The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-11
NEW YORK POLITICS.
Senator J. Sloat Fassett Speaks
of Hills Chances.
HIS CONTROL OF THE MACHINE.
The Brilliant Republican Leader OF the
Empire State Legislature Visiting
Seattle Hotel Talks.

Senator j. Sloat Fassett, OF Elmira, y. Y, and
Mr.. John w. Dwight, of Dryden, arrived in the
city yesterday and are at the Rainier hotel. Mr..
Dwight owns extensive wheat farms in North
Dakota, in which Senator Fassett Is also inter
ested. They have been stopping there for some
days and have now come to the Sound for both
pleasure and business
Senator Fassett has great faith in the Sound
country and especially in the city OF Seattle.
He has expressed his confidence by investing
heavily IN Seattle property, particularly IN
Lake Washington and Kirkland real estate.
Mr.. Fassett is young man-to all appear
ances but little over 30 years of age-whose
brilliant course in New York state politics has
made him national reputation, SO that he is
everywhere pointed to as one of the >ming men
of the Republican party and of the country
perhaps as The coming man.
His personal appearance is distinctly prepos-
sessing. He is man abont FIVE feet eight or
nine inches tall, and wei built. His head is
large and finely shaped, with high brow, keen
eyes, strong nose-slightly aquiline-and
firm mouth and chin. closely cut light
mustaehe partly covers his lips, but his hair, of
the same color, is growing thin.
Mr.. Fassets has had remarkable career. For
eight years he has been in the state Senate, and
during most OF that time he has been the Re-
publican leader in the legislature. For the last
half of the period his absolute supremacy has
his leadership, he has been the president pro
tempore OF the Senate. This high honor has
been fairly earned, for Senator Fassett is an I'M
firing worker in committee, a sound legislator,
sharp parEamentarian, a brilliant speaker, who
uses the rapier, not the bludgeon, IN debate; and
as q leader on the floor, he is without an equal
Many OF the recent reform bills introduced into
the New York legislature have borne
his name; and many which bear other
names have really been passed by his efforts
Though he is q strong partisan, and has By his
political tactics and his famous investigation of
the New York city government, done more than
any other man in the state to discomfit the DEM
ocratic party, Governor Hill and Tammany Hail;
though he has been made the subject of bitter
political attacks, nevertheless the first breath OF
scandal has never touched him. In a legislature
VIGOROUSLY veual he has borne a reputation
for perfect honesty. AS result he IL looked to
as one of the cleanest and ablest men
in the party, and he is considered one
of the most available candidates for governor
this fall. His friends firm in the belief that
term or two as governor win make him presi-
dent.
Mr.. Fassett when asked about New York poll
tics last night, replied: 81 have been away
from the state for three weeks now, and since
everything there is in hux I am hardly COM
petent to talk OF politics. In New York there is
something new every day, and as have said
am three weeks behind
''About Governor Hili2 Well, have discov-