New-York tribune., 1896-10-30
WORTH GETS THE PLUM
aPporNfEp COUNTY CLERK TO SUCCEED
HENRY c. sAFFEN.
AD TERN Will. rxrI,E on DErEMhEh o. "''
RE EXPECTS tn pE REArroiNTEp Wy the
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Albany. Oct Ex-Governor Morton 'o-"a' ~, ,,,,,
kx.aenator Jacob Worth. Of BrooNlEn' 'i' "P
can potical leader of Kings County 70 W. '''u"
Clerk for Kings County for the per'o" .' 80 a..
cember II. 1896 to MI tho vacancy created ny '"'
Aeatb of Henry c, Sancn. Tho appointment VINO
recommended by Frank q. BLACK ''"o.n,
Woodruff Supreme Court Judges p'cAey a"" ~
rich T C. Plat. General Benjamin =. lr''E'
tro,Ier Palmer of brooklyn: General StcWar, -
,-,.~a GENERAL william c. Wallace, Paul H.
refere William G. Bryant ana numerous" "'
and business men OF that city
Mr. Woodruff also Informed the hoN''""' 81,
Mavor Wurster William Berri and others wen
known citizens OF Brooklyn. approved u ''''
worth's appointment. % -,
,. a.r.ar. ,h.t under Section : Of Article 10 OF
81. Constuution and section 100 Of tho county
Law the appointec can hold ONCE uhoer ."s "'
pointment only until December 81 heHt' anu '
reappointment by the Governor VIII Do neeessa''
sfter January l. The amended Consttu'io"-"e'
tton T. Article lo-hkcwise provides tha' tne VEN "
~. Countv Clerk I'm Kings County shall De ei'her
two or four years as the Legislature may "''eo
but the Legislature has not thus far dcteu oh '"o
question and u will devove upon the i'esisia'uie
., 1897 10 determine the matter so that at the
-, o1sc,,on next year a County Clerk may be
n,ossn for q full term Mr.. Saffen was elected IN
iss4 under the provisions OF the Old CONSTITUTION o
w. Wnrh 1 expects to he reappointed by the next
Governor after January l nexi "mom from now The
sce month M IN fees % r and orth T pe IN the
fourteen months.
mi, appo,ntment brings once more 10 the lIoi''
- historic figure IN Kings County pont"s' ''''
Ivoy,b Is tall hroad-shouldered man. with d mas
e,,,. head a keen gray eye, and blunt p'ao''"'
v.v about him that has him friends ana nldue
h,n, the leader Of the so-cslled Repubhcah
Of Kings County for great many ye"'S' . ..t "a
good neighbor. steadfast in hs dealings VIII" mo
friends and keeps his promises. ,
Mr. Worth was born in Brooklyn ao""' 7'
x.ars ago and early turned his attention 10 poll
tics He learned the trade of machin'st anu ""'
q Young man worked in the Navy 'aIu ~
one of his fellow -workmen was Hnsn NcLnus"- ~
lin the well-known Democratic boss VI N''e'
Countv The friendship formed between 'h' No"''S
men in those early days lasted for great i'''i'E
,...rs and no doubt still exists though not 30
much along political lines as formerly. WhHo :"
+he Navy Yard he took an active part IN 'iN'ee
Ward politics. and finally became the 'eaoe' III va,
ward. which was famiary called 'Dutchto"h'
rh. ward constituted a single Assembly ois'ic''
"a Az Worth was elected TO the State i.es>sld'-
,,ra from the district for twelve or thirteen 'elnS
No matter how heavily Democratic olher he'sn
ing Assembly districts went, MI No''h ''""I'
carried his bailiwck by handsome margin Iio
+ook a nrominent part in legislation at Albany oh
leaving the Assembly he was appointed r'c
~ononissioner by Mayor Howell This was "nen
there we're three commissioners 70 manage 'he r'e
WSen Seth Low ran for Mayor IN 1881. NJ Worth
~as A Fire Commissioner. and Opposed inc no.slo NJ
rafion and election of the reform MAYOR. IN tne
terminating convention. he made the inquiry nIsn
hs-ame the pet Joke Of the macnlne .hepuVgii@Cans @
dvrinr the Campaign; Who is this Seetn !i Lausn
~ the Fus, Ward?' he asked on the cohVehtIrgyh ry
Hoor with an air Of the bandest innocence' ne
}ound ont few months later. when ne las COM
neiiad 10 yacate the office of Fire Comnls sloner
M Worths hostility 10 the reform admnls s,pa-
@,on put him under cloud with right thlhkhs hu
Inhlirans for long time. but when the ftePuIpII-
rsns reoreanized the party In Kings on the eiecton
6istrct plan thus doing away with the o,o n WIZ
hosses 10 a large extent. Mr.. Worth worked IoyadIs
FOR the new order Of things and regaineq 20 naise
extent his former standing as good Repuonca!ni u
N late wears no one has had any good reason ~
Suesfion the LOYALTY Of Mr. Worths Repuohcan!si
and his counsels have been followed 20 sooo aa
vantage in many critical junctures IN aool'loh 70
his Terms as Assem- blyman. he has served IN tlr
state Senate and as a Election commissioner OF
Rr,oklyn under Mayor Body. few years ago ne
was a candidate for Sheriff against Ihomas ~
RiIev He received more votes man Rlley, pul tie
Oemocprats had control Of the election machinery,
and Mr. Worth never got his rights. lie pesan aug
warranto proceedings TO oust Riley. but apanooneu
fhem on the advice Of his friends, on learning that
n would be possible for Riley TO staVe OH uecls-
ion until he had completed the term; He now llves
IN the Nineteenth Ward in which also lives Mayor
Wurster The Mavors friends some time ago
vrested from Mr. Worth's friends the conIroi OF
fhe ward Lewis Worth. son or the new ountN
Clerk was this year appointed a police Justice h's
farm begin next spring.