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t EVERY VOTER READ THIS !
IS AN EARNEST AND conclusive LET-
I TER ADDRESSED TO 8F.TU LOW.
irit It tverlk the Candidate's Whlls to Sacrl-
nee the City's Geea lo the Joy or nn Arn
e. drinlr IU.rul.lon nf Non.rnrtl.nnshli.. Is It
i Worth Any sincere nan's Mhllo lo llcljt 1
(r B4th 7.oir, fl.
f Dear Silt! When tho result of tlio election Is
f mado known, It will bo found that tbo contest
'" has been botwecn tho two historic parties. Air.
' George' followers and yours, sincerely ns they
may be convinced lo tho contrary, "III retpec
tlvely bo teen to constitute much smnller por
tion, of the whole body of voters thnn do the
Republicans and Democrats,
'the conditions aro such that tho ele tlonot
the Tammany Hall cnndldato It luimltiont, al
though It li certain that tho only candidate by
whom both he and Mr. George can bo defeated
U tho candidate of tho Itepubllcan party.
It is tiidubltablo that, If tho foes of corrup
tion, llrjanlim and roolution were Meriting
under the same flair, there could be no such
dancer. If It be discovered that Tammany Hall
haa secured the control of our municipal Gov
ernment for tho coming four curs t ho responsi
bility, wo may sny the crime, will bo yours.
No Independent has as yet over secured the
lection to tho Ma ornlty in cither city without
tbo support of one or the other i f tho rccularly
organized parties. Thero Is absolutely no rea
son for honoring that It should bo otherwise- at
ita this time.
I j? An experience oven Ionizer than that of any of
Ij! your supporters. In work tuch ns tbey are now
IE doing, satisfies mo that there is nn almost Im-
J?' measurable distance between their "shouting
15, strength "and their "voting strength." I know
,V thum woll and havo suffered defeat with them
I too often not to know the danger non.
J- Those who hare hnd your campaign in chargo
from the beginning hnvo shown that at the out
'j set the Itopublican party vv ould havo placed you
i at the head of the ticket, and thus guaranteed
f" " tho defeat of Tammany Hall, and finally havo
J loft the formation of thoGovernmeiU entirely in
5; your own bands. Your oath would havo been
A as sacred under those conditions as It can be
$ tinder any others.
i J, It appears, however, that your advisers pre-
j! fcrreil your candidacy upon their platform to
jf jour olection on any other; and were willing to
(jeopardize tho welfare of tho city for an occa
sion publicly to dis -uss a theory.
The result Is thnt you aio about to take sufll
dent votes away from tho effect Ivo opposition
to Tammany llall to mako possible, if not prob
' ablo. the election of tl.o Tammany candidate.
Your only justification for this is that, como
what may to the city, you and your friends, ad
! .$ vocatea of non-partisanship in municipal elec-
lions, prefer to sacriflco both tho city and your-
i - selves in order that your alleged principles may
i make show of such strength as they nave, and
' f at this most critical juncture.
i Heretofore reformers b.iv e been quite satlsfiod
t with such conditions as resulted in the election
, it of the present reform Government in Now York
j jjj city. Your party appears to be equally satis-
jft lied with them, or at least with tho results
I . of them, becnuso It finds no praiso too high
S , for that Government, What, then, can pos-
i ' sibly justify your determination to disregard
t ' the vast majority of the Republican voters and
, to endeavor to frighten them Into your support
f f by the charge that otherwise they will bo re-
1' ', sponsible for a Tammany victory I Is It modest
j'- or sincere for you to assort that it must bo
i you or Tammany I Was over a party or n
ft i'' people approached in such n spirit before,
and have you any recollection of any can
g. J' didate, before you, who has been bold enough to
' i make Buch a demand and in his own behalf I It
I . would be impossible of belief, did we not nclu
J J' ally seo It, and it will be treated as it deserves
j r when the day for action comas.
Your policy may be unselfish, splendid, ho-
i y, roic if you wilt (your friends say it is), but it is
not patriotlo, nor yet wise. You and your
, l friends know that the Republican party hns nom-
, lnated a ticket which isabovo reproach. They
t know thatltscandidatefortho Mayoralty isthe
f t ablest, most experienced, and altogether best
' equipped man that has ever been nominated for
f the place by any party. You, yourself, assert
fc friendship for this gentloman, and cunningly
r- tell your followers to say nothing disrespectful
f of him, while you. yourself, have Intimated that
j,i ' althuugh your own oath will bo cvervthinc, hU
l will bo as nothing. It Is unworthy of ou, Mr.
J t low. And your friends. Oiled with sweetness
and light, how do they speak I This is how one
'f of your organs, which lays tho greatest claim to
" V tntellteence and decency, characterizes him.
r "The other la Candidato Tracy, I'latt's Tracy.
'- who, at the boss's command, obediently, and
even with signs of pletsuro, executes a commis
j slon to do disreputable work that wo-ild dis-
j( graco a ' heeler:' a Kred Gibbs of the better ele-
meat; the chief actor in a piece of political
knavery and imposture; a Tammany Itcuuuli
, can assisting Crokcr to get control of tho citv; a
', political assassin, masked and disguised, going
' forth not against tho traditional enemies of his
party, but to slab fceth Ixiw; a serf, thrall, re
tainer, and all-too-willing tool of the old Repub
lican boss."
If this is the manner of man that Mr. Tracy is,
l how can you call him our friend and how can
' y you speak of your present did nccsasoneof
t i "life's tragedies"! It certainly In not one of his,
. although election day will glvo n ttrnnge fulfil-
1 f ment to your more than curious remark.
fNo intelligent person contends that municipal
government is other than tho proper adminis
, jj tratlonof the arfairs of tho city. Yourdcdara-
L, tion that you arc In favor of good government Is
t cencral and moanlngHss, and the gunranteoof
l I youroatu tbnt jou will glvo the peoplo good
? T eovernmcnt is no Letter than the similar guar-
ti anteo of Gon. Tracy or Mr. George and Is In fact
f ' no guarantee whatoxer, for good government
1 requires mRny things besides good intentions.
p What means have ou to fullll your promise)
(' f ' You havo no wcll-dellned or organised body of
j, i I supporters, and they arc not agreod upon any
. I platform of municipal administration. You
5' ' must acteltber with nr without advisers; In the
- first case your go crnmentwould be llttlo Letter
than a dictatorship, and certainly no wiser than
yoursolf; and In the second case. It is to boas-
I; ', sumed that you will bo no more successful In
k . selecting advisers than you have been during
p the past few months and for a government
y. ( with such advisers, success or satisfaction could
$ - scarcely bo predicted.
, IUla probabiy useless here to enter upon the
f discussion of tbo question of non-partisanship
In municipal government. There may be no
ft polities In municipal iidminlstr.ition batovcr,
i t but it Is certain that securing the control of the
J ., government is a matter of politic-), and In this
'J I your more Indiscreet friendsnow assert for you,
B V and even those who aro not your friends are
I n willing to admit, that you aro past master of
W V the art of politics and are doing tho work of
promoting jour own advancement more shame-
i lessly than any of tho other candidates,
' It would teem, however, that this skill might
T have been dovotrd to a more practical end.
i You deelaro yourself to be a Republican. You
f' if held oftlco for two terms in Ilrooklyn as a He-
A publican, and yet upon principle ou now de-
p ? cllne even to confer with the Republican party,
j and would accept their support only on terms
; which you yourself should dlctato to them. If
I the result be dlsister.lt nill not Ho in tho
f J mouth of the minority to charge tho majority
I with stubbornness and contumacy. Tho dit-
renting twelfth Juror has never beon a popular
i man. Your reasons for declining to cooperate
' f. with the Itcpublicans aro certain!) ex
it ' pllcable upon ono ground, If on no other, namely,
that If elected you prefer that thero shall bo no
1 ' organlred body of anr kind to whom you may
I be responsible; In other words, that ou may be
r a "boss" In office, from whom no appeal lies
fe' except to unorganized publlo opinion. In Ibis
V- j way non-pnrllian government simply means
p. i- ptriousl gov eminent; and ralher than not to be
h ' permitted to establish a personal govrrnment,
5 i you bavo been willing to put the- city to thorlsk
$ f. of falling back Into tho hands of an or.-anlzn-jx
tlon whoso name is the srnon) m for corruption.
