New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-13
IN SUPPORT OF Mr.. PLATT.
Talks WITH NUMBER OF LOYAL
REPUBLICANS

IN
REPUBLICANS.
u,,,,v PRAISE THE NEW PARTY ORGANIZATION
.xn GIVE THEIR REASONS FOR PRE-
FERRING ITS PLAN.
Ex-senator Thomas C. Platt received 50 many
,~rams letters and messages yesterday that ne
- considerable difficulty in finding time to read
80 :, Them They covered his office table AZ NO.
80 broadway several inches deep, and others. sent
~ him at the Fifth Avenue Hotel obscured the
r,scc OF his private writing desk In his nome
nar,ers last evening Nearly all OF these messages
sreathed the same spirit and came from loyal de-
voted and intelligent Republicans. who nave only
the success and unity OF the party at near'' ihey
anplauded the exSenators course in relation 10 he
Anti-Machine Republican Organization OF TINS city
end concurred fully in his view that the movement
&c likely 10 prove of immense benefit to the Kepuo-
ucan cause by bringing to its active support new
blood an energetic ''hustling' element caPao,e vi
,ncrea sing the voting power OF the party especay
in parts OF the city where II has peen weah an"
unable to reach the classes which are heeoed 10
t,ud I'm the marty organization and make 1t eff
Gent 49,.
Mr. Patt also had many callers VINO eNpresseu
Substantially the sentiments ana VINO 'ou
him that the Republicans of the interior had peen
watching the progress OF anairs OF po"t'e"'
character in this CITY, chat they were pleased 10
note his disposition 10 offer announcement 10 'ne
Younger element and were certain tnat 'he eA-
senator would have committed grave error had ne
done otherwise Among these callers were en-
congressman Henry c. Burleigh. Of Whitehall
CONGRESSMAN John Van Voorhis. Of Rochester, eN-
Senator Frank Hiscock. of Syracuse; Wiiham
Rarne. Of Albany: Attorney-General Hancock
state controller Roberts. State Treasurer GOWN
state EnSneer ADAMS pa ap be peepe vera With him
s fore Rda commence
MR. PLATr WAS MUCH PLEASED
The ex-senator was naturally pleased with such
q multitude of assurances of trust and good Will.
IIe remarked last evening that another source OF
qualification to him was the attitude OF ,he ne
nub,can press of the State. and that ne had re-
ceved copies Of at least thirty OF the ,eadns Me
had approved his in respect to the new
organization. Some of Mr. i'latt i ,aS. haS
S no, Shows 1Ss Itself an element in the present con-
his sSs , Of the
Fede the md fO ,Ss nted the st sSs
TsyST 'ns had Hsieb SssR f Ss
G had 1 o Pn pssS on
pressed themselves c trG 5aye grown out of the ad
vocacy of rival plans OF reorgand5aau, prasented
herewith
WHAT THOMAS L. JAMES HAS TO SAY.
r~.pos.mas,er Thomas l.. James was seen at the
Hotel Bristol last night. He said: i am Jersey
man. and do not wish 70 mix mFse' up WIN IN,
d,snufo IN the Republican party III ->e"-i'i"'
wou.A hate 10 have a New-Ycrker come an0 inter-
60 r,,h my business in Jersey; but STILL perhaps
q small fight last n small quarrel IN a teacap' VIII
do coed You know that Lincoln said that whe"-
ever there dickens of row among .ie '
there was sure to be good litter or kittens
CONGRESSMAN VAN VOORHEES, VIEWS
John Van Voorhis member Ct Congress from the
xxXTst District Of this State who has been staying
in town for the last days in a conversation Win
n Tribune reporter who called at the State headquaT-
tiers said Il have opinion as to the merits Oh te
schemes Of reorganization OK Newf,rS S''i dse
recate however the attacks Of enc set OK Repnoi,
saes apV %taoS leader is Usually that
the ns ses5 men In NewYork State Republican politics
he Gec Of be state q are S up to no
,qs oi ability pt than Mr. have cSu9i Mr.
have also doubt that MI Patt at n the
ttion in sight that looks like success
: CHAIRMAN HACKETT ON THE SITUATION
Charles w Hackett. chairman of the Executive
Committee Of the Republican State Committee, said
last night The attacks upon MI Piatt which
have appeared in the newspapers lately as emanat-
Ing from various more or less weknown people
are most unjust as well as without warrant lha'
gentleman is quite as much entitled to his opinion
as any other member of the party, and he is surely
SO good Republican as to be worm listening 10
with patient to say the least 1t is hard'E
cause, but there are some matters 10 which IL Is
proper for TO alipde
I'm 1898 Mr.. Patt raised two-thirds of the amount
expended for campaign purposes, ana ms mas Deeh
about the relative proportion ne has i2iscd Tor
the party for a number OF years. as compared
with the contributions from other sources The
State Committee has long received from him the
most hearty and generous supper; in every way
He has worked while others slept; he has never
tired never become discouraged and 10 him more
than 10 any other man or OF men Is due the
Republican victory last fall. with the promise It
brings for this and following years 1t IS. per-
haps, not necessary to state that until WITHIN the
last two years ! have not been associated with
Mr. Plat party work My sincerity VIII no'
be doubted therefore, when i say that l nave
never found more hearty and laborer for
the good Of the whole party than ne. l have never
known him to ask anything for himself nor have
ever witnessed any attempt at what Is called
sbossism by him. 1t is the old story retold-those
who cry boss the loudest are those VINO know
least of the nature Of the man..
TALK WITH HENRY GRAssE.
State Committeeman Henry. Grasse said; THE
Muholand or Provisional movement was frst n
the field and Is bound grow for the reason tha'
a great number of people are becoming attached 10
1t as being Republican organization ana the on,y
one in the county. While the Committee OF Ihir'y
assumes that the Old County Committee exists
purely for the technical purpose OF supporting the
Committee OF Thirty 1t has absolutely l., no
effectiveness and the amount q criticism
and abuse thai, has been eveiled -,,s at a q
the committee has robbed 1t Of all influence over
the minds and feelings Of Republicans in New-1orn
City The direct effect OF the M.honsnd mon 5mF,'
on The work of the Committee OF Thirty VIII d.
that when that committee gets 10 work 70 form an
ORGANIZATION IL will find that the city Is areaay
practically organized in every election district Lne
Provisional movement very speedily organizsu
because The foundation Republican eDthusias m
which had been aroused by the resul; or the Ias'
election and the prospect OF winning the Governor
ship and Msyoralty in the next election The C0In-
mittee Of Thirty made great mistake IN Iayins
themselves open. By the dEatorinass OF their pro
cedure 10 the charge that the organization walch
they were supposed be creating was TO be estaD
ljs5ed only al time so late In the year that they
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