The sun., 1894-01-15
REBELLION AGAINST PLATT.
SOME CURIOUS PoEI1ICs DETELoP-
INC IN LLBdNT.

A"V AN dShfHN@s
TIE Mutinsers D,su't Rnov~ where They
Were At Untit the Boss Captured the Or
sanitation oT Roth Houses, sad Now
They Are Unorgsnized and LesderIes-.
ALBANY. Jan. 14.-Some curious politics has
developed since the organization OF the LeEis-
isture. It turns out that a majority Of the Re-
publicsns In neither House are at heart fol-
lowers OF Platt the Master That this fact was
not developed sooner is due to the unprece-
dented series OF political accidents which
brought about the overwhelming Republican
majority in each House OF the Legislature.
At the time Of the Republican State Conven-
tIon no one seriously thought that any OF its
candidates would be elected. II the Conven-
tion had thought that 1t was naming men to
win. there would have been m entirely differ
snt set OF candidates. Capt Palmer. for In
stance, who was elected Secretary OF state
was TO be nominated for Comptroller.
which is the more powerful office. but
when IL came to the Convention he said he
would rather be nominated for Secretary OF
Btate because he was doing some work Tor
Comptroller Campbell and would rather run
against some one else. Ex-Railroad Commits
sioner Isaac v. Baker. who could have been
nominated for any office he wanted. declined
20 be put up for Comptroller, as he thought
that by no possibility could he win. John Is
Woodward. District Attorney OF Chautauqua
county. would have been nominated for At
tornoy- General had not some Of HE friends
thought that q nomination was not worth
having and SO voted as empty compliment
for Hancock OF Syracuse. who is political
scion Of the house OF Belden.
In the same manner. nominations for the
Senate and the Assembly were given to men on
whom Mr. Ilatt had no possible claim. and
many OF whom had opposed the regular Re'
publican organizations In their districts. IL
was regarded rs good year to nominate
dummies and chronic kickers in order to get
them out OF tho way by crushing, defeat.
Everybody knows that In several districts.
notaWly the Brooklyn district now represented
hy owens and tho Westchester district the
with the local Republican organizations TO
pick the candidates who should run against
IL was never thought that the Republicans
could carry both OF the Buffalo districts, one ot
which Is Democratic by 3suO. nor that tney
brooklyn Assent bly, districts. or that McCarren
and Morris would be defeated As result ot
this men were nom mated without pledges and
without those UNDERSTANDINGS which an ex-
pert politician like Mr. flatt always regards as
When the election was over even Mr.. Platt
was dazed. His irstremark, that 1t was Prov:
idence that did t." represented the state OF
Then began q political ,campsiCn which
hoS II. had TRS done nothins % bsiors The hcpuSicsn
Rtate COMMITTEES had been able to raise only
$4,000 for the camraign., OF which little
about SO 600 for use throughout tho whole
state. That amount was not enough to sprin-
Nj Pintt called together his old lieuteuants
Throughout the state. lie also sum m oned. or
rather politely invited. the leading members
o! the Senate and the Assembly to walk into
The slate was ut once announced Saxton
for President OF the senate. OConnor for
leader and Kenyon for Clerk. and Malby for
speaker and Ainsworth for leader Of the As
sembly. The newspapers all over the state
printed this slate. Everybody said that they
were the men who would be chose ap and So, no one
aiterward came tho ennnouneemsnto Of the name
OF the Clerk OF tho Assembly. Col. Dunn, Re-
publican committeeman from Senator OCon-
nor,s district one Of the strongest Platt dis
tricts OF the State.
The new members camo to Albany and ac-
thought that. although he mieht not be salts
was was in vain, il was. not until every body had
ia1oPed @ The slate. sSd that Mr. Fistt i eoinS e
q o%n snsG psr ho not 'S With Rm f IN Ts. Bao
Brooklyn. and New York members are out
spoken In their 2Rposition Ihs mem hers from
Of the State retain the anti-Platt traditions Of
But Mr. Plat has the oranization Of both
es ss IN ns Of al tSs
mittees. His disciples are faithful band who
know one another so well that their organiza-
tion approaches in perfection to that OF q mill
tary company; The opposition Is unorgehiZed,
without sufficient acquaintance. and with
,nutionous feelings. The outcropsings OF this
mutiny are plainly evident but Who will bo
the head mutlneer has not yet appsared The
process OF natural selection may develop him
before the end OF the session.
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