T' i Nor Is jour pica that tbo national parties
JT i liave nothing to do with tho present election a
"l -I valid one, Hpeclous as that plea may be, the
6 j foot remains that political association Is brought ,
ijf, i about primarily by national luiues, after that by j
it
lj.';,.li -., i . J-lvt. - m i nn i I. r., a-- .
State Issues, and after that by municipal Issues.
Tho community It not sufilclently developed
along your lines to divide Itsolf Into one sot of
parties on national issues, Into another let of
parties on 8tato Issues, and into still another sot
of parties on municipal Issuos. It never has
been so In this country, it never has been to In
any other country, and It certainly will not bo
to In this city durlngour lifetime If ever. Tho
politic nl associations formod for tho one pur
pose, generally speaking, carry and trovsll
through the wholo domain of publlo life. The
result Is that our locnl parties are Judged by
I their national fitness and our national parties
very largoly Judged by tbolr local illness.
Anil no must mnko tho bestof whaluohavo.
If pirtv responsibility has become, ns your
friends assert, a mere name, It la duo to tho fact
that Instead of recognizing tho ciUtcmc of nnd
nccisiit) fur parties, you nnd your friends
negloct nil party duties, do nil In your power to
weaken party responsibility, and then com
plain of tho unsatlsfactorlncss of party govern
ment. Nothing can bu more misleading than the as
sertion that there Is no relation betweon party
government and tho government of the city of
Now York, Till' Is best Illustrated by tho fact
that you, youri-elf, have seen fit to go Into Stnto
politics nt this limo by uominntiiig candidates
for Icglslnthe office, and qulto properly. If not
quite sincerely. You and all other students of
tho problem know that the cry of home ruin for
cities in tbl State Is a mcra puerility, so long ns
our Constitution docs not protect our chartera
against legislative tinkering. Almost every
step of lmportnnco In municipal government
has to bo taken conjointly with tho lcgtslntlvo
branch of the fctato tfu eminent, and It Is
tmposstblo not to seo that a Mayor of
New York who Is hopelessly out of sympa
thy with and does not command tho respect of
cither of tho great parties In the State, can
never expect satisfactorily to start this new
grcit government agoing, or lo be listened to
with either confidence or respect, concerning
proposod charter amendments by thoso parties
which bo hnt faltely asserted have nothing to do
with our government, nnd yet without the aid
of which nothing can bo dono with our govern
ment. You, as well as any ono, know exactly what
the Republican party has do oforgood govern
ment in this city. If not, permit mo to recall a
few illustrations of what it has done within
your memory and mine:
It passed the Now York charter of 1873.
It securod the constitutional amendments
with reference to city government.
It give Ilrooklyn its now famous charter.
It gavo tho metropolis the Groatcr New Y'ork
charter.
It pasted the bill reforming the New York
County Clerk's office.
It passed tho bill reforming the New York
Register's oftlco.
It passed tho bills reforming the New Y'ork
Sheriff s office.
It passed all the new park and small park
bills.
It passed tho Rallot Reform bills.
It passed the election laws of both New Y'ork
city and Hrooklyn.
It passed the liw reforming the New York
Aqueduct Commission.
It exposed nnd fought corruption through the
Fatsctt Committcoand reportod tho fullest and
completest measures with regard to municipal
government ever prcposed by any party the
passage of which was defeated by Gov. Hill,
whom many of your friends were then support
ing. It gave the Mayor of New York the unre
stricted power of appointment.
It mado tho Comptrollcrsbip elective.
It alone mado possibio the defeat of Tammany
Hall three years ago. and passed all the so
called Lcxow Reform WIN.
It prevented the present administration of tho
city from incurring indebtedness up to the con
stitutional limit.
It passed the bill reforming the Department
of Charities and Correction ana separating it
into two departments.
It passed all the Rapid Transit bills, the pur
poses of which baie been nullified by Mayors
opposed to the Republican party.
It has passed every measure looking to tho im
provement of the boroughs of Ilronx, Brooklyn,
Queens nnd Richmond which havo been securid
for the past ten years.
It has has never stood in the way of any meas
ure of actual reform.
It is entitled to the credit of your own and Mr.
Strong's election.
With such history behind it, with the knowl
edge thnt your own administration In Ilrooklyn
and Major Strong's administration in New
York ere due entirely to the Republican party,
and that ultimately tho Republican party Is en
titled to the credit of such good astheymny
have accomplished. It is impossible to under
stand wbj, if your friencs are sincere, they
should now seek to turn the government back
into the hands of Tammany Hall.
It is too late for you to retire from the race.
The only thing which can bo expected Is that,
seeing tho hopelessness of jour cause, and
recognizing that every vote cast for you is a
vote thrown away, your constituency may pre
fer tho welfare of the city to your personnl ad
vancement or to the justification of jour theo
ries. ItiB to be hoped tint they will realize that
politics is not a counsel of perfection, but tho
art of the attainable. It seems strange that
rather than bavo h id j-ou clei ted to the- Maj or
alty upon the same conditions as thoso upon
which you wero elected in Ilrookljn, or upon
jyhlch Mayor Strong was elected in Now York,
they and you should havo preferred to dlvido
tho vote, which, consolidated, could have se
cured your own election, or the election of any
other reputable eandldute, and have saved tho
city from tbo menace of Tammanj.
There are only three possible explanations:
First, that you are fighting fanatically for an
alleged principle, bo tho consequences to the
community what thoy may.
Second, that you feel so confident of an eleo
tlon that you havo taken grounds which will
enuhlo you, when elected, to set up a purely
personal government; or.
Third, that, cost tho rest of us what It may,
you have determined that Tammany would be
preferable to party government by those Itcpub
licans of whom you nov crthclcss claim to bo one.
Thero nre many thousands of us, Mr. Low,
who wish ns sincerely for reform as you,
and some of un who have fnnirht ihn hittin
quite ns long nnd made quite as many sacrificed
for and honest contributions of effort to tho
cause, who regret to find jou busied as you nro.
I write as I do becuso a tense of Impending
calamity compels me lo do so, in tbo hope that 1
may thereby aid in preventing It, Yours sin
corcly, William M, Ivi.vh.
FOR GF.OltaX, nUT SOT JL CITIZEX.
Mrllutb, the llrltlih I.onailKireinan, TrUa lo
Do a l.lltlfi Cnnipalcnlat;.
Edward McIIugh, President of the Ameri
can Longshoremen's L'nion, Ilolton Hall, its
Treasurer, and several other speakers addressed '
a meeting of longshoremen at tho "Knrm," a
space nt tho North Itlvor between Vcsey and
1'ulton btrcets, jesterduy nftornoon. The meot
ing was called tocclcbiate the !lrtt nnnhersiry I
of the American Longshoremen's Union. Mo
Hugh spoko first about labor matters. Then he '
said:
"There's another thing I want to say, I'm
not an American "
"Well," shouted nn intoxicated man, "you've
no right to addross American citizens."
