Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-01
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
Secret Meeting of Republican
 Leaders in New York.
SURPRISES AS TO ITS PURPoRT.

Blaine, Morton, PIatt and Mckinley To-
 gether-It Is Said They Settled Warner
 NIiller's Chances-But His Friends Arc
 stiI Confident That He Is All Right.
 NEW YORK, Dec 1.-Friday, Nov. 30, will | be recalled by politicians when Gen. Harrl- | sons cabinet is announced. Yesterday W as | an important day to New York state Repub- | licans, and full of portentialities of patron | age and influence Just before 10 o'clock a. | m. a slender, shrewd faced and nimble gen. tleman entered the Fifth Avenue hotel. He was the vice president-elect, and he went at | once to the parlor of James G. Blaine, who had just breakfasted with his son-in-law, Col. | Coppinger He went up in the elevator l along with an active and bright faced gentle I man, who greeted Mir. Morton with effusive cordiality. This gentleman was Maj. William Mckinley, of Ohio. He was the man who stood by MT. Sherman at the Chicago convention when all but Mckinley were ready to flee. He did not call upon MT. Blaine. He went straight to the parlor where Thomas c. Platt was waiting for him with an open fire box of perfectos, warm handshake and cordial smile. There were other friends of MT. Platt there, too, and they were very glad indeed to see the major.
 He onlOan cOIueS tO 4Ne" York on a special mission. He bears ere dentials from Senator John Sherman as en- voy extraordinary, with full powers to sign treaties, contract alliances and establish con- fidential relations generally with the regent of the empire state Republicans, Thomas c. Platt. Senator Sherman has been offered the secretaryship of state, it is said, and Har- rison is willing to allow the treasury to go to New York on either of two conditions. One is that it be given to Warner Miller, whom Sherman strongly favors, provided such an appointment will not split the party in the state
 The other is that it be given to Thomas c. Platt, whom Sherman cordially dishkes, pro- vided Platt's claims can be shown to be stronger than Miller's, and on condition that Sherman and Platt can wipe out old scores. Maj Mckinley is here to ascertain both the weight of the Platt influence and the chances of harmony between the New York War wick and the Ohio senator. After he has heard MT. Platt he will hear MT. Miller and carry back an impartial report to Sherman and Harrison.
 This was what oozed out between the cracks and chinks of the mystery which Gen. John N. Knapp, treasurer of the Republican state executive committee, watched over be- hind closed doors The principals to the conference declined, of course, to talk but when it broke up all the Platt men in the lobby were blithesome and garrulous They claimed that Sherman was now for Platt and that Mai Mckinley would not even take the trouble to visit Miller before going home. They forgot that Miller was an original Sherman man.
 l Mai Mckinley made break for the tele- graph office when the conference broke up l MT. Morton went down town, smiling, in a oah Tan TOinntaS aftarIyor1S Mr 1 took cab from the Twenty-third street en- ! trance and did not come back until 10:30 D. l m, when he packed his traps and departed ! on the Boston night flyer, having dined at the house of Col Coppinger MT. Platt re- 1 mained above stairs and wrote out a long | telegram to MT. Quay.
 1 All this stirred up the Miller men nightly. l and moved one of them to reminiscence when l it was claimed that Mckinley would go back | without seeing Miller. Said he: Ut was the ! Sunday evening before election. I met MT. Miller at the Fifth avenue, and we strolled l around Madison square. 1 knew he was ! beaten, and so did he; but when I reproached l him for his impolitic attitude on the liquor l question he saio.
 "'You and I were both up at the Methodist l conference We both knew how strongly the ! sentiment there, and among church people ! generally, was in favor of prohibition The
 Prohibition vote at the last election was 45,- GOO. This year it might have been 75, ,OOO Ii
 won't be 30, 900 Tuesday, for the Republicans ! who would vote the Prohibition ticket
 against any other candidate will vote for me ! and for the electoral ticket I have sacri I feed myself. l know it, and did it with my ! eyes open.'
 ''But Harrison is elected, and the Prohibi
 tion vote was about 9, 7,000 wasn't it? Dc you think Harrison doesn't know and appre
 ciate the extent of Miller's sacrifice? Don't
 believe it for a moment. Mark my words
 Miller will be the next secretary of the treas
 ury."
 l prominent Republican closely identified
 with Mir. Platt was not disposed to put mucl
 faith in any arrangement that might bt
 made with Sherman. He was inclined tc
 sheer at the possibility of such a coalition
 Said he: Don't these fellows see that Blaine
 and Quay the one hand, and Sherman or
 the othar, can never be brought into co
 hesive relations by Platt or anybody else
 Platt is going into the cabinet on his owr
 legitimate claims, backed up by his natura
 allies, Blaine and Quay, of whom h,
 tried to make president and the other O
 whom he actually made chairman of tn,
 Republican national committee He vii
 decline to treat with Sherman. He is not il
 position to temporize, He would alienat
 both Blaine and Quay by attempting it, ant
 he won't attempt it. Miller is welcome t,
 all the good Sherman can do him"
 A late rumor last night said that Senato l Quay had been wired for to meet McKinle, 1 and Morton and was expected here to-day I Quay, who knows much of the situation
 here as Platt himself, is said by one of hi
 recent associates, a Union League club and
 Miller man, to be more disturbed than any
 one else over Miller's defection. He argue
 that Miller, a defeated candidate for senato
 and governor, would not have the temerit,
 to go it alone without private reasons fo
 strong confidence. MT. Quay is anxious t
 know what these reasons are and whethe
 Miller is really going to Indianapolis. He
 thought to be strongly opposed to makin
 terms with Sherman under any circum . stances.
 ! s~ SHAl WE HAVE HAMANA9