The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-02
SOON TO HEAR PLATT.
The Subcommittee Begins Its
Investigations.
Up the State Cases 10 Be First
Disposed OF.
Report Not to BE Submitted for q
Week or So.

The Subcommittee of the Republican
State Committee, consisting of James
w. Wadsworth, Benjamin b. Odell
George w. Dunn, John A. Quacken-
bush and w. l.. Proctor. appointed TO
,, York factions, the Milholland- Plat Sec
ton and the Committee of Thirty divi-
sion, met in the Fifth Avenue Hotel at
10 O'Clock this morning. The meeting
| was private.
Incidental to the New York investiga-
tion the Committee will also settle the
| claims of rival Syracuse factions. headed
by ex-Collector Francis Hendricks and
ex-Consressman James J. Belden. Frank
II. Hiscock, nephew OF ex-senator His
cock; ex-Collector Hendricks and James
s. Kenyon are delegates to represent the
Hendricks claims. and NJ. II. Delano.
Senator stapleton and William p. Good
ellie look after the Belden end.
After the Syracuse differences are
| adjusted. the Committee will take up
the Albany disagreements and in the
afternoon the feature of the day, the
New York fight, viii be considered
much attention to the morning pro-
gramme and but few of them were
around the hotel corridors before noon.
one. The Committee of Thirty claims an
enrolment of 5000 and primary vote
of 10000 They say Milholland's organi-
cation is fake and out of a sawdust
voters.
The Milholland- Plattites say they will
prove that not only was the Committee
Of Thirty's enrolment fraudulent, but
that a decker has already been arranged
by them with Tammany.
Among the Milholland boomers is NJ.
NJ, Mulhall. of the Eleventh Assembly
tails showing that for the past fourteen
years he has been in the employ of the
National Republican Congressional Com
mittee. He says that for several months
Republican Labor Party. Of New
dorse Ailholland He says That he
the labor party, but received no encour-
agement from them, He will appear be-
for the Subcommittee this afternoon
and lay before them, the Endorsement of
Milholland's claims by a number of Or
gained labor parties.
WeprkeEs' ana holders Union, x. Of L.
81 spoEe o4 epesT of the Hem
drlckss party when the Committee took
I'D the Syracuse matter. 1t took him
two hours to expose the alleged villain
crowd.
C. II. Lewis spoke for the Belden side.
At the rate 1t is going now 1t will take
the Committee about two days to get
down to the New York City phase OF
the case.
In reply to Mr. Hlscock. Mr.. Lewis
made some statements that did not
| please Charles L. Ide, Of Syracuse, who
made a long. heated speech denying
| most OF what Mr.. Lewis had said
The Committee adjourned q little after
l o'clock and met again at 2 to finish up
the Syracuse case.
The Albany case will not be taken up
to-day. as the disputants have not yet
made their appearance.
At o'clock the MilhollandPlattites
and the Committee of Thirty locked
| horns. Henry Grasse. Donald McLane,
James Montigani. of Albany, and Otto
| Irving Wise will do the principal I'M
! masking of the alleged ungentlemanly
| methods of the Committee of Thirty.
while William Brookfield. ]. V. Clarke,
j. L. Hedges and j. S. Lehmeir will be
on hand to reply for the Committee.
Up to o'clock neither Thomas c.
Plat nor Col Bliss had been at the
| hotel. Mrs. Plat was al the hotel, how
| ever. and said she expected Mr.. Platt
in the afternoon.
Six big colored men created quite a
sensation in the corridors of the hote
| by carrying on reel as large as that
| Of a hose-cart the enrolment list OF the
Milholland faction. 1t was said tina
there were between 1900 and 5000 or
| iginal names on the list.