The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-08
THE EASTERN REPUBLICANS
Ex-senator I. c. Plat Declares He Is
Not Committed to Any Candidate,
And Will Only Decide on His Course After
Conference at Chicago-0perations of
Supporters Of Michigan's Favorite.


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New YORK, June THE Journal CORES
pondent has been authorized to say for ex-Sen.
T. c. Piatt, OF this State. that he 10 not CON-
mitted for or against any candidate at Chicago.
II intend to 90 there uncommitted.' he said.
tonight, land will only decide my course Of
action after full conference With the delegates
from other States. I think this is the wise
course for every delegate to pursue, now that
Mr.. Blame has emphatically pulled out As
long - the party drift was toward him. clearly
and distinctly. 1 advocated his nomination
Now. deem il . good time tolwait and see wha.
viii come
As Senator Platts special friends on the
New York delegation number between thirty
and thirty-ivs. this declaration means that the
the New York delegates are not likely TO take
any decided steps until after they get together
ct Chicago Senator Plat is known to have q
warm feeling for General Aleer. but he has.
also. tor General Harrison and Senator Allison.
The Aleer mon have been parading Plat a. an
Alger man to an extent that has reached and
was really the occasion of the above deelara-
ton. The Senator likes TO make his
own announcement. just as no did in the Gresh.
tonight, he spoke in the highest terms of appre-
citation of General Harrison, and indicated that
he thought if the nomination should 90 West it
would be between Harrison, Aleer and Allison.
There was no intmation that be favored any
one man over another. but the impression was
left that If he could make the party see Genera
Ayers availability from the money standpoint
he would do it; otherwise, he would fall in line
for any one Of the three who should come to the
front most formidably.
The Alger men are here in force. They have
twenty thirty agents scattered over New
York and New England. and they are every.
where so lavish of expenditure rs TO cause Z
serious check to be put on the feeling that was
account of his money. One Of the Connecticut
delegates said here, today, that he had received
visits from no less than twenty Aleer men. all
of whom he knew to be paid to come and
only cannot influence any one.n said
be. but they disgust men. hope If General
Aleer knows about the sending around OF such
troop he will stop it at once. for his own sake.
because no one thinks he is the kind Of q man
| TO do this sort of thing knowingly
Just ex-senator W. p. kellogg, of Louis
| lana was leaving New York to-day, for Chicago,
he said: 81 have only one positive reflection to
make on the situation. The Gresham corner 10
busted. It was run on the same principle a.
Chicago wheat corner, or corn corner,
or pork corner. II was run
by the same men. and 1t advertised in the
wrong paperA"
Senator Orville a Platt of Connecticut, who
il here to-day. says that the Republicans can
| win with any candidate, because ME-. Cleveland
| IL weak with his own party. Every day.
says the Senator. az meet plain. everyday citi-
| zeus who are Democrats who tell me that under
| no circumstances will they support DIR. Cleve-
| land. They don't make much noise, but they
are in earnest The Democrats thought they
could carry Rhode Island but failed They
carried Oregon two years ago. but
now. after . big effort they have LOST,
IL by large majority. They have failed to see
the drift Of things among their own party or the
| people on the tariff, and they will be woefully
| beaten It will make difference what ticket
We put up now. Any good man can win.'
Sen8tor Sherman came over from Washing.
ton tonight TO confer with friends here, having
the excuse to attend a railroad directors meet
Ing There is not much comfort IN the situa-
ton here for him, the New York leaders say
they doubt il he could carry the State. He has
six votes in the delegation.