The sun., 1905-09-13
CTS UNION NEAR ITS END.
RADICALS RESENT DOMINATION
or FULTON CUTTING.
Special Meeting to Be Held on Monday
Notwithstanding Committee, Which
Cutting Dominates, Has -Four Names
for Mayoralty-Man for Mcclellan.

Night-Neminati Committee, which
Cutting Dominates, Has -Four Names
for Mayoralty-Many for Mcclellan.
The Citizens Unions nominating COM
mittee met yesterday afternoon After tho
meeting was over Chairman r. Fulton
Cutting announced that his organization
would be prepared to present candidate
for Mayor at the adjourned conference OF
the fusion committee. which 10 to be held
this afternoon at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Mr. Cutting declined to make known the
name of the man, but 1t is understood that
these four names were discussed and that
the Unions choice will be one Of them:
Calvin Tompkins, Homer Folks, Gen.
H. L. Tremoine and Prof. F. II. Giddings.
It will not be a surprise to some of the
leaders of the Citizens Union II their organi-
Zation ceases to exist as q political entity
in this year. 8 campaign after Monday night.
The radical and conservative factions OF
the union are on the verge Of split. Alfred
j. Boulton, Timothy Healey and other
radicals of the union have insisted on
special meeting for the purpose. it is said,
of issuing new instructions to the confer
ence committee.
At the last meeting Of the city commit
tee the conference committee, after heated
debate, was directed by vote Of 80 to II
to submit tho name OF District Attorney
Jerome as the unions candidate for Mayor.
Mr.. Jerome has declined to run, and now
the radicals Of the union are declaring
that Mr.. Cutting and his colleagues on the
committee OF sixteen are acting without
authority in taking upon themselves the.
picking out OF a candidate.
The special meeting OF the Citizens
Union is to be held next Monday night, and
the avowed purpose Of the radicals who
signed the demand for it is to insist upon
the selection of John Ford as the unions
candidate. 1t was to sorestall this
action that the committee Of sixteen
met yesterday and decided to present
name to the conference this afternoon.
The committee Of sixteen is dominated
by Mr. Cutting, and its members for the
most part represent the conservative fac
be opposed to the nomination Of either
John Ford or Judge Seabury, who is wanted
by the Municipal Ownership League.
Should the Cutting committee, as 1t may
be called, ask to-day for the nomination
Of one Of the four men discussed at
yesterdays s meeting Of the committee their
action will not be ratified by the radicals
next Monday.
In the event Of such development Mr..
Cutting, it is thought by some Of his friends.
will have nothing further to do with the
fusion movement and viii come out for
Mayor Mcclellan. Mr.. Cutting Is . Demo-
crat. He has moro than once publicly
expressed his admiration Of Mcclellan, and
it is known that in the early part OF the
year a very strong party OF the Cts or
ganization favored the Endorsement OF the
Mayors administration and the approval
Of his candidacy for another term. More
over many of the prominent members OF
the Citizens Union are not much interested
in fixing up a combination, for they do not
hesitate to declare openly that Mayor
McClellans reelection Is certain.
One item of the internal doings Of the
Citizens Union which became known
yesterday was that a majority of the nomi.
mating committee at recent meeting posted
a resolution excluding the names Of Justice
Gaynor and John Ford from the list Of the
Cts candidates.
an view of that resolution would the
selection Of either Of these men by the
fusionists' conference mean that the Cit.
zens' Union would not support that action
and would withdraw from the fusion move
ment?" Mr.. Cutting was asked yesterday.
Il really can't say" was the only answer.
Failing Justice Gaynor. the candidate Of
the Municipal Ownership League is Judge
Seabury. There Is no doubt that the man
put forward by William r. Hearst's organi.
zation will be the choice Of the conference.
William Halpin, Benjamin B. Odell's repre-
sentative in the conference, has made it
clear that Odell intends to dodge and that
the Republican organization will not name
a candidate, despite the desire Of at least
half OF the Republican district leaders
for the nomination Of 4 straight Republican
ticket. Mr.. Halpin and his brother Repub.
lioan conferees unquestionably will vote
for the candidate urged by Mr.. Hearst's
representatives.
It had been planned by the Municipal
Ownership League committee to submit
Judge Seabury's name at the meeting
on Monday night Of the joint committees.
The league leaders, had. In fact. written
Judge Seabury asking his consent. Max
Ihmsen, Mr.. Hearst's political manager.
had in his pocket favorable reply from
Judge Seabury, which ne was prepared to
read to the meeting, but 1t was learned
Yesterday it contained such extreme so
cialistic and populistic opinions that when
Mr.. Ihmsen showed 1t to Mr.. Halpin the
latter begged that 1t be kept back for awhile
lest It arouse immediate antagonism from
Mr.. Cutting and his colleagues and end
there and then all hope Of fusion. This was
the reason why Monday nights conference
lasted but twelve minutes and ended with
out any attempt being made to consider
candidates.
Comptroller Grout was still non-commit-
tai yesterday as to running for reelection
on the Democratic city ticket. A statement
from him defining his position may be
expected to-day. Comptroller Grout and
Mayor Mcclellan had long conference
Yesterday, but when they separated neither
would answer any questions. The general
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