The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-31
FUSION CONFERENCE TONIGHT.
NOT ALL THE DELEGATES WILL
BE FOR JEROME FOR MAYOR,
The Cutting.Odell Program Of Trying to
FOr0o the District Attorney to Take
an Once He Doesn't want Likely
10 Meet Objections Cuttings Shift.

FOrOe the District Attorney to Take
an once He Doesn't want Likely
10 Meet Objections Cuttings Shift.
Everything Is now ready for the oonclave
OF statesmen to be held at the Rubublican
Club tonight The gathering will be
headed by r. Fulton Cutting OF the Citizens
Union and Chairman Odell Of the Republic
can State committee. At the last moment
Mr.. Odell may not consider II advisable to
be present, and In that event he will be
represented by Bouquet Billy .HAlpin.
The purpose Of the gathering Is to select
a candidate for Mayor In opposition to
George B. Mcclellan. Some Of Mr.. Cutting q
friends and several In Mr.. Odell's camp
did not believe yesterday that the diverse
political elements at to-nights gathering
could come to an agreement at this sitting
and they gave their reasons.
They pointed out that q little over week
ago Mr.. Cutting was powerful enough to
force the Citizens Union. by vote Of 30 to
II. to demand Of Mr.. Odell the nomination Of
William Travers Jerome for Mayor, whereas
on April Is, the Citizens Union ct It's city
convention came out for Jerome's renoml-
nation as District Attorney.
In appointing committee to confer With
other organizations with view to ooopera-
ton In selecting candidates for Mayor.
Comptroller and President Of the Board
of Aldermen, the Citizens Union city con-
vention on the date mentioned directed
the committee that, whatever fusion move
ment II Joined In, 1t must be prepared to
assure the convention that the nomination
for Office OF District Attorney will be ten
dered to William Traven Jerome
On that occasion Mr.. Cutting proposed tho
adoption OF the resolution and said 1t
Is not enough to pat an Official on the back
who has done well. We should keep him
IN Office. With Mr.. Jerome on our ticket
we can appeal with confidence to voters at
the next election
The convention at the time also adopted
an address. part Of which was as follows:
Tho Mayor Is now seeking the appoint
ment OF q non-partizan commission to under
take the work Of obtaining an increased
water supply involving the expenditure
Of nearly 500. 100000. Upon the initiative
Of the Civil Service Reform Association,
charging that the Civil Service Commits
sioners were prosututing their powers for
party ends, he dismissed them promptly.
He has publicly expressed his approval
Of the appointment Of the committee Of
nine, Of which the avowed purpose was
to devise measures to take the police force
out Of partizan control. His creation OF q
non -partizan commission on finance, 40
counting and taxation Is wise. The Mayors
explanation Of these acts was that there
were some questions too important to be
treated In partizan way.
His commissioners OF police and health
seem to be animated by the ambition to
put the public interest before that OF the
party. The we'll known evils OF the Police
Department are principally chargeable to
have been appointed for the benefit Of the
evstem.'
ITO the extent that Mayor Mcclellan
has followed the principle OF non-partizan-
ship IN mis- appointments ana has treated
public questions with q broad view to the
citys best interests and not as an oppor-
leaders, the Citizens Union is glad to recog-
nize the merits Of his administration"
The Cits and Republicans who said yester-
day that they did not believe the conference
tonight would result in definite action.
said they based their opinion on tho asser-
tlOu CuAL MTs OuIVNl8 udS uOt ou1uClcLtIy
explained his change OF attitude toward
Mr.. Jerome.
1t has never been the custom Of the Cite
to mention candidates at their spring con-
vention. Besides. the District Attorneys
is a county office and Mr. Jerome's renomi-
the union to deal WITH but the city con-
vention Of the unioh on April IS. at the
behest OF MIR. Cutting, disregarded all rules
and carried the resolutions calling for the
denomination OF District Attorney Jerome
with a whoop.
Hotel all day comforting further with Re-
publican district leaders. Some Of the
district leaders gave testimony to the effect
that Mr.. Odell in declaring the issue Of the
campaign to be municipal ownership Of
public utilities had taken another false step
only from the standpoint Of political ex-
pediency. OF the Interior motives of 1t.
said the Republicans. the least said the
better.
One Republican Of more than ordinary
importance said: jerome must not be led
jerome oG sss !. him fo1 5.et
No real friend wants him for any other
Office
Nevertheless the word continued to 60
out from Mr.. Odell's headquarters that
there was an understanding between him
66U Suttui8 WHICH III 6utcp was
that Mr.. Jerome was to be compelled il
such a thing were possible, to accept the
fusion nomination for the Mayor. In view
OF the action of the city convention Of the
Citizens Union on April 10, which declared
unqualifedly and unreservedly for Mr..
Jerome's denomination as District Attorney,
these questions were again propounded
without successful rejoinder:
why this frenzied determination OF
Cutting to force on Jerome the Mayoralty
nomination, which he does not want2'
is it all predetermined arrangement to
give one Of the Cts the nomination for
District Attorney in Jerome's placer
At meetings held yesterday Of the execu-
tive committees Of the Republican county
and city committees these dates for Re-
publican conventions were fixed
City convention, Oct. Q, Carnegie Hall,
p. NJ.
Assembly district convention, Oct. Q.
Aldermanic district convention, Oct. 10.
Municipal district court convention,
Oct. II.
Bronx borough convention, Oct. IL.
IS, 7:s0 p. M.
County convention, Oct. IS, $50 p. M.
1t was decided that the number Of MEM
bers on the conference committee for Man
haitian and The Bronx should be increased
from five To fourteen An increase was made