New-York tribune., 1897-08-31
WOODRUFF IS WITH PLATT
MAY LEAD THE ORGANIZATION FORCES
IN KINGS
HIS VERSION OF SATURDAY NIGHTS EPISODE a
MANHATTAN BEACH-JACOB "oh'h ~"
PrpIATEs AN INTERVIEW

publican party in Brooklyn. No other cono'u''o ,"
can he drawn from his conduct anu ~, ~, t,,
Yesterday Tribune reporter visited nun d. "''
house last night and lut this question ~ NM" T.,
"Wnl you take the leadership u '"'
Brooklyn" ,,, chm, i,
..Weu I don't want to-" was the reply o"' !"
looks as II will have to. because am be'''"e
beginning TO get aroused o,.,
If s understood that Senator Platt has reaues.eu
N,r wooaruG TO lead his fight against Wor'n' MI
Voodrufr thought OF little else sunday an" '''
, o,d h,s remark to The Tribune reporter wouiu
Indicate that he had decided to undertake 'hc o'i
dcult and uncertain fight against MT "o,."'
w. Woodrun probably did not reach mis- mo-
mentous decision until late III the "'''
osLod tho same question in the morning ne sau
,. l.. o,,,d uke TO take hold of the fight II ne
had limo l,;,t he did not cow he couid 10 So
having devoted all the hours that ne co"'" sp''e
of late from business TO tho WORK o' '"e 'o''''
Commission. . ,,,, M,
The Lieutenant Governor would propd''! nv
have decided 10 lead the fight against MS 'o'm
~ nov ,,o. ,t {, Ind not bccn for his indignation
at the unpleasant treatment ne recrNeu o".u,ua ,"a,
NIGHT from Sheriff Buttling. The sonc"""'
brusaue Sheriff rallied at Mr.. WoooIu'i ~ W.
that was particularly offensive 10 inc la''e. III
addition IT is understood that ne accuseu '"o %
,orontGovornor of being an migrate ana trd''o'
N "the man that made him., meaning "oI'"'
I'm IN that time Mr.. Woodruff had trlen 10 re-
vain neutral toward the Worth-Plait feud ana hau
hoped that II would blow over. lis III 80,
tion that he was with Piatt ana 'S"'"''
came Yesterday morning in the following "V''a ~
..rbe parting of the ways has been reacheu' Do
,,.aa, tho senator and Mr. Worth the widest pos
sih,o breach exists. | am with the organization 81
the State and therefore am not anu WI" ~.
with that faction of the party IN h's' o.''
which is antagonstic to the state oreah'~""o'' W.
dav stronger than ever in its history am 'e'''''
Worth now and shall be just SO 'o'e ' " -
posed to the State organizatioh'
ALWAYS WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
. .,,.r,o ,ho, no had been ungrateful to Mr.
Worth Mr. Woodruff recognized As one '""'
,, no do,corous 10 let go unanswered lie Sdiu
10 a Tribune reporter; ,., has M,
IL want 1t understood that my ''.u''
changed | have been ana am To" W." " ,1-
oreanzation It is not true that nav. ~
o,,,b Worth: ne has broken win me Any ma"
v.ho stands out against the organization p'''n
.,,h mo This has been my principle from ''''
ars, II is the other fellows that are ""D'''"e
ro, I have always held that II II go 49,,
all the minor clements 10 suDorunih'' Co.,,
"a tho main element. the State organization ',"
willis fought the organization "' o'' e,nod r,ch,
,ho Xa,ional Convention last year Stoou ''e"'
rra s,.,d now and where Worth then stoou
with the organization. 49,, o,,o,. M mat
o., wha, noliticaI leader rlay see ht 10 90 81
have stood stcadfast When worth "'e'"' WIN
he
SATURDAY NIGHTS OCCURRENCES
Inst wha, happened at the oriental 'io''' vi '"s
r,a, pieh, has been clouded somewhat III nyS-
u'u"' I'a,,,nnsr,Goyerno Woodruff yesterday
,., 4, I'M Il, denied a statement alleged 10
b. va beeu made by Sheriff Buttling to the erect
that it was the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i"",. '"''
Senator Platt did not stop to tax 10 the "'''"
Buttlns party at the Oriental
81 an loath" said Mr. Woodruff ITO De"eVr 'h''
my Sl a.
and every onc of the mon who were with MI" axe
.,.,ra that vas walking with Mrs. Black. ana
that Senator Platt was some distance ''''"' ny
with Governor Black and Mrs flat'. am sur
all the men who were on the piazza oil the or'e"'"'
Hotel knew that did not recognize the parry III
passng by. | conscious that there were t"'''S
or forty men sitting close to the rail OF the piazza
and As we Approached shuflng their feet evil
IDENTIFY with "A view to securing better position
from which the Governor and Senator Plait
approach 1t the most natural thing In the
world for me to DO what did from the position
occupied between Mrs. Black and the crowd. which
| thought was d promscuous crowd # sightsecrs.
namely, engage Mrs. Blacks attention so that she
would not Eciicc them, 10 her embarrass nent This
| did and hurried her up the steps past the crowd.
into the hotel. Senator Platt the two women and
stood talking for a few moments. waiting for the
Governor who had evidently been detained by some
one whom he had met on the piazza, and at last
Mrs. Black rcqu.s sed to get the key TO their
rooms from the Governor. 1t was when | went
out the piazza tor this purpose tha, discovered
for the first time who the people on tho piazza were
ON my approach Sheriff Buttling made a great
fuss in presenting TO me each one of those present
with whom am just about well acquainted as
he Is. laying particular emphasis upon the introduc-
ton OF those gentlemen with whom | am the most
intimately acquainted.
BELIEVES IT AN INSULT
Il do not know what his intention was. bu,
every one who was a witness Of the scene believes
it was deliberately done 20 insult me While am
more inclined 10 think 1t was a thoughtless ht NJ
raillery on his part and disposed 10 tako 1,
seriously. | do feel thoroughly outraged AT tho
attitude shown toward Senator Platt on this occa
SION Governor Black was the guest Of the United
States Senator al his home. at Manhattan Beach
and II was the duty OF any one wishing to see the
Governor 10 communicate with him through his
host. Senator Platt. AZ a matter Of fact a tee-
gram was sent to Governor Black which he ra
ceived as he was entering the theatre at o'clock
signed by Controller Palmer. informing the Gov
ernor that some Brooklyn friends wished 10 soc
him. As our party entered the Oriental Hotel
some one-l afterward understood Sheriff Buftljng
plucked the Governor by the sleeve and called his
attention TO the company. Senator Platt did M,
know, while was talking with him in the hallway
of the Oriental Hotel who the people on the plaza
were any more than did Whether or not IL was
intended as such. the result OF the whole operation
can be construed as nothing but an insult TO Sen
ator Platt.
after the Shcrif's grandoquent Introduction Of
my friends me he asked me where the Senator
and told him had him depar for his
room. lie then asked If would not 20 and
get him to come downstairs. ! asked him II no
wanted to send an invitation by mo to the Senator
to appear. and he said he did. I hurried 10 s.n
ator Platts room. but finding IL dark looked abou,
the hotel and finally went back his room and
found him prepared to retire. He then told me ~
the telegram received by Governor Black from
Controller Palmer. entirely ignoring him. and was
unwilling TO consider for a moment the idea of
going downstairs under the circumstances then
went down to report. only TO find that the crowd
had departed. The thought presents Itself to my
mind: What would have been the situation had the
Senator dressed himself and accepted their invita-