The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF IN LINE.
Against worth and with Senator Platt and
the state Organization.

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the state Organization.
Leut.-Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff Of Brook.
Ign has enrolled himself in tho Republican fac
ton in that city. which Is determined to down
County Clerk Jacob Worth and checkmate his
adroit scheme to control the County Convention
by advocating the nomination OF Seth Low for
Mayor. Yesterday Mr.. Woodruff thus formally
announced his enlistment In the swelling anti
Worth column:
The parting OF the ways has been reached.
Between Senator Plat and Mr.. Worth the
widest breach possible exists. l am with the
organization of the State, and therefore am not
and will not be with that faction OF tho party In
Kings county which is antagonistic to the State
organization, to-day stronger than ever in its
history. l am against Worth now and shall DO
just so long as he Is opposed to the State organi.
cation"
There is no doubt that Mr.. Woodruff was
forced to take the early stand no has done in
piazza Of the Oriental Hotel on saturday night,
which was arranged us q picturesque sequel to
tho, f%ve-hour conference BANQUET at the Avoca
ling deliberately insultcd him by making a great
fuss of presenting him to his friends. with all
OF whom his was well acquainted.
81 do feel thoroughly outraged. Mr.. Wood.
run said in continuing his narrative, at the ut.
sion. Gov. BLACK was the r7iest of Of the tinted
States Senator at his home al Manhattan Beach,
and 1t was the duty of any one wishing to see
the Governor to communicate with him
through his host. Senator Plat. AS "a matter
OF. fact. u telegram was sent to Gov. Black,
which he received as he was entering tho
theatre at 8 o'clock, signed by Comptroller
Palmer, notifying the Governor that some
Brooklyn friends wished to see him. As our
party entered the Oriental Hotel some one, |
afterward understood Sheriff Buttling, plucked
the Governor by the sleeve and called his atten.
know, while ] was talking with him in the hall
way OF the Oriental Hotel, who the people on
the plaza were any more than did. Whether
or not IT was intended as such. the result Of
the whole operation can be construed as moth
ing but an insult to Senator Plat.
After the Sheritf's acknowledgement introduc-
ton of my friends to me he asked me where the
Senator was and I told him | had seen him de-
part for his room. He then a-kci me II l would
not go and get him to come downstairs. | asked
him II he wanted to send an invitation by me to
the Senator to appear and he said he did. |
dark, looked about the hotel and finally went
back to his room and found him prepared TO re-
tire. He then told me OF the telegram received ~
Coy: Black, entirely ignoring him, and was I'M
willing TO consider for a moment the idea OF
going downstairs under the circumstances. I
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 invitation to come down TO zee
themf 1t certainly seems to me that the United
States Senator..and the Chief Executive OF the
State are worthy of more consideration than TO
be practically used for the game OF ba.tledoor
and shuttlecock."
Mr.. Woodruff emphatically denies that he
ever stated that Seth Low is gaining ground
every day and would probably be tho anti-Tam-
many candidate for Mayor.