The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-14
WORTH'S DWINDLlNG LEAD
ONE or HIS SUPPoRTERs CLAIMS
n MAJORITY OF ONLY FIVE.

He Has Controlled tho County Committee
Heretofore by Thirty.nyo or FORTY The
a,,,vror,n 1o,,o..s. ran .r
1870
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The supremacy OF the Hon. Jacob Worth in
the Republican Organization in Brooklyn.
through his hold on tho County Committee,
will DO put to n severe test, IL not entirely over
thrown. at tho meeting of that body tonight
At the outset it seemed a hopeless Job to at.
tempt TO relax Worth's grin on the committed.
At tho organization OF tho committee at the be-
ginning Of the year worth's faction had only a
slender majority, but, by shrowd manipulatioa
and hlgh.handed methods, It was gradually In
creased until tho opposition was IN a minority
Of from 50 TO 40 votes in a total vote OF 21e.
1t was Worth's declared intention TO wipo out
tho opposition altogether. but he stopped abort
when no realized that he was Iito,v to d,sr,,s
tho Hn'o ORGANIZATION = lIahIoa s snd' p ~o 1ss t the formation .o aisrap ~
q I Nv n. county art GOm%i.seG,
would bo any controversy over hi. control Of
tho committee, and, looking ahead to the prim-
srieS, became the advocate Oh seth Low, In or
der to corral the admirers o. that gentleman
sIon NJ Tho Count Conron,I,n ~. n,,trnst-
s%l y. -. u' w Souuty D a ~ 0ne'S", ahe uiumaeo
assured did no feel that he would be able to
carrv bis achen,cs ,hrough ,,ot a 80 - ar
Executive Committee at his dlctation 70.
| solved that tho Assembly Convention, which
wa q, ,hoos. H. soIorntoa - ~ Cr,- 9
. - .' ueieSe'es ~ lno o'! con
venuon' should DO held on sept. ~ tho night
following tho p,i mar, g, n most unpsooodensoS
p'oceeuins' a' IL e"s' vi any poSSip.o ro'io"
5eS %ias BY ih tho w So1n'y na UGm%it, nsr,o This, coup p
Manhattan Beach, aroused the friends of the
state organization to immediate active hostni-
ties, and II was determined. hard as tho task
seemed to be, to make the attack in the County
Committee, in which Worth boasted that he
had a sure majority of at least forty.
Ind amer to a AMY f ,lrI his nnIifico worm sria.s %oula ~ nave tSo
- ,ha c,o "a r"u,m,. go, y ~ 10 "e.s, %H.vu
Oh ahe .ouh'y oominlt,ee as inc ,reai battle
PPT5i Prs 'sE snd isqnpsiaef Ta9. ali dii sISnS f6s l hs plans sinss
Commissioner Theodore b. Wills. and waiter
II. Attorbury opened their guns, just a week
WTe0 Worth nus and St'R his "qiiE eut eDtlSt ann a1ti sfpapei ua aad
last night inst on the eyc Of tho decisive on
Fkns shadow Of !!de:eat, for 70 they WIRE u q alppeear
giving explanations for tho probable deser-
lions of some Of their delesatd@s. II Worth is
sustaiued by a Republicap leader in the sister
S5,y; Al 4, Tie { F2TsTff}TI PERMANENTLY GaamT3Ty. q "a The Ses,!SI::
zalion Committee and the County COMMITTEES.
VI ,4sr gnds s;r bis absolute control; He slSo IA
| powerful dlllt5 III ulEl OI prominence IN In0
party who had hitherto regarded his leadership
nj Tho dncov INV standard N"Ai ~ \"
The fight, however, went merrily on, in spite
Of ali the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. and IL Tho cnIcr,ia.
lions Of Nessrs. Woodruff Willis. and Altar
bury are not misleading, M. W0rth will fonnje
down from his tall %poiiticnl ladder to-nipht
amid the iubilant shouts OF his foes and WIN
the silent Appreciation of some Of his supposed
friends who, while giving MIN an omen s,ipport-
AZ heart are eager M Wines ius wbfaIl
1t il moi eyuected that more than pOO of the
ole delegates can be mustered Tonight. and ii
tho battle. Wcssrs. Woodruff, Willis, and
Atterbury, while claiming a victory, and a de-
cisiye one AT that. still refused last night to
give out their figures. Worth and Buttling
also declined to be specific, but one OF their
mathemat!cians put the figures thus: Worth,
Jos; anti. Worth, 1903, thus allowing for only
eight abscntees. An impartial ilgtrer, who
has been through a dozen bitter Republican
family sOuabbIes in Brooklyn, said:
THE tight will not be as close as when John
mittce by a majority OF one, but there will not
be A difference OF ten yotcs either way. There
will be some surprises on both sides, but In my
opinion Mr.. Worth will be tho most surprised
roll-cail has been completed"
Another veteran campaigner said: IT look
for a majority of twenty-five against Worth,
but under any circumstances, even should ha
has been repudiatcd by tho wards and districts
in which the Republicans are strongest"
senator Brush, the leader in the Seventh
ward (which cast 5.O25 votes for Mckinley, thus
described the situation: The delegation from
my ward, probably with one exception, 10
against Worth. This is not n question OF Low
or antt-Low, but for straight, clean, political
methods. That is ALL"
Whether Lows name will be mentioned in