New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-19
WINS PLANS HIS FIGHT.
Lo5o Sends Cheering Letter-"Sell
ing out" ScOfmed.

William NJ. WINS. the Republican caholuale lot
Mayor, spent the greater part OF the gay yes'euay
| outlining his campaign He talked with senator
| Elsberg and Horace f. Deming. his campaign
! managers and late last night had long confer
| ence with William Halpin president OF the he-
| publican County Committee. In the course OF
the day he received strong letter of support from
| Seth Low.
| last evening they found him in excellent humor
He chatted about the situation freely and answered
volley of questions. He was told that theie
were rumors that of the Republican district
leaders were trading with Tammany and with
Hearst followers for support of the Assemblymen
| and Aldermen as against himself. He dismissed
! the rumor saying:
have supreme confidence in the complete good
faith Of every Republican leader. Know h every
/ of that good faith. II is an old policy here TO
that his friends are selling him out may
remark that have been sold out by a friend
in my life, and l do not believe that will be sold
out by a friend now"
There is report" it suggested. that some
! of the Odell men dissatisfied with your
speeches and Independent attitude and will cut the
! ticket" Mr.. WINS said:
I have no reason for having any such belief In
the first place have no knowledge of the fact and
and in the third place have not got time to in.
quire into other peoples business. 1 am minding
my own
do you thing that some of the Republican lead
will cut the ticket?''
II have infinitely fear of cowardice in this
election than have of cunning" was the reply
Mr.. Wins was told that a banner swung out in
Broadway bore his name and the simple inscrip-
ton, Fer Mayor" He asked if he did not
think that the motto should read Republican can
didate for Mayor" He replied:
regard myself the candidate of the people.
and | want the vote of every man. Democrat or
Republican, who feels that l worthy OF that
vote am appealing 10 the people on the ground
l
ton.
NOT A PROPHET.
was asked to-day if 1 were willing to prophesy
the result, and want to say that l neither
prophet nor the son of prophet. and don't know
out at the head of the list feel just as sconfdent
OF my election as do Of going to my bed tonight.
Some people" it was suggested think you are
radical on the municipal ownership issue and the
Hearst leaders say that you have stolen their
issues" Mr.. WINS said cmphaticalIFI
Not at all. These precisely the lines 1 was
adyocating before the men who are trying To mon
! opolze these issues were politically born.
''Why you so confident Of election7" was
asked
"One OF the reasons for my confidence is that Mr.
Hearst is going to divide TamaAany Hall. but with
out chance Of election for himself. When Mr..
Hearst has taken the honest element out OF Tam
many Hall the remnant will not be good enough
for anybody. I dom: want to brand every Tam
many voter a bad citizen
There honest who have been misled
year after year in voting for Tammany Hail. be-
cause Tammany Hall had put up fgureheads whD
succeeded in accomplishing nothing after the
election"
Have you heard anything from Mayor McClel-
Ian in answer your open letter."
'I have received nothing from Mr.. Mcclellan by
way Of reply to my letter I shall not wait for
acknowledgment: shall write him He
elude in this way
II received letter from Mr. Low with which
am very much gratifed should be delighted for
Mr.. Low to speak at any meeting for What
am hungering and thirstng for is for somebody
to speak with me. particularly Mr.. Mcclellan and
Mr.. Hearst"
Mr.. Low wrote IN part as follows.
congratulate you upon the opportunity that has
c Htt of is neither snpne nor Content with
such administration OF its AFFAIRS as Tammany
one knows who knows anything OF what has gone
tween the Tammany Hall OF to-day and the Tam
many Hall that has disgraced The city so often in
traG1 i n ayarv department that ALWAYS marks
+bs Tamn1anv regime, and the same enrichment OF
political leaders by indirection. at the public eX-
Tammany's role as a governmental! agent is
periodically reduce the city to desperate strait
carry on the city upon the impetus given
Tam ng is boastng Of the pubic schools built
during the last two years. Of the the Gtys PGogess
plant and the provision made for an enlarged
The schools have been built with appropriations
made when Tammany was out of power. The
s sesseTs anG two years have sca1cey suced to
enable Tammany TO get a single boat running after
the preliminaries were arranged
TAMMANY SURRENDERED GROUND.
The Tammany Commissioner of Water Supply
surrendered the citys vantage ground IN relation
to both gas and electricity, and public uprising
was necessary to compel the ADMINISTRATION to
a6ont the Motley it's predecessor. both fight
ing the gas monopoly and as to the erection Of a
'i7 The administration lost year in dealing with
the water question. and finally had to throw
board the plans of its own department. because alb
TO its hand by the administration that preceded IL.
If it has made one single progressi1J step during
a nIIhlic service ii it were pointed out
,fhe Tammany Water Commissioner who be
agea d me he, 9ef1ciencv remains in Office by grace
of the very Mayor who has been obliged dis
while the Tammany candidate for President o. the
board Of Aldermen who will become Mayor if
Sra once in the event of his reelection lauds
the same official his political leader and model
should be so blind to these things and you do
ing public service of the highest order in compelling
with its eyes open. Every who knows you
knows that you will bring to the service of the city
If elected. absolute independence of judgment and
an equipment of experience equaled by few.
Mr. WINS VIII meet personally every district
leader and election district captain of the boroughs
of Manhattan and The Bronx next Saturday for a
who has taken charge at the WINS headquarters IN
the Bresln of the candidates itinerary and of the
meetings which will be held continuously after to-
bile trip Saturday which will bring Mr.. WINS
face to face with the men who form the Repub.
Hcan county machine.
At four or five halls in different parts of this
borough and The Bronx the workers from adjacent
districts will gather seven eight districts being
represented in each meeting. Mr. Wins will go
about thirty minutes with each set of machine
workers: His talk to them will be a plain state