The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-19
New York.
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ALBANY, y. y, Jan. 14.-New York; new
Senator is not likely to astonish the world
in anv way, or TO gair leading position in
the first House, lie is sadly lacking in many
essential qualities "haracteriziug the great
men who have represented the Empire state
in that body. He is not brilliant man. lie
is not an orator nor has he the personal mag
netism which attracts men to General
Arthur, Speaker Sharp, or his late antagon-
ist, Richard Crowley. He is q shrewd, cal
culative manipulation, and will no doubt be
of valuable assistance to Senator COnkling.
He is about forty-eight, unprepossessing
Tioga County, and his residence is
still there. lie was formerly a mer-
chant hut, early in the history of the Re
publican party, engaged in politics, becom-
ing influential In TiOga County. His POI
litical ass sciation with Alonzo Cornell, now
Governor, began long ago. Both were in
the same Congressional District. Platt and
Cornell worked together for the first nOmi-
nation of Grant Both were early and valu-
able aids to Conklings political promotion.
Platt was elected to Congress in 1873 and
served two terms. lie was Chairman OF the
Republican State Central CQmmiltee at
Rochester in 1877; U1s appointed by Cornell
Quarantine Commissioners OF New York last
winter, and is President of the United States
Express Company. Those who regard the
result Of the caucus Us defeat of Conkling's
wishes will find themselves altoge Their mis-
taken. Ii is just as he most desired as time
will show. Last night he sent the following
dispatch:
WASHINGTON January 49,
Hon. Thomas c. Platt, Delavan House. Albany:
congratulate the Republican party and the
State of New York on the choice OF a senator who
never apologized for being n stalwart Republican.
Roscoe CoNKLING.
Platts election is combined victory oil
the machine and the anti-machine over
Crowley Seeing there was no hope Depew
at the critical moment withdrew from the
contest and gave his following over to Platt
securing his election, gettir a terrible re-
veuge for the snap-caucus game OF Sharpe
in the Assembly in the interest OF Crowley.
Nine-tenths of the Depew men went for
Platt, including Senator Woodin and
Assemblymen Alyord and Hustled, the
principal managers for Depew. None oil
the local or metropolitan newspapers
speak OF the dirty work resorted to
by the wie-pullers OH Thursday afternoon
\ The workers fairly wallowed in political
! filth. Ii was the most shameful exhibitions
of political trickery ever witnessed. II
seems strange that the fight should have
been waged so bitterly TO the last between
two machine candidates, even after all tn,
Others were practically out OF the race
Crowley's supporters had great faith in
John +. Smythe, and did not give up hop,
until the vote was half taken in the caucus
AS it is, things are very much mixed, anC
IL is hard TO tell who has gained victory
though il is morally certain some one hal
been pretty badly beaten, and four of tn,
someone's look very much like Richard
Crowley, General Arthur, John f. Smythe
and Speaker Sharpe of the Assembly. Com
ing events will show that the defeat is no
NJ all on Conkling's side.