Mclluch retorted that John llarleycorn had a
sad effect upon men of brains.
"Tho gentleman who tpoke," he went on,
"has evidently brains or bo wouldn't bo affected
by llqunr. It makes men lthoutbnilnslupld."
I linn- was uliugli in thi, anil the "gentle
man" who hud iiilcnupled Mellugh startid
Ihu appl.iii"!!.
"I want lotay," contlnuul McIIugh, "that 1
tuppoho tho picscnt eaniimign Intorests you all,
hloven ears ago a certain man was a labor can
illilato for Major, nnd was actually elected, but
as counted out, If reports nro true."
"Iltnrj Gcor(,e,"shoiitid u volco, at which
tbern was ven faint applause,
" Well,"saiil Mellugh, an opting the proffered
name by a nod, " this man is u candidate again.
I Hois not a politician, but a I rue tmin. When
you vole I hope you will remember jour
Jriends."
I lho audlcnco littened to thU without any sign
of emotion. i
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HtHHWHHHHHiJjrasfi
A HUMMING REGISTRATION.
ITD1S3IAY.1 HIV LrADEltlt OF THE
"LOCAL ISSVKS" VAIITIES.
Tho Itenulillrnn riraiililon Has Uot tit Fntl
nirrntth oul-IMnir "IT In lho Two low
Uh ni.trlcl.-Tlie Henry tieoruo Men Olio
TammaiiT a I hill ho t"r treats.
Tho registration flgurc3 furnished an Interest
ing study for tho campaign managers yestcr
dij Tho fact that tho number of electors v, ho
havo signified their Intontlon of voting for
Mayor, 5(17, JHS, or within a few thousand of as
nianj ns registered for tho Presidential election
of lh'JO, was a big surprlso to most of them, and
to nono, though, moro thin to Ulchard Crokcr
and those who are insisting blm In runnlngtho
campaign of his cnndldato for Mnj or, Robert A.
VanWjck. Tnniiimny's lenders had been expect
ing ncomparatlvely light registration. Thoy were
satisfied after tho returns for tho first two dajs
were In that tho total registration would not be
much In excess of half a million, Tho idoa that
this might bo so was accompanied with the hopo
that It w ould, for -Mr. Crokcr, ns n campaigner of
experience, Is fullv nwaro that hoavy registra
tion alwajs prcuigcs the polling of a full Re
publican vote. It Is a provorh in Tammany
Hall that Tnmniany men always register and
vote, so that If tho registration It small, their
percintago of it Is tho larger.
Mr. Crokor and his friends had mado up their
minds that they could depend on thcstay-at-homes
tostny at homo In this municipal fight.
To that end they soucht to cxcludo national
Issues from the campaign. Tho Citrons' Union
and its candidate for Mayor seconded them.
Hut it was a job that couldn't bo done.
Tho Republic mi party put tho real Issues to
tho front. Thu great body of tno Democratto
electorate represented In tho 135,000 mon who
voted for William J. llryan insisted that there
should bo no recession from tho Democracy of
tho Chicago platform. Tho people wero aroused,
and they ruihcil to register almost as eagerly as
they did in lb'.H).
This is what bothered the Tammany leaders
yesterday; too many electors nro prepared to
voto f r Mnvor on Nov, i!. Every true-bluo
llepubllcvii has got his name on tho looks. Tho
TanuiMiiv district leaders havo reported to Mr.
Crokcr f rum lime lo tinui that the Republican
machine is working ns it never worked beforo
toget its voters ii glstereil.
toiueoi the Tnium en) leaders tried yesterday
to get eniiiini t nut uf tun fact that tho registra
tion Is almost as heavy in tho Democratic As
scmblj districts as In thoso which nro acknowl
edge cl to io In the Republican column. Then
the) mollectcd Henrj Geoigo and were dis
comforted again. It wis asserted posit I oly by
the George campaign manngo-s jcMerdnj that
the he.ivv relsiratlon In tho I Icinocratio dis
tricts Is due to the activity of tho Chicago plat
form 1) moernts.
The I!i publican leaders, in discussing the re
ult of tho leglslrntlon. svld thnt tho returns
for New York i otintv indicate victory for Gon.
'irnej, nnd that they worn informed tint tho
registration in the other boroughs pointed iu
in tho same direction.
An unalj sis of tho registration compared with
the voto for Governor Inst J ear showH that ill
(cicutccii Asfccinhiy ditrlct curried by l'ortor
lorGmcrnor In lKit! the registration this j ear
exceeds tbo voto tor Governor by ,(4S. In four
districts enrrb d be l'orter the registration was
less thin lho Gubernatorial vote by 50-. This
makes tlio aggr gate ece& of registration over
the vote for Uoi enior in Democratic: districts
4.131.
On tho other hand there was an excess of reg
istration in nine Republican districts of tl,()4'.',
as.ignlnstn falling off n four districts of 577.
an uggregute excess of fi.-tda. 'lho incrense is
thiii thown to be in favor of tho Re
publicans by 1.331. Illnck, Republican, de
feated l'orter. Chicago platform Reruocrit,
in this couiitv b 3,000. With tho Chi
cago platform Democrats intent on deicatlng
Tammany this jear by voting for Henry George,
so Hint tho Wtgwniucnn lie reorganized nn Horn
oerallc nnd not lier-nnnl lined, the Republican
leaders ay th it tin y hnvo every re ison to ex
pect a victory for Grn. Tricj-, Lasing their belief
on lho registration figures.
'lho parties of lot il issues, that of Richard
Crokcr and that of i-eth Idw, seem to bo the
onlv ones which cannot get comfort out of tho
registration return". 'I he two Assembly dis
tricts which nre understood to havo been most
strongly tainted with Lnwism, tho Twenty
seven'b and the Twenty-ninth, show a falling
otl in registration.
nnooKT.rx's registration.
The Meantar or the 30,nno Increase Oter the
Tlllul r 1HOO.
The political manngcrs in all the camps In
Ilrookljn wero surprised nt the swelling of tho
registration figures nn Saturday, which mado a
total' enrollment of voters for tho four days of
about '.203,000, or within 4,000 of tho figures
last jcur, n Presidential jear, nnd 20,000 In
excess of tho registration in 1M!)5. Saturdaj-'s
unexpectedly large enrollment of about 37.
000 is admittedly due to tho zcnl and activity
of the Republican district leaders, who mado a
house-to houso canvass nne' brought nut tho
dilatory Iroters. TilK Sew. by furnishing yes
terday tho complete figures, not onlj by wards,
but by Assembly districts, for tho jears 1!)7,
1015, nnd 1RII5, nfforded tho election fore
casters a finu opportunltj to make calculations.
Tor tho purposes of forming a fair ond impar
tial judgment on tho quostion as to which sldo
has tho apparent advantage In tho registration
this ycir tho comparisons should ncccs&arilj
bo mado with that of 1S05. when thero was a
square-cut fight on tho State ticket between
tho two great parties In thnt year Rrookljn
j gavo King, tho Democratic eandliintc for Sec
ret.irj' of t-tnte, a plurality of 0,000 over Pnl-
1 ricr, tho Republican cnndldatc. LoBt year,
when pnrty lines wero well nigh eliminated,
this was turned Into n plurality of 3'J,'.'53 for
MeKinlej.
lho registration this year exceeds that of
lir, by 120,000. Which districts, Republican
or Democratic, furnish on an average tho grent
er part of this increase! An uniilyMs of tho
figures, with either tho wards or tho Assembly
districts ns tho basis of comparison, thnn a
rlcnr nnd unquestiun.iblo gain for tho Republi
cans. Tho eleven of tho twenty-one Assembly
districts wide h tho Republicans enrried in
1R15 supply no less than 112,500 of tho 120,000
ndditlonal voters this jear, whllo tho other
ten districts, which tho Democrats carried, in
clude the remaining 7,500.
