New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-12
NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
SHARKEY BEGINS WOhN'
MS FIRST ATTEMPT TO WIN VOTES FOR
PLATT A FAILURE
,,-n,,,., EMPLOYMENT TIE BAIT USED IN AN
EFFORT TO CAPTURE HIS OWN ASSEMBLY
p1srR1Cr-1ows STRENGTH NOT
SHAKEN BIZ THE NAVAL OF

FIcERs ATTACK.
THO first important s'sirmish for the contro!
Of Kings County has resulted in a defeat OF
Naval Officer Robert A. Sharkey. leader OF the
Twenty-ffth Ward. Mr. Sharkcy had been
stanch friend Of Jacob Worth until he was
appointed Naval Officer through the instru-
mentality of Senator Plat. Now he is an out
and-out Flat man. and the Senator depends on
him 10 do a great deal OF the hard work III ms
attempt 20 kill the strong movement in Kings
County for Seth Low for Mayor. Senator Piatt
told Mr. Sharkey there was nc time 20 he lost,
and the Naval Officer began 10 work in his own
Assembly District. The TweI ;y-ifth Ward has
hosts Of Worth Republicans and there Is pro-
nounced hostility to Senator Plat fhc'e, now
that he and the County Clerk are at odds The
Twenty fifth Ward and Ave districts OF the
Twenty -third Ward constitute the NNlth AS
sembly District. now represented by Assembly
man Edward c. Brennan. The Twenty-third
Ward districts, although few in number. cast a
large percentage Of the Republican votes in the
district. and 1t is these districts that MI
Sharkey is trying to bag.
One of Nj Sharkcy's lcu'ennn's went 70 Johh
D. Post the recognized leader of the Twenty
third Ward districts in the XNlth Assembly
District and proposed alliance
Il am friend of .ittcrbury ard am IN favor
OF Low for Mayor said Mr.. Post.
''Mr Sharkey has authorized me 70 say that
a Navy Yard place worth ). or - ia! VIII
be placed at your disposal II you IL come WIFI
US" said the emissary.
Il know Bob first rate" returned Post, and
it's wonder ne doesn't come TO mo direct. why
does he send a go-betweea? 1 think he Is
joking" ..,..
ITS no joke" said the Sharkey man: the
place is at your disposal the minute you promise
"a work with us We've got the Twenty nth
Ward solid and all want is the five districts
in the Twenty third.
III you've got the Twenty-hfth solid what do
you want OF our five districts? We don cast
but - per cent OF the vote?
This was too much for the Sharkey man, and
he went away.
end Of the with Assembly District SHOWS II
70 be almost solidly for Low. II Is not Tor
Low because Worth is for Low hut rather be-
cause there is natural sentiment In FAVOR OF
Mr. Low under the impression that ne IS the
strongest anti-Tammany candidate:
The friends of Mr. Sharkey are beginning 10
work with desperate earncstness TO carr! on
his wishes and secure an Assembly district con-
yention hostile 10 Low. The Worth men IN thc
Twenty-fifth Ward, and there are man! o!
them are yet friendly to MT SharkeE' nu'
the knowledge that the Naval Officer has begun
q systematic campaign. with prom ises OF req
eral Offices as the consideration for votes IS
likely 10 cause an immediate split IN the Waru
Mr. Sharkev is not prepared for the spit al the
rrescn, time and the indiscretlOn of his lieu
tenant in giving his whole plan or Caihl'asN
eway in the middle of the summer IS sure 10 re-
suit disastrousIy. ,, l..
II is said that Mr. Sharkey has succeeded in
converting the Rev A. Stewart Walsh from an
anti Plat to a Platt man MI Walsh Il salu
n have an aspiration to so to the Assembly at
an carlv day He Is a good speaker. and popu-
lar with the Grand Army veterans, berg one oi
,henn He has usually opposed JACOB Worth
and II is said he has come out Tor fla'l anu
Sharkey at me present time. conference va
held al his house in Madison-st a rev hisi''S
ago and he tried to JUSTIFY MS new position.
The conference had reference to the coming
rrin1aries and the control o: the distrlCt Which
at present has John D. Post for ieaqer.
to-day the Twenty fifth Ward Repupllcah
Association goes in great force TO WitzeIs POM
Viey, Grove near College Point on the SOUND
Naval Officer Sharkey will be there and ii VIII
rrohablv he one Of The most largely ATTENDED
political outings Of the year. There VIII be more
Worth men in line than any other sort OF Re-
nublicans. and all If them are az present warm
friends Of the Naval Officer. Probably CONGRESS.
man Fischer Congressman Bennett. SheTln
Buttling and others will he there ana mere
will be lots II politics on tap. No DOUBT MY.
Sharkey and his heutenants VII! do their neS'
10 strengthen Mr. Sharkeys hold on the are
tion Of the district leaders Of the TWenty-ntth
Ward.