New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-24
EAST SIDE FOR FUSION.
THE DRIFT TOW4RD Low.
FtCe Hundred FIoaters on the Run
from de 4te."

vast scheme Of colonization has come 20
light in de Ate" Assembly District one of the
Sullivans ailiwicks. where five hundred colo
mixers hag. been placed by the Tammany peo-
pie James 3. Reynolds Mayor Lows secre-
tary. who leads the Citizens Union organization
in this district, said yesterday that general
plan Of colonization had been reported 10 him.
that he had investigated it in part. and had al
ready discovered and driven out. through Super
intendent George W. Morgan and Inspector
Schmittberger. many Of the foaters
We are conducting house TO house canvass
there. said Mr. Reynolds. and are discovering
evidences Of the five hundred 1oaters that the
Sullivans have drafted into our district You
see. the district is a close one. We lost it for
alderman by only forty votes last time. and
without the hundreds Of foaters would GER
tainly carry it this year. not only for the head Of
the ticket. but all the way down.
Il told that 'Florrie' Sullivan. the Tam
many leader. is in desperate straits and that he
will be turned down if he does not carry the
district strongly this time To do this he has
flooded the Red Light district with foaters. Let
me give you an example of this. in one tene-
ment house we were Informed that there were
several foaters, and put Of men in
there TO watch. The other night he aroused
by great pounding. and went out in the hall
and found one of the suspected hoaters carrying
a bed upstairs Being unfamiliar with the
house in which he was supposed TO be a resi-
dent. he had wandered into the wrong room.
What you doing?' he inquired Of the
colonizer
I'm taking up that -- Led they say I've got
to sleep until Election Day
I'VE are getting rid of some OF these people"
continued Mr.. Reynolds "and with them gone
the registration is entirely in our favor. We
lost he Ia O-f-y of only
seventy-odd in the Fifteenth Election District.
This year the registration in that Tammany
stronghold has fallen off over sixty"
But house to house Canvasses not the
largest effort Of the fusionists the East Side.
Every night dozens Of trucks are out and cart
tail speeches made. Hundreds Of little boys
are carrying Seth Low banners, and the whole
East Side is humming. Leader after leader mas
declared that not in 1901 vas there so
strong a set toward Low and fusion as this
year. Then hundreds OF Tammany men have
announced their intention of slaughtering Grout
Van Wyck was sla Ightered before This
means the spelling Of many Democratic ballots,
for the East Side last year many ignorant
voters ruined their ballots by slashing Van
Wycks name o writing prOfane words after 1t
There is a force working on the East
Side in this campaign cyrus l. SuizDerSer'
from three headquarters is carrying on force
full whirlwind campaign
Another circumstance which has put life into
the campaign Of the East Side is the whirlwind
rush Of Mr.. Jerome. His three meetings there
have aroused all the old enthusiasm OF TWO
idols Of the Jewish quarter. As the situation
now stands the fusionists will certainly carry
two of the old Tammany strongholds on the
East Side-the With and the Xth Assembly
districts. The former Mr.. Shepard carried by
only IS votes: in the latter Low had a majority
of % But the XIIth and the XVIII are de-
batable ground. The fusion leaders are hope
full Of carrying at least one and are working
with an energy that stops at nothing.
The Tammany campaign VIII really begin on
Election Day Then each district leader viii
have thousands OF dollars. Each election dis
trict captain will be supplied with his huge
turn the current But Tammany men and flu
sionfsts differ they may on other points.
agree that the hope Of great Tammany ma
tOrity on the lower East Side is UnfOunded- The
East Side is alive with enthusiasm and ac-
tivity. The hundreds Of fOaters are being driven
out The registration, unfavOrable to Tammany
even at the start. would SHOW remarkable things
II its roll purged Of COlonizers, could be printed
To a Tribune reporter who talked with several
residents in the With District the one un-
varying opinion expressed that the tide
was toward fusion and that every day il grew
stronger.
People who were with US before are still
with US" said Many who were against US
are disguised with the Grout-FOTnes treachery:
some will vote for Low, more Will cut the ticket
on Grout. and thus many will sDOi their votes.
NV Tammany acquaintances agree that their
situation is bad. and all talk Of a walkOver has
ceased"