There Is only ono Assembly district this year
which shows a falling off in the registration
from l&OO. This is tho Ninth, comprising tho
cntiro Twelfth ward nnd threo districts In tho
Eighth nnd two In tho Tenth wards. It Is a
rock-bound Dcinocratlo district, tho majority
in 1805 being 2,73, with n registration of
7,1210. Tills jenr tho registration Is 7,150, a
fulling off of till voters. It Is signlflcnnt that
this Is tho (-o)itiir) district in tho twenty-ono
in which thero lins heen no Increase.
A Mill moro nnaljttcal and mlnuto study of
tho figures cannot fail to insplro all true-bluo
llepublli -ins with confidence. Tho cloven Ro- ,
Jin hlh nn Assemble- districts which furnish
PJ.'iOO of lho 120,000 liiciuiso ceftnprlso 1205
diction districts, so that tho iivcrngo Increase
by districts Is 112. 'lho ten Democratic As
sembly districts villi h furnlBli tho 7,500 in
creaeroiiiprlfO tho 12.21 remaining election dis
tricts, n thnt thn nieragu Inern.KO in these dis
triits is onlv 31, llrletlj-, this is tho rosult of
this iomparhon:
AcernKo Increase In RppuMlevn dlntrlcti 4y
Average lie reiM- In Ucnioe-rall ilMri"! 31
Apparent LcraiiJlli-aii mlvanfatta Iu each dlslrlet , H
A (oiup.irisnn of tho individual wards vvhlth
nrii either uliougly ll publican or strongly
Demi" rule fioin beginning tu end slums sub
ttmtlillj the Mime ri'hiiit. A few of these
winds nro taken up by wnj- of illustration, Tho
Kiflli wiird."whli h gavo a Dentin ratio majority
uf 1,577 In 1WI5, has an ineiensid registration
uf onlj 'Jill this year. Tho Willi ward, an
other Demncriitlu stronghold, has nn Increase
of onlj 1210. 'lho Tenth, still moro btronglj
llr iiiih ratie, nmy 1 lilt Passing to tho llepiib
lien buPlwliks, the Twmtv-llrst, lho Twenty
H'ei ml, tho Twcntj'-tlilrd, the Twent)--fflh and
the Tweiitj-elt'litli Miuw Ihesu big Increases
mpcMiiel): ICI. 1.70. l,5.'ii. 1,151 and 12,3dS.
A review ci en of the elm tlon districts, iih 'ar
lis tin luu'd be iiiaile iiliullcal with tlno uf
l'i'i. will hlmw Ihu naino Republican leaning.
Thu Diiuni-rUli mniuicrrn mo naturally ills
enurnged mrr lho result of tho rcglstrotion,
vc lib h ihev hnd hoped would not have exceeded
lOa.oilll tins jeur. 'I hey aro beginning lo nn
pnciiito the uuplinh.int fait thnt Ilrnnl.lvnis
Mi ulilc gittln.', even iindir normal conditions, I
Into ho Id publican inluiiiii. I
lho llrpuiilli mi le,i Icr- wcic much tinted
ctirdny iicer lho pli uunl dialling mado bj .
Hie supportc-is of Gin, 'I r.u'j in the Young Re
piihlliaii flub on Saturday night. For nn e nil
Jiar- tin organisation has been without lho I
oluhtcht inlliieuie in the politics of the bister I
i Itv mil utmost wbnllj given oier In Mug-wiiiiipl-m,
A month ngn It would hnio been '
rignrdcvl as an nit of inadncsh for nnj ono to
question the almnluto sovereignty of Heth Low, I
ono of the founders and tho first President of
the club, and ho must himself have thought It
mi evidence of gross Ingratitude ns well ns an I
ovideneo of his waning i-lrongth that SO out of i
the 1241 members of lho llttlo llock present ro-
pudluted hliu. Whore, oa earth, It Is justly
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asked, can Mr. Low bo a "unifying forco" If
not In that select llttlo circle In Ilrooklyn
known as tho Young Itepubllcan Cliibl
Krotu now forward tho Traiy forces will nd
vnnco on lho really serious business of the cam
paign, without paying much attention to Cits'
Vnlon candidates, lho hot work mapped out
for tho week opens to-nlcht with a demonstra
tion at tho Clermont Avenue Rink. 11 is sure to
bo a rattling nnd enthusiastic rally. Tbo Ron.
bllas 1). Hutchcr, n war horse In tho Itepubllcan
ranks, will prosldo, and thero will be anothir
opportunity for his former fellow townsmen to
bear Gon. Tracy. Gen. Hcnjaniln V. llutter
worth of Ohio nnd Henrv A. Powell, (ho elo
quent cundldnto for District Attornoj-, will also
tpoak.
Vr-STATE REGISTRATION HEAVY.
It Is NearlT tip to lnou In Many nepubltean
fllroncholds aud Paate 1(5.
The non. Chnrlos W. Hackctt, Chairman of
tho Republlcnn Stato Commlttoo, wild j cstcrday
that tho registration throughout tho Ktatolwas
apparently very satisfactory. Ho said: "Re
ports received at headquarters from up tho
' State on registration Indicate great Interest
In tho election. Somo places havo far exceed
ed tho registration of 18113. when thero was a
complcto htato ticket in tho field except Gov
ernor, and In many Republican Btrongholds
tho registration is almost up to that of last
year, when tbo Presidential contest brought out
every voter. Tho commltteo has received re
ports from places In which tho heavy registra
tion means a heavy Republican vote, homo
reports, as, for instance, tho one from Lock
port, do not glvo the exact figures. Thnt ono
reads: 'Republican voto is registered fully up
to that of 1605. Tho Democrats mado llttlo
if any effort, nnd their registration Is short."
"Other reports of this nature Indicato that
tho Democrats havo taken llttlo pains to get
their voters registered. In tho cities where
Mayors nro to bo elected tho regi-tratlon Is
particularly heavy, brought out In part, doubt
Ic. by local interest. I believe tbo gcncrnlly
largo registration indicates that tho Republi
cans nro ownko to the real issue, und aro anx
ious to voto again against the doctrines of tho
Chicago platform, which still stands ns thn
Democratic theory of government. New York
desires to again go on record ngalnst those itan
gerous doctrines. Judge Wallace. I lielleve,
will poll an unusually heavy vote, and will
havo n plurality which will bo phenomcnnl
when compared w 1th nny Republican plurallly
cxeopt thoso given for McMnloy and Illnck
last year."
Ah a sample of tbo heavy rcglstra on In tho
State tho following figures are given
is-97. mini o07. lsnn.
Oswf go . . .. 11310 MM Schenrctadj 0B71 nri.',
P'Khkeeple O'.ll C.I74 Watrrtonn I15tf 1771 '
Corning.... 2171 12717 Utlea ... talis l.ui
Xeivburg . .. S'in.1 Dim? Oli an .. 1.V17 -ios
Home 701 h!l 1 VV aten Hot . Hi?") ailin
itbaca .. anil) 3!lH!lornrllsvllle. mils il-M'l
Lllnshamtorj.. 0101 VS.11 lluffato . ... 00570 U5U7J
F. W. DEVOE, HEM., FOR TRACT.
De Was a Member with J. 9. T. .traDahaa or
Id First Consolidation Cnmm.Bilon.
