The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-25
LowsRALLS WITH WORTH.
THE BRooKIYN sENTIM ENTAIL Room
HAS COLLIPSED.

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The Three signal Defeats OF the Chief advocate
OF tho Clts' Candidate Have chilled inc Low
Movement Across the BridEe-'he n s. !"
Distrlct Conventions TO DO He'a oNH""
The overwhelming defeat of the Hon. Jacob
Worth in tho Republican County Convention In
Brooklyn on Thursday night lessons the interest
which would otherwise attach to tho Assembly
district conventions to be held tonight for the
choice Of the delegates to the City Convention.
Tho .broo signal dcfonta NJ Worth In the County
Ine tnreo signai defeats OF worm u ~ c co =
committee, ut the primaries ana IN inc Ooun'S
Convention after his oft-rcpcated declaration
40. -" no VOC l no sS,h Io,
inc time to sustain tho standard OF 9e,h Low,
have had n depressing effect on the boosted
sontir,ont for ,hn Citjgens, Union candidate in
-" y. 'Ns on -"-oas ,nhotoror
inc sister city. Mr.. Lows presuge' Wn"VeVer
so;d !, nrorortior ~ lint ~ his chief advocate.
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nation was not only meant as the sevcrest re-
buke which could possibly be administered to
Mr.. Worth, but emphasized the bitter opposl-
ton to Mr.. Low in the Republican organization.
Walter b. Atterbury, the leader of the 5000
enrolled Republican host in the Twenty.third
ward. who heads the ticket as the candidate
- Cl.,iC a, a. - -. % ,,o nroI,n;rorv
U 9hcri'' III III very U 'no pfoiiiiiy
contest came out fatfooted against Low and
w,,mn NJ At,orhurr IA ono NJ Tho sbr.ydcst
"uhp' Mr. h''croury 10 oho Vi wv shro"u'e'
and most observant Republican statesmen In
Brooklyn, and good Judges say he certainly
would not hov, rad, a nrocl NJ ali bis no,iti.
W.. 49, ,o.i na,o u u "iS'A $500 had
cal fortunes by making such a declaration mad
he been convinced that 1t was opposed to the
uishos ~ ~. ,,,I, "a All ~ hia n.r,r HE
"isnes OF inc rank ana Me OF MS party ms
nomination., too. by the County Convention
| against Mr.. Palmer, upon whose success
"or'h y hopcs ana etor's were Ill cohoeh'fa'cu.
was regarded as a most significant Endorsement
OF MS antl'Low stand.
Then, again, George H.. Roberts, Jr.. was
selected by exclamation by the County Con-
yention as Mr.. Atterbury running. partner at
the end of the ticket as the candidate for the
president of the borough OF Brooklyn. Mr..
Roberts, It Is pointed out, was even more pro
nounced than MIR. Atterbury in his opposition
to Low, and he took occasion at the memorable
meeting OF the County Committee to bitterly
attack Low as well as the whole Citizens
Messrs. Theodore Is. Willis, Henry Trench
ard. Jr., and John G. Turnbull, the other candi-
dates on the county ticket, were also known 10
be absolutely opposed to the prccipitate nomi'
nation OF seth Low and hostile TO the entire
Cts movement. The County Convention
thus not only efectually disposed OF Mr.
Worth. but ltepu blicans say also Of the Low
sentiment upon which he was mainly banking.
Whatever of this sentiment prevails would.
well-informed Republicans say, have almost
wholly disappeared had Gen. Benjamin f.
Tracy appeared In the fled as the almost as
sured Republican candidate a week ago. Gen.
Tracy, it is recalled, is a prime favorite with
the party in Brooklyn, and his long political
record in that city Is without a stain of Mug
wumpism. Thirty years ago. when Seth Low
was still a POLYTECHNIC boy. Gen. Tracy and
h. associates, Silas Il; butcher and Gen: James