New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
many FUSION MEETINGS
n,o,,her Planned This Year to
Exceed That Of 1907.
FIRST TOMORROW NIGHT
...;,ors Union Committee In
dorses All Ticket Save Sur
rogate Nominee.

s..,.-ters for the fusion movement
. iis .,,o-ad today or tomorrow. Each
-. ,reanization will have room OF its
ius''" -, there will 10 one general man
'" 81 % 10 selected. 1t Is also hoped
r,anv OF tho fusion. candidates VIII
nc ,5eir personal headquarters at Inc
,lace. IN order that the acuNlues
80 centralized as much as possible.
- damned 10 have more meetings this
.,,,, we're held in 1907. not only small
1srac Tho opening gun VIII he hred
.,orrov night AZ carnegie Han When
o~ily Of the Board OF Estimate VII
- for the fusion ticker. NJ Linn Bruce'
- Lieutenant Governor. will preside
!, addition 90 Controller PrenderEast,
,....ilopt Mitchell Of tho Board Of Alder
-, and Borough Presidents McAneny and
,,.ro- William Randolph Hearst and Judge
william y cohen will speak.
several smaller meetings are being ar
-.,ved for the East Side on Thursday
80 NIr Hearst viii speak al each one
-, tho other speakers have not been an
nounced .,o,.
--rons~ Mott Osborne. the state chair
-.sr NJ tho Democratic League. is in fun
,,npsthv with the part the local orsaniza-
90, or the league Is taking in the fusion
-,ovement. and has said he would 90 any
ring I'm his power 10 aid the cause. II
may be that he will come down from Au-
,,,,.r and make an address 20 the campaign
committee.
rirdon Bates ir.. chairman o. the cam
,s.gr committee OF the Republican Clu0'
IN q report to otto T. Barnard, the presi-
dent. Yesterday showed great activity.
eve conceive that the issue Of this cam
Dsjrr" said AIr Bates. lis break Muir
r-y,s control Of the state We have
MANNED our work 10 help elect Repubh-
can Assembly and 10 accomplish this by
aeadIockine the Democratic Senate and
c-ocl,ing the food Of undesirable legislation
tra+ marked the last session
Tho rlub has rented Cooper Union for the
las. Saturday OF the campaign and has al
roed, secured Controller Prendergast and
Iob r, Hedges as speakers. Many truck
Meetings are 20 be held under the auspices
of the club.
The clubs committee on law and cleo
zion work. Of which Judge A. Z. Ommen is
chairman. is getting together body OF
watchers for Election Day and is preparing
70 furnish bail 20 any Republican who may
he illegally arrested.
The city committee OF the Citizens Union
mel last night and decided TO indorse the
fusion ticket. with the exception Of the
nomination for Surrogate. For that office
they indo~sed Surrogate Robert Ludlow
Fowler. ON the ground that he had demon
sfra-od while on the bench "a conspicuous
fitness for that position They went on
~ say ir a statement that they did this
though appreciating that his opponent on
tho Republican and Independence League
tickets. Douglas Mathewson. is well quali-
frt for the Office
Tho action of the city committee last
night was on resolutions that had been
drawn up for ii by the executive com
miftec the day before. William Jay Schief-
fenn. chairman OF the Citizens Union and
of the executive committee who. as chair
man OF the committee Of nine Of the cit
izers' conference. composed Of representa-
,f-cV OF the various fusion elements. had
drawn ND a statement which said that the
,or,mittee Endorses without reservation
,he fusion ticket: every man on the ticket
-WNd~lITeN UP INN INC NldllAdAA 70 VI rAt'ii '-N'N
and efficiency required" was not present
either n tho meeting Of the executive COM
mlf-ee of the Citizens Union or the city
committee last night
Francis G.. Huntington. vice-chairman'
presided az both meetings. Neither he nor
Abraham T. Guttman took any part in the
Endorsement Of Mr.. Fowler. as they are
members Of the Democratic League, which
has nominated Mr. Msthewson. The entire
action was decided on by the three other
members of the committee present, Henry
Na--ov.tz. Edwin s Kassing and Arthur
&C. LuddinEton
There were about thirty members of the
c.,v rommittee present last night when the
report was presented and adopted 10y "a
viva voce vote. The city committee dc
c.dcd to cooperate with the citizens con-
ference in a campaign to defeat Assembly
mon Who voted for the Gaynor-MWphy
charter and % elect 10 the Assembly mon
opposed 20 the legislative programme ot
Tsuvon- Hall.