New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-21
STATE POLITICAL NOTES AND NEWS.

r,o s.h, for Senator in the Niagara district Is
becoming interesting. Colonel r. f. ELLSWORTH VI
Iockport has been announced as the Fiatt ca"o
date The Colonel, however. does not take kindly 70
,h,, announcement He processes not to relish the
idea Of being trotted out by the Boss. Il am no
noyitiate" ne says. and need not go 10 Nc" .ioiN
for my political coming-out may be a canoiaa'e
for Senator this fall but that matter has not YET
been decided. shall certainly settle tne ques'o"
for myself" Notwithstanding this apparent decia-
ration OF independence, there seems TO De con-
.nsus Of op,non that the Colonel is Platts cnoice
and that everything to the contrary Is Simply io'
effect upon the opposition. The opposition
formidable. There no less than three Candidates
for Senator representing the forces opposed 10 the
state machine They are ex-senator Richard crow
low Assemblvman John H. Clark and Charles r.
Cromley II a combination of these forces can pS
effected the Ellsworth peope would have n "a
division in the opposition forces that the aHnn is
hopes OF pscs He was in the senate fourteen
years ago. He made creditable record Ex-nov "
t the SGshs says But Mr crowley enjoys Na
tional reputation He was one OF he mos pwperfl
speaker Few men were closer to President Arthur
than he during the last two years OF that A Sn
Senator against Thomas c. Piatt, and 1t Is claimed
only beaten by the aid OF the great rairoad aha
year affords him opportunity FOR Which ne mas
long been waiting to reassert himself IN state poll
"The Gloversviile Intelligencer Is making 'lso'-
GUS fight for the nomination Of Assemblyman Philip
Keck for Senator in the XXVIIth District 1t
points out that Fulton County. although one OF the
banner Republican counties OF the State, has never
received the recognition of a State nomination.
while Montgomery County had Senator wagner tor
years and also Senator Arkell Mr. kecK IL hoios'
Is entitled to the nomination. as he has demon
strated his personal strength with the people in
conclusive way. In 1891 Horace Judson, Democrat.
was elected a member of the Assembly from the
next Hear KeeR was elected by plurality
In 1893 he elected by plurality OF Lto ana ~,
vote that was ever given for member OF the AS
sombly in the Fulton Hamilton district.
THE Utica Press" charges THE Troy Telegram"
with lamentabe ignorance OF Oneida County poll
ties when that paper said there was too much
reference to Plat In the opposition to Raines anu
Coggeshal and that these two gentlemen are
profng by the OVERRIDING OF the antirP!au ousi-
The Press says: There is not the slight
est danger of overriding the anti-Platt business In
this any other. locality. II enough OF 1t can
be done shake off his grip on the Republican
party 1t will be the greatest advantage and peneht
%eh eus Mr ws a majority Of the
delegates because majority OF oneida county
hs a people ss Rass ns
great deal-not much they said they would.
that hot he as than & h
Saturdays caucuses He can certainly afford to be
Weaver can do he pleases in the Senate"
Willard A. Cobb. OF Lockport Patts member OF
the State Civil Service Commission. comes out
squarey for Colonel Ellsworth. He says that Ellis
worth is wanted by Mr.. Plat and also by Gov
ernor Morton, and that he Cobb has got to sup
port him. notwithstanding the fact that he him
seli would like to have seen Mr Clark nominated mated,
him to secure the appointment as CIVIL Service
a. snapped
Much was expected OF Senator Kilburn's State
Prison Investigating Committee These expecta-
lions based upon the statements made by the
members themselves, particularly Mr.. kilburn.
Apparently however the whole undertaking has
been lost sight Of a fact that The Pla,ts-
burg Sentinel to say that 1t Is high time some
thing done show that the investigation OF
the prisons by Senator kilburns committee was
something more than formal farce" The COM
mittee's report adopted by the Legislature
and referred to the Governor for action. If the
Kilburn report does not contain charges specifically
stated" says The Sentinel" but does contain
they should be put in form and preferred at once
and me head OF the Democratic prison machine
the most potent factor Of the great political ma
% % by in n the hds Of f"a the snas Of
these discredted leaders. not outstanding the boss
ana too ample evidence Of n
efficiency and Sorrupti9t was adduGed before
elected TO reform to cleanse. the departments Of
the State government Much has been done In
that direction But that the most grossly msman-
aged and corrupt of these departments 10 left In
the undisputed possession OF the creatures Of tho
ring seven months after the accession OF the party
10 mower is some justification for the charge OF
insincerity II Is a policy which. II persisted In
viii prove most Injurious TO the party in the COM
ing election"
Senator HILL" says The Kingston Freeman"
seems to be about the only man In the country
who does not realize that he is no longer an i'm
portant political factor"
According to The Bnghamton Herald" all the
candidates for Senator In the Broome district are
dyed.in- the wool Plat men. Those Republicans :"
n adds vwho dislike OConnor because he In
Patt man are respectfully invited TO step up and
tell whether or not they intend to vote for a Plat
man for Senator." If. W. A.