New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-13
NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
WnFULLY MISCONSTRUED.
COMMISSIONER WILLIS HAS NOT DE-
SERTED PRESIDENT LOW.

THREE CoRNEREp.rIGHT-A TALK
WITH r. W. YIELDING.
4 statement issued by Commissioner Willis
Yesterday morning giving his views and those OF
his political associates on the manners and meth
DDS OF the Citizens Union, followed by wilfui
rnisconstruction Of the statement In two BROOK
lyn Democratic newspapers. caused lot OF
talk Yesterday afternoon and evening. ms IL
the interview which Mr.. Wills gave out as an
authorized statement Of the pSoent feeling !"
mis- forces:
The apparent purpose Of the Sn Dee to
Ins Of the Rc,biican city Convention on septem
Der y and TO nominate without TeSm,hHl ,c ~ 81
BrooRyn IN very s';on , WE So 1re
not for MI Low as The csndca al , bt same breath
With Which they nominate him tina, l,e Republican N
party has M fa' %e S s9 eT5lS.
Republican and as the fandnS,e q, r 10
yote r him acad fg before the oeo ae as
G mtS 81 pa hostile body which has omnated him
without Offering 10 confer Win - an oi none
If our conctrr As / understand It this is The
position that brooklyn Republicans hs we: We ee"ei""'
taken g.. relation TO Mr.. Lows candid~''
According to the machine Democl ats VINO IN
Guided this statement in the political stories
thcv ,.yote for an independent and machine
Democratic newspaper. The words 81 Cor'mis-
siorer Willis meant that Willis Joins with
plat" and gives formal notice that ms faction
viii not accept Seth Low" and that Willis adj
mits the report Of his dcserticn Of Low and sells
out to Plat.
According TO Robert w Fielding, Mr.. Willis's
deputy and his close ally in politics. who VIII DE
recognized as "A better authority on the SUBJECT
than any Democrat. the statement means that
Mr.. Mills and ali Brooklyn Republicans are
not pleased. TO say the least. with the methods
If the Citizens Union and that IN their OPINION
the Union is unwisely Irritating the Republicans
Of New-York and Brooklyn by defy1ng 'hem'
practically. to nominate Mr.. LOW, when the
Union should be reasonable enough TO welcome
all Republicans as co-workers against TAM
many.
The statement is a hint to the Citizens Union
that Messrs willis, Atterbury, Appleton and
their associates who were the fist Brooklyn
Republicans to declare for President Low ex-
pect TIE Union to accord 10 them their snare
of the respon sibty for Mr.. Lows chances IN
the nominating convention.
HOW FAR THEY ARE AGREED.
The Willis men are in thorough accord with
Senator Flatt and Congressman Quigg In their
views on the Citizens Union To that extent MT
Willis is With Senator Patt. Senator Platt is with
Mr. Willis just two people in any tfree-corhereo
fight are against the third person They are
both looking for the scalp OF JACOB WORTH
and if what the Willis mon say is true 'he
willis men have nothing in common with Plat'
ex.ept their hostility TO Worth and their opin-
ion Of the Citizens Union. If Senator Platt IN
his onarrel with County Clerk Worth cares TO
throw his influence in Kings County on their
side 70 cripple Mr. Worth, they will be ready
and glad TO accept It, but they will accept IL
without exchanging anything for it and without
becoming Plat men, They have nothing to ex-
change for it, because they would be deposed
from their ward leadership the moment they
attempted to deal with Plat. They believe more
over that Platt will help them to night worm
without expecting direct return because ne
would be a large shareholder in any sausfac-
ton that would be gained from an overthrow
q Mr.. Worth.
Mr. Atterbury and Mr.. Willis cannot conceal
the fact that they consider themselves at pres
ent the masters Of the situation in Kings Coun-
" They are as hostile as ever TO Senator Plat
and to County Clerk Worth and as friendly a.
over tn Mr.. Low Platt and Worth have fallen
out. and thus divided the opposition. They are
thus likely TO hold the balance of power, and
a. PLAT wants 10 aid them to defeat Worth
ar IL Worth wants 10 aid them to defea,
Plat ii will not he their fault but their eooo
fortune that they have one o! the warning ma
chine leaders on their side. As between RIA u
and worth they are far more likely to have The
plat influence on their side than the North ~
Auence. because Worth is fighting hard for IN,
control of the Kings County G2n.en''o"' "i'''
Ilatt has no prospect OF cOnIolHhs II. ,t
Neither Mi Atterbury nor Mr.. Wills Wou''
tank last night except to say that tnsii std's
ment had been wilfully misconstrueu. ihT ,; NJ
% inference AT the Republican Club, in Pierre
pont-st with their leaders from several warns
hnt al its close they refused to aad 10 Ut aiei''
their statement OF the morning.
NO COMMENTS FROM TIE Sh'->A YIN
Senator T. c. Platt yesterday declined 10 MAKE
comments on the statements OF MI. Wills ~"
come of his followers said that Mr.. WINS wa
rioht in seeking to aid in EFFORTS ior co'iie'
once between the Republican organization io"u
an, tho leaders Of the Citizens Union. The,
va, .hat Mr. Low would not he the candidate
- tho Republican organization unless Inc ieau
ers i'm the Citizens Union joined IN such coli
ference. At the same liIiie ~ The Cit;zen
Tnion said that there could not De such con
ference as they were determined 10 20 an
and nominate Mr.. Low without any understand
Ing with NJ. Pau, MI V"en vi '
machine politician. -, ,ha penul1icar
Countv Committee. said he was in faNor o
ioining forces WITH the Citizens Union IL sucf
q union Of forces was possible. Tie uo'"'e'
this statement: 49,, o,,.,,,o, donend
,l',jc,slr rnon The question whether the Cnlzen
organization and the Repu0nfan paf foyc is natu
raj and easy II they don't IL might as ven no
bc a.tenutcd. what we ilfchu l. ~
Tammany Hall by the election OF RcInplcai
Mayor If that Is what they mean also, union !
easy FOR neither SIDE will permit personalities e
stand I'm the way of 20 great an achievement bu
II their chief object is - see how many voes the!
can grt In New-York for the political principle ina
municipal affairs not involved IN Nailonal pom
,,ce and II their purpose is 70 make tAe suctts; U
nc ticker subordinate 10 the v!nGication OF Una
Particular theory I don't see what the use ID
even talking about a union
Citizens Union meetings were held last nigh
at Abingdon Square at orchard and Hester SITS
a, No % Eighth-ave.. at Columbia ana Gran
SIS AT No III Avenue a. at Fifteth-st. an
Tenth-ave. and at One -hundred-and-'"eh'y