The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-10
WOODRUFF OUTFoR FIGHT
HE EIPEoTs TO TEACH JAKE WoRTH
hLEsSoN NEXT TUESDAK

Although the County Committee Has Neon Mr..
worth,s stamping Ground. tho Lieutensnt-
Governor Announces THAT $50 Will Forco
tho Fighting There - Brush's pereoti"n.
Since Lieut.. Gov. Timothy l.. Woodruff
buckled on his political armor and plunged
with his accustomed nrdor into tho not rae
tional fight In the Republican ORGANIZATION In
Brooklyn, as one OF tho leaders in the move
ment to ower tho standard OF tho Hon. Jacob
Worth, thore has been n rcrccptiblo change IN
the situation. Mcssrs. Worth and Buttling, who
had boon calculating on an easy victory at tho
| primaries and conventions through their advo.
cacy of Seth Low, are now forced TO admit that
| they have a stiff fight on their hands, and that
| they committed a serious blunder In their at
tempt TO belittle Mr.. Woodruff and docry his
standing as q potent factor in the Republican
hosts Of Kings county. Since Mr.. Woodruff
opened his headquarters In the Clarendon
Hotel on Wednesday he has been overrun with
visitors, most Of them OF solid weight In
the q. q. p, who assured him that, regardless of
the political fortunes OF Seth Low, they were in
earnest sympathy with him in his effort to clip
Jacob worth's wings. Unlike his opponent, MIR.
Woodruff has always been unswerving In his
Republicanism. AS far back as the campaigns of
1881 and 1883 no was one of tho most
active workers In the ranks OF tho
Young Republican Club. and 1t was mainly
through his efforts and those Of tho lnte Will
liam II. Williams that the club was prevent
cd from joining tho Clevoland-M ugwump col
umn In tho campaign OF 1884. Since 1855 he
has controlled his own Assembly district with
out any aid from Worth or Buttling, and has
been a delegate to every state Cow ention. He
was q delegate to the National Convention In
! 1883. and also to last years convention.
In 1889 no proved himself an able political
~tactician by defeating Congressman Israel II.
Fisher for n place on the State Committee. His
present attitude Is consistent, for he has always
supported the State organization. His friends
ridicule the claim OF Worth that HIS nomination
for observation-disclosures was due to his In
lie simply coralled the delegates. and Worth
himself owed his selection as Chairman of the
tom h5mf IN I lsss 10 S Mr. %oSdru IL : s1 1ip S,nas yon Last
winter he was in a position to wrest tho control
Of the County COMMITTEES from Worth and
would have done 80 had he anticipated Worth's
Mr., woodruff has now thrown hown the Sennts,
that he is not the political chicken he has been
represented and that his prYfcrment has been
won by his own pluck and energy. He an
nonnced yesterday that he is going to force
the fighting.
Without awaiting the primaries. which are
scheduled for Sept. 81. he and his forces will
make a bold stand on Worth's supposed solid
night. There are oi9 delegates in that body.
and during tho year the Worth %uttling con-
tingent have had maiorities ranging from TWEEN
ty.iive to forty on all test votes.
II Mr.. Woodruff! is not astray in his calcu'a-
OF his lie next KIN M "ai s' night Il on pD'' the very sTyp frss
roll call. Under any circumstances Mr.. Wood
ruff is confident that hc will demonstrate to
Worth that he made q monument mistake
when he broke with the state organization. and
that 1t will be well nigh hopeless for him to
It has not yet been determined on what par.
ticular question the fight will be started in the
soon as The report Of the executive ommi:tee
fixing the dates for the primaries, is presented.
himself. but the anti.Worth forces will have a
veteran and able leader on the floor in the person
The hostili,ics viii be OF the hottest kind from
start to finish unless, which seems impossible,
some R@ kind t 35 a .rT MSd is eaIj.s nj ,b ps' sIsqe nb;
Hotel headquarters yesterday, and conferred
With Mr.; WoodFuif were President Charles 4:
President Mckinlcy's closest personal friend in
Brooklyn; Mr.. butcher. Congressman Hurley.
John \. Turnbull, George II. Roberts. Jr. Al
dermen Clarke and Messenger. Assessor Taylor,
resume his leadership, in the Third Ward.
Worth got a bad setback yesterday in the de,
leaders, upon whose support In tho County
COMMITTEES he has been banking. Senator
Brush and some of his Republican associates in
the ward conferred on Wednesday, night. and.
although most of them are favorable to Low. they
sS.G to the 90 oy e2n,rtSSs ci %or ls5 as s Is IN th RM,I hG%.
made n %fruitless effort yesterday to prevail! on
Senator Brush TO remain in line until after the
meeting of the County Committee
Mr.. Woodruff and his friends were jubilant
last night over the prospect of victory and the
expectation of corralling more Worth desert
crs to-day. They. refused. however. for OBJ
yi"ns .ea5onsi to give out any figures; Nessrs.
claims OF the rival statesmen. and threaten to
give them a Waterloo on Tuesday night. Still.
they ore doing more thinking and less talking
than has been their habit recently.
The question OF Seth Lows candidacy seems
to have been completely eliminated from tho
factional controversy, each side apparently
tacitly s.crniescing in the fact that the Republi-