The sun., 1913-10-13

ton he had read himself out OF the party.
Mr. Woodruff Rad many bitter rows
With BENJAMIN f Odell. and ~hen the ca
Governor lost his grip. Woodruff became
chairman Of Tho Republican State COM
r,ittse IN iaAs. holding fast 20 the posi-.
ton for four wears.
In lali Mr. Woodruff handed over the
Republican leadership in Kings county
to Naval Officer r. n Kracke after
enjovlns that honor for fourteen years.
He moved to Manhattan but the foi-
LOVING vesr he again took W his resi-
dence IN BROOKLYN He soon got into the
tDlng ~ things and II March. 1912. he
Uas tormaIlv reins.allcd a. leader 0.
Kings
Boits 10 the Frosressises.
There vas conformation ~ 'de rcgula =
I Feruclitsr ranks dur.nS a prelim,na-.
session ot the Republican nations' con.
v.n.ion bv the announcement, autho~iz 4
hv Col Roosevelt that Mr. Woodbury..
head ~ ME Kings county delegation, had
dseided not to support william X Taft
, bu' rould support the Colonel. Il vas not
long before Mr. Woodruff, openly declared
that hs was ci'h Roosevelt
Re followed this Ut b. sending = let
Ter 20 Reueen ! HASKELL, secretary cf
the Republic an COUNT comri''ee ~ Kings
SAYING that he could no Longer serve a.
leader cf the Republican Organization ot
Brookl'n
In defence ~ his bolt from Taft -
Roosevelt Mr. Woodruff said Let me
state right here that would have severed
NJ, connection NTH any political machine
II J., had rescr,ed 20 any such method.
ss rere enploved at Chicago by the
Republican national machine 10 steal from
COL Roosevelt the Presidential nomIna
ton. which ne had fa,rl$ ara sauarel,
won did not subscribe to and Will
not oondcne the Chicago theft
Mr. Woodruff vent into the Suii Moose
movement WITH much visor ard hecsMe
tho leader ~ the National F.o.res.i's
par'v ,n Kings
In discussing the suhjtct ot rolitioa
/ dress back IN Iaos Political hossiyr
! is good ~ bad In Just the ratio that rcoc
men or bod men IDENTITY themselves viii
/ parry management Eosses or leaders
or rha'c'-r vou rhcoss 10 cau them can
rot control rar'ies vithcut the conseu
! of tho controlled an moro than in gov
ernmen'sl affllrs men can govern Nt'h
out tho consent nj tho governed There
fore every part should welcome into 1t.
ranks good men and do everything I,
encourage them 10 'ak. an active part II
part management
! Mr. Woodruff owned a magnificent es
tate in the .Ad,rordacks phich he called
Kamp Kin Kare II comprised ncarl,
2s0o acres and adjo!ned estates oanec
! by Alfred Vanderbilt and the late ]
Fierpont Morgan II has been said ths
NJ Woodruff spent st5odo0 in improvini
the property
once asked II politics had cost him a!
much as s3Sooo Mr.. Woodruff smiled
and said Perhaps ten times tina
smovirt He added tl,At II there wer'
any comrensaticns in politics ''tne' COM
in the form Of fun and excitement, tn
pleasure Of winning a good Hght and tn
,indication of :our judgment Mr. Wood
ruff maintained that all the money h
ever got out Of politics was 100000, h,
salsry for sin wears as Lieutenant GOV
ernor
Mr. Woodruff Tas president ~ III
hoard Of trustees of .,delrhi College. ~
was member of the Union League New
York and Brooklyn, the Yale Crivcrsii,
and Hamilton Club Of Brooklyn, III
Montauk club OF which he was presi
dent and other leading clubs In New
York and Brooklyn.
3Ir. Woodruff VAS trlce married IN
first wife vas Miss Cora Eastman, III
daughter OF II . Eastman of Pough
keeps,e, y. Y, whom he married in 1880
She Died on March IS, 1900. ON Apr!
Is, 1905, MI Woodruff welded Miss lisa
bel Morrison daughter Of Mrs John z
Morrison OF this city