cam
paign Committee, supported Mr.. woodruff IN MS
assertions, and added;
psrtisanship is not palatable. So long the
recollection this election is vivid in our memory
lin" VIVA -'S''1''-S
To this intimation that Brooklyn Republicans
might not be willing fuse again. Frank Harvey
Field said:
All can say is that the Republicans haven't car,
ried Brooklyn by substantial plurality IN ioSa
campaign in years without the aio OF 'ne inoe
The Citizens Union is stronger now than II eE er
was before. II viii be continued as an ergan rama
hell will
ment in this city.
FUSION HURT By sQUABBLEs.
The BROOKLYN Citizens Union believes that the
fusion cause was hurt TO some extent by the
souahbles over the Endorsement or reimbursement
by IL OF certain Republican candidates for the AS
serblv To conne its efforts entirely TO local af-
fairs and avoid any similar trouble in the future
there will be a reorganization by Aldermanic dis
tricts instead OF Assembly districts
The following table showing the losses and gains
by the Democrats and fusionists in each Assembly
district By comparing the Low-Shepard vote OF
1er with the ow-AcClcllan vote Of Tuesday, will
nrove particularly interesting to those who are
anxious to know how a Low plurality OF 2S,elS was
-enged 20 a Democratic plurality of 20S2. 1t Will
he seen bv reference the able that in only one
Assembly District--the XVIIIth, where there was
tremendous increase in registrauon-dld Low gam
over his 1901 vote In the OTTER districts he lost
anywhere from 400 TO 100 votes while the Demo
cratic gains were anywhere from 223 to LA, ex-
oept in one district where the gain was only e.
This district the IIId is a Democratic district In
the XVIII District which Republican, and of
which the leader is Naval officer Robert A. Shark
~ the Democrats gained se5 votes. The table fol-
lows:
COMPARISON 1901. Low-sHEPARD CAMPAIGN.
WITH 1903. Low-McLELLAN CAMPAIGN