New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-11
BOTH FACTIONS CONFIDENT.
MEMBERS OF EACH BELIEVE THEY WILL
CARRY THE PRIMARIES TONIGHT
MR. WILLIS DECLARES THAT FIFTEEN OUT OF
THE TWENTY ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS
WILL. BE TI-MACHINE-CANDI-


WILL BE ANTI -MACHINE-CANDI-
DATES FOR GOVERNOR.
Both Republican factions express themselves
as confident that they will carry the primaries
tonight which are to select delegates to the AS
sembly district conventions. which. In turn will
select delegates to the State and judiciary con-
ventions.
I'VE expect to carry fifteen of the twenty-on
Assembly districts" said City Works Commits
sioner Willis. speaking for the administration
faction. We likewise expect to have seventy out
of the nnety-two delegates to the State Con-
vention."
when you say administration men do you
mean anti machine men?" he was asked.
Yes. they the same thing ! mean that
there will be seventy anti-Patt delegates"
"Win not this hot weather prevent your turn
ing out your full vote tonight? That is, are
not great many of your people cut of town.
Yes. may be injured to some extent by the
fact that it is early in August but even taking
that into consideration, we have still made the
estimate I have just given you
Your faction will support Commissioner
Woodruff for Lieutenant Governor will 1t not ?"
Most assuredly."
Have you any preference for GovernorY'
mo- we haven't given the question of Gov
ernor much consideration yet. Whether we sup
port Lieutenant Governor SaXton or not depends
very largely on the strength he exhibits at the
Convention"
Mr.. Willis refused to discuss other candidates
for Governor. but II was learned that he and
other administration leaders are not especially
averse to George w. Adridge Mr.. Aldridge
was In Brooklyn last week. by the way, and
several OF the prominent leaders on both
sides especially on the Worth side. 1t is barely
possible that II the lines drawn between
Fish and Adridge the local administration
delegates may decide to vote for Aldridge If
they can thereby insure the nomination Of Com
missioner Woodruff
There are more conservative prophets in :he
Wurster- Willis ranks who claim only sixty-fve
OF the ninety-two delegates, and this is the
way they distribute them:
Understandable Assembly District. d;
lid 3; WITH 6; With. 6; With. 3; With, 3; Xth,
8; XIth. 8; XIIth .: XIvth. 3; XVIth. >; XvIIth.
6; XVIIIth, 4; XXth. 4. Total. So.
Worth-IId District, 3: With. 4: IXth. 3;
XIIIth. 3; XVIII. 4; X1Xth, 3; XXlst, D.
Total, %.
Sheriff Ruttling is a pretty good "claimer"
himself Every one will be astonished II they
get twenty five delegates" he said of the Wur-
ster-Willis people land they won't be able to
control twenty to vote against the State ma
chine"
Some Of the Worth flgurers have estimated
that they will carry all the districts except the
following which they give TO the administration
Ist District 3: lid, 3: WITH. g. XIIth. 3; Xth
5; XVIIth. 9; XVIIIth a. Total. 80: leaving
sixty for the other side.
The conventions will be held on Thursday
night. The candidates are bobbing up plenti-
fully for the State Committeeshp and the only
hot ulp nv To
which Andrew Jacobs will continue to hold In
the lid Congress District. In the lid District
the Wurster- Willis men have two strong candi-
dates-Water B. Atterbury, OF the Twenty-third
Ward and Jacob Bremen Of the Tenth ward
In the WITH District Deputy City Works Com
missioner Robert Fielding is a candidate, but
II II is necessary to take man from the TWen-
tv-ifth Ward to beat Robert A. Sharkey Will
lam A. Taylor will be selected. 1t is said The
either Carl Evertz or John =. Milliken VIII he
picked bv the Wurster forces. and In the ' I'm
district Herman Wagner Will cross swords with
the Worth man. whether that man be Andrew
Frank or some one else The Wurster- Wills
leaders maintain that they Will elect three or
the committeeman certainly, and four, possibly
while the Worth people make ex lctly the same
claim for themselves. ,
In the last day or so Jesse Johnson has been
fayorablv sDOken OF in connection win one Oh
the Supreme Court nominations this tail- Mr.
Johnson 10 out for the nomination. and mas III"
advantage that neither faction has any ah'aso-
nistic feeling toward him His law partner, Al
hort T. Lamb Is also candidate j. j. AIieh
Is a new aspirant In the held 'oIP ia''"''
counsel Burr il making no effort personally /"
oct support for himself in the convention.