The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-15
THEY WANT NEW MANAGERS
BROOKLYN REPUBLICANS TO MAKE
WAR on DADY AVID ATTERBURr.

WAR ON DADY AND ATTERBURr.
MaRistrate Kramer Comes Out for william
Cullen Bryant for Chairman of the New
County Committee-Lieut.- Wood
run Also Has Fight on His Hands.
Now that the Republicans in BROOKLYN have
adopted the Assembly district plan OF orRanl-
cation a new alignment of leaders Is in pros
pect. A movement Is already on foot to ac-
somplish change OF management and there
10 every indication that there will be a hot
fight at the September primaries for the con.
troll of the new County Committee. Walter b.
Auerbury and Col. Michael ]. Dady are candi-
dates for re.elaction as Chairman Of the
County Committee and Executive Com mittss
respectively. and as they are well fenced in. 1t
will require some powerful political combina-
lions TO disodGe them. The obliteration.
however. of the old ward lines and the substi-
tuition Of the Assembly district boundaries
afford ample opportunities for Just such COM
binations. and In view OF the volatile DISPOSE
ton OF the Republican voters In BROOKLYN II Is
possible that both Mr.. Atterbury and Col.
Dady may be forced to take back seats In the
organization
Their prestige as political managers was
considerably dimmsd by the result in the last
campaign. and while 1t is generally admitted
that the disaster was inevitable in many quar-
ters there 10 n strong disposition to put the
reins In flrmer hands in the campaign this
year. as we'll as in the great Presidential con
test next ysar The close identification OF
both Mr.. Atterbury and Col. Dady with the
fierce Worth and anti Worth fight Of a couple
o. years ago Is an obstacle to their continued
supremacy Mr. Atterbnry still maintains his
popularity with his Twenty third ward con-
stitusnts, but. US TINT ward is now cut IN into
two Assembly districts. his local political In
SS wi. not o b as T as a. n
sentative Of the Seventeenth Assembly dis
trict.
Col. Dadys position, Is more precarious.
Hitherto he has had little Ill flculty in con-
trolling the Third ward but that tsrrltory 10
the Ts spd TGr wards
and one election district in tho sixth ward
Az the First werd has twelve districts and the
NOR united OH an opposition candidate Col. Dady
could be defeated. There are evidences that
agai MT Col. Dady. aud / is altogether proba
bic he may be former Tax Collector H. Ross
In the Twenty third ward: Mr.. Atterhury
will confront q strong combination headed
By Revenue Collector Moore and some OF the
most Influential members OF the Union League
1t seems that Lieut.-Goy. Woodruff. who
has been closely identified with Atterhury
and Dady In the party MANAGEMENT. vii! also
sem Div district William A. Pfendereast. who
has had iSH bad Sr.st With Mr. woqdruI aud
0eTganiSnE an opposit9n IN the dlstTlcti ,vs ne
st:tS. 'Sp pr@ no ' With nH the retarS of r
Woodruff from Europe IN, a couple Of weeks.
the plan Of battle. not only IN IN, his own BAIL
family sauabbIe under any circumstances. al
ties which chanact Ter the famous factional
contest in which the Hon. Jacob Worth mot
,.t niabt mi. atatomsnt wa, made hy Mag
fuenttal Rspublican leaders in the E,.tsrn
'S The e!ec.iSs ' Of kspuSiicaa Prosisnt of
these United States i r. 100" 10 @y at 0T5
ments coming to tho party by reason OF VIC
tory as the fact that the election Of Repub-
policy pursued by President Mckinley at u
most eventtul and criticsl period Of the coun,
t mnst 5o United 10 paS IN hs and ]
county Of the country. and the only way TO
bring this about is to select as county leaders
"A feeling Of dissaIistac.ion with the man.
aeement OF the Republican portv in, Kings
OF the county have come complaints Of incon-
potency against tho present county leaders.
esSsS sna s aH Of
tho necessity OF having a leader who IA popu-
ment Is on foot to secure such leader. TO
this end a number " men prominent In the
party's councils have come together. and. after
carefully scrutinlzing the field and Discussing
the merits OF different men to lead the party
in one OF its great struggles for national su-
premacy. have concluded that William Cullen
Bryant Of the BrookIvn Tunes. II he can be In
duced to allow his name to he used as Chair.
man OF the next County Committee. would act
as q unityinV force to cement and weld to-
gether the various factions into which the
party has been split in recent years on local
questions"
Mr. Bryant. on whom the opposition to tho
present managers Ia likely TO concentrate.
served Us Fire Com ssioner under the Wurs-
ter administration He was candidate
for the Mayoraty nomination against Mr..
Schie zen in the year Of the John !. Mckane
rebellion hut has never been mixei w In any
OF the fractional turmoils In the organization