New-York tribune., 1905-06-09
C. U. FOR MAYOR JEROME
Jfay Put Littleton and Henry
George, yr.. on to PleasesAh

Tha cstaxens Union has lowered the fus'oh
lightning rods raised earlier in the season, anu
the sentiment In the. organization Is no" uai.s
directed full tut at a. separate ticket heaoeu "
Jerome. With Mayein w. Litueton. OF 6roofis" ~
ana .on,e Manhattan public ownership man. hke
80, r-.,r~. ,r for the third place. Coinai-
dent With this change of heart Is the grown %
j. sentiment for a reaclrrnaton OF the OLD pat
form of two and four years ago, gaming hoi
nublsc ownership OF utilities, gas ana suo""ss iA
particular To balance this platform ana a'o
keep IN the organization q certain nuinoer Oh u.o
more conservative silk stocking eienlehs' "1A
svrnDasirizes with municipal honesty In0oi~7e'
hut draws the Iinesat municipal ownersnips GA
we'll as to get all the alleged advantage oI
Jerome wniriwind campaign, the Union pro-
nos.s to straddIe public ownership by some sncn
co,,b,nat,o, a, Jerome end Lttleton. jerome
representing safe and sane Democracy WAN
no leaning toward socialism Littieton to do ms
or, In the fashion he has been lately preparing.
This combination would enable Jerome TO at1aoA
Vice and Littleton corporations and henry
c.orrs both. thus furnishing the kind jof nghri
the Union enjoys best
For son,e weeks the Mcclellan stock has fpeen
eoirr down in the Union. It is at Its lowest eDo
sust now District leaderssare reporting thae tie
rank and file of Tammany ofaceEoidins Eo'eis
are disgusted with tho Mayors vetoes Of all the
voSsS and finally the gas situation is unsars-
e,ot.-,x II ts we'll known to the Union that the
Ma~ss unds- the terms OF the new law creat-'
snp 4 sas commission, can forthwith ask lhe
Ga. Commission to reduce the price OF gas anu
rher can forthwith do is. But they reeIi1e thse
hetwoSa sending dispatches TO TanInany nneHf'
hers 10 vote for an 80 cent bill and coming
ont into tbs open himself with a stick for the
Consolidated Gas there is a wide STEP
There is another significant detail that is puz-
cling the Union leaders Just now. Some weeks
go they sent out the famous 'oal OF the W1io
70 all the various political bodies OF the city
for fusion. All the regular parties acknowledged
receipt, and that briefly, except the McCaITen
FrookIyr, Democratic organization, which an
uounced # had appointed committee OF con-
ference A conference committee in a regular
Democratic organisation is something Of a novel;
", and the Union is waiting for q further indf-
cation Of the new regime in Brooklyn. and in
the mean time scenting q possible lack OF
fusion between Murphy and McCarren.
The fact that Mr.. Jerome has announced that
he wants to be District Attorney and the possi-
bility of Tamrna1fy nominating him for his
present Office are incidents that do not disturb
the Citizens Union. They count his criticisms
Ct Mr. Groue as preventing his eoquetting with
Tarnnany, although the report that Tammany
Is to nominate him for Supreme Court Justice
and relegate him TO the rear in this fashion is
disturbing them. The Union leaders are begin
ming to realize that the issues Of the last two
campaigns not to be the issues this year.
Accordingly they furbushing up their former
municipal ownership planks. while counting on
Jerome to do the 'red light speciality. AS for
fusion with the Republican party, this is deli
cate subject just In the Union, No definite
suggestion OF fusion has reached the leaders,
and they are preparing for all eyentualities
There viii be immensely important meet
ing of the committee charged with campaign
preparations next Monday night At this meet
ing it is probable that there will be no talk of
candidates The Union has already announced
that 1t must have Jerome in some shape. The
Litteton nomination depends conditions that
come later Henry George, jr., has been on the
Citizens Union list for years, and the Union
tried 10 have him nominated last time. But
questions of platform as well the policy Of
fusion or the middle OF the road. are likely to be
decided at Mondays meeting before the Union