New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-13
PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT.

PREPARING fOh lnE L.
To-day will witness the last roll-cas in the
opposing Republican camps in Brooklyn before
the battle In the General Committee tomorrow
evening, which will settle the fate OF Jacob
Worth as party leader for many months to
come. and possibly for all time. Yesterdays
developments were few. both sides resting quiet.
ly and confidently, TO all outward appearance.
expecting to renew the fight to-day and continue
II until all Is lost or A crushing defeat for
either side tomorrow night will not end the
fighting. but 1t will so demoralize the vanquished
forces that the outcome of tomorrow nights
fight may safely be taken a forecast OF what
will follow
1t became evident yesterday that Worth has
failed to make use Of his advocacy OF Low to
help him win delegates 10 the County Conven-
ton. and also thet the Willis Woodruff COM
bination has failed to overcome the overwhelm-
ing Low sentiment which pervades the city: IL
Worth. therefore. remains the leader on the Low
issue. and the Woodruff -Platt-Atterbury men
continue TO be only half-hearted opponents of
Low, bis secret enemies. or anything other than
pronounced advocates Of his nomination by the
Republican city convention. many natural foes
Of Worth will work to send Worth delegates to
the city convention simply because the Worth
delegates would be for Low, while they would
! fight Worth bitterly as ever on his county.
| Assembly. aldermanc, judiciary and councu
| tickets The present indications are that as De-
| tween the personal followers OF Worth and the
| personal followers Of Woodruff Willis and At
| terbury. these anti Worth advocates Of Low hold
! the balance OF power.
| Ideutenant-Governor Woodruff and several
| leaders Of his newly formed combination hao
| long conferences with Senator Platt at the ORR
entail Hotel yesterday. but they had no new m
formation give to the reporters Mr. Wood-
| ruff was calmly confident that things were
! going his way but would say no more tnah
| that. When asked II Seth Lows letter might
| have any effect upon the Republican situa-
! ton he declined TO answer He said that, re-
! gardless OF the results Of tomorrow evenings
| meeting the fight against Worth would be con-
tinued until the hour the primaries were caiIeo.
PLATT MUST BREAK WORTH.
A follower Of Mr. Willis, who is a constant
| attendant at the Clarendon Hotel headquarters,
gave a Tribune reporter an explanation OF the
| situation last evening. indicating that Lows
| nomination would be more certain to follow
/ Worth's utter defeat than his complete triumph
| Platt he said, is not fighting Low just now so
| much as ne is fighting Worth. because Worth
| dared to come out emphaticay for Low re-
| gardless of Platts wishes. Above all things
Plat feels that he must break Worth's power
for all time, and he Is now more anxious 10
! do this than to accomplish anything else IL ne
succeeds in this. Woodruff confidently asserts
! that he will thus forestalling the possibility OF
| encountering a formidable Worth delegation IN
the City Convention. he will be In a position TO
| accept Low gracefully and secure the credit tor
making him the Republican nominee. He would
! never allow himself 10 be buldozed by Worth
! into the support Of Low. and he would be so un-
| comfortably ruffied by the prospect OF a hght
with a numerous Worth detachment In the CITY
Convention that he might declare before the cof-
I vention that he would have none OF the Lo"
business. and thus end Lows chances on tho
| spot This argument is based on the ASSUMPTION
! that Platt will have full power over the New
york Rronx Richmond and Queens delegates.
and carries with ii the suggestion thal 'he
Senator is nghtng for his own preservation as
n "party arbitrator to use Mr.. Woooruhs
definition.
Tho Tribune. informant further intimated
that the Willis -Atterbury people II successiui
Tomorrow evening. will straightway come out
unreseryedy for Low, taking advantage OF the
saving clauses in their recent marifestos which
| say that II they find their wards are Tor Lo"
they will become followers instead OF leaders
! and helm to elect Low delegates to the city con-
yention.
Several nrominent members OF the Committee
of Fifty believe that Low cannot be nominated
without Platt's aid. and that the best way 70
secure that aid will be by Withdrawing all oppo-
s,tion 10 Platt on the Low subject and remov-
ing the possibility Of his being irritated or
driven into opposing Worth for the preservation
OF his personal power. The people who hold
this view explain Quiggs persistent talk against
Low bv saying that Platt must keep up the
eeht against Worth and against Low as long
GO Low is Worths candidate They believe
that Ouigg will cease his hostility to Low IL
Worth is beaten and that President Lows let
ter Of acceptance will furnish him a graceful
,nnortunity to announce a change In his atti-
tude. 1t is even intimated that it is no coinci-
dence that Lows letter now expected to be ~
the Greater New-York on the very day OF
Brooklyn's General Committee meeting
wILIIss BIG UNDERTAKING.
As time goes by 1t has become apparent that u
willis has any notion OF attempting to denver
over permanently to Platt all those forces tha'
have hitherto been with him, he has undertaken
more than he can perform. While the old anti
worth ranks do not appear to be broken to any
gran, extent on the question Of controlling the
Ceraral Committee. or perhaps Of carrying the
county Convention, yet In wards like the Twen.
18th First Twenty-third and Seventh. tho
,ormer efforts of Willis and Atterbury to chill
,ha Low boom had only slight effect In these
uords the Low boom may be said 10 be indigen.
ans and while the leading Republicans OF those
wards express their old-time distrust OF Couny
clerk Worth they do not propose 10 iet n's
shrawd advocacy Of man whom ne thinks
winner drive them from support that tnsS
would give in the very nature OF things