New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15
COMING DOWN A LITTLE.
STATEMENTS ISSUED BY MESSRS. WILL
LIS AND ATTERBURY.

THE SITUATION NOT CLEARED BY THE LATEST
EXPLANATIONS PREDICTION IN REGARD
TO SENATOR PLATrs ACTION.
Commissioner Theodore B. Willis, Of the
First Ward, and Walter B. Atterbury, of the
Twenty-third Ward. did not help TO clarity the
,oliticaI atmosphere yesterday, when they gave
out Interviews which, to the ordinary reader APP
peared like 30 per cent reductions in the bitter
ness Of their anti-LOw utterances. That Mr.
Willis is not violently opposed to Low is indi-
Gated by this paragraph. Of which he became
the author yesterday afternoon:
do not propose to dispute that there is great
deal of Low sentiment in the First Ward The
ton OF the ward in conventions has always been
in accord with the wishes Of the vast majority IN
be no issue Of that kind raised. because max
ing none. for whatever the ward wants II VIII
have. My judgment is that Republicans VINO S arc
members of this organization all INSIST thai MT
t6 UT Or Be a the nominee Of the Republican City Con
vcntion.
Mr.. Atterbury likewise proved that he is not
satisfied with the publc's translation OF his in
,erview by adding this explanation:
have been amused at the distorted Gonst true
aSex ON ns my saed h By By
cratic papers that was going to deliver deegateff
any such intention Being stanch Republcan'
have personal views as 70 the % Sspress
hem that others have think it better TO consider
a candidates weak points before nomination than
afterward, when IL is too late
Mr. Atterbury's friends have convinced him
that be made a mistake in COUGHING his anti-Low
interview in language which they consider some
what too warm for midsummer politics. and he
has frankly admitted it. He has not. however
withdrawn word OF his criticism Of the Citi-
zens Union.
Both the First Ward and the Twenty third
Ward leaders stoutly protest that they have not
sold out TO Senator Plat. and good testimony
can be presented to show that they are absolute
" honest in this assertion. In the first place
their followers could not be led into the Platt
camp and in the second place, as The Tribune
has previously shown they can get all they want
from Senator Plat without giving anything for
g. This is because Plat is not less eager than
they are for the overthrow OF Jacob Worth.
Senator Platt's fight against Jacob Worth is
fight for the maintenance Of his supremacy in
the State Plat believes that he can allure
enough Worth men to his standard to throw the
balance Of power to the Wilis-Atterbury forces
and thus insure the downfall and defeat OF Worth
in the Kings County convention and nullfy his
claim 10 all the credit for Lows strength in
Brooklyn. In this attempt he Is relying on the
loyalty Of Leutenant-Governor Woodruff and
silas B. butcher in the Twenty-second Ward
Naval officer Robert A. sharkey in the Twenty
fifth Ward, Congressman Israel F. Fischer in the
Twenty-sixth Ward. and others.
With Woodruff. Sharkey and Fischer against
him Worth could not hope to carry the county
convention unless the overwhelming Low senti-
ment among the voters Of all wards should react
IN his favor in consequence OF the suspected
treachery OF Atterbury and Willis toward
President Low. Mr. Worth is the undis-
puted head and heart Of the Low campaign in
Brooklyn and Sheriff Buttling and all the Worth
lieutenants are predicting with an air Of the
utmost confidence. that the Atterbury and Will
lis manifestos will bring hundreds Of Low en-
thusiasts. who have always been with the City
Works Commissioner. to their side. Messrs
Willis and Atterbury, on the other hand, are
counting on no such emergency. The fierce