New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
JEROME, MAYOR, THE VOTE
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| The present administration OF this city copy
! of the following letter 1.,,,,,, has
souarely placed before the citizens OF New y.
CITY the question, Shall the great puoiic utiss ~.
goyarnnnent of this city against the interests Oh
all our people and for the sole gam oL LII ,
corporations and the leaders OF Iamnas rt,s 70
This question is of such extreme importance 10
ali the citizens of New-York as 10 JUSTIFY tie
most earnest effort for fusion OF an eIelieItS
onposed to the continuance of such a govern
,1ent bv Tamrnany Hall 1t is the purpose OF the
Republican party to effect such a rusioh anu
- si,-a ~ f,,Ii mower I'm the coming election, with
tSe sunnort of candidates pledged to admin
istration of the affairs of this city under which
the public utility corporations VIII not De the
masters of the people of this city.
"a conference will be held at the Republican
Club on West 40th-st., on Thursday evening
August 81 at s. 80 o'clock, and you are respect
fully invited to appoint committee 70 attend
this conference to meet a committee appointed
by this committee and the committees OF otner
bodies which have also been invited TO attend
And be il further resolved, That committee
of conference, Of which the chairman OF thls
committee shall be chairman, and comprising
four other members from New-York County.
four members from Kings County and one each
from Queens and Richmond countess De ap
pointed to attend this conference on behalf or
this committee, and TO report TO this committee
on September II next
The executive committee of the city COM
mittee met in Parlor DIR of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel at 2 80 o'clock. with President Halpin of
the county committee presiding. The work for
city committee assembled. Nearly all the Man
haitian and Bronx district leaders were on hand.
and Brooklyn. Richmond and Queens were we'll
represented. President Halpin read rough
draft of the resolution afterward adopted and
it was not changed in any essential particular.
The matter of formally calling the primaries
was turned over to sub COMMITTEES for a verihca-
tion of the primary calls. These committees will
report at adjourned meeting of the city
executive committee on Wednesday afternoon
next, at o'clock, and the meeting Of the county
executive committee will follow at 4: 80 o'clock.
No call was issued yesterday for the city con-
vention. The date will be arranged next week;
President Hapn said that the Republicans had
sent their letter of invitation 10 the Citizens
Union. the Municipal Ownership League. tho
Greater New-York Democracy, the Brooklyn
Democracy and the German American League of
Brooklyn No invitation sent TO the Ger
man American Reform Union because Its leader.
Herman Ridder. said the other day that the
union would support Mayor Mcclellan.
President Halpin said he would appoint the
committee Of conference called for In the reso-
luton to-day tomorrow. Mr. Halpin, when
asked if this conference committee would have
full power TO decide for the organization, said:
have done. IL will have full power TO repre-
sent the organization, but If a grave crisis
should present itself the committee will report
back 10 the city committee for advice"
Ex-Justice Jacob A. Brenner, of Brooklyn,
of the Brooklyn members of the city COM
mittee said yesterday that Brooklyn Repub-
icans for eX-Mayor Schieren first. last
and all the time candidate for Mayor.
Brooklyn Republicans are for Schieren for
Mayor" said John E Smith, because he is the
strongest that be named. He would
accept the nomination if rendered. He is now
in Europe. and has not been consulted about
the matter but his friends confident that
he would accept a nomination If rendered. He
carried Brooklyn in 1898 by margin of $1,000.
when there were about 10000 fraudulent Demo-
cratic ballots cast"
The Brooklyn said that ex-Park Commits
soner Richard Young probably would be the
Republican candidate for Borough President.