New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-10

WITS FOR CONVENTION.
VIII Not Retire Till after It
HyoodruF Denies Reports.

II may be said on good authority that the present
intention OF Ex-Governor odeI IS not 20 retire
from the Craftsmanship OF the Republican State
Committee before the state convention. What he
may 90 after that will depend entirely on circum-
stances. The Odel forces do not believe that the
Higgins afherents have enough votes 10 force Afr.
Odel out OF his place. and It is not thought that
Governor Higgins has any disposition TO attempt
Il now.
whatever plans have been made for making ex-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS woodruff the chairman Of
the State Committee are not expected 20 develop
until after the state convention He issued a
statement yesterday. in which he denied several
points OF the story regarding HIS future printed IN
some papers yesterday morning.
The statement OF Mr.. Woodruff follows;
While I don't know that any harm VIII come e. TO
s,6S as 5e Feq nre o. pocai deVeopments and
while therefore REPUTATION Of certain statements
fo- an concerned that it should be known that in
stead q having met Governor a a thee t or four
Interviews with him in the last three or Tour Wees
have not had the pleasure Of seeing MIN ior sew
oral months and that neither he nor any one else
has asked to support him Tor rehoInII.s.
the United States senatofship. or any other ,'for
value received consideration; eouic haroiy nave
a. Tor the United States Senatorship my lifelong
have Been such as to preclude even the possibility
az its consideration. and have never so n1eh as
had A conversation with any on the SUBJECT
The only statement have made concerning pres
en- 81 am nncommifIed to any candidate noi
nation al the state convention any Of our
conventions in Kings County. my sole object being
20 further the best interests OF the Repuohcan
party.
IT'S interesting TO note that Michael J. Dady. one
OF the Brooklya leaders who at present IS on the
outs with Mr. Woodruff took occasion yesterday
% commend him for the state Craftsmanship. He
saids
There is no doubt that Mr. Woodruff is the right
man for the place and would like to see him get
place and would make a first class chairman
II is believed in Brooklyn that Governor Higgins
will in all probability be renominated, ana lnaI
AGr woodruff will be the next state chairman MI
Dadv,s remarks yesterday may have been just an
oftenopt 10 get on the band wagon He has always
teen classed as an Odell man, but he controls only
one or two Of the district leaders in Brooklyn ana
may be wiped out entirely at the coming primaries
IL he shows any disposition to thwart the WISHES
Of Mr. Woodruff. Immediately after making the
statement favorable 10 Mr.. Woodruff. MI Daoy
vent over to the Fifth Avenue Hotel to see ex-
Governor Oden who was in town the greater part
of the day
M Odell refused TO talk politics but said the
meeting of the state committee would not be caleo
this week The cali will probably be issued the
first of next week He said he was considering
several dates that had been suggested for the
meeting Absolutely nothing has been determined
as 10 the date of the state convention. MT Ooell
called attention to the absurdity OF the statement
that il would be held a week before the Demo-
cratic convention which comes on September %
This would bring it on the same day as the prf-
maries After the primaries several preliminaries
have to be gone through with before the state con-
vention can be held. As matter OF tact SePoeiit,
Der . is about earliest available date LOT q
convention. although it might possibly be started
on Monday. September "a . .
Mr. Odell refused to discuss the statement Et OF
friends of Edward H. Healy, leader OF the S5th
Assembly District that the latter. who has Deen
active in the interests of the Oden faction, had
received a direct inhmation that it would be Wei
10 resign as Deputy Excise Commissioner Mr.
Healv is now Lake George. -,
Among those who conferred with Mr.. Odell at tne
Fifth Avenue Hotel Congressman James D
Sherman. chairman of the Congressional Campaign
Committee He came out for the renoH1natlon OF
Governor Higgins several days ago ana his presence
with Odell yesterday led Of the wiseacres 70
suspect that possibly after all, Odell might come
out for Higgins It Will be noted that he has re
ouenelv said he knew OF other candidate IN the
deld and that he has never admitted the truth OF
the story that he and his allies hoped to defeat
Higgins, - n oso,,.
Edward Lauterbach was also among MI OdelIs
callers, and the state chairman did not go pack 10
NeUbtrg until the o'clock train.