New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-06

. that arv change or reorganization Of the State
machinery is looked upon by Mr. Plat as .
personal attack on himself Those are the oh'y
two arguments that have heard
''In the first place. think that we ought 10 nav
a committeeman from every county. IL would NOS
make the committee cumbersome We neea re-
organization of the State machine. II is necessary
that we have a machine OF some kind Organiz@s
ton in the party Is necessary 10 insure success
As II stands the power and patronage that come 10
State committeeman are very pleasant inc
trouble is that some. of Congress districts are
unusually large. and extend over four or h'e eoun-
ties The result is that the representative from
that district cannot possibly keep informed apous
all that Is taking place The present state Ha>
chine Is ntrinsically weak When patronage Is 'o
be distributed in one of the large districts. the
county In which the representative hVes ana '.i'
friends OF tha. committeeman get the DuiK ot 10
and that leads to Jealousy Then again. IN came
paign It would not be necessary TO resort 10 the
subterfuge OF having accredited agents IN eacn
county to carry on the work Such obