New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-01
,rARLY SOLID FOR MKINLEY
THE KINGS COUNTY DELEGATION
NV WILL VOTE.

sr.rE MACHINE AND BROOKLYN Rhr0DAi-
cu,sFs FOR ILL-FEEIING TOWARD
rur GOVERNOR AND MR. PLATT'
,,,.os County delegates to the ST. Louis
Ihc will hold a meeting on Monday even
C'h'i .o Union League Club to perfect plans
ms a. Journey TO St Louis At meeting re-
for ."' la President Joseph r. Clark. OF the
een'H aldermen. and Walter b. Atterbury,
Boaiu .. the Twenty-third Ward Associa-
pes'' onnointei a committee to make ar
ton Is Tor transportation. and to report
rams oo.ns which will be held on Monday.
"' ..,orhurv was asked yesterday AFTER
MI 'sot arrangements had thus far been
noon what aii""''
completed ,,ars that we can
..,ounce at present he SAID
obout Mayor Wurster's famous Trip
Nv. .he Fifth Avenue Hotel, when he talked
w., transportation arrangements with MI.
iO'u' =. tho Mayor on the committee?' asked
~ tho Mayor just went over to see Mr..
~, .rd make sure that we would have NICE
,..,ohe cots out there, and that all would
.''''.. .,a snug for our comfort replied Mr..
,,,srbury. with smile
Nv. lawns 10 be understood that Mr. Plat will
49,. rour trunks for you. Is that so?'
.,,..r a.. NAV allow him to carry our trunks
mt there for US
"pu, when will he hand over the checks!
..sr the first ballot"
az shouldn't wonder II We would call In the
o,acks inst about as soon as we reach the city.
u uouldnt be at all surprising was the sig
nfcant reply.
1us, where Mayor Wurster received his com
mission for his trip to the Fifth Avenue Hotel
nobody knows and investigation has failed TO
disclose any records of the meetings hitherto
held by the delegates In which the committee
Of two was augmented
The Tribune on Monday estimated that when
the first ballot was taken at St Louis in June
the Kings County votes would stand: Mckinley.
Z and Morton. 3. More recent developments
make II appear that the vote will be- Mckinney.
S; Morton, 2. The Legislature. which adjourned
Yesterday; has not been particularly kind 10
Brooklyn In its frantic endeavor to guard the
welfare Of the State machine regardless OF the
interests Of everybody and everything else. 1t
has possibly succeeded. If Governor Morton3
interests at st. Louis could be classified outside
Of the State machines interests.
In the main Mr. Plat and his friends have
ATTEMPTED 10 follow the wishes Of the Worth
wing Of the party. They have succeeded in do
Ing this In several Instances, but In others. for
reasons best known 10 himself, they have either
failed or deliberately declined to rush through
measures Of supreme interest 10 the machine
element In Brooklyn. Their failure TO pass these
bills fostsred by the friends Of his ally, MT
Worth kn not soon he forgotten. conspicu-
Gus Instance Of the State machines refusal TO
sbne BY the wishes of the Kings County machine
men was its shelving of the bill raising the salary
Of President Clark, of the Board or Aldermen
Non s., 900 to $4,000. 1t is :asy to see how tnls
consideration might lose one vote for Mr.. Platts
candidate at St. Louis
The enmity of Mayor Wurster, Commissioners
Willis and the entire administra ton faction has
been aroused. first Of all by the forced passage Of
the Lexow Consolidation bill, and hardly in less
degree by the defeat Of the Charities Reorgan-
cation bill and the Bridge Reorganization bill.
AS IS well known. the Consolidation bill was
bitterly opposed to the end by the Republican
organization in Brooklyn. The Charities and
Bridge bills strongly favored by Mayor
Wurster and their passage was most earnestly
desired. These four instances Of Boss Platts
studied decration 10 recognize the desires Of
leading Republicans of both factions, backed by
the long standing antipathy Of the ant-machine
element. have placed the State organization in
terests in Kings County in a most perilous att-
tude. The first opportunity offered for retalia-
ton will be at 81. Louis
Republican leader Of influence said yesterday
that beyond question these considerations would
be Of immense force in turning the st. Louis dele
CATION from Morton to Mckinley. He said that
he had no doubt whatever that eight Of the ten
delegates, namely Messrs. Wurster Wills, At
tbury. Roberts. Clark Kaltenbach Hartman
and Woodruff. would at the last moment prove
asmselves Mckinley mel.
is entirely possible that In view OF the con-
at In the With District Controller George w.
Palmer and County Clerk Henry c. Saffen will
Dc obliged to divide their votes with Henry c.
Sneuter and Edward Fischer. the two contest
ann. Messrs. Palmer and Saffen are machine men
nrst. last and all the time. and their vote will
always &c just where Plat directs. If one vote
rom the With District Is awarded by the Com
mttee ca Credentials 10 the contestants Major
mckinley will surely get the vote This vote,
Win those OF the eight already named. will give
me OHIO candidate nine and leave only one for
the New-York candidate.