The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-26
TO CONTROL.
Republican Leaders Who Expect
to Run the Convention.
Plat, Quay and Clarkson Are
Working a Big Scheme.
TO NAME THE TICKET.
Expect to Dominate the Choice
of the Convention.
They Count Upon All the Big
States Delegations.


news which comes from New York
has created no little comment and much
dissatisfaction in certain quarters here.
Chairman Carter's call for a meeting of
the national committee is accompanied
by a gathering OF coterie of members
of that organization, whose presence in
New York or in secret conclave any
where was not at all necessary to the is
suance of that formal document
1t is well understood in Washington
that Platt. Quay, Clarkson, Filley, AIger
and other nleIn bers of what is known
the national committee Clique have met
in New York for the purpose of mapping
out a programme for next year. This
programme contemplates nothing less
than domination of the national conven-
ton of the grea: Republican party. The
Clique proposes to control the nomination
for president and vice president and to
make sure the nominees are men who
may be relied upon as grateful friends of
their creator
This coterie of national committeeman
and their intimate friends have always
exercised great influence in the selection
of candidates, but hitherto they have
never concentrated their forces fully and
early enough to make sure of carrying
out their plans
At Chicago, in 1885, they were divided
in their alleg iance, and when at last some
of them LANDED with the winner" they
had uncomforts BILE suspicious they had
made mistake in the almost accidental
selection of a man. Subsequent events
very quickly convinced them their sus-
picions were we'll founded.
What the coterie of national commit
teemen and state bosses now propose to
avert is the risk in making another such
! mistake as was made at Chicago eight
years ago. Their great desire is to SO or
gauze themselves as TO be able a bso-
lutely to control the convention. and to
nominate a candidate, who. if elected.
will stand by his friends and respect all
direct or indirect pledges made in his be-
half. 1t is not believed possible for
this coterie now to agree upon
the man who shall receive
their support. Some favor one
candidate and some another, Reed and
Allison being the ones uppermost in
their minds. AT the present moment
Mir. Reed is said to be frs f4vor, with
Senator Allison as secon o4oice. This
is known to be Mr. PITT mind in the
matter, as we'll as that OF many of his
/ confreres. Mr.. Quay, SO far as cIu be
! learned, has not as yet shown his hand
/ but the writer some weeks ago had posi-
tive information to the effect that what
ever else might happen Plat and Quay
would go together.
The leading members of this great
presidential patronage huckstering CON-
| binatiou count upon control of nearly all
the delegates from the atse of New
/ York and Pennsylvania, New England,
Michigan, Iowa, possibly Illiuo.s aud
many of .he states of the south, south
west and extreme west They balieve
they are strong enough TO gather within
their hands a working majority of all
| the delet at 3
That sucn an organization is under
way and that many OF the strongest and
most experienced professional politicians
of the hepu blican party are all eady tax
ing part in it is believed here to be- the
most interesting and significant political
movement of the day.