The evening world., 1902-09-23
Woodruff Is Chosen
Chairman Of Kings
County Delegation,
Out Against Sheldon.
EASY BOSS G H HARD.
Scores Of Delegates Ready to
Furnish Bricks to Be Thrown
at Morgan Candidate" for
lieutenant-G Governor.
Special from a STAY CorrrspOndsut.)

SARAIOGA, N. T., Sept. 23.-
George r. S~he.don's boom for Lieut.
enant-Governo was severely jolted
to-day. Senator Plat, realizing that
his prestige as Boss" Of the machine
is IT stake. is standing for the man
who is known among the delegates as
"Morgan's candidate"
Friends of Lieut.-Gov. Timothy L.
Woodruff are urging him to fight.
They believe he can win fame as the
smasher OF the Plat slate. The doughty
leader on the Kings County machine
is thinking the idea over. If he de-
cides to hurl bricks at Sheldon's
candidacy he will be supplied with
the bricks by scores of delegates.
A meeting of the Brooklyn dele
gates was held before the convention
assembled. At this meeting Wood
ruff was elected rs chairman OF the
delegation. The delegates from
Kings kicked violently over the plans
of the Platt mcn to ignore Kings.
They also expressed grave fear that
if Sheldon is nominated the ticket
will be doomed. In his speech to the
caucus Mr.. Woodruff said:
The proposed ticket is very likely
to be changed at any minute before
the W da: S are over
Not sheldon, Says
AS he emerged from the meeting
Mr.. Woodruff said to The Evening
World correspondent:
uI do not think Mr.. Sheldon VIII
he the nominee. The temper OF the
delegate. il such that ! do not see
how he cnn be nominated"
The friends of Senator Frank w. Hig-
gins, OF O!oan, renewed their activity IN
his behalf. He was first suggested as
OdelI's running mate early last spring
MIR. Platt himself making the Suggestion.
Senator Higgins is on the ground out
he declines to enter a scramble for the
nomination.
Senator Horace White. OF Syracuse Is
IN much the same position. Woodruff $
friends still contend that the Lieuten-
ant-Tovernor should be nominated to
succeed himself. Out OF all these com
nI,cations Boss" Platt energies firm
for Sheldon.
ue stands on his declaration OF last
ripht. III Sheldon is to be forced out
ooh, ia going to do the forcing?" nat
Ia the nub OF the whole situation.
Tiretv-nine of every hundred delegates
- onnosed to Sheldon. but they are
stumi,ed by the order OF the Easy
PISS" thar Sheldon must be named.
PIntt,s Men Disturbed.
Twenty-four hours will pass before
tho convention dominates. II the anti
sheldon men keep up the fight they are
now making a break in the slate and OF
the Platt machine is possible Platts
I~ieu4nants are greatly disturbed. They
are making every effort to prevent a
consolidation OF the a~nti-Sheldon forces
They stlIl assert that Platt is master
NJ the situation and that he VIII con
inue to be.
The screws are being put on every
delegate the machine can reach, ana
ne Easy Boss will not abandon SnN-
don unless he is forced to.
Several candidates for Secretary OF
State are hard at work trying to land
the 1000 Job which John r. McDonough.
the present Secretary, has fatty refused
to take again.
John O'Brien. OF Clinton. has gone into
this fight. He has been In the Assembly
for several years and has a lot OF
friends.
James II. McEwen. OF Albany. an
'. b. II. Mongin, OF Seneca, are still
in the running. This nomination will
DE In the balance until the outcome or
the fight on Sheldon is known.
Ii the acknowledgements place
goes south of the Bronx an upstate
man will be selected for Secretary OF
State. II Higgins or some upstate man
is put In second place. McDonough's
successor probably will come from
south Of the Bronx.
Meantime the PlHtt machine Ia
moving forward, but the wheels
are c~renkinE, and the chief lieu
tenants of the "Enay DOSA" are
shouting loudly for more bnrreIH
of oil.