The sun., 1903-07-19
PRESIDENTS PLAN FOR LOW.
HE'LL HELP THE MAYOR ALL
HE CAN TO A REELECTION,
And, N Tammany Wins, May Send Him
to Italy as AmbassadOr--Mayor Visits
Sycamore Hlii and They Talk 1t


Over-AmbassallOr Meyer There, Too.
OYSTER BAY, July lS.-Mayor Low made
what he termed purely social call" at
Sycamore Hill to-day in driving rainstorm.
He got here from his home in Rye at about
noon on his steam yacht Surprise.
1t was raining hard when he landed at
the J. West Roosevelt pier but not nearly
SO hard as 1t was when he came away from
Sycamore Hill several hours later. Then
the water was coming down in bucketfuls.
The Presidents house is about half mile
from the pier The Mayor walked down
part Of the way to the beach on the return
trip all alone.
He was bundled up in spacious rain coat, :,
his feet were protected by heavy goloshes,
which came almost to his shoe tops; his
trousers legs were rolled up high and he
carried strong ribbed umbrella He did
not hurry. He took the storm almost as
stoically as he does most after-dinner
speeches.
His men from the Surprise came over
to the pier to wait for him as early as 8
o'clock. They all wore long yellow oil
skins, with oilskin hats
The Mayor was sighted by the news
paper men as he was coming through the
woods near the pier at just 403 o'clock
The rain at the time was dropping on his
umbrella in large chunks with a dull, heavy
patter from the trees overhead. the wind
WIS swishing the wet tails of his raincoat
dankly around his legs, and his goloshss
were very muddy.
Cant you tell us something interesting
about your conference with the President,
Mr.. Mayor" the newspaper men asked
"A purely social CALL purely social
CALL" Mr. Low said, as he vigorously
squeezed the water out of the cuffs of his
raincoat and wiped his goloshes in the tall
grass.
"There is nothing else whatever to be
said" he added
Then he got into the launch, and taking
a seat forward, endeavored to the best of
his ability with the same umbrella at the
same time to protect himself from the rain
and to ward off the splashes that came
spilling in over the side of the launch.
Although Mr.. Low would not talk, it has
been learned from Trustworthy sources
that his visit with the President was not
entirely social, but that the political stua-
ton in New York was gone over in detail.
1t can be stated positively on the best
authority that the President is in thorough
sympathy with Mr. Lows candidacy for
denomination, and that he will do all
he can do becomingly to aid him, which
means, Of course, that Mr.. Roosevelt in
dorses Mayor Lows administration II is
said that during the next few weeks the
President will have as his guests here
other men who have been identified promi-
nently with the present administration in
New York city.
Mayor Low, if ne has not already made
il clear that he will accept a denomination,
will, it is expected, now that he has seen
the President, shortly announce in a more
or less formal manner his Willingness to
run.
Visiting at Sycamore Hill AT the same
time with Mayor Low to-day was George
Won l.. Meyer of Boston, Ambassador to
Italy, who according to many recent re-
ports, is desirous of resigning. Mayor
Lows visit with the President on the same
day with Mr. Meyer may have been merely
a coincidence but. nevertheless, an in
teTestlnR COlnctuefiCe III view Oh tne ruTalOrS
that have been afioat recently about the
Presidents desire to make Mr.. Low an
Ambassador if he should fail of reelection
next fall.
Mr.. Lows name has been mentioned re-
Gently by report in connection with both
the embassy at st, Petersburg and that at
Rome, although the President announced
the other night that he did not contemplate
making any change in either embassy at
present.
Nevertheless it is not altogether inn
probable that Mr.. Low and Mr. Meyer had
little talk about the life of a United States
Ambassador in Italy.
Other guests of the President to-day
were George w Smalley Of the London
Times and w. l.. Ward.