It Is becoming apparent in mnny quarters
that Mr. Low will not have with him In his
canvass the support from mnny Republlcnn or
Democratic sources which havo been rounted
for blm with so much confidence. The un
qualified statement of Mr. f-trunnhanof Ilrook
lyn In favor of Gen. Tracy was a scvero shock
to those who had announced that ho would givo
his approval to tho canvass of Mr. Dow. Yes
terday Frederick W. Dovoe. tho well-known j
merchant of this city and a life-long Democrat,
expressed his Indorsement of Gen. Tracy with '
no less emphasis. Mr. Devoc and Andrew II.
Green wero New York members, associated
with Mr. Strnnahan, on tho original commis
sion appointed to determine upon tl.o consoli
dation of Now Y'ork and Ilrookljn. In speak
ing of the coming election Mr. Dcvoosnld:
"I havo nothing to say of Mr. Low personally,
other than that it is a public misfortune that
Mr. Dow Bhould havo allowed himself to bo
placed in a position that makes tho result of I
this first election in nny degree doubtful. If ,
ho so earnestly desired to secure tho iiomlnn- I
tlon, It seems to mo that better judgment would
bavo been indicated had ho assumed n less
nggresslvo and more patient policy, Thero is
every probability ho might hnvo obtained it
then, and thero would havo been llttlo doubt of
his election. Whllo a Democrat myself, I havo
always endeavored to record my voto con-Intently
nnd on principle in local Issues. Tho
lsniics at stako at thlt time in electing the first
Major of Groitcr New York aud In initiating
the administration of this great community nro
of tho very highest importance. Tho question
centres very largely un tho man who Is to
oci upy tho office. There is nn outcry for polltl-calipurpo-csagulnst
Mr. Iracj, us tlicro would
bo against any mnn, but his p?rnnnl record
und character, which hnve been beforo tho city
and country for so long a time, nro u BUIIIiIcnt
nnswor to all such nttacks. Thero is not the
slightest tfggcstion Hint Gun. Tracy hns In his
ontlro career shown any ground for such at
tin ks. It Ihore wero nnj trulli in them to unfit
- him for Mayor of Greater New York they
would npply equally to nny of tho distin
gill -lied olllcca tfiut ho has held."
"Do jou regard hl-i personal qualifications
as equal to those of Mr. low 'nl"
"I do not think thero can bo nny question on
that point. Ills experience Is larger and riper
thnn Mr, Low's. Illi administration In tho
Cabinet as Secretary of tho Navy showed the
highest order of excctitlvo capaiity. His
training hns in every wny fitted him und
equipped him for an udininlstrntor. When it
comes to tho final choice I cannot think that
thero will bo much hoiltatlon among tho In
telligent voters of thu iltv. Though a Demo
crat, If I had two v otes I should give them both
to Gen, Tracy. I'lie mlslakuou Mr. Low's part
In peimlttlng himself to beiomo n party In any
iiicasuro thnt places the Interest of tho com
munity In jeoniirdy Is In my estlmnte, the
sevcreit reflection on his own qualifications tor
such high office,"
TRYISa TO COAX O'RRIEy,
V. D. Wants 11 Im nnrb ou the Tlelitt What's
ThU Arkansas Junes )(
Kx-Sherlff Jnmes O'llrlcn, who announced
on Krldny evening that ho was out of politics,
was around nt tho I'nlted Democracy headquar
ters In Koity-sciniid street jesterday at a con
ference of district lenders of tho U. I), Henry
Nichols said tho organization would hnro a
ticket completed In cicrj way before midnight
' to-night, hlrenuous cllortu wire being brought
to hear nn air. Ollrltii In withdraw Ids with
ilinwalns noiiiiiiiu for hhcritl. If liu decided
not to run,, how over, 'lliiimiis V. hmilh of tho
i Twenty-ninth dlotriit would run. I
Mr. Nichols Bain that tho I'niteii Democracy
was thu only puro Hrj.iu Democratic nrgiinizn-
1 tlon in thu fluid, and thu S'lMtor Jones had
ngrccd that they would bo recognised as such,
I He did not produi n a letter from Henalor. limes,
lho lirun organization men outside tho blalo
wero of tho opinion, Mr. Nichols said, that it
I was bust to have a email pnrty in this Stato
ithut stood for its principles and would be truo
rather tliun a big party that was ready to slab
its associates lu tho back.
GEORGE TACKLES HEWITT.
ItF.RE'B A NEW ANEC1WTE AROVX
THE BUEOL RAISED IX J8S0.
Alleged Offer or a Drat In ronre br Oraee
and Tnramanr lo Oorge if ll Wouldn't
Run for Mnjor lie Ilrrlnrpa That II Never
Bpoke t Mr. Hewitt About That Election.
27i Jfon. AbramS. llttcllt.
But: You and I wero opposing candidate! for
tho Stayoraltv of Now Y'ork In 18S0. Y'ou re
ceived tbo office, lho honor, and the power of
election. When, on the first of this month, I de
termined, in reaponso to what I bellevod to be
tho call of duty, to deelaro my vvjlllngncss to
ngaln stand for a larger office, on substantially
tbo same platform as beforo, thero camo by
cnblo from Paris, where you wero sojourning,
J our declaration to tho English press that I wnt
ngaln to load tho forces of anarchy and social
destruction In this city. Y'ou arrived yesterday,
and Immcdlat ely saw fit to mako this declaration
through tho press:
"I met Mr. George In London a year ago. He
said to me, 'Y'ou knocked mo out of 'J0.0O0
votes when you ran against mcfor Major. If
you had not cheated mo then, I would havo been
elected.' I told him thnt it 1 had succeeded In
gottlng 20,000 votes that w ero originally bis. It
showed that I was a pretty sharp politician,
only It look him eleven years to find this out."
I hnvo not been In London slnco 1800. I havo
novor, neither In London nor anywhero clso,
tpokon to you of that election. If you think that
Betting 20,000 votes counted for you that were
not cast for you is ov Idem o of political sharp
ness, I have nothing to say, I havo never sus
pected jou of knowing nnythlng nbout it,
but believed thnt tho work was dono
by tho inncblncs who took you up, not
to save society, but to tavo their own
plunder, while you Innocently supposed the peo
pic of New York had olectcd you to savo society.
although you ero long found something of tho
truo chnncter of the men w ho put you forward
in 18S0, nnd Btood ngalnst Tammany after two
years' servleo in tho Mayor's chair, being Igno
mlulously beaten by tho very forces which had
used you as their tool In 18SC.
Ileforo jou or I hail been formally nominated
In 1880, 1 received a request from Mr. William
M. Ivins, then Chamberlain of the city and a
closo polttleal representative of Mr. Grace, at
that time Muyor and bond of tho Democratic
organization known as tho County Democracy,
toprivnlely meet him. This I did in a quiet
rotnurant in Lifiivctto place. Mr. Ivlns
insisted tint 1 could not liccomo Mnyor of
New- York no matter how nianj votes wero
cast for mo. and nlloi ed on behalf of Tammany
Hull nnd thu County Democracy that if I would
refiwo to run they wuuld select a Congressional
diil lie t In which tho nomination was .b
"olulcly equivalent to election; tbnt I should
bu at no expense whatever, but might go to
Kuroponrnii) win rcl wlllcil, and when I camn
bai k 1 should receive a certificate of election. I
said to him llunllv :
" You tell tno I cannot possibly receive tho
ofilec, jot nsl: inn to draw on". Why, if I can
not poiMdhlv got tho olllec, do you want me to
withdraw 1"
His reply was, "Y'ou cannot be elected, but
your niniilng will raise hell,"
ls.ild:"You h iv c relieved me of embarrass
ment; I am decided. 1 w ill run."
