New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-22
CONNECTICUTS SENATOR.


THE EQUAL INrELtECrUALIY OF ETHER OF HIS
RIVALS IN IHE COSTrsT-A Prominent EtPUB-
LCAN FOR MANY YEARs-THE PEEIIAfI\ ARIES
or NE CAUCU~-sEVFN HOUBs or STEADY
E'LIorNG-rHF UNCERTAINTIES oF THE CiN-
NAsS-IHE TACTICS OF Ex-GoVERN"R JfwFIL-
FRIENDS TO INSURE HE DEFEAT or GFNtEAL
HAWLEY.
lrEoN STAFF coERr-roNDfNr or TUT ruIrUNEI
NEw-HAvFN. Jan 2l.-It Is a mistake to set
down the Hon. Orvile II. Plat. who has to-day
been elected United States Senator. rs ! oh
serve las been done in some quarters, as an
obscure man politically or weak intellectually
merely because bis competitors were more widely
known than he. General Hawlcv. from his
connection with the press his prom1-
hence a, presiding officer of the National
Republican Convention i'm ISIS. lis pos ton q,
President Of tine Centennial Commission. and
hs services on the stump IN nearly every
Nor,neTu state. has National rcpu-
tatio1. Governor Jewell is also widely known
FROM having been Governor. Minister 20 Ru~-i.
and Iu~rm3-trs-(,eu Neither Nr. Pat' ror
Nr. HARRISON the other two prominent caudi-
LAT IS, are much known %. side tho STATE.
VT they are nor obscure politicians. nor thc iu-
irrior> utcicc Ially Of t!rr mo.c ti...d-,i rivals
hr. Platt WAS Clerk of t.c STATE Senate
lu $50. Secretary ol stale IT. l~-G. ~.:t. ~.na-
''I iH i0'4' representative III I0'i ana
lNU'' ana I'D me natter Y'T H''a"'r "i t''
H"">'' N"' was BE h'N 'a''I'"|'f LOT
Senatorial nouoIs. IN 1eos whom Senator DEoa-
successor WIS 10 be elected. and Oh.
field being open for competition hy reason
OF senator Dixon, having affiliated with
the Democrats, Nj. Plat WAS candidate
holding the balance of power hctVl-p Governor
Buch ucaam and General Hawioy. His lricld-
adhered 20 Am With great devotion 80 long ~ there
was any hope OF success. and then went over H. 70
body aua gave tine nomination SO Governor Buck
u-lam. was not a cauD date iu l-12 p.,au~" n'
believed >crator Frlt va~ fairy erD.rd lo r.
uvuIAaflou,h Ht a.t,rGcaora llaN ley Va>n"innaicd
'y he caucus gave hHn b., support and opposed
The bolt against tHu. NlHce thUn RrpuA-
Hc"n NOMINATIONS have not counted i'f
much and nr ha. r"t sought th" .cm''y honor.
TIN, year BIS friends set cat early, AVID made ''~
d1ren' and energetic canvass IN b., hrh7i, with
The feeling that Lr aod as good title a> anybody
b., h., own ability and Li-h character AID by his
pr.rou, rccor! 20 Doe IN the race. and vrl up
among che idyort-~ at AT the scLd-oh. That is the
w." he came 10 '' q .n"ia'''. lie i~n'' 30 'r'I.a''
nan. '"' can -'N ''' MN io.' a ''i '.'i.. '''''
'I Almost uliN-"'t years ih1i ID. l' DOT OILY ""'
MS cIifI coA'''i'"r ''hrIa4 H'"I-' says B
gentlemen OF most honorable character S2rnu
judgment. Wr--'''aIctd mind. familiarity with
p'nnc affairs. and much >agaIfy ia conduct
ing them. but he Is also ola" OF the most.
might almost say the NOS coueritLtlou,
MAJ. haVreycr known 10 Doe engaged I'D actiF"
ponies without beng brilliant DC is q sound
ana sensible man. who does mS own th'nN-
'h-; he is persistent ana d"i' rmin"'' ~ ~"
same time iaat he Is modest and uua--
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