The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-06
CAN TRACY BOSS KINGSi
INTERESTING sITUA TON OF REPUBLr-
CAN POLITICS THERE.
Two Factions VIII Join Battle In Brooklyn
Soon. ana II win be Seen Whether That
Town IL For or Against Hts Represents.
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Town IL For or Against Its Represents.
tive N President Hsrrison's Cablaet.
The Republican Kings County General Com
mittee will meet on April IL In the Criterion
Theatre. Fulton avenue. Brooklyn. to appoint
day for the primaries at which the district
delegates to the Republican National Conven-
.ion at Minneapolis will be named, and also a
day for the Assembly district conventions to
select delegates to tho Republican State Con-
ventlon to be held in Albany on April %. Tho
primaries will be hold probably between April
20 and'April Is.
Before the appointment OF Gen. BENJAMIN r.
Tracy as Secretary OF the Navy he had been
the candidate OF his party for supreme Court
Judge and later for District Attorney OF the
county Shortly before the war no was United
States District Attorney for the county.
When no ran for Supreme Court Judge he was
defeated. and later when he made tho bnttle
against James W. Ridgway for tho District
Attorneys Office he was defeated by l3.ooo
majority. This demon strated what good many
Republicans OF Brooklyn have always insisted
was the case. that Gen. Tracy has never been
popular at tho polls with his party. In 1888.
whom delegates were being selected to attend
tho Gubernatorinl Convention at Saratoga.
whore ex-senator Warner Miller was nomi-
mated for Governor. Gen. Tracy lived In the
First ward. aud his personal friends de-
aired that he should be delegate
TO that Convention. But his friends and neigh
bors in the ward association declined to send
him. Clark D. Rhinohardt, the Republican
Sheriff Of tho county. was next appealed to
and asked to send Gen. Tracy as a delegate
from one OF tho wards in tho Eastern District.
Mr. Rhinehardt declared that this could not be
done. as tho General was not popular with
local Republicans. Tho friends OF tho General
then appealed to John A. Nichols. the personal
friend Of ex-senator Thomas C. Plat. and un-
I'll recently Quarantine Commissioner.
Through his tnstrumentality James john
ston. the Republican leader Of the Twelfth
ward. stood aside and let Gen. Tracy go as q
delegate to the Convention in his place from
the Fifth district.
The General was made permanent Chair
man and delivered a long speech.
After the election It was apparent that Har-
rison would not appoint ex-senator Plat as q
member OF the Cabinet. Tho friends OF Mr..
Plat have always declared that Mr.. Plat was
warranted In assuming that the President was
bound to give him a portfolio. Tho President
declared that he fully understood the situa-
tton In the Republican camps OF New York
State. and no would neither appoint Mr.. Platt
NOR Warner Miller. The President recognized.
though. that the Pntt people were the domi-
nant element OF his party In the State. and Mr.;
Plat was empowered to name any man he
chose At that time the place OK Attorney-Gen-
sral and the place OF Secretary Of the Navy
had not been filed. Tho Presidents old law
partner. W. H. II. Miller. wanted to be Attor-
uey. General. and that left the Secretary Of the
Navy for New York State. Mr. Plat selected
the friend OF his boyhood in Tioga county and
his Associate through life. Gen. Tracy. Gen.
T:acy was dumbfounded. His ambition had
Never tnken such a flight Brooklyn was
stunned by the selection. because it was aware
that the General had never been successful as
a Republican candidate in the county. The
Genera! never, had any influence with the
It is trus that he was mentioned once rs a
candidate for Mayor. but he was promptly set
f From tie s tst Ger Gen. Tracy took his seat
Brooklyn say he started out to direct the des-
1 I Of the hepHhlicans in Kings county.
ff hs o thu
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through Bis influence Johnston had been APP
GsS acsss & wh the S tEs f nsw
Trsey was determined that israel i: Fischer
Timothy Woodraa should be the man. The
hsa as ss
The fight between Fischer and Woodruff was
hot. twas SO close that after counting noses
Twelfth held the balance q power Two del
Almost from that hour. say Republicans
competent to speak on the situation. threats
did. ,Kepnbiicans: talking on this phase Of
the st%ssqR ct that said
engendered . bitter feeling at the time. and It
run and David A; Baldwin for Chairman Of the
General County Committee cano on that year.
End dda saswn his aSs
sn re dHs say that tS er 1
o tnH assss w6odr ava oees
Theodore p Willis was IS; then the chief ,IIe utep-
ing himself with the dominant wing Of the
ats Rasy IN IN psee 81 Sans H.
Moodruir There were further bickerngs
Eeeretary lilo most Influential Republicans
In Kings county said Yesterday that the Sec
the Republican General COMMITTEES. II was
Federal employees in the Navy Yard and else.
where had either been suspended or removed
simply f9r the PURPOSE Of tsrrHrizing all those
Notable Instances Of this line Of policy were
ths SIsspensoH9 q samss BTpth In charge Of
pended on the eve Of primary. He was
GPpSSsSsd t. T1asy George incand Of the
posed to Tracy. William Jones OF the Four
tenth ward in charge Of the oaknm factory
with Tracy S;n and Willis he WAS Esinstqted: The
the Twentieth, ward. John Bell Of tho Seventh
SWyi ward was Jas, promoted after leaving yh is old
IN. lighting for the last two months has been
to determine who shall dominate the Brooklyn
~ and the delegation ut the National Conyen-
Hon IN minneapolis on June, 7. Secretary
dent. Hs has Ind constant conferences with
Naval Onicer Miilis who Is again acting rs the
mas undertaken contract to please the Sec
Ietsry aha thns to demonstrate to the Presi-
Ign delegation Tor Harrison. MIR Willis in the
last month mas been to and fro from Washing:
ron soliciting patronage to support his end OF
the battle The Secretary has given Mr. Willis