New-York tribune., 1896-08-31
! THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN !
GEN. WOODFORD CHOSEN.
HE WILL REPRESENT THE lid CON-
GRESS DISTRICT AS STATE COM
MITTEEMAN
THE FIGYlT sETwE2s BRENNER AND DApY
ABANDoNED-rI.. DADY-W1LLIs DEAL

THE FIGYlT sETwE2S BRENNER AND DADf
AsANpoNED-rI.= DADY-wLLIs DEAL
CAUSES MUCH DISSATISFACTION.
caneyal Stewart l.. Woodford has been Sc
lected as State Committeeman from the llld
Congress District to succeed Justice W. W.
Goodrich General Woodford was selected by
signatures to paper and not at a meeting.
The leading candidates for the office in sara
toea were Jacob Brenner and Michael j. DadY
The contest was CLOSE between them, and finally
,hcv both agreed 20 drop the struggle anu
throw their combined support TO General WOOD
ford Park Commissioner Woodruff was largely
instrumental in bringing about this arrange
ment
Mr. Dady was somewhat surprised on Satur-
day night upon learning that the delegates from
the Congress district had met IN the johnston
Building and selected him unanimously as inc
State Committeeman lie sent messenger
around and learned that the rumor was ui-
founded as he had good reason TO suspect. Ihe
paper by which General Woodford is CHOSEN
for this important position was first put IN CIR
culation among the delegates IN saratoga ana
received the signatures Of majority "i the
delegates soon after the return of the delegation
IT could not he learned yesterday whe'her OF
not all the delegates had signed the paper, but
the SupPOslton IS lnal az Will SiSi ""N ''
General Woodfords selection unanimous.
There is no Republican who needs an intro
duc,ion to Brooklyn readers less than General
woodford His record as an aggressive and In
1uential Republican began away back in the
ffties He served with distinction in the ClVll
War. and ever since thcr has raised his voice
IN behalf Of the principles OF the Republlcsn
party General WooGford was unanimously
nominated for the office of Judge Of the court OF
Common Pleas in New-York City in lo"'' the
year that he was honorably mustered out OF
the service He declined the nomination III
1866 ne was elected ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS anu
in 1870 he was the candidate Of his party ior
Governor being defeated by John T. norman
General Woodfords friends charge that ne was
counted out by the Tweed ring i,e wao elected
10 Congress In 1872. but resigned in 1914 10
return to his law practice. In III he wa' ap-
nointed United States District-Attorrey for the
Southern District. and was rcapponted In 1881.
He has attended many National and other con-
ventions of the Republican party as delegate
He did much as delegate 10 the late CON
vention at Saratoga toward capturing oeles
for his fellow -wardsman, Timothy l.. WoouIuil.
Feeling is stin rather bitter among Third
Ward Worth men at Michael J. Dadys iallure
10 defeat Theodore B. Willis In the ISL Assem-
bly, District convention. Dcdy s'uch 10 az
agreement into which he had entered WIN
Willis by which he agre ID to give Wlhs 'hIte
DELEGATES 10 the State Convention arr axe W.
himself An odd feature Of the case IS lhe iact
that not only were the Worth men IN me lh'!u no
Ward anxious 10 put Mr.. Willis 10 roCt uu.
that the Midenberg- Nass faction had prepared
20 get even with Willis for some old scores thcy
held against him by staying away from the poiIs
and Iettine the Worth people sweep the ward
instead of putting up fight and winning hNe
ont of the thirteen districts. as they easily
could have done. Since Dady capitulaton 10
willis they have been industriOusy kicking
themselves. - ,,,,
There is much speculation in the Third Ward
as 10 lust why Dady divided the delegation
with Willis after Sheriff Buttng is said 10
have taken Dady down 10 the Jail before the
Convention and introduced him 10 ten FIRST
Ward deiegates who with him Tor any
plan he might wish TO carry out. Some think
that Dady is looking out for fat contracts IN
the City Works d, ,partment, but those IN the
Third Ward who know him best. say that ne
IS ambitious to go 20 the Assembly, and thst
his consideration for Willis should result IN
getting him the nomination this fall