The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
GIFTS APPROACH TOO,
FOR TIE FIRST TINE. TOUCHING
ACITy Tickets '@
Decision Unanimous To Cali on Every
body to Come and BE Non.Partizan,
or as Non.Partizan as He Can--Murphy
Silent IA IN "ylcfleilau and Jerome

Decision Unanimous 70 Cali on Every
body TO Come and BE NOn.Fartizan.
or as Non.PartiZan as lie Can--Murph!
silent as to "NIcrleilan ami Jerome"
The nominating committee OF the Cit
izens' Union at a meeting held last evening
in the offices of n. Fulton Cutting. decided
to take Tammany Hall into its councils in
the preparation ora city cket..
This step is a new one on the part OF the
organization. Never before has it sought
the cooperation Of Tammany. At con-
vention Of the city committee few weeks
ago declaration Of principles was adopted.
This document called for the makeup OF
municipal ticket which would conform to
some extent to the non-partizan ideas OF
the Cts in local government and directed
the executive committee to confer with other
political and civic bodies with view to
putting into the field a bipartisan ticket
that would be agreeable to the Gifts. In
its turn the executive committee chose a
nominating committee Of sixteen members
to decide what organizations should be con-
erred with and to suggest candidates to
the adjourned convention to be held in Sep
TENDER
mating committee yesterday was to decide
whether or not advances should be made
to Tammany. The question was settled
in favor OF Tammany. Many Of the leaders
Of the Citizens Union are admirers Of Mayor
Mcclellan and make no secret Of the fact
that they would like to see him reelected.
There is, however, a faction opposed to an
Endorsement Of Mr.. Mcclellan and the nom
mating committee was practically directed
to sound Tammany az to it's willingness to
do certain things in return for the indorse-
ment OF Mayor Mcclellan. One Of these
conditions Is that Tammany must consent
to the denomination Of District Attorney
Jerome.
At the close Of yesterdays meeting when
Mr. Cutting was asked IL the committee had
decided to confer with Tammany Hall, he
replied:
Eve did not decide to confer with any
organization. What we did was to agree
to send our declaration OF principles to
all the political organizations and several
civic bodies. Among these will be the
regular Democratic organization OF the
city. We found no reason why the address
should not be sent to the Democratic or
CARNATIONS as we'll as the others. By
taking that step we are not committed to
anything"
The address adopted by the Gifts conven-
ton invited the cooperation of political
organizations to which the address should
be sent. Mr. Cutting was asked il yester-
days action would not be construed by
Tammany as an invitation to confer with
the Citizens Union. Mr.. Cutting answered
that the sending of the declaration OF the
principles was not meant as an invitation
to conferences; that the declaration was
sent to get expressions from the different
political organizations as to how they
stood on the principles laid down by the
Citizens Union.
The decision to include Tammany In
the list was unanimous. The vote was
designed to show that the Citizens Union
Ia not tied to the Republican or any other
political organization. and that it Is pre-
pared to work with any party which will
declare itself in favor of partizanship
in the local administration.
When Charles T.. Murphy was told last
night OF thenction taken by the connittee
he would no& comment on it further than
to say that Tammany would put up Q ticket
that wou Id command the support not only
OF the union, but OF all good citizens. Asked
II Tammany might renominate Jerome if
the Cts Endorsed Mayor Mcclellan. Mr..
Murphy replied that that was question for
the convention to settle.