New-York tribune., 1896-04-02
IT CONES TOO LATE.
voRTH ATTEMPTS TO REPUD1ATE
AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED IN
THE TRIBUNE.
WHAT HE SAID. AND WHAT EFFECT 1T

ur,y WHAT HE SAID AND WHAT EFFECT 1T
.,-vE WAS IN LINE WITH PUBLIC
SENTIMENT AND SPOKE FRANKLY.
49, Senator Worth. after brief exposure 10
80. Of anti-muc uchnism in politics. yester-
t"e Denocratic evening newspaper tried TO
'"' a,o,a his conversation with a Tribune re-
Er,Ar ON Friday afternoon. March 20, IN the pres
., a witness. in which he predicted Mchii'-
49,, nomination This is what Mr.. worm sa.u
y. that time, and II he ever spoke with al an
:, srankness II was then.
:. think Mckinley will be nominated saId Mr; VII
Worth ,ne coppvicons hat he the best
n FOR the place. 1t will not make any iii S,,
m ms many combinations are set up 10 pI,'s , nyOs,
s 30" 5efsat. Combinations do not count AGAINST
asrnrght sentiment That Is what @ Mehiniey M mas mas
d nacN csNvnouymous with National prosperity. ne ga IA
s,13g people have this view OF hm In tne @ c,r.es
pV' ssa evidences OF enthusiasm LOT ldVorl'e SUNS
you ss Sn doubt good deal Of it is genuine On the
~, ssr hand a good deal o. 1t Is superncia anu
spr,aso of this State and elsewhere represent the
mc,iI mnss,Iuent back Of Mckinley The people in the
sn,rv have more time to think than do city peo-
counT Tbev read the newspapers they smoke their
Pc After supper when theii chores are done.
When ,a1 ,ayS you can't move 'em. They have been
oeemnaring the prosperity OF to-day with that OF
inrsrsncs is chargeabe TO .he tar features Of our
aGlnmyernment When they come to that conclusion
.he,r minds are at once ceHtreu oI Tue d"."oi vi
Iaagcniar champion of the tariff system of three
pa FOUR years ago. and they once settle on Me
91,ev or The delegates that this middle class has
Elected and is eecting now from up state know
,hs feeling of the people; Combinations VIII iail
.n ~ the ground against that overpowering senti-
ment."
Mr. Worth knew that he was talking to
rr,bune reporter. as In the conversation he said
,,o, during the last three four years since
Tho Tribune had been rigging him and his
Glands he had not read ii regularly
Ar Worths frankness spread dismay among
Nc followers They all knew that he was sore
On Governor Morton and Mr.. Platt on account
~ scant, favors received in the last eighteen
,onths but they not prepared for such
refreshing frankness. 1t was, moreover few
Aays before the State Convention, and the erect
was thoroughly demoralizng
Now MI Worth declares that he was not in
conversation with any reporter, and that all his
friends will support Governor Morton In the ST.
Louis convention.
THE yalua BILE feature Of the interview printed on
March p lies In the fact that the expression OF
Vr Worth at that time was undoubtedly sincere.
That Mr. Worth voiced the sentiment or a great
majority OF Brooklyn Republicans may be judged
tomorrow morning when The Tribune Will print
a mage of interviews with Brooklyn storekeepers
and professional men. setting forth exactly what
Mr. Worth IN his frankness said. namely, that
.combnations do not count against downright
sentiment" and that Mckinleys name In the
minds Of the masses. is synonymous with Ma
:ional prosperity.
Mr.. Worth's frankness on March 20 simply
STRENGTHENED the already popular tide which
seems 10 be running in favor of Mckinley. and
his attempted population Of the interview comes
too late 10 be Of any use or TO receive credence.