New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-31
ODELL ON "CASUS BELL"
WOODRUFF rs II "BOXER.
Governor Says His Tactics Remind
Him of Chinese Methods.

Albany N Y. Dec So.-By way OF a mild re-
joinder the belli suggestion of ex-I.auen-
ant Governor woodruff Governor Odel to-day told
q story with a moral The story theoretically com
pared the Brooklyn leader with a strong voiced
Chinese Boxer attempting to destroy the allied
forces by lung power. The moral gently dWelt on
the idea that the Boxer was filled full Of lead.
while the allied forces undisturbed. When
the Governor was asked about the Woodruff-Worth
incident he at first declined TO comment AT length
he said:
Governor woodrufrs a nice fellow. I don't
know what he's driving at. but suppose he does.
1 imagine 1t must be doing him some good nope
so. In any event il isn't njuring me-"
Then the Governor paused. Presently he resumed
with apparent deliberateness:
Il am reminded of a story Jersey Chamoerlin
tells in his book, Ordered TO China He describes
The Chinese method OF going into battle by select
ing strong voiced giant and sending him ahead
attended by tom toms and gongs and banners. TO
make a great uproar and terrify the enemy IL
that fails then they send more men with strong
voices ahead with tiger skins on their backs
crawling all fours, ana the SHOUTS OF tAese
fellows terrify the foe
where Jersey writes that when the allied
forces started for Picking during the Boxer trouble
the same tactics were observed and the strong
/ suppose they shouted autonomy in Chinese.
Well OF course. the allied forces weren't terrified
They just filled the tiger skins and the people
under them full Of lead" 49,
subject Of autonomy and casus beln
The extreme indignation Of eX-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Woodruff the reported purpose OF the
Governor TO appoint Jacob Worth to the Railroad
Commission has created considerable surprise and
even greater amusement, among the few State
politicians who visited the Capitol to-day. The
fact that Jacob Worth is ineligible for the appoint
ment, that under the law there must be at least
one practical railroad man on the committee and
that il is this vacancy that the Governor has to
fiji. completely disposes of that matter There is
not the slightest apparent reason TO suppose the
Governor intended making the appointment at any
time; but aside from that. the law would effectu-
ally stop him. Why. therefore. eX-Iieutenant Gov
ernor Woodruff. who has enjoyed several sessions
in ALBANY should be the victim OF such rumor
is not und .rstood by his friends here
The effort TO secure comment from the Var1-
Gus State LEADERS, who have visited the Capitol
Gently IN the main futile, but upstate
leader under the pledge of his name not appearing
said guardedly:
I'm sure I'm not close enough TO the facts to
judge. but, just from the reputation the Govrenor
has in my parts. don't calculate he's greatly terri
fed by 'Timmie's' buster nor likely entirely to
abandon all his plans.'
EX-Lieutenant Governor Woodruff was asked last
night what he thought Of Governor Odell's charac-
terizatlon Of his stand for independence in Kings
County. Il don't know what the Governor means"
said the eX-Lieutenant Governor. He seems TO be
moralizing. All can say is that Kings County re-
serves the right TO its affairs, and will fight
any who tries 10 interfere in the party man.
agement in the county"