The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
WOODRUFF IN THE FIGHT.
HE OPENS HEADQUARTERS ron
ANTI HORTH REPUBLICAN,.

ne says the Contest 10 Detween worth ana
the state OrGnniEatIou-Tho Low Question
Can wait TOR the CITY Convontion-Mnny
Low supporters. re sass, Are Against worth
Lieut.. Gov. Timothy l.. Woodruff is evil
IDENTITY ambitious to figure as the principal
chieftain In the downing Of County Clerk Worth
as the manager OF the Republican machine In
Brooklyn. Yesterday he opened political head
quarters In the Clarendon Hotel and began
business in earnest. lie has a suite OF rooms
on the fourth floor and q secretary. stenog'
rapher. and typewriter on hand rs aids In the
work Of undermining Worth. The headqunr-
ters will DO open day and night until the pri-
maries are held on Sept. 81 and the fate or
Worth \ Is decided.
Messrs. Willis. Atterbury, Appleton, Dady.
and all the other prominent anti-Worth lead
ers had frequent conferences yesterday with
Mr.. Woodruff. and a carefully planned stra-
tegio campaign to weaken the Worth lines was
outlined. Mr.. Woodruff told the reporters that
he did notwish to DO represented as antagonistic
to Seth Low. According to his view OF the mat
ter, Mr.. Low was scarcely a factor in the fac
tional fight.
''This fight he said, '1s for the State organ
~iZation, which Mr.. Worth has taken special
pains to antagonizo. We are going to elect oil
the men to the primaries we can who will sup
port us In the stand weshavo taken against
Worth, whether they arc for Low or not. As a
matter Of fact, many Low delegates are sure to
be chosen who arc irrevocabiy opposed to
Worth's management and will be with us in tho
fight for the State organization. The Low cues
ton can safely be left TO the Republican City
Convention. where it properly belongs. We
are going, to settle the other question, which Is
a purely local one, to the b . best best Sfo our b a6ilit y hi.
Clarendon Hotel headquarters, Mr.. Woodruff
drove to his home on the Park slope and was in
trict leaders In the Twenty: second ward. He
expects to corral a solid W delegation
from that b%aiiiWick., He will be at his head
vites all the Republican magnates who repudi-
alto Worth's tactics. whether they are friendly
or otherwise to Nr. Low. TO drop in and SEQ
MIR. Willis was at the other anti. Worth head;
quarters In Pierrepont street last night, and
expressed much confidence In the result OF the
struggle !WES arc rory ,o,.tu," h, said. 90, being
tor Plat as against Worth. Next year the
local lines, will be wiped out, and we VIII have
to deal With The larger territory. in which the
A fictitious Importance has been attached to
the fact that tho Executive Committee, OF the
maries and conventions, on Tuesday night
adopted the programme laid down by Worth.
Worth's relations with senator Plat were har-
monious, and in selecting its members Worth
was careful to select men who were bound TO
AIAht ~ tio0o NA'l = Ahb NOb bhhAi'
by the high-handcd action OF the Executive
Committee and the Organization Committee,
which was equally hide-bound, that Worth
has been able to gain such a strong control over
the County Committee.
1t, wes only last night that Alderman Clark
Of the Twenty-sixth ward appeared before the
Organization Committee and declared that thtr.
teen or fourteen Of his delegates to the ward
had been set aside in the interest OF
the Fischer and Worth faction in the ward.
Mr.. Clark Is going TO put up n stiff fight in the
County m next Tuesday night, when
the report on his contest comes up for consider
alton.
closer than the skirmishing line. but there will
be n direct clash on Tuesday night, and, unless
some careful predictions are misleading, Mr..
Worth. will receive convincing proof that even
his hold on tho County Committee has been
seriously relaxed and that the primaries may
prove his Waterloo.
1t is said that II resolution may be offered In
the County Committee recommendins Seth
Low to the favorable consideration OF the Re
ruhlicH, Convention. hrt In No event, 1t ~ said,
Is II likely to be put in Il stronger shape.