It i-atiia out as Mr. Ivins said it would, but I
did not complain. CompUint at that lime anil
under thom circumstances, without money nnd
with tho press Hgnlnst us, would havo been use
less. Ilefore 12 o'cloc k on the night of the elec
tion I went to a meeting of my supporters whllo
tho rejoicings of rniiim iny wero ringing around
us, and made to them n speech which, taken
down by a stenographer at tho time, was as fol
lows :
Mr. Gcorgo here gives his speech, which
a j it:
"Under a fair vote of the people of Now Y'ork
I would be to-night elci tec' Muyor. If, ns now
seems probable, the olllclnl returns do not giro
nit' that ollii e, II n becnuio of the money, of tho
briberj', of the intimidation, of u press perverted
nnd unscrupulous, of tho unreasoning rears of
tho ignorint ru h.and the hopeless degradation
of the miserable poor. Rut, men. I did lint
necetit yourcandldiicj for tho otilee, nor did jou
nominate mo for tho olllec; what wo sought i
was to bring principle into American politics, i
I congratulate jou upon tho grcatist of vic
tories th t wo bavo won. They may bribe, thev
maj count us nut, by their vile arts they nmy
defeit what would do an honest verdict of tho
people; but w have g lined what wo fought for. i
Tnank God. wo have mado a beginning. Wo
Ii ive demonstrated the political power of labor.
Never again -never ngMn will tho politicians'
look upon a labor movement with ron tempt.
The future, tho future i-t ours. This Is tho Hun
ker Hill. Wu havo lit a tire that will
never go out. Wo hav begun n nnvement
that, defeated and defeated and deieatcd, must
I still coon. All the great currents of our time,
1 all theimpirutlnns of theheirtof mnn, all tho
in vv forces of our civilization, aro with us and
for in "1
After eleven years I have ncccpted a nomina
tion to stand for Mnvor of Greater Now York on
the s itno principles I stood for then.
Hut I tin not think that the people of New
York will ho ngaln frightened with tho idea
that, if elcctod, I would destroy society, and I
feci sure that undcrpresent election laws peoplo
ran neither ho rrlghtcned from voting for mo
nor votes, after Ihey are east, stolen from me.
Respectfully jours. IlEsuvGcoitOE.
SECRETARY JII.ISS TO MR. HEWITT.
Rrruteil lo Join In (lie Request to llr. Ilowltt
to Iltiti for Mft5or la lNa.
Tho Hon. Abram S. Hewitt returned from
Kuropo on Saturday. In nn Interview printed
iu thu rnou jisterday Mr. Hewitt Is re
ported to havo said: "In regard to Mr. Rllss
I and bis letter of congratulation to Gen.
, Tracy, It should bu remembered that In matters
' political Mr. Illiss is a partisan, and never
goes back on tho machine. Ho was one of tho
committee of citizens who ncketl mo to run for
Mnj-nr in lk-, and I consented. Two days
latt r he helped to noinin ito f'ol. Erhardt."
Ijist evening Sccretnry Riles forwarded to
Mr. Hewitt tho following open letter:
Di. vh Jlti. Hkvwtt: lho Tribune of tills
tluto prlntit nn interview in which jou aro mado
to Male; "Ho Mi. Illl'-s) was ono of tho com-
I iiiltlio of eitU'in who asked mu to run for
Major In If-i, nnd I eom-ented. Two dojs
I later he helped tn nominate Col. Krhardt."
I If jou have made such a statement dellber-
ntelj-, jou have, i barged mo with a ilii-lionornhlo
net, nnd I cannot believe that t-mh was v our
intention 1 pref r to believe that vnu i-poko
without investigation or duo consideration.
Allow me to si no tbo fncts of lho lxsrt cam
paign so far as they ntleet me. I returned
Iroin Kurnpe in thu fall of 188, and found Hint
notwithstanding my resigratlon sent from
Iondim I hnd been retained as Chairman of
tho Republican Mate Commltteo. 'lho cam
paign wns already In proirress, and it liecnmo
my political duly, iu conference with lho Ito
publican City Commit teo, to secure a Republi
can iiiuilidute for Mnj'or. I ilk' not approve of
Hcpiihiiittii support being given ton Dcuioc ratio
candidate for a municipal oillco during n Pre-,1-lenlial
jcur, however eminent or however
great mj respect for Mich enndldiito.
I einniiibci- very well tho appeal mado to mo
to join In the request to jnu, and my reply n lo
the impropriety of tho Ciuiiriiiati of thn Republi
run Mntii Committee taking such action, und
inj ill elded refusal.
1 also rc-meinber writing to you after the
campaign was over of my regret that political
exigencies had mado it Impov-dblo tor mo to
comply with tho request made to mo to support
you, a Democrat, for Maj or.
1 inn, us jou Hay, a partisan, a Republican
pnriisiin, nnd It was a great pleasure lo be able
to coopuinto with jou in tho campaign of l-'.UI
in opposition to tho monstrous platform adopt
ed liv tho Democratic pirty nt Chicago. 1 am
uwigcd In tho sumo content today, anil inn
only regret that personal rivnirlos and niiilil
lions havo provin'ed n union in this city of
three millions of people of the Banio forces that
gained tho great triumph of luvv and order
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FESSIJIISTIO AXD LGOIISTIC.
How the M.muer. or the ritt l'nion Appear
to Henry A, Powell.
Henry A. Tow oil. tho Ilcpubllcnn candidate
for Dittrlet Attorney, nddresied the Ilrooklyn
Philosophical Asioclatiou yesterday nftornoon
on "Tho Itepubllcan Party tho Heut l'arlj to
Govern Greater Now York." Of tho Citizens'
Union ho Bald: "I regard it an making the hlggcit
mistake of tho campaign. It Is historically In
correct, for tho unit hut shown ua that no Inde
pendent party over gained lis point cxicpt by a
union with tho better of tho straight tickets In
tho field. It Is polltlc-nlly incorrect, for it is
better to cling to a party und strlvo to uiako It
better thin to do as was dono Iu France during
tho ltcign of;Tciror, follow lho leadership of In
dividuals. It is theoretically wrong, fur von
can't keep all your national politics in ono room
in your brain nnd your municipal politics In
another and lock the door of thulurmer when a
niiinleipal election is taking place.
'Last, of all, lho Citizens' l'nion Ispcssl
miotic and egotistic. Mr. lte.vnolds, tho Chair
man of tho Kxeculivo Committee of tho Citi
zens' Unionguv o jou an exninplo of its pes
flmisin when ha told jou hero two weeks agu
that wo aro losing our liberties. He told you
how ho had talked to somo men in a llttlo Her
man tunn a few jeirs ago nnd ono of them had
told him thut there uusu i a country in Europe)
where theio w&i t-o llttlo individual liberty ics
thero was in tho I'nited Mates. 'And,' said Mr.
Reynolds, 'I turned away mid said nothing. 1
couldn't deny it.'
"Why, if I felt llko llr. Reynolds nbout our
liberties being restricted I'd inovo to Hussln
and try being n Nihlll-t. Il is out of this
pessimism that their egotism grows Whntan
aw ful thing it must be to pus-e-,s nil tho virtue
of lho world unit to feel.tnal there is nono left for
uny one else. Mr. Reynolds gave jou to under
stand that tho Citizens' I'nloii contains tho
only friends of good government. I ask vou Is
not Frederick A. Sehroiiier u friend of good
govcrntnentl And Mr. traunhnn and benator
George Ilrush!
"If," continued Mr. Powell, "Mr. Ixiw be
lieves iu dealing with municipal isM1("c only,
why did he say in his letter of ueceptanco: 'I
am a Republican.' Ho might ns well have an
nounced, 'I am not a Hottentot.' It would
havo hnd just as much bearing ou the biibjcct
from his point of view.
"The Republican party Is not ashamed to
stand tv Its national platform, even In a mu
nicipal election That parly is giving Now
York better government to day than it lias ever
had in the pant, and will. If elected, glv e n good
government to Groatcr New York us um city
in tho world needs."
Mr. Rowley, an ex-President of the Philo
sophical Association, criticised tho inereicd
expenditure in Ni w York during the present
admlnlrtration. In reply Mr. Puwell i-nlu-
"I can nnswer thnt by a little oncciioto votir
Chairnnn has just been telling mo uliout Mr.
1 Row lev's voting bon. This voting mnn, who is
I crowing riinicilv. aked his father for permis
sion to order a new suit of clothes. When tho
bill camo home. Mr. Rowley wild: 'Why, my
i son, how Is '.hlsl You are paving one-third
more fer your clothes than you used to.' '(),
1 yes, father,' replied tho youth, 'but then, you
toe, I am twice us big as I used to be.' "
GEORGE NOT THEIR FRIEND.
C. I V. Delegate. ITon't Indorse Ulm Because
He Employe IVon-L'nlou mil Posters.
Another nttempt to have Henry George In
dorsed by the Central Iibor Union was mado
yesterday, but It proved a miterablo fizzle.
Thero wore a few George men at the meeting,
but the Tammany crowd had an overwhelming
majority. Tho Chairman was Edward Friduy
of the Clothing Salesmen's Union. He was op
posed to all sorts of politics, especially George
politics.
J. Franklin Nash of tbo Slate and Metal
Hoofers' Union, whoso co-delegate got George's
name slipped in at tho meeting of tho Building
Trades Section last week, was tho man who
tried to have hltn Indorsed yesterday. Ho pro
posed that, as tho C. I U. had allowed politics
at last Sunday's meeting, tho motion to Indorse.
Henry George for Major and Jcromo O'Neill for
President of tho Council, which was declared
out of order three weeks ago, should be rccon
tiriered. "No politics." said tho watchful Chairman,
rapping with his gavel,
Thu 'I nminanv men applauded the Chairman,
and a few tiisscd, whether nt Georgo's namo or
at the Chairman was not apparent.
"I'm fnr Tamilian v," a thin voice said nt tho
back of tho hall, whereat thero wero howls and
moro hisses. Tho Chairman rapped again, and
dc lare his intention to keep politics out if ho
hnd to split his gavel doing it,
"What do wo wont with an employer of scab
labor!" sniilT, A. Shochan, delegate of tho Hill
Posters' Union. "Henry Gcorgo or his mon
nro paying only a dollar and a half a day now
for bill posting."
"Outrageous," shouted toveral delegates, and
this time the hisses wero unmistakable.
" Let tho George men bear this Iu mind," said
the Chairman, banging tho tablo to emphasize
his words,
" 1 lint's right," said half a dozen voices. Wo
know our friends."
i o rr'B eng a a euexts for tee iteek
Mayer Krcnr, Auareb llFlumin and Coroner
lloruer to Asil.t.
No'onowas about tho Cits' headquarters yester
day but tho Committee on Press and Literature
which kept a tjpewrltcr clicking most of tho
afternoon, grinding out food for tho vnrlous
ofllco cats belonging to tho morning pnpers.
Mr. Low will continue this week to bay to the
peoplo that "there aro two vvnvs in which a
man cau bo placed in nomination." To-night
ho will say it in Ilrookljn. to-morrow night in
Hronuner'a Union Park Hull in tho Ilronx.
Wednesday night In Queens, 'I lmn-rlav night In
( iirncgio llnll ut the Hrooklleld meeting, Frldnv
lilght In I rooklj n. nnd on Miturdiij night at
tno Control Opera House, 'JO!) Host Hxtv-nv
','-,n."lrr,ct,' ,a 8:15i Hnrlcin Opera Hou-e. .(7
i-.t 17'".hlfep,t. at II. and Washington llall.
lil.it i street, and AtiiMerdain avenue, at il.:)u.
1 o-night Major Strong, .Iiun.'s C. Carter, mid
Anarchist - WpUnmnn wilt tpjiik in Lion Park
Hull, 1 OS th street nnd Columbus nvcniii, 'lo
morrow night Coroner lloehcr, who ha-, reinv- I
erod from his dlbappolnliuent nt not gitli.ga
i'-om.lne"iV"n' will jpenlt in Grocers' lfull, l.W
liaibt Hfiy-sovcnthlstreet.
REIi OR HLAC.K FAN WYCK?
Tho Tammanj InndPUto I. Stunning In Two
Completion.. '
A "skimpy" llttlo cmnpaignb'inncr.eoiiipaieil '
with the big ono illsplujed furthei east on tho
street by tho Republic no County Cntiiniiilfc, j
hnt been ttrotehed across Twentj -third ktreet I
In front of tho Vim Wyck headquarters nt tho '
Hotel 11 irtlioldl. U bearsaporlrnll of .Iiistiru
an V yik. which cannot bu said to hna iciiiu
Icrpart of thtttdisplajeii on tho tr inspireiiiy in
front of his headquarters.
'Ihotranspareiicj Van Wyck has Titian red
hair nnd n beautiful blond mustnihe. 'I hi
A an vek of t n Danner has Im ks of ink
blackness and a muatnruu which would lit u
melodramatic heavy villain.
The Brcund 9b. u. .to Tears Oter hliarhnru.
The Hon. Denis Mica, Republican leader of
tho f-iciind Aseembly district, lakes V-ugustii.-f-b.irh.iro
to task for resigning from the Hepubll
ran party and bujs ho "Intends uldliig Tiimiiiuiiv
Hall In Ibe present fight." Mr. Mini in a letici
to Hif mn aiciibcs Mr. hlnrhiiin of eutiriii
Into a i i ul with liuniiiany ''to thnlu his iiitlu
encu vvlih thu Italians" to Timiiiianj in return
for piciiiiibeil favors, Bhould 'liiuimuuj win.
Mr. .Mu u adds: "lho Rcpuhlhun p ,riy ,,uls
im tears for tho loss. Many sin h thorns hnvo
lien strewn In the tinth of ft niiUiuui ,ueietsi
but on Nuv, .' nil uf these clitlli ullies will havo
hern oven pmo hv lho election if Henlaiuin F.
f-r'"rlr..ns tUB Um u7or of the Greutcr New .
York. I
GAXNOR Ul'IIOI.DS THE CITS.
Be luataln. the Deel.lon or Ike Folic Boars .
on tbe Low .lomlnallon. ittr
Justice Gnynor of tho Supreme Court In til
Ilrooklyn mado known last night his decision J)i
In tbo matter of William McCloskej-, who, ', "171T
through Roger M. Sherman, applied on Fntur- 4' i'
day for an order directing tho Pollco Hoard of K
this city, noting ns an Election Hoard, to do- M
claro null and void tho petition certifying to Bj
tho nomination of Scth Low for Mayor by the f
Citizens' Union. Justlco Gnynor donios th 5m,'k
motion nnd his decision Is in part as follows: Ml g
"This is a roviow under section 50 of tho HI I
Election law of tho doclslon of the Board of JH1 I
Pollco Commissioners that tho nominating ccr- vMb'
tlilcntcs of tho Independent body named tho WB
Citizens' Union aro valid. Among the objeo- B(
tlons enumerated in tho very nblo argument of HLj
Gen. Kncolnnd, tbo chiof ono Is lu tho contcn- Wwlf"
tlon Hint such certificates arc insufficient and L
invalid upon their face for not identifying tho
persons who sign them as tho snmo porsons
who inuko tho oaths thereto. Section 57 of tho
said law provides that such a certificate of
nomination tuny bo subscribed only by electors
residing in tho territory ordlstrlct for which
tho nomination Is being made. It requires I hat
each elector who signs buch certificate shall add
his plnco of residence to his signature and
make oath that ho is an elector and has truly
btatcd his residence It then requires that tho
making of such oath shall bo proved by tho cer
tificate of tho notary or other oftlcor boforo
whom it Is taken, lho certificate of tho onth In
tho pre-ent case is that tho persons who signed
nppcared beforo tbo notary und that each mado
oath that ho Is on elector and truly stated bis
i resilience lu thu nominating certificate. It
, literally follows tho statute It docs not stato
that tbo persons making such onth aro known
I to the notary to be tho sumo who bo signed, or "V
1 that they signed in his presence. Tho ccrtlfl- vz-' Z-
, cato of the oath does not, therefore. Identify tho Tlfl
signers of the certltlcato of nomination with tho vll
ntllants, and it might bo difficult to prosecuto samS
I them for pelurry. It is truo this gap docs exist; -ESi
but It is bceuubo It exists in tho statuto itsolf. Iff
I It might bo easy to eonstruo tho statute to If
I mean that tbo notarial certltlcato should show I
such Identity, ns 1h tbo rulo with like ccrtifl- I
cntcs; but It literally follows tho words of tho J I
I statute, nnd that must stiltlco. It is not for the I
i court to require it to bu any fuller. 1
To the objection thnt tho oath is only that tho I
signer la an elector, without stating that he is 1
.in elector of tho territory or district for which I
the certltlcato of nomination is mado. It Is
enough tu say that tho court will take Judicial a
notice that tho certltlcato of nomination shows H
tbnt fact by tbo residence given, and tho oath H
must bo eonstrued as mado In refcreneo to It,
I lho other objections. It scorns to me, are cm- W
braced in the disposition of these two. Thode- H
c-isu n of the Hoard of Police Commissioners U ffl
sustained. H
COOKED ODD!, ON ELECTION. II
A VTell-Hnown Gambler's Story or the Order H
tbe nookmakera Got. H
One of the best known gamblers In the conn- . Hk
try had this to say jesterday about the prevail- 4 BKt
ing odds ofierod by bookmakers and other M
gamblers on tho different candidates running H
for Muyor: H
"If peoplo know more about what was going H
on they wouldn't take much stock In the odds H
now being offered on the vnrious Mayoralty H
candidates. Tho quotations thus far have been H
fixed in Tnmmnny llnll beforo they were an- Iff
nou need to the public. H
"Richard Crokcr knows most of the book- H
mnkera well. It was to tho interest of all
gamblers to know ltiehani Crokcr before ho
went to England. Right after Van Wyck was
nominated Crokcr sent vvord to sovcral book- H
makers that be wanted to seo thorn. They IU
answered tho call. When they were all Bath- V
cred together in a certain hotel Crokcr told B
them that he wanted Van Wjck to lie mado a V
fnvorlto in lho betting at once Ho said that H
mado votes ond vote- wero what tho Tammany
ticket wanted, llo didn't say so in bo mnny
words, but ho let it be tinderntood that It would Bj
I bo for the beet interests of nil of his visitors If ,1
Van Wjck were ilected. (If
"'1 he nn eting w is in the evening. Tho noxt flit,
morning Van Wjck vi.is a prohibitive favorito -f ")
wherever odds weie quoted. The orders haven't v. Hu
i hanged and he'll bu kept favorito until thoy lmj
nro chunged." sml
T1IE NATION INTERESTED? WELL I V
An L'nwary nullrlln Trom Tammany Ratbev Hi
C.lves the L'n.e Iway. HI
Itichnrd Crokcr, Scth Low, John C. Sheehan, HI
Anson G. McCook, Thomas F. Grady, aud other I
political mnnngers in the present campaign who
hnvo been devoting thc.nn-ches to local Issues H
and the denial that national Issues will plaj-any H
part in the election on Nov 'J nmy boiuterottccl I
in Hie following otlicinl announcement Issued I
from T.uiiinnnv II ill veMcrdaj, probably whllo H
Mr. Croker and Mr. Mitehnii wero off duty:
"During tho p n weik ncnrlj every leading H
navvspiprr iu tho i lied Mates sent a rcpre- H
Miitntivnliero tnsiud) iiul write up the situa- i'
tlon rig.irdlng thoioiiiiiig election in thlaclty, ll
so great is the inti n si mouse 1 iu It all over tbo '
iiiiiuti.v. Most ot tin so peoplo aro the Wash- ill
ington coircspoiiili nts of tho different news- fi sjlp
pipers, whoso business II Is to study und predict JL'" I
results, 'I hej aro famous as a well-trained tet l
of mi ii," 1
This ulmlssion of the national Interest there 1
Is lu lb" Mayoralty campaign wns mado to J
lany I'm Ui ist which suecei ded it ibat mott 1
of thci-e i orrespondt'iits nro going away because J
tin) aiosutislliil that Van jck isgolug to be J
eh i ted.
Ceurral 1'leclrlr Ntrret Hallway Company's t
Alnnry Affairs. ' g
CiiirAi.n, Oet. 17. Tho financial methods of IT
the General Flectrle Streot Hallway Corvny VJE
will he in icview tomorrow morning beforo WJk
Master In Ch u.erry Hlienunn of tho Federal
Couit, on a bill lor niiuceoiintlngnnd a receiver. HM
Charles Austin II itej, who is a son-ln-lnvv of HK
lle-irj lliiiii.leiiheig, and is also n stockholder ftHB
of Ihrt.einril hliclrle. wnutstu (In it out what HV
)i it become of Hip tSiao.MM received from the jHsi
Hileof houilbof tho company, tho greater pirt HH
of whiili Miisfiiniishcd bv J. , .Morgan & Co sHsi
the New Yurk bankers. Mr. llntis Is the owner . Hff
ut 'JUO bburcsof thuconipunj s stock. HB
A tblld liupniifl uu Picket renrr. u. JStil
James bit'iiihnir. tho t)-j ear-old son of John 14
Ktciiilioff of S1.1 Dubois street. West Hohokcn.
iliiuied upon nn extension nt the rear of his sWi
homo yestcr lay afternoon. When ho I cached AH
the roof Ills loot hllppod nnd ho fell, landing on a W,
rh.irp nil kct feme eightei n feet below. One of R
theplielscuterid bis buck Iwtwecn the hhoul- In
lots, milking a wound six inches long nnd four th
inches deep, lf
rullier mil'. Niltrr Jiilillre.
lho celebration of tho silver jubilee of tho .
ordination uf the Rev. William J. Hill, pastor j
n' Hi. Paul's Roman fatlmllo Ciinreh. Court
mid Coiigrebs strecits, llronkljn, will begin this
afternoon and will continue for fourdnji. I y
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