The evening world., 1894-07-25
Boss Plat Scores a Decided
Victory in the Fight for
Regularity.
WINS BY A VOTE OF q TO z.
The fractional Contest Is Re-
ferred to a Sub-Com-
mittee.
OPPONENTS TOO CONFIDENT.
4 Straight Ticket Favoring Tam
many Hall Is Ex-
pected.
OPPONENTS TOO CONFIDENT.

The Committee OF Thirty forces were
completely routed by Boss Plat to-day
in the fight over the regularity of the
Republican factions in this city.
BY a vote Of % to II. the Republican
State Committee. which considered the
subject. decided to refer the factional
contest to Il subcommittee, which is
made up almost entirely of Plat men.
The boss has things his own way now,
and 1t Is expected that he nominate his
stranght ticket in favor Of Tammany
Hall.
Plat merely played with his oppon-
ents.
1t was a case OF over confidence on
their part.
80 They talked this morning of the i'm
possibility Of Plat having his way or
appointing a subcommittee, but he did
He knew he had the necessary votes In
Committee to carry his point. His man.
Milholland knew 1t, too, and so conf
dent was Milholland that he sent out the
information that the subcommittee had
been appointed long before the Commit
tee arrived at decision.
The action of the committee is con-
sidered a hard blow to the Committee
Of Thirty, although they will not admit
II.
The coup was engineered by PIatt him
self. He was at the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel, where the committee met early.
and introduced every committeeman
personally.
Chairman Brookfleld said that he did
not regard the decision Of the Com
mittee as a defeat for his faction. 1t
made no difference to him who decided
the question of regularity. He had no
doubt that ultimately his faction would
be recognised. He was acting in the
interest Of harmony.
Mr.. Brookfield denied that he threat
ened to resign II the power to appoint the
subcommittee was taken away from
him. II Mr.. Brookfeld contemplated re-
matter. He showed plainly the disap:
followers were Ignored altogether.
The Committee was named In the res.
9lution as follows: George w. Dunn, Of
w. A prSssSr of osaens
burg; James A. Wadsworth, OF Gene.
SEQ, and B. B. Odel.. jr.. Of Newburg
Proctor is the only out and out anti
Platt man Of the five.
George w. Dunn was the clerk OF tbs
last Assembly at Albany. Quackenbush
Is an ex-Congressman., He represents
ex-Marshal Lon Payn's district. Payr
Is Platt's most trusted lieutenant, anG
Wadsw orth and Odell swear by Plat
too.
The resolutionprovides that the Com
mittee OF Five shall have power to de-
eide on the regularity of the factions II
this city and Syracuse. In Syracuse
there ls a contest between the followers
Of ex;Collector Hendricks and Congress
man Belden.
A motion to except New York from tht
inVsstigstion was lost by vote of 2
The State Committee adjourned unit
Aug. to hear the report Of the sub
committee. The subcommittee will II
ne mean time sit every day to hear ties
An the New Yrk City members, exeep
hehry Grasse, voted against the Plat
resolution. The other supporters o
Brookneld were: Messrs. Booth and Hur
icy: OF Brooklyn, Ccatcherd and Hazel.
The Bliss Root Patterson Bro il
faction claim that they have the onl!
regular, true blue organization as tn
estimate successors of the old Count.
Plat schemed to get control Of tn
New York organisation. and got hi
young man. Milholland, to lead re
Milholland has Platts power benin,
larity.
The regular Republicans will probabl
settle scores with the boss at the poll
the same as they did In the Folge
campaign, when Cleveland got 49,, W
majority for Governor.