The evening world., 1892-04-23
TO-NIGHT THE BATTLE ROYAL.
Willis and Nathan Factions Will
Fight to a Fini-h.
Administration Men Claim to he
Ahead In the Assembly
Conventions.

For the third time IN as many days the rival
Republican factions In Brooklyn will clash
G-night In the Congressional district con-
ventions, and the last doubts as to who shall
be the future leader and who Is their choice
for President will be swept away.
Naval oflcer willis and his Administration
adherents at the Assembly district conven-
tons last night carried nearly everything be-
fore them.
Kings County is divided into twelve Assem-.
bly, districts Conventions were held in eight
OF item, the others being postponed until
Monday.
In the eight Naval oGicer willis captured
forty-four delegates to the State Convention,
while Mr.. Nathan had to be content with the
four delegates, led by ex-senator Birkett, In
the Second Assembly District In The ad-
Iourned conventions Mr.. Willis says he is con.
fdent OF securing twenty additional dele
gates, which will give him sixty -four out OF q
possible eighty-one.
At to-nights Congressional district con-
ventions Mir. Willis claims that the delcga-
tions to be chosen from the Second and Filth
will be Administration men. He will contest
the seating OF the delegates from the seventh
Ward at the Third District Convention, on
the ground OF Irregularities at the primaries.
Should the contest be upheld Nathan will be
frozen out In his own district.
The Willis people claim to have won over
John Jacob Schlusser, tine Eleventh Ward
leader, who as Chairman OF his sub-delega-
tion is able to throw the vote OF tho Fourth
Congressional District on either side OF the
fence. He declared yesterday that he had not
yet made up his mind what to do.
Mr.. Schlusser has been q candidate for the
position OF Custodian OF the new Federal
Building. Wise ones say he will get 1t II he
can bring Secretary Tracy's own district out
OF the Nathan column.
All through the battle tctweon willis
and Nathan, which has been on for weeks,
the hand OF the Administration has been see n
and folt. Nathan and his ONCE holding
friends say they have daily icit the lasn. The
recent discharge or one OF Nathnn's prOtegcs
OF those In New York Federal positions who
were friendly to Thos e. Platt, is taken by
the majority Of the parties as warning TO
Keep hands on any movement inimical to Mr..
There is n rumor about town to-day that
collector Nathans official head VIII soon fan
into tho basket. II Is said that the adyis-
ability OF such move was discussed NJ
Washington nearly two weeks ago. Now
that his power Is thought tO be broken, II Is
sSid TO have been determined upon.
hutu uShcu COnCtlIlub lne rum0r LllS
morning Mr. Nathan said:
This Is the irst have heard OF 1t. What
have TO say: Nothing, FOR know nothing
about the matter"
lie added that TO his mind the situation had
not changed since yesterday morning, and he
believed that his faction and that or Willis
were Stiil "even up"
The delegates chosen to the state Conyen-
tion ut last nights Assembly conventions
were as follows:
First-Franklin Woodruff, Dennis Hurley,
sutherland Muller, Il. koss Appleton and 4.
j. Perry.
Sccond-James W. BirSett, Henry Hender-
sor and Addison w. Ilallock.
FOURTH. j. schlusser, william C. Herbert,
Jr, and John Cowan.
Fifth-Thcodore d. Wills and William II.
Grace.
soventh--John Flicchmann, william Kaylc,
Aoraham Keller, Henry Sauerhruss. :
Elghth-A. e. Bolton, George W. Morrissey,
T. j. Percival, W. A. Booth, Charles j. Har-
rert, George w. Willis, y. II. Hastings, L. j.
kallenbach, ii. e.. Atwood.
Tenth-Leonard Moody, Robert II. Smith,
George W. Buchanan, Charles L. LINCOLN,
John Z. Davis, John Lcfrerts, Wesley c. Bush,
NJ. v. u. Plumb, Robert n, Fielding
Twelfth-Rcbert II. Sharkey, Charles NJ
Newans, Charles Is. Merton, William l.
Extance, John Worth, Froi z. Shlpman,
George Marshall, A. NJ. stratton, Thomas
Bell, Henry r. Williams, Adolph kiadlc and