The sun., 1903-09-02
NEITHER Low NOR JEROME YET
nut A MAJORITY or FJNON'S
FORCES FOR DENOMINATION.
Firss Conference Merely Productive or
. Resolution Reanirming Last Years
Pledges and Declaration Of the q. n.
Y. ID. for an independent Democrat

q Resolution Reanirming Last Years
Pledges and Declaration Of the q. N.
Y. ID. for an independent Democrat.
In che first fusion conference last night
two Democratic organizations. the Greater
New York Democracy and the Kings County
Democracy, advocated the nomination for
| Mayor Of an independent Democrat instead
of Low. while the Citizens Union. the Re-
| publicans Of Manhattan and the Republicans
Of Kings urged that Low be chosen again.
| The name OF no other candidate was
used
| One Of the preliminary acts Of the con-
ference last night was to admit three
representatives Of the Acorns, an organiza-
ton formed In the last municipal campaign.
| which enlarged the committee 10 ninety
| four The lesser parties to the fusion
conference are for Low. as are the Re-
publicans OF Queens and Richmond, which
| makes tho Mayor the choice OF an over
whelning majority of the committee.
The Republican Conference Committee
from Manhattan met at S O'Clock in the
afternoon at the headquarters, Madison
avenue. President Bruce was made chair
|
abroad. William Halpin took the place
of Fred s. Gibbs, who Is i'll at Long Branch.
When this preliminary meeting was over
President Bruce said: "1he Republicans
will 20 TO tho meeting tonight to say that
Mnyor Low is the logical candidate. and
that we are unanimously for his renomina-
ton"
"will you take the aggressive?' he was
asked.
.Yes; If circumstances warrant it."
r. Fulton Cutting called the fusion con-
ference to order at 10 Union square lt
was an executive session, and when all was
over Mr. Cutting delicately cautioned the
conferees not to talk too much
| In stating the purpose OF the meeting
to be the discussion OF the availability OF
candidates, Mr.. Cutting asked first to hear
from the Greater New York Democracy
William Hepburn Russell OF that organiza-
ton said his COMMITTEES preferred not to
speak first They had come at the invita-
ton Of the Citizens Union and would Ike
to hear where that organization stood
Francis &. Huntington, chairman OF the
Executive Committee Of tho Union. then
! made speech for Low. lie renewed an
the arguments as to the Mayors avaiia-
bilty and declared that he believed Mr.
Low was exactly the man to head the anti
Tammany ticket this fail.
For the Republicans President Bruce
expressed much tho same view. lhe
fight he said, must be ON the admlnlstra'
ton that Mr.. Low had given New YORK
and fusion must win or se on that issue
Therefore he could see no palmer way o,
making the issue clear than by nominating
| Low. ,
II was then that William Hepburn Russell
! declared the position OF the Greater View
= York Democracy. He began with tribute
Z TO the adminst ration Of Mayor Low. ex
, ceeding the other speakers IN hi3 praisr o
what had been done. In spite OF all this
, he said he questioned the exPediency O
, renomnating the Mayor Mr.: Russell
went back to war times for an illustration
1 ! Sumner and Seward, he said had shapet
1 the questions which brought on the civi
Z war, but the people went to Illinois 10
, Lincoln for President.
Frequently the men who made ssle
g.. were not the best men TO carry them OF
or at least not the most available. In
i Democratic city such as Greater New YorI
) had shown herself to be no more rernote
r than last November, 1t would he wise
:, policy 10 nominate clean, Independent
Democrat whose character would be
r promise that he would guide the city govern
d ment in the same fashion that Mayor LoN
= had but whose national politics wouI
|. attract the support Of men who might no
d want 20 leave their party the year before
It State and national election.
z Mr. Russell was applauded. but mos
4 Of the applause fell in those spots wher
: he touched on Mayor Lows performance
= suggestion was made that sub-com
% mittee on nominations be appointed. bu
this was rejected and the conference con
e mittee decided to thresh it all ont as
, whole Mr. Cutting thought It would b
= well to hold meeting soon. He sng
d gested next week. AN agreed on anothe
It meeting week from tonight
o Mr. Huntington for the Citizens lnio
then offered this resolution;
l. RcsoIred. That the excellence OF our CIT
II government administered by officials chose
u for capacity und character rather than part
q afiation has fully. justified the hon-par
tisun policy adopted by the parties to IL
~ RSsoirtd. That We the parties 10 fusion
,e 1908. hereby reassert Me pledges OF the lac
&c municlpa! campaign and declare cur una
+ terable determination to deliver the city PEE
h Inan.ntly from th- scandalUus ,Ds'uHnns -
a Inent Of Iammany Hall
T This was adopted Unanimously and hy
l. rising vote.
y No action was taken ia regard 10 de
" ternining the vote 10 which each organic
10 tiou would be- entitled in the Conier'nc
Committee. After the meeting Mr., Cuttn
H. said
we had general exchange Of view
n, II was ono Of the most pleasant and eI
N couraging meetings Of the sort that hay
known We were hardly discussing caI
n dtions, 1'e genera view was exoee
'p inpy hopeful
r "Of Mr. RIsseIIs speech do not care
IN speak, except that he made very goo
et speech, as lie always does. and he was a
ulauded, a., ! believe he always is. v
10 will meet again on Wednesday night
n next week; but do not know that We shi
he then reach any conclusion a. TO any ca
didate"
Id 1t WAS the general opinion last mig
of that the fusion forces will not be- rcaC
va 10 nominate their candidate for May
~ for "A week or ten days Ih" city 60
y, yention Of tho flIsiOnist@ IL not 10 be held u
adj I'll Sept q, and II was said that there vas
ID: great hurry,
p, But meantime Repubhcans, state, y
of tional and local are taking deep
terest in the progress Of tho negOt iatlOI
and none OF the Republicans has way"r
a hairs breadth In their continued reteI
tiou Of the statement that Mayor Low
,,v the logical candidate and they are 20 sta
by him until the Mayor either declines
iscOme % candidate ar hr ac1'pts IA" rO
he nation, II II Is pfofrrrrd by tho c"nbIn
,rG fIsiOn forces.
u, just what Mayor low win do If hr lraI
Of any great ds5a tiAiaollon as 10 hlH ~
W pDrad nomination Is not Known, tor
Ms reason that h- friends said Iabt nlRut Il
icr such "a contingency had not yet arms
l!r ana the Ma yOT Was not on" To cross bIi'
emf uulil 10 gets a. II.
N, # h1s been said thut great many
,' u,,DIi aur hAyn Declared ia orsonal -
IL ,rrsaliOus that they did not h"lry" II
aI MAYOR Low could be- rr"rrtrd, hGi I
ID. tI H. 10 l.I