The sun., 1903-12-14
JACOB BWORTH FOR DUNN'S POST
OR BAkERS, THE LATEST ODELI.
DEVELOPMENT.


Commissi ion-Decides to Let Tin Wood-
ruff Alone-More Confabs in Room ESQ
Will Soon Report TO the President.
Gov. Odell, still sitting on Senator Platt' s
old throne in room 2S0 of the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel, had a number Of visitors yester-
day, chief among them being Charles II.
Murray, Abe Gruber. William Halpin. Tim
othy L. Woodruff, the Republican chief
tain of Brooklyn Edward Lauterbach,
Senator Nathaniel A. Elsberg and Repre-
sentative Lucus n. Littauer, the hero OF
sRats and Gaunts" Gov. Odell is to leave
town to-day and on Wednesday it is his
intention to journey to Washington and
report progress to President Roosevelt
Gov Odell's talk with Mr.. Woodruff, it
was said, was eminently satisfactory and
the Governor will make no further efforts
to reform and reorganize" the Kings county
Republican machine. Mr. Woodruff helped
Gov Odell tumble over George r. Sheldon
at Saratoga a little over a year ago. While
Mr. Woodruff and his friends do not bank
much on Odell gratitude for the service
then performed, the Governor and his
friends on that occasion were made fully
acquainted with the resourceful character
of Mr.. Woodruff and his friends as any old
kind of fighters; and for this reason, if noth-
Ing more, Gov Odell will not, it was stated /,
attempt to reform and reorganize" the
Brooklyn Republican organization.
The visit of Louis F. Payn to Brooklyn
the other day and the visit of Jacob Worth
to Gov. Odel in room $50 on Saturday
night are taken to mean that Gov. Odell
desires to appoint Mr. Worth Railroad
Commissioner to succeed Senator Platts
personal friend, Frank NJ Baker of Owego
The three insurgent Senators, Brackett
Brown and Elsberg, were Joined only once
by another Republican Senator in their
crusade against Senator Patt at Albany
last winter. He is Charles y. Amber.
farmer. Chatham. Deacon Payn's Senator;
and Deacon Payn's Senator united with
Bracket, Brown and Elsberg in rejecting
the nomination OF Baker to succeed himself
after Gov. Odell was aware that the four
Republican Senators had made their lines
with Senator Patrick Henry McCarren and
his Democratic brethren to put the finish
ing touches to Baker. But Baker holds
over and Senator Platt's friends haze de,
clared that Gov. Odell has promised to send
In his name again this winter. sun, TINS
is regarded as an Odell promise Mr..
Worth, it was explained, does not care to
undertake the task of reforming and re-
organizing" the Kings county Republican
organization, but as an old friend OF Deacon
Payn and as summer neighbor at Sara
toga of Senator Brackett for many seasons
he would have no objection to succeeding
either Col George W. Dunn or Frank NJ
Baker as O Railroad Commissioner.
George w. Aldridge, secretary of he com
mission, was In town YESTERDAY, ana was
greatly interested in the confabs Gov.
Odell, 1t was said, doesn't care very much
whether Mr.. Baker goes or Col; Dunn SO
0nn'' as one Of them goes and Mr.. Morth
be appgntsd MT b,nSsr Worth ibs %9a1a ovsro a1.
5rs personal friend, and they would con-
&trol the commission. Should Col. Dunn
Aretire. 1t was said yesterday, GOV. odeii
s paese to ~ %sg esss Ft hssp % o s
and. should Baker be rejected again by the
same old combination at Albany, with
Deacon Amber to the fore and the Demo,
Gratis 4on the side," Baker could still hold
over and be the fifth wheel in Gov. Odell's
Railroad Commission coach.
Gov. Odell, it has been known, has de-
sired to control the Railroad Commission
from the first hour he went to Albany as
out consultation with Senator Platt. who
nominated him for Governor, Gov. Ode!l
promised to appoint Capt. Dlckey ana
then for year or more, untll ne couid
wrought up, IL not quite disgusted at
times Those familiar with the old days
In Newburgh. however, went out and put
appointment, knowledge of political
events, it was, declared last night by
rotund political philosopher, is sometimes
as good as gatling gun
ca, DGkey was apponted aaa and Gon Tsre
it was that the Platt people played feather
cl,ster politics, as the Iamented Bill Devcry
would say Gov. Odell had promised to
send in Bakers name and he did, after he
had it clearly understood that Baker, was
not to be confirmed Advice was plenty
that the Platt people should insist upon
Bakers confirmation first, and then, OF
course, the Platt people would have Kept
political obligation and Dickey would
have been confirmed. The Platt men have
since sadly admitted that inasmuch as they
had been trained in n political school whose
primary lesson consisted of keeping faith
fully political agreement or understand
ing, they had no warrant to rely upon an
Odell agreement or understanding. Mr..
Worth in his day has been, Republicans
said, one of the ferceSt and squarest oil
Republican machine fighters, but, while no
Woodruff, he did not believe that ut his time
of life he should be asked to undertake
the task of reforming and reorganizlng"
the Kings county organization.
Gov Odell, IT was said, has about maze
up his mind to appoint Edward II. Healy,
leader of the Thirty fifth district, to George
billiards. place as Deputy Excise Com
missioner for New York city,
Republicans in the corridors who are
counted as "loyal" supporters OF Gov. Odell
grinned as they told the story again and
again how "the Governor had gold bricked
the Republican party in New York city
The Governor. they pointed out, had come
TO New York city on number OF occa-
sions and declared that the party was to be
reformed and reorganized"; that leaders
must live in their districts and that the fel-
lows who were great men at the primaries
must turn out to be great men at the polls
After all the clangor and after all Gov,
Odell's speeches and authorized utterances
on these two highly interesting topics the
Governor, it was recalled in the many
pleasantries had chosen to head the county
committee Charles H. Murray, leader
of "de Ate" when Mr.. Murray, an amiable
and agreeable gentleman, cheerfully ad-
mitted that he had never lived in his dis
trict.
Then. too Gov. Odell named Armytage
Mathews Che doesn't like his name printed
Armitage, as II is in the directory, Abe
Gruber's lieutenant In the Twenty-first
district, to be secretary of the county COM
mittee, and the election returns for four
years show dreadful diminution OF the
Rapnbl;oon ,,ota ", both the Eighth and