The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-22
WORTH ISLOSING HIS GRIP.
CAN'T CONTROL KINGS DELEG ALTON
TO THE CITY CONVENTION.

~ HhsNo DGNA w MIN ANNN
ins for Another Leader-They Say ne Has
Been sulkinE at saratoga and Refusing to
work at washinEton for the Organization.
There have been indications for a little over
y month that Republican machinists in Brook
lyn who have been faithful followers Of Leader
Jacob Worth have not been altogether satisfied
with Mr.. worth's attitude toward them. At
first the dissatisfaction was expressed only un
der the breath. The murmurs were louder yes
terday and were heard by some Of Mr.. Worth's
warmest friends, not forgetting Sheriff But
Ting. The complaints, It was asccrtained,w were
to the effect that Mr.. Worth has not been az
careful Of the interests of his friends as he
might have been and that he has spent too much
time at his cottage in Saratoga when he should
have been in Washington looking out for them.
The Mckinley Administrations has a dozen
or moro Federal places to give out, worth on the
average 50, o q year, and yet Mr.. Worth, his
friends complain, has not set foot In Washing
ton since the Inauguration, and as the leader
Of his organization in Kings county has taken
no steps whatever to secure for his followers
the proportionate share Of the Federal patron
age to which Kings county Republicans arc en-
titled. Mr.. Worth became vexed when Frank
Moore was made Internal Revenue Collectorin
place OF Robert A. Sharkey, who has just been
PPoAhkto ANoNcA AhNN va "a "a Q
say that he was as well aware as anybody that
President Mckinley had determined long ago
to make Mr.. Moore Internal Revenue Collec-
tor. but that, u~psetting his record as q veteran
leader OF the Republican party, he seized upon
the appointment OF Mr.. Moore as a pretcNt, and
threw up the whole game of Federal patronage
In ON effort to secure for himself and his friends
the control of the Kings County Republican
Convention which is to nominate county Of
fcers.
Leader Worth had nothing whatever to do
with the appointment OF Sharkey to DO
Naval Officer. On the contrary, when Mr.. Shar-
key was defeated for Internal Revenue Colleo-
tor. Mr.. Worth abandoned Mr.. Sharkey and Mr..
Sharkey was taken up by Senator Plat, through
whose offices, along with those OF President
Quigg OF the New York County COMMITTEE, Mr..
Sharkey was made Naval Officer. Secretary
Bliss was not altogether favorable to the ap-
pointment OF Mr.. Sharkey, but Senator Platt
and Mr.. Quigg believed that the appointment
would bring about good results. and President
Mckinley is greatly Interested in the success
Of the Republicans in their eight for Mayor Of
Greater New York. He believes that the cleo
ton OF a Republican Mayor OF Greater New
York Is not even secSndary IN IN importance tTuSt in 70 o }he
to return Senator Hanna to the United states
Senate.
all this time was wholly indifferent as 10 what
share Of the Federal patronage his followers in
eyes on a number OF places which the Brooklyn
Republicans should have. yet Mr.. Worth has
not made the slightest move towatt heipinS
very positively in Brooklyn last night: that Mr..
Worth cannot hope TO send a united deiega-
lican city convention which is to nomtnatea
candidate for Mayor OF Greater New York.
worked ike dray horses in Washington for Mr..
Worth's organization, but they have been with;
out i'm ,nstFu Tr W snd bG is s6nserge T't RbiIe ! ke esae
sent Hurley and Wilson have been peg
S St1S,. away , for 5h sJn6 sT.e Tsski and tri pse 20 Wss +:
Meantime Mr.. Worth has, been sqiktng in his
cottage at Saratoga, his friends said last night,
duet.
clared that his conduct has been selfish even
beyond the usual sclfshness accorded to polti-
cal leaders. They pointed out that Mr.. Worth
and his family are pretty wei provided Tor, as
follows:
Jacob Worth, County Clerk. $4,000 ayear
Jacob worth. j.. a son, general warrant clerk in
the comgt,Sller,s once. -. 900 year 40 ,oo
= Waiter Worth "a nephew, .tenographer in the
Louis worth a brother, eH.Polce Captain. drawing
n pension OF Si.2cO.
Leader Worth. his friends say, is now worth
100000 which he has saved from his income
as County Clerk. sheriff Buttling, his friends
say, Is now worth SIbo,ooO. Mf. W orth ana
Mr.. Buttling have both declared to their friends
that they could not hope to be nominated for
any county office in Brooklyn, and that tho
game OF politics has now few attractions for
them. In other words, Mr.. Worth. and Mr..
Buttling have taken good car" Of themselves
and their relatives, while their followers in the
Kings county regular OrgaDiEg'iOn are left to
take care Of themselves, except when Plat
and Quigg step in in their behalf. As already
said. old-timo friends OF Mr.. Worth IN his or
ganization complained bitterly last night II his
conduct. and they said that they are ready TO
flock with any Republican who will recognize
the organization for the organization sake.
Meantime Senator Platt, Mr.. QuiGg, and
Theodore Il. Willis will endeavor as far as, pos
sible to secure for the Republicans OF Brooklyn
their proportionate share Of the Federal places.
As for Mr.. Worth hoping to send a united dele
CATION from Brooklyn TO the city convention
York. he cannot possibly do that now. his
friends say. and all because for a fancied
wrong and for other reasons with which Repubn-
cans are fully acquainted he has su!ked in his
cottaQe at SaratOga.