The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-07
W0ODRUFFITES FIGHTING MAD
SIRE ODELL HAS BROKEN HIS
PLEDGE FOR A CLEAR FIELD.
secret Conference at the Fifth Avenue
in Higglns's Interest Followed by
Threat OF war From Kinss-State's
ti,il Employees Summoned to the Boss.


Covornor-C Chairman Odell gathered a
,sw Of his satellites around him at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel yesterday in secret confer
once In the group were Louis F. Payn,
senator Edgar Y. Bracket, William l..
Ward. William C. Warren, George W. Aid
ridge Senator Elon r. Brown, Senator
Nathaniel A. Elsberg, and later the Gov
amor. Hartman talked with Senator George
r Malbv. who. since Timothy l.. Woodruff
declined the place of temporary chair
man of tho Saratoga convention next week,
is likely to become temporary as well as
rermanent chairman, and William Barnes
j.. chairman of the executive committee.
still later in the day, Col. George w. Dunn,
former chairman Of the State committee.
turned up. Senator Plat WAS at the hotel
8 few minutes, and reiterated what he has
said for the last few weeks, that Timothy
l. Woodruff Of Brooklyn would make a
splendid candidate for Governor.
The Governors Chairman called his secret
conference for yesterday to formulate
plans to defeat the nomination of Woodruff
for Governor This was in direct violation
of the pledge the Observation-Disclosures had
given to both Senator Plat and MIR. Wood
ru1 that the delegates, when they assembled
in Saratoga. would be left wholly free to
select the candidate for Governor who in
their best Judgment would be the strongest
man to present to the Republican voters
Of the State.
Governor-C Chairman Odell did not say
so himself but several of his satellites
declared for him, before and after the secret
conference, that he is not himself candi-
date for Governor for third term. Sena-
tor Bracket continued to assert that there
was n good deal of Odell sentiment in his
district Mr.. Payn said that the man to
nominate is e8-Gov. Frank S. Black; Mr..
Warren declared for Mayor Erastus c.
knight of Buffalo: Senator Brown spoke
UP for Frank Wayland Higgins; Mr.. Ward
said few words for Higgins and 30 did
Mr.. Barnes.
Senator Brackets chunk of molasses
in the Sdrdfogidn the night before advo-
eating Odells denomination was explained
by one of the Senator'S friends yesterday.
Bracket knows that molasses is cheap
eaid he Senator's friend, and that Odell
likes it and hasn't had much Of 1t in the
last two or three years Bracket wants
CGell to help him next year get the nomina-
ton for Supreme Court Justice to succeed
Martin l. Slower Of Amsterdam. As a
matter of fact, Bracket already has the
promise of Odell's help and Lttauer's help.
littauer lives in the judicial district
Governor Chairman Odell, it was in
sisted late last night, has not the slightest
inclination to become the candidate for
Governor and his remark to Representa-
tive James s. Sherman of Oneida several
weeks ago was recalled Mr.. Sherman's
friends, in talking with Govenor-Chairman
Odell, said that Mr.. Sherman would make
a strong candidate for Governor, and Gov
ernor- Chairman Odell replied; NO, no;
Sherman is too close to me.
While attempting to maintain the sem
blance OF the compact between himself
and Platt and Woodruff that the convention
at Saratoga next week is to be an open
affair, the Governor-Chairman has not,
It was stated, either in letter or in spirit
kept the compact, but in every possible
way Is planning to defeat Woodruff's nomi-
nation. Not only have the GovernorC Chair
man and his satellites ferreted out all Mr..
Woodruf's business connections for the
purpose of firing them at him and at Wood
but the Governor Chairman has also APP
pealed to those in the Odell grating clique
10 stand by him and prevent Woodruff's
The Tapewormers, most Of whom belong
to the Odell graft clique, the Odell canal
machine clique, and the Odell grafters in
New York county, are all hard at work
In their efforts to sidetrack Woodruff The
farce Of Deacon Payn declaring for Black
the comedy OF Warren declaring
'or knight, was ALL it was declared last
night, part OF the Odell scheme to defeat
Woodruff
The intimates OF the Governor Chairman
continued TO declare yesterday that he had
Nobody in mind as a candidate for Governor
Except Frank Wayland Higgins, that he
lad been for Higgins at the start and that
ne would be for Higgins to the end, and
hat Higgins would be nominated While
MIR. Higgins has authoritatively declared
hat he would not boone the candidate of
my faction in the party, every step taken
" the Governor Chairman and his satellites
yesterday and for some time before has been
. make Mr.. Higgins their candidate and
hr. Higgins = personal friends said YES
erday that this was a most unhappy and
Unfortunate situation for him.
One or two of the Republican thinkers
aid last night that the scrap between the |
Woodruff men and the Odell men may
oecome so fierce at Saratoga that com |
PROMISE candidate like the Hon. Hamilton |
Fish NAV be named. Governor-Chairman !
Jdell will not care to nominate Mr.. Fish |
+ he can possibly help it, it was said, be- |
'ause Mr.. Fish, like Mr.. Woodruff, has |
in his political career that he
lad the ability and the sturdness to set up
hop for himself.
Governor Chairman Odell, it was in
listed, wants only tractable candidate
md he believes that Mr.. Higgins would do
lothing 10 put pebble in his pathway
Is Republican leader Of the State, or TO
upset the opportunities promised in the
gigantic canal graft scheme. While Mr..
Higgins has a splendid reputation for
PERSONAL probty, even his intimate friends
ave doubted if he has the independent
temperament which the Republican voters
If the State demand to rehabilitate their
'artv from the faint of Odellism
Mr.. Woodruf's New York friends said
asst night that while they had conscen-
iously kept the compact with Platt and
ldell not to seek delegates in behalf of
oodruff nor to do anything that would
njure the candidacy Of any other Republic
an they were now convinced that Gov
'rnor-C Chairman Odell and his Tapewormers
iad not kept the compact. They asserted
hat Woodruff would go into the convention
~ candidate for the nomination and that
70 would remain as a candidate until the
convent ion Ina6n its selaotian