The sun., 1895-12-27
PLATT WILL TAKE A REST.
PROGRAMME ALL LAID OUT FOR
THE Albany TWO HUNDRED,

Ihb n LbANt IWO
So tho Head Man IL or to Lakewood Until
After New Years - Red Book Out
CoREeshnlI "Ind. Rep," Not F" lad. Dem"
The Hon. Thomas C. Platt, unless he changes
his programme. will 20 TO Lakewood this after
noon, and remain there over New Years Day.
He will be accompanied by Mrs. Platt, who
since her return from Europe in November has
insisted that Mr.. Platt should have a rost He
is at his desk. 40 Broadway. at q in the morn
ing. and during the late afternoon hours and
evening he has been engaged with politics. The
big Senate of 80 members and tho Assembly
with its so members have created many inter-
esting combinations. 1t has been practically
day and night work for Mr.. Platt and his
friends since election day. He had no summer
holiday. His evenings and Sundays nt tho
Oriental HOTEL Coney Island, were frequently
the busiest times for him. and he said yesterday
that he would go to Lakewood this afternoon
would not visit his Office until after New Years
Day but would try and get rested.
ut may make me SICK" he added, this quiet
after so much activity. but I'll try It anyway"
This was said just after Senator-elect Frank
d. Pavoy of the Fifteenth district had called to
pay his respects. Pavey Is anti-Platt. He says
he will remain so at Albany this winter. He
will be independent Of Mr.. Platt and Of Mr..
Platt's friends, and just why Mr. Pavey called
upon Mr.. Platt, even the Tioga chieftain him
self is not aware. But he welcomed Mr.. Pavey
just the same. There were q lot Of other Re
publicans who went to see Mr.. Platt, knowing
that lie was to leave for Lakewood. to-day, and
that he would not return before the organiza-
tion Of the Senate and Assembly at Albany.
1t looks. though. as II the programme for that
occasion had been made up. and that Mr.. Platt
may now safely take a snooze on the glass-en-
closed verandas at Lakewood.
The programme. according to the best lights.
RepaelIesn Leader Q, the M"Ior!sy in the Senate
Librarian" Dwight Lawrence OF Albany, New York.
Repabiiean Leader OF tho Assembiy-james NJ. f.
'S%ss ei"rssySoi, Archie j. Baxter Of Elmlra; -,
hard, Jr OF New York ''' '''''' ''''
or course the Hon. Hamilton Fish of Put
nam Is to be reelected Speaker: There has
"I Immediately after THE Sun reporter left Mr..
Platt's down town office Yesterday lie met Col.
State COMMITTEES. Col. Fog handed out the
official list to Be used IN the heb Red Book at Albany
manual, and is the final authority. 1t proclaims
that in the Senate there are:
Repuocans S2
Independent Republicans s...................,
Total. so
There has been a change Of heart somewhere.
YOU see. since Deacon Charles w. Hackett di-
Coegrshall Of Oneida down as !" Ind. Dem" In
the Red Book list handed out yesterday appears
this line:
lawyer. waaerVe. ''SS''"A''' '''p'' '"''' A''
1t is known that Mr.; Platt objected to Mr..
Hacketts chHracterizati9'n n Of Coggeshall as an
be something he has said has switched Cogge-
shall over to be an Ind: Rep" ANYWAY CogGe-
would vote for q Republican to succeed MIR. Hill
as "a United States Senator a year from now.
tho Req Book list that some OF the Senators are
now putting in all their names. Mr.. Grady: the
Is
first New York; is now Charles Lewis Guy. The
irving Burns; Nj, Tibhis q Hoosas; who is
liam EItinE Johnson; M; EIswSrsh Is @ Ht Lock
est oficeholder IN the Republican party in the
State" and now on tho list as Timothy Edwards
hos be Officially Addressed as Frank 1a SS Wayand
TheoSore Koehles /. named din, in the on,cal list
is to be contested by John Lewis Childs of Floral
Park. his Republican opponent, and the nacnin-
cry at Albany will. doubtless. unseat Mr.. Koch
Ter along somewhere in March. The Republi-
he was elected and that this makes him inelig-
bic to hold his seat in the Upper Chamber. In
the Assembly Of $50 members there are, ac-
cOrdng to tho Red Book list:
HepuDHconS lUo
Democrats ~
Those who part their names In the middle are
W. Clarence Sheldon. Republican. tanner sennett
s.. Fred Nixon, Republican. manufacturer and farm
er. Westned.
1t is not in the Republican list. but Senator
Jacob A. Cantor OF the Twentieth New York
district will be the Democratic leader OF tho
and his friends believe him to be IL
match for "Od Tim" There has been talk to
the effect that Assemblyman Arthur c. Butts of
the Thirty-fifth New York district Is to be made
leader OF the Democratic minority in the lower
House. There were Democrats who said yester-
day that there was q man up in Elmira named
who was the one for this place. His
full name is John b. Stanchfield. He played
baseball on The same local team with Senator
David b. Hill. He was afterward Mr.. Hills law |
partner. He Is q cool citizen. with more re-
sources than he has hairs in his full auburn
crop.