New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Desert Hughes for Taft-Brookiyn
Christmas Tree ONttOOk.

The recent announcement made by Mike
Dadv the anti-Woodruff leader, that he has LETT
the Hughes Presidential boom for Tart OF
Cortelyou's bardwagOn. introduced new leA'-
ure into the political situation of Kings county
Colonel Dady the chief spongehoider IN me
o.,t ,,,t mn hv certain of the district leaders
.oains. Woodruff men in last falls primaries.
Their fights were based upon their professed al
Iogiance TO Governor Hughes and his principles.
They won out Mr. Dady left the Hughes CO.
horts Just as his former political side partners
were getting Hughes campaign club organized
As the hackers of the Hughes League are nearly
all antf-woodruff men. the regular leaders of
The county are bound to give the movement
wide berth. If Darwin r. James, jr-. president
Of the Young Republican Club. anti-Wood
ruff organization. and State Senator Eugene NJ
Travis who beat Postmaster Roberts in the
primary contest for the leadership of the 1ltn
Assembly, District Jsmes's friend and CO.
worker remain the leading members in the
league IT is question whether they and Dady
can continue 10 affiliate politically This would
mean a split i'm the anti-Woodruf forces in
Kings, perhaps
At the same time there is little reason 10 OK
pect that Woodruff viii be able TO win
either section Of the opposition. Even if he
came out for Hughes he and his followers could
not afford To join movement headed by people
who refuse he regular, and at the time
Woodruff cannot make political friend Of
Dady. as the colonel is a strong Odell man
However the split in the opposition to Wood
ruff will be advantage TO him in future con-
tests. it will weaken his enemies.
The Sittig Brooklyn Christmas Tree Society
is busy collecting funds for the annual enter
tainment of poor children. Mrs. Frank Sit
tig. the president and manager of the organi-
zation, has office in the Clarendon Hotel.
where she is receiving funds. She says that
they not coming in as rapidly as they might
She has collected $500 so far but needs at
least $500 more She can receive funds up TO
Christmas morning
Mrs. Sttig has received some substantial aid
besides the money donations for Mrs. George
Beyea has sent in candy enough for three thou
sand children and Mrs S. B. Huyler has turned
TO her five hundred dressed dolls while
William Grover has promised oranges in un-
limited quantities. The exercises this year
viii be held at the Columbia Theatre and
Percy Williams has promised to furnish the
talent Park Commissioner Michael j. Ken
nedy has selected five big evergreen trees
p1d will have them set up in the building
for the occasion Mrs Sittig hopes to have
enough money ard gifts to supply between
with candy cake, dolls and toys This is the
sixteenth year that poor children have been
looked out for by Mrs. Sittig and her helpers
Santa Claus found himself in the Adams
street police court on Friday, much 20 the dis
may of the youngsters who saw him marched
through the streets in tow of biuecoat; but
let it be said here that he got out through the
interposition of Magistrate Higginbotham. He
was arraigned the charge Of being drunk
and he pleaded guilty to the charge
II couldn't think OF sending you away at this
season." remarked the magistrate. What
would my think of me, and what would the
other little children say? Santa, you are dis
charged from custody"
The policeman who made the arrest said that
the old man was not Santa Claus at all, but just
a plain member of the American Volunteers
who had been trying TO keep warm inside while
tending donation box in Fulton street
Next week will be rather uneventful for the