The evening world., 1894-09-01
incidentally, He Is Also GleefuI
Over Mr.. Morton's Letter
Wants to Know Where THAT Stalk
ing Horse" Has Gone To.
SAYS the characterization Will
surely Get the Nomination.


Can he be nomlnatcl?" VIII the anti |
Plat leaders revolt? Morton is PATS
choice. AMI while he Is personally ac-
ceptabe Il all factions. he will be op
puseI because he Is Pats man.
MIR. Platt himself does not anticipate
any difficulty in debating the nomina-
ZION.
Il have no doubt" he ra,d this morn
ing. that Mr.. Morton will be nomin
ated. Mr.. Platt also said he did not
doubt that Mr.. Morton would be can
didate.
MIR. Morton's letter" he continued,
us characteristic of the man MIR. Nor
ton is the choice of the majority OF the
Republicans of the state. l think he
Will be the nominee" he repeated.
Mr.. Plat was exultant over hts v.c
tory. stole that he is in politics he is
human after all, and COULDN'T spare rl bis
was his KNIFE thrust al them.
, Il would like You to lind that stalking
horse they have been talking about. He
must have got loose and run away"
, This keen salyo from Mr.. Platts word
battery was fred Ut those who have
been sayins mat ,,. Morton was merely
II any other name for Governor would
! b. presented to the Convention
II can't say as TO that can't
answer for other candidates" was his
reply.
a, COUNTY. VIII those delegations be for
Il don't know how many Of the dele.
, gates from New York and Kings will
! he for Morton" answered Mr.. Plat.
: but the leaders here assure mo that
y they are for Morton"
, This Is Important. coming from Mr..
Platt. in view OF the statement that
New York and Kings would %pp"ss Plat PA,
T. gates. Kings, 20; Erie. 81 and chee1,nnE
7 county and Chennng Is for Fasse,t.
;. Together the four counties would make
7 a strong combination. There will b.
h ~ delegates TO the Convention. aud 1t
4 Convention could De stampeded for an
' ant. ilstt man. but Mr.. Platt has evil
:. d-mtly counted noses. and expects to be
u pl,tely he is master Of the machine he
n has demonstrated by the way he openly
i fors,L Merton on . his party. yvor,,,
" porters with leaders in this, city and
/ Brooklyn bear out Mr.. Platts calcula
d Tie Union League, or silk stocking
element which Is against Plat. Is not
n oyerioyed over Platts victory Mr..
" Morton IL a member of the Union
d League prominent in its councils and
the most prominent man politically in
the club. Under the circumstances, It
was expected that Gen. Horace Porter.
President of the club. would express
the proud satisfaction at the prospect
Of he high honor 10 be conferred r.l,; on
cantly silent. II don't care to say a
word" he declared.
HI manner indicated that the subject
was distssteful to him. There are about
twenty disappointed candidates for the
Governorship in the Union League, and
thai may account for the lukewarmness
OF some of thc members.
IL IL AS certain as things politically
can be that Morton viii be the Repub'
nee for Governor. l.leut-Gov. Sheehar
will not be a candidate again. There !:
mate Mr. Plat said the Republican
nomination for second place was opcr
! to all
Suxtor. Mayor George W. Adridge, OF
Rochester, and Mayor George e. Green
NJ of Buffalo. Mayor Green has bari =
too. He II one of the owners of thu
,r Hotel Metropoie, and rich enough I,
NJ own steam Yacht for his private use;
Ut ned money would he flowing aroun,
y, like rivers tull Of ice. Hence the ,mer
hi Gov. Flowers election, and his opponent
~ although a wealthy man. did not hav
de nearly as much cash at his command.
II ever. both me and Gov. Flower hav
lei friends who Will make liberal COntribu
,ot items to the campaign funds. SO that /
lis Will not be for the want OF money tina
ID" ,ne of them will b. eft.
Mr.. Choate's friends have, not deserte
IlIi NlI. MOTlbn mas
declared himself In the Held. The Reput
liran afternoon newspaper and the In
dIyiduals who started the Choate boor
N Will stand by their candidate until MI
Morton or some one else Is nominated
Alr. Choate's supporters are anti-Platt.
lit Mr.. Choate himself did what he coul
aid to ignore Platt's followers in the dis
~, tribution OF the patronage in the Cor
sht stitutlonal Convention, OF which he
When a" he he h ha not Of r
RS toms yes IS, he's wlllin BarlIis."
Ike all he would say. Mr.. Choate never wa
-, t ais for the TX ice; PRESIDENT. anu
ltp Chairman Brookheld, of the Republ
SITS. h., was pleased over Mr.. Morton's car
the II viii support. Mr.: Morton If he
ow the nominee Of the Convention" is q
lca. he would say. He would not EXPIRE
BERT an opinion as to whether ne consider,
tent MIR Morton the strongest or best ma
looi that Mr.. Plat could have selected. Al
'tes Brookteld had run-in with MIR. PA
ere over the regularity of the Commits
hey OF Thirty. Mr. Brooktleld won the flgi
but he does not feel strong enough
tackle the ex-senator In the Governo
State Comptroller Roberts and
Sloat Fassett viii remain in the iie
get moro than the complimentary Y,
Of his delegation I'm committee.
Cen. Samuel Thomas, Treasurer Of
Ian dav: MIR Morton. II he is nominal
wife, is sure Of election. | shall give h
hey nearly support $500. -. I'LL.
ster 'Inl Sap,.ie Slli'h Was more SUM
that -, m's ,n'Si s'I ut' ~ - ohJ Oh
tho MIR. Morton was IA grand Republics
bnr and would make a superb Govern
NV But there was an 'if" to what he sa
If" he gave II as his opinion,
there should be a contest. the fl
re might concentrate" And then-Bliss
10 Police Commissioner Murray Is emil
siastic over eX-Nice-President Morto
.o.s llnfrHlo HI regards the contents
tn let'hr as the, expressions OF ma
AR Morton does not ask to be
|G,NernuI Of New York state, he
nond n,,cpt the /, iLination II il is profile
a hy him
rscs, lie thinks he is the most ayara