The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-26
HAM FISH is REPENTANT,
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Among the eontiesnt Of Republican lsets-
lators who visit the Fifth Avenue Hotel at
the close OF every week there were some yes
terday who had one or two interesting bits OF
Information about the BIZ partisan Police bill.
The bill has teen made the special order for
discussion IA the senate TO morrow. The Ee-
publican legislators say 1t will pass the senate
with little or no opposition. II will then be in
the hands 9th Assembly Committee on the
Affairs Of Cities. OF which the Hon. Ham Fish
OF Putnam lie Chairman. Efforts will be made
to have this com mittee report the bill favor
ably BY Thursday. and the Assembly will
then pass II. Nr. Fish Is not inclined
to lie obstsperous In fact. the Repub-
lican statesmen fresh from Albany said
they we're convinced that Mr.. Fish
had become tired Of opposing Plat and had
male 1t known that he was not altogether sat
isGed that he had taken the correct course for
his political future when he sided with the
Chamber OF Commerce and the Union League
Club Republicans in their opposition to this
bill The action Of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee In reporting the bill favorsbly almost
instantly after the Chamber OF Commerce and
the Union League Republicans had laid their
strenuous objections before the committee.
has. according to Mr.. Fish's Republican
friends opened his eye.. Mr. Fish desires to
be the Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. In the first blush OF the Demo-
cratic defeat last fall Mr.. Fish declared that
he was the logical candidate for sneaker Of
the Assembly. He was vefy easily defeated.
He did not feel pleasantly over II. and ac-
cordng TO the BepuGican statesmen in town.
he got around him Assembly men from Erie
and th.ptnuaua and endsavored TO or.
Mr.. Plat. Mr. Fish had the SUPPORT OF the
Chamber OF Commerce and the MON League
Senate committee the other day In positively
nfrIontlng these Republicans Mr.. Fish has
been made clear 70 him. II was said. that the
Erie county Republican kickers cannot Aid
him in his Political Al as mot sspp or
Governor before the next state Convention
will be considered for an instant. They have
tStSnss the aid Of H. fsts friend,
bany only to continue, their, violent opposition
TO the LEGISLATION which Mr.. Piatf and his
Mr. Fish has told his friends that he does not
leans who were SO snubbed as the thambe
OF ommerce and Union League Tub Republic
Tfss cn b. Fs Ill., NJ
dollar 70 . Cookie sSst he misht as well fold
candidates for Governor By ,coun,ic. on Sat:
there were thirty four candidates for Gov:
ernor. II was a.certaincd yesterday that
there are thirty-six candidates up to date,
and that the gentlemen whose booms were
unintentionally slghied were those OF Ed.
Saline 5 smith of the TWsS,y.iIrs, s diSmo Tnn
back district OF New York city. Mr.
O'Brien was Harrison,s Shipping Commits
est Republicans Of the Adirondack region. His
discourses on the future OF tho Republican
party are not excelled by the prose compost
lions OF Henry Clinton Rackus NJ New York
city Mr.. rlatt would not listen atthe Syracuse
Convention to the suggestion that Mr.. OBEien
be put on the State Tie ket, giving as his reason.
" on. no; lot us save Mr.. 0Brien for Governor
next year" A. for Mr.. smith. II IL well known
that he was defeated by Mr.. Bartlett for tho
nomination for Judge Of the Court o: Appeals.
and this. according to Mr. Smiths friends. en-
publican State Convention. Mr.. smith has the
friendship Of certain Union League Club Re-
publiranr and he is not unk Kindly spoken OF by
certain me m bers Of the eminent Com mittee OF
Thirty and their friends an such distinR uished
Republican leaders as Jake Patterson and his
coterie.