The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-07
JOB FOR BROOKLYN SOLOMONS.
SHOULD DIXIE down kETCHAM
or kETCHAN BEAT DIXIE?
They Both Want the Republican NOmina-
ton for District Attorney Of Kings
and The,'re Both Good Men and Both
Have Eriensis--SOnic Other Fights.

Deacon DadN ave certain dlnerenCeS,
but these may be- smoothed over by that
redoubtable pee cemaker. Naval Officer
Robert A. Sharkey. aided by the suave
William Berri. who is counted as nothing
II not a professional mixer Of oil and vine
gar. And High Private Atterbury doesn't
figure in u is matter, which in now disturb
fog Deacon DADDY High Priest Berri and
Uuole Sam Sharkey. Mr. Sharkey never
forgets the Presidents admonition: Keep
the peace in Kings, Mr., Sharkey, keep it at
least until after the national campaign
next year.
Senator Platt has been appealed to,
70 has Col Dunn, chairman OF the Repubh-
can State Committee, and other Republicans
have been called upon TO decide dispute
which will require the services OF eighteen
Solomons to settle to the good OF all.
It is all over a Republican candidate
for District Attorney for Brooklyn. There
are two candidates for the nomination.
both from the First Assembly district,
the Heights, that is the swell district OF
the borough. One candidate for the nomi-
nation is Norman s. Dixie. whom Gov.
Odell appointed Sheriff to replace Guden'
The other is Henry B. Ketcham. son OF
John Henry Ketcham OF Dover Plains.
CONGRESSMAN for the Dutchess-Putnam-
Ulster district. since 1895, except for four
wears when he was Commissioner OF the
District OF Columbia.
THE son Of the old man OF Duchess,
a. young Ketcham is called. was barely
defeated for q seat In Congress from his
district in Brooklyn var ago. he Is a
hust ler 81 is Dixie. Both are young men.
with fine charact eristics; they are warm
personal friends, and both think that
Doomsday depends on their nomination.
While these aspirations and political
ambitions are not embarrassing to the
candidates themselves they are to their
frier DIS Deacon Dady is fond OF both
Dixie and Ketcham; Parson Berri pats
both Ketcham and Dixie on the back; Sena-
tor Platt says: 'Ketcham and Dixie are
two good boys; Col. Dunn says to Dixie
and Ketcham; AGo it. boys!'; Major-Gen.
Woodruff says I'm with you"-and there
you are.
Both Ketcham and Dixie are considered
by the Republicans to be highly competent
for the place, and both Dixie and ketcnam
are spoken of as capable lawyers. Seldom
has there been a situation which has taxed
the political handshakers Of Brooklyn
like the candidacy of Ketcham and Dixie
and Dixie and ketcham for the Republi-
can nomination for District Attorney of
Kings county. The convention Is only
three weeks of, and Deacon Dady. Parson
Berli Major Woodruff and their friends
say they are in fix TO decide between the
two men. And Mr. Platt has fed to the
White Mountains and Col. Dunn has va
moosed to his home in the southern tier.
All over Brooklyn the political pot which
has been simmering during the summer
preliminary work for the primaries, which
are to be held on Tuesday Sept. Is. is under
way.
There will be two important primary
fights among the Republicans. The main
fight will be in the Third Assembly district,
where Deputy Fire Commissioner Richard
leadership Of the district from H. G. Han
ton. Laimbeer. who is now a member Of
Gov. Odels military staff is certain that he
will win by a substantial majority. The
other fight is in the Seventeenth district,
where Walter B. Atterbury is striving to re-
gain the leadership. Mr.. Atterbury lost
through the efforts of the Hon. Timothy L.
Woodruff. who held out all kinds of in
ducements to the election district leaders
to defeat Atterbury.
The latter is now out OF office. but is
making hard fight to get back his leader
leaders who opposed him last year are out
for him now. Alderman John With, the
present leader, and his followers say that
Atterbury will lose again and this time by
a larger vote than last year.
On the Democratic side there is only one
fight and that is in the Ninth Assembly
district, but Hugh Mclaughlin says that
ha ranrpaonfnN
Senator McCabe in the district, will win
out by handsome majority.
The main question agitating the leaders
OF beth paIties is the Mayoralty situation.
While Mr.. Woodruff, Col. Dady Naval
Officer Sharkey. William E. Philips and
reno mina ed If he will nun, there are others
In the fusion camp who do not Gottfried
Westernacher Of the German American
Democratic League, who is power among
the German voters, does not. He would
like to see Comptroller Circuit chosen.
Michael j. F1aherty is the leader, are crl ing
for Supreme Court Justice William j. Gay
nor for Mayor.
On the other side Mr. Mclaughlin and
his lieutenants. James Shevlin, Bernard
j, York, John L. Shea and Others, are cp-
posed to the nomination of George B.
Mcclellan, whose name has been suggest ed
by Leader Murphy of Tammany. Mr.
Mclaughlin wants a BROOKLYN Democrat
named. and the Hon. Bird s. Coler who once
ran for Governor. is almost daily visit or
ut the Willoughby street auc' ion room.
Mr. Coler SAYS he is ont Of politics
So far as the local ticket is concerned
the Republicans have no doubt about the
success OF fusion in King county There
are several important offices besides the
District Attorneys to be filed. They are
Justice of the Supreme Court IN place OF
William NJ Goodrich, who retires at the
end of The year Borough President Sheriff
County Clerk ard Register
For Borough Pr~ idert it is generally
believed thai J. Edward Svarstrom will
be rer omir ed Building Sur erintendent
William W Calder Of the Twelfth Assembly
district ard Alderman John With Of the
Seventeenth Assembly district are looking
for the nomir 'or for Sheriff II il said
that John X, Neal. the present Register, will
be renominated. For County Clerk, the
domination will be piven 10 one of the
Germs" organ i2ations n he fusion move
ment, Her ry Weisman, the present Deputy
County Clerk, being foremost il The fight.
Nothing definite has been decided by ne
Democrats AS TO county nominations, eX-
c"pt that the present District Attorney
John +. Clarke, In slated for renomination
Magistrate +. CASTOR HiRRnh is
ough President, and ex-Sherf Walton's
FX-Judga William b. H,rd Jr, is a candi-
date for the nomination FOR Supreme Court
Justice, and Conrad TIssen1ug and eK-
Assemblynan James Lennon are ~ the
field for tie County C' rl,ship,