New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-15
LOOKING FOR DELEGATES
HAMILTON FISH ON A HUNT FOR POLITl-
CAL HELP.
he HAD TALK WITH SHERIFF BuTTTlNG, BIZ
THERE Is LITTLE CHANCE THAT BROOK
LYN WILL DO ANYTHING TO HURT

LYN WILL DO ANYTHING TO HURT
WoOpRUFF's CHANCES.
Speaker Hamilton Fish came to Brooklyn yes
terday on a hunt for delegates to the State Con
yention When he reached the city is not
known. but at o'clock he went with Sheriff
Buttling into the iatter's office in the Court
house, and soon closeted with the Sherln IN
the inner sanctum, where many interesting
political consultations have been held The
Speaker and the Sheriff were in conference for
nearly an hour. and when at length the meet
ing was over. Mr. Fish, after leaving the inner
office. talked for a couple Of minutes with Robert
a. Sharkey. and then went away with President
Clark of the Board of Aldermen.
Sheriff Buttng when asked for an official
statement concerning the object of the Speak
ers visit said that the candidate for the Gov
ernorship nomination was in search Of delegates
friendly to his interests. The Sheriff would not,
however give ont any hints to the results of
the meeting
Politicians who learned Of Mr. Fishs Brooklyn
errand said that they doubted the success Of
his efforts The Speakers home is thought TO
be too near that of Park Commissioner Timothy
L. Woodruff to permit of the choice or Doth
men on the same ticket In view Of Mr.. wood
rufus hold upon the Kings County delegates II
is not easy for most Brooklynites 10 see now the
delegates from Brooklyn can he influenced TO
endanger Woodruf's chances of success by help
ing to nominate another man from TINS corner
Of the State for the Governorship.
Sheriff Buttling is supposed to have explained
this situation to the Speaker MIR. Fish. how
ever came across the Bridge armed % meet TINS
objection and his argument against the BROOK
lvn opposition to his interests was, withoui
doubt strong and eloquent
In spjte of several reports To the contrary
there was no conference of the opposition lead
ers in Tax Collector Appletons once yester
day morning. at which scheme was cohsiuereu
whereby both factions should combine on
candidate for the Governorshp Sheril bu'-
Ting and one or two of his Worth colleagues
were passing the Tax Collectors once Wheh
Mr. Appleton invited them in. brief Visit Mus
the result, in the course or when 'he HheIni
congratulated the Tax Collector upon the grace
fulness with which he took the defeat or me
administration men at the Assembly, clstlIO'
conventions on he night before ana the re ihe
sentatives Of both factions "jollied each otneI
more or less regarding their interest In the
struggle for the Governorship nomination.
There was nothing like an agreement between
the two forces, nor was there an "t'ei'P' ~
reach an agreement ,
The Sheriff said yesterday that me worth
men had picked their favorite for the rrst plaoT
on the ticket but that they would be carer
not to LET his name be Known for ten days AS
the convention will be called TO order at the
expiration Of that time me oheli' reiia", -, n
Is considered a suggestion that he lntehus 10
keen his plans secret until the last moment
Thomas Fitchie dropped the suggestion yesler,
dav that a combination Of the two Tins would
he a taking one He did not declare himself III
favor of the scheme but suggested that I'm
and Tim would be quite catching, to say the
least while at the same time Ellsworth anu
Woodruff was sufficiently sonorous ana impress
sive The former SupervisOr-at-Large Is thougnt
to he harboring an Odell hope but he Is saying
nothing about il. if that Is the case ex-senator
Fassett was talked about yesterday. The choice,
according to the careful thinkers among BROOK
lvnites, is between Adridge, Wadsworth ana
SaXtOn o,. e.
1t is not improbable that the Kings County fac
lions will plan to work together on the Governor
shin contest in order give greater effect 10 their
fight for Woodruff for the second place on the
ticket
Alderman Clark gave expression 10 VIDE
spread and sharply defined sentiment Yesterday,
when in reply to a question by Tribune re-
porter as TO his choice for Governor, he replied,
without a moments hesitation: The man that's
against Civil Service,
II is plain that many Of the machine men would
like to open an anti-Civ Service discussion In
connection with the canvass for the nomination