The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
Ew YORK. October 1.

A FEW YORK, October 4-The rele-
 & gation of Lieutenant- Governor W Timothy L. Woodruff to private life after his term shall expire in De- cember. Is one of the very best things The republican party of the state of New York has done in some time He wanted renomiration; but the leaders of the party. obedient to public opinion, saw long ago that Woodruff was too heavy a load to carry this year, and so resilved to let him go. Woodruff is a noisy, self assertive sort of a chap; and with the money at his command, made in some sort of patent nostrum business. which I do not care to advertise. is able to main tain a following, the membership of which Is composed of persons whom re- spectacle politicians in all parties would rather have against them than for them. Not from men of this class as a rule. are the leaders of republication any, where chosen, and especially is this true If New York. Among those who have filled with honor to themselves and to the state the office, now occupied by Tim" Woodruff, were Henry J. Ray mond, the founder of the New ork Times, and Stewart L. Woodruff; whils In the democratic column stand tho names of David B. Hill, William Dors- heimer, and others equally eminent. In running over the list of neutenanr-gov- ernors, one experiences something of c shock to see the name of Tim" and the question suggests itself, how did he ever get there7' There was nothing in his previous record 10 justify the dis tinction then conferred upon him, and his elevation will probably ever remain enc of the mysteries of politics. I believe he did something for the bicycle people of the period, when we were talking about new roads, good roads and all other sorts of reads, and that he got the nomination 10 please them. as well as himself, a sporty young republican, with the record of money-maker. Tim however, has other claims to fame. He owns a four-in-hand coach: has driven 1t in London and other foreign capitals recently in a style that, while 1t made the natives yell with delight, was not calculated to commend him to the voters of New York It Is in the matter of per sonal decoration. however, that, Tim shjnes pre-eminent His vests" are a wonder of color combinations and de- signs, and they are put on and off with a rapidity that is fairly startling. not lef8 than a QtiI uOZen changes III ln6 course of a single day. But there are. officially. only ninety days more of this preposterous person, who seems ino-p- able of aprpeciating how really ludicrous he Is in a political point of view Tossed cut of the lieutenant-governors he now poses as a candidate to succeed Thomas c. Platt in the United States senate 'sTim" of the vests would, indeed, be a curiosity Some day he may get there, but the antecedent condition will be that the people of New York have taken the members of their legislature from the lunatic asylums. If successor to Mir. Flatt were to be named tomor- row. he would be, not Tim Woodruff, but George R. Sheldon, Harvard gradu- ate, vice president cf the Union League club banker and business man. whose record is in every point of view unas- sailable
 David H. Moffat. president of the Dem yer, Northwestern and Pacific and of tfe First National bank, of Denver. arrived In New York at time when Wall etreet was clamorlng for money. On the day of his arrival he went to the as-