The evening times., 1898-09-08
4 FIGa7 TO THE Finish
Blacks Men to Open Political
Headquarters at Albany.
j. sale
NO PROSPECTS OF PEACE

Possibilities of Dfssensions Among
the Republican Leaders In New
York Resulting in Two Tickets.
Roosevelt. the soItlier, and Roose-
welt, the HeadstronE Politician.
New York, Sept S.-Black versus Platt
ton against the governor, and but for the
positive knowledge that his friends, un-
der no circumstances. will leave him in
the lurch, could 1t be carried on.
feature of this situation is that MIR.
Platt has become convinced that Gen.
Greene will not meet the requirements as
a substitute for the dashing colonel of
the Rough Riders.
Gov. Blacks friends are as active, as
aggressive and seemingly as potential as
the friends OF the senator. They propose
to open headquarters in the city of AL
bany, and move upon the enemys works
without delay
They propose to fight Roosevelt as we'll
as Platt. In fact, many of them are
disposed to consider Roosevelt as the
more Objectionable parsonage. His mill
tary prowess, to a man they declare, are.
comparatively speaking. on parallel
with that of any soldier on the face of
the globe. His political giories are far
below par.
The hottest fight that has been known
in this State since the great split of 1882
Is en- the tapis. The quintessence of bit
III,
ed but If the present angry feeling be-
tween the partisans of the factions de-
Velops further there may be two Repub-
liCan political Riehmonds in the field in
less than twenty-four hours after the
adjournment of the Saratoga convention
Governor Black and his friends are in
tensely bitter because many of the or
ganization leaders have expressed the
belief that Mr.. Black could not be re-
elected If he should be renominated. The
governor. they say, cares nothing for an
other term in the executive chamber, but
he objects TO retiring under fire. They
declare that a failure to renominate him
Will be tantamount to confession that
his administration is indefensible. They
assert that the governor would rather be
defeated at the polls than to withdraw
now and go TO the United States Senate
next March
Colonel Rooseyelt's attitude was obtained
yesterday.
Colonel Roosevelt" said one of his IN
innate friends, will not lift his finger TO
obtain the nomination for governor Poll
tics plays no part in his daily life at
Camp Wikoff. As military men he
avoids the subject. but he will return to
oyster Bay early next week. and then |
presume the atmosphere about his coun-
try nlaca will ha S1lrphar rped with noIitip1
/ know several politicians who are wait
ing for an opportunity to call on the colo
mel as soon as he gets home.
Both the Platt and Roosevelt men were
elated by the news that as result of a
conference between Lieut.. Gov. Wood
ruff and several of his Brooklyn friends
all of the l32 delegates from Kings would
vote in the State convention for Roose-
Welt. This means that Mr.. Woodruff Will
not seek a. denomination. and that the
Brooklyn delegates will act in unison
when they get to Saratoga.
Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff was at the Ham
ilton Club in Brooklyn, yesterday after
noon with Michael j. Dady, chairman of
the executive committee, and County
Chairman Walter B. Atterbury. They
went up stairs and conferred for an hour.
MT. Woodruff told his friends about the
conference on Monday in Albany, and
that Gov. Blacks present intention was
10 have his name brought before the con-
vention. Mr.. Dady said that the presen-
tation of the governors name necessarily
meant also the nomination of Mr. Wood
ruff The lieutenant governor told Mr..
Dady that he was quite willing to meet
the wishes of the Kings County delega-
ton, no matter what the political devel-
opments of the future might be-
Mr. Dady accepted the cue and Mr.. At
terbury praised the attitude Of the lieu
tenant governor. Mr.. Woodruff frankly
admitted that the nomination of Col
Roosevelt naturally suggested his with
drawal. He said he was yet unprepared
10 take such a step, but that he had al
ways been loyal to the interests of the
party, and that its pre-eminence in the
State was of greater Importance than
the ambition of himself or any other man
Mr. Dady then informed MIR. Woodruff
that the delegation would be solid fol
him. The lieutenant governor expressed
his thanks and the hope that the delega.
ton would be unit for the nominees oi
the Saratoga convention. Mr.. Woodruff
will do all he can to advance the inter
ests of Gov. Black, but he will not at
tempt to thwart the well-known wishes
of the delegation. In other words. as g
friend of his said last night Mr.. Wood
Despite the fact that Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Woodruff believes there is no posi-.
bility of renominat ting the old ticket. the
Black men insist that the governor has q
fighting chance. They are clinging to the
hope that the organization leaders may
decide to drop Col. Roosevelt before the
convention meets, and that in any event
they will be able to defeat any other can.
didate the organization may favor. They
also hope that Col. Roosevelt may yet be
impressed by the bitterness of the fghi
they have undertaken and that he may
feated at the polls. Both of these propo.
sitions scoffed at by the supporters
of Col. Roosevelt.
The activity of certain Republican
and Democratic Independents, who are
striving to nominate Col. Roosevelt fol
governor prior to the meeting of the Sara
toga convention Is being watched closely
by the politicians Of all parties. 1t /.
the hope Of the Independents that they
can nominate Roosevelt first thus placing
Senator PIatt in the position of apparent
ly having Roosevelt forced upon him by
the independents They are following the
same tactics as were adopted by the Citi
zens' Union In the mayorality contest las
year which resulted in a split between
the independents and the regular organi
zation Republicans.
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