The sun., 1905-08-26
CTS TO INSIST ON JEROME,
WILL DEMANDTHATC CONFERENCE
NAME HIM FOR MAYOR.
Thursday's Anti.Tammany Meeting Not
Likely to BE Harm monious- Cutting
win Not Yield TO Odeli's Demand
Tor Q Republican Head Of the Ticket


Tor Republican Head Of the Ticket.
Although the Citizens Union will be
represented at the conference which has
been called by the Republican organization
for Aug. 81, the only comforting that the Cits
will do will be to insist that the one basis
Of fusion to which they will agree must be
the nomination for Mayor Of District
Attorney Jerome.
Mr.. Odell, 1t Is true, has stated that If
necessary" the Republicans will accept
Jerome, but there is little doubt that at
next Thursdays meeting Mr.. Odells per-
sonal III fealing toward Mr.. Jerome will be
made manifest by demand on the part
of those representing him that II the
Republicans consent. to indorse Mr.. Jerome
for reelection as District Attorney the
Citizens Union shall be content and allow
the Republican organization to name the
head Of the ticket.
II can be stated that R. Fulton Cutting and
his colleagues Of the Citizens Unions confer
enoe committee will refuse to listen TO such
q demand. More than that, they have al
ready prepared plans for forcing Jerome
on the Republicans. The Republican city
convention will not be held until the last
week In September, while the Citizens
Union leaders have decided to hold their
nominating convention early In the month.
According to the scheme which has been
arranged, Mr.. Jerome Is then to..be nominated
for Mayor and at the conference next Thurs
day the Republicans will be told Of this
intention and will be told further that II
they really wish to fuse they must follow
the lead Of the Cts
IT, tho - khn Al
organization opposed to Tammany Hall
the situation is not only perplexing but
discouraging. Mr.. Jerome has stated
publicly that his only desire Is to be re-
elected District Attorney and privately
to his friends he has said that nothing
has denounced the persistence with which
certain men are making use OF his name
as the opponent to be Of Mayor Mcclellan.
The explanation given yesterday. by one
of the Citizens Union leaders for the action
Of himself and his associates in diret ting
the name Of Mr.. Jerome for Mayor to the
convention was that they depended upon
the District Attorney to recognize that
public demand for him to run for Mayor
must nv be placed above his desire for re-
No effort has been made yet by the Citi-
zens' Union nominating & committee to ascer-
tain what Mr.. Jerome's feelings are, but
Mr. Cutting was quoted yesterday as say
ing: we will consult Mr.. jerome before
but in the meantime We will continue to
advance him as the man who ought to be
nominated. We don't expect to hear from
him on the subject until we are ready to
confer with him. Although our commit
tee last night proposed him for Mayor.
matter directly to Mr.. Jerome. We wish
to go further with it before we consult
Mr. Jerome. Personally don't believe in
embarrassing a man by making him de-
eide such an Important question before
unfair to Mr.. Jerome to present the mat
ter to him at this stage.
Il know he does not want to run for Mayor.
hut l have not heard that he has said he
would not accept the nomination. Yes,
the Citizens Union will be represented at
committee. We shall present Jerome's
name. and We shall present 1t with good
The intent Of Mr.. Cutting and his friends
in the Citizens Union to force the city. con-,
is likely to lead to a bad split in that organ.
ization. 1t was shown at the meeting OF
the city committee on Thursday night
that q large percentage OF the members
do not favor the idea OF his candidacy for
Mayor, and it is known that there is large
number Of leading members OF the Union
who favor the Endorsement Of Mayor Nc
Clellan.
Republicans whose views were sought
yesterday on the apparent proposal Of
Mr.. Odell to make municipal ownership
the issue Of the coming campaign were
not much taken with the idea. They real
lied that 1t was an attempt to steal some
OF the Democratic thunder, in view of the
fact that not only is municipal control Of
public utilities to be one OF the main planks
OF the Democratic platform, but that the
present administration has already started
to put the principle into force by providing
for the erection Of a municipal electric
lighting plant and for the operation by
the city Of the Staten Island and South
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