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FULTON FORCED TO RESIGN.
STANDS BY ASSERTION THAT {. 4.
rs DIVIDED on Low.
Offers Letters From Leaders and Workers
which lie Is Not Allowed 10 READ
Sensation Among POliticians--Cus.
ting Grateful 10 JerOme--LOw silent.


ting Grateful 10 Jer0me-LOw Silent
Thomas A. Fulton. secretary Of the Chi-
zens' Union since it's organization, whose
interesting correspondence with District
Attorney Jerome on the impolcy OF Mayor
| Lows denomination, was made pubic
in yesterdays newspapers, by Mr.. jerome
was allowed to resign by the executive COM
mittee of the organization at a meeting
held late Yesterday afternoon at 10 East
Sixteenth street, the new Citizens Union
headquarters.
Mr. Fulton appeared before the COM
mittee by express order of Chairman
r. Fulton Cutting. Far from trying 10
withdraw his statements that the organlza-
ton was spill, on the subject Of MIR. Lows
denomination he produced some fifty let
tiers received by him person ally from Gti-
Zens' Union dist riot leaders and workers,
every one of which contained some COM
plant about Mr. Low. He set out to read
extracts from those letters, but was told
| that it was unnecessary, as they would not
relieve the situaiion at all, even II they con-
| tanned al. that Mr.. Fulton said they did
! Then Mr., Fulton said that his letters to
Mr.. Jerome We're confidential. that his
confidence had been violated. but that at
worst he had been indiscreet and had meant
no harm.
When he had finished fifteen Of the six
teen members of the Executive Committee
present were in favor Of demanding his
resignat ion. Mr.. Fulton offered it at once
and it was unanimously accepted. Mr..
Fulton asked to be allowed to leave the
room long enough to write out the resigna-
ton, but was told that the committee could
not wait, but would accept his verbal resig
nation and allow him to send in a written
one later,
The meeting was called for S o'clock
by Mr.. Cutting. All day long that gentle
man had been in his Office at 80 Nassau
street with leading members Of the organ
ization. who told him that Mr.. Fulton must
60 That was Mr.. Cuttings view. All
but two Of the executive committee were
on hand when Chairman Francis c. Hunt
ington called the evening meeting to order
Mr. Fulton, who had avoided the reporters
altogether, was much agitated, and IL was
with difficulty that he said anything when
Mr. Huntington told him that the COM
mttee would be glad to hear anything
that he had to say.
Although Mr. Fulton was with the COM
mittee for almost an hour, he said very
little. When he was not allowed to read
the letters he had brought with him to
justify his statements that the Citizens
Union was not unit on the subject OF Mr..
Lows denomination, he broke down COM
pletely and shed tears. number OF the
committeeman, some Of whom are old
friends Of MIR. Fulton. were moved by his
emotion. Mr.. Cutting, however, sat grimly
-, l., - H.,
Fulton as the secretary left the room.
After Mr., Fulton had gone out his case
was discussed at length " the committee
men Fielding l.. Marshall. the chairman
Of the finance committee, agreed with the
others that Mr.. Fulton had made a mis-
take which could not be corrected now,
however innocently he had fallen INTO
error and that his course had ended his
usefulness 20 the Citizens Union. Mr..
Marshall thought, however. that the sec
rotary should be let down easy in view
of his past services. Charles Fl. Strong
made a speech in which he said that Mr..
Fulton had been good and faithful SER
want to the Union. but that he had dest royed
his usefulness by his letters to MIR. Jerome
and ought to be allowed to resign. Both
of these gentlemen appeared to favor CIV
ing the secretary little time to get out
gracefully Augustus Fl. Stebbins was
for a careful consideration of the case be-
fore act ion.
To these and other speeches Mr.. Cutting,
whose mind was made up, listened respect-
fully. When the rest were all through no
rose and said:
ave can trust this man no longer. : He
ought to 60: he must 60
raised in his defence after Mr.. Cutting had
spoken. He was called in again and no.
tilted that his resignation was wanted, and
he Immediately gave it. Then he went
away. saying he would not be at the con-
yention Of the Citizens unio and that
would make it public in the shape Of
formal statement.
/ Mr. Fulton was asked about a letter he
received several days ago from Mr. Jerome.
about which his friends were doing lot
Of talking Yesterday. According to these
Jerome in which the District Attorney
assures Fulton that all Of Fulton's letters
! on the subject of Mr. Lows denomination
| he regards aus strictly confidential and that
he will hold in the same light any future
correspondence on the subject. Mr. Fulton
would not discuss this alleged letter at all.
| At the conclusion of the executive COM
mittee meeting Mr.. Cutting said that Mr..
Huntington would talk for the committee
| Mr.. Huntington gave out this statement:
"The resignation OF Secretary Thomas A.
| Fulton has been unanimously accepted
| WIN COTQia recognition O MS past seIN lCt1
| to the Citizens Union" Then he added:
| Speaking as an individual. and not az
member of the Citizens Union, l will say
| that | think the statements Of Mr.. Fulton
in that letter to Mr.. Jerome have been
misinterprete | don't believe he meant
what he said as a threat. or course he
made a mistake in giving individual opin-
ions when he was in officer OF the Citizens
Union. have known Fulton long time,
and have confidence in him He is sincere
in his views, but has mistaken impress
sion of the opposition to Mr.. Low in the
organization. His views of what the
leaders think are not important. as he has
come lees in contact with the leaders than
some Of the rest OF us. do not believe the
cause Of fusion has been hurt by this matter
1t is mere incident in the fight We will
go on just as though the thing had never
happened
One Of he first things Mr. Cutting did
yesterday morning was to answer Mr.
Jerome's letter. This is the answer he
sent to him
My DEAR Mr.. JEROME Your letter to me
which appeared in this mornings papers has
do ne me great service by the publication
OF Mr. Fulton's annoying letters know now
the source from which have proceeded the
persistent reports Of the alleged nntagonism
OF the Citizens Union district leaders TO Mr..
Low = nomination. Al tAe meeting Of our
city committee. held last week, when the
conference committee made its report that
erroneous opinion was effectively demolished,
the committee approving OF the selection OF
Messrs Low Gront and Fornes with prac-
teal unanimlty II Is greatly to he regretted
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