Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-05


NEW YoRK, Sept 5-The following ap-
pears in the New York Herald today;
visited ex-senator Thomas c. Platt at
the Oriental hotel, Manhattan beach, and
invited him to talk politics. told him that
wanted him to talk politics and that l
wanted to print whatever he said in The
Herald He hesitated a moment ms il think
ing over the expediency Of saying anything,
but finally he repliedi ''All right; I suppose
it is fair and proper that l should say some
thing ! suspect l know the questions You
have in mind TO ask me, and SO, consider
ing that perhaps it is suitable for me to say
something, I shall talk frankly and clearly"
you talked that way just before the
Minneapolis convention ,entured TO re-
mark
''Well, yes, so / did, 2 the senator replied,
$50 I did; nor have l anything to take back
nor anything to regret I did then what
thought was my duty to the Republicans Of
New York and Of the country. am going
TO do what think is my duty now.
eve live in a land where the majority
rules, must rule and is going to rule every
time. The majority did not agree with me
at Minneapolis did my best 60 defeat the
president, but he had more votes than the
other candidates aud that settled it. Now
he is the nominee Of the Republican party
am a Republican ! was Republican in
1855. have been a Republican every hour
of every day from then until this minute
never faltering IN my support Of Repub-
iican principles and Republican candidates,
no matter whether the candidate were
men Of my choice or not. The aims and
policies of parties in this country have got
20 undergo a wonderful change before |
shall be anything else than a Republican,
Senator Platt paused moment, and dur
ing the pause / suggested that neyerthe-
less he had been rather quiet since the
Minneapolis convention, and perhaps a
source Of some solicitude among the pres-
dents friends,
Roundly and Indeeentiy Abused.
Mr. Platt smiled and said, "rhe weather
has been pretty hot, you know Then he
went on more seriously; Eyes, l have been
quiet, though ] shall not flatter myself with
the idea that have been a source Of much
soiicitude Il would be the shallowest kind
Of pretense FOR me to claim that was not
greatly disappointed by the result at Min
neapolis. Ny friends and my enemies have
generally agreed, ! think, in charging me
with strong feelings and fancy they are
right What l believe, l believe, and l
know / believe it; and as far as l can try
to act accordingly.
u do not get over such disappointment
as ] had at Minneapolis in twenty-four
hours, and / confess there has been in my
mind a grave question whether it was my
duty to go into this campaign with the
activity have usually put forth. Because
man keeps quiet under pitiless attack,
bends bis shoulders to take it and smiles
more or less cheerfully when he rights him
self, IL does not follow that he has OK.
perienced agreeable sensations, nor that be
Is proud or pleased at what has been said
I do not know that there has been a man id
this state and perhaps IN the whole country
who has been more roundly and indecently
abused than T.
''Insofar as this comes from Democratic
and mugwump sources-that is, from the
common enemy-I expect it and am ready
for il; but when spend day and night in
the service Of the Republican party, doing
what ! can TO promote the success of its
principles and its candidates. without
thought or hope or expectation Of Office or
reward, IL seems a little hard that / should
have to take from Republicans what even
Democrats ought TO be ashamed TO give me-
"lsuppose that our friends, the enemy
and perhaps some Of our siucerer friends,
viii think II vastly amusing when / tell you
that am not a boss; that / do not want to
be boss; that hate nothing so much as to
have 70 do with patronage, and that my
actions in occasionally undertaking to di-
rect Republican methods and politics aud
in urging candidates. and recommending
persons for Office are dictated solely by
what I conceive to be the interests and ne
cessities Of party and public welfare But
that is true
Fool Friends.
doubts We're raised in my mind after the
Minneapolis convention how far NV sery
ices We're required by those who seemed
then to be in charge of Mr.. Harrison's cam
paign. Iheard that some persons were rep
resenting to him that all the misfortune
the Republican party had ever undergon,
in the state Of New York We're to be az
tributed to me, aud that it would DO goo,
politics for him to let it be understood tha
he would have nothing to do with bosses
Certainly / had no desire TO obtrud
myself upon the president nor TO force my
self into the conduct Of his campaign il
Was not Mdnltu AS tney nave proved,
was probably oversensitive. But If a ma
must have faults, that one is among thos
most easily forgiven
There was another pause here and the n
porter filed it in with the question, rs
you waitedr
Eyes, I waited. ] waited to hear frof
President Harrison. Some people said thu
waited to hear from him request TO tax
Office: that / waited to make d sordid ba
gain; that stood like a road agent .holdin
up a coach. These We're lies and they WEI
among the meanest and most irritating
most painful and most hurtful lies haS
ever had 90 endure President Harrison
like all men high in power, has a great nun
Der OF foolish friends more or less close
him. These creatures are inseparable froi
high political station. Some are very artfi
as well as silly, and from some the qualit
Of malice is not wanting
"But he has, too, large number Of frien,
closely attached to him, proud Of him, yea
GUS in his interest, men who profound
admire him and profoundly love the par
he leads They probably told the presidei
that was not MS bad as those imaeinati
people had painted me, but that was Il
nished with that proper measure of s,
respect which ought to be the equipment
an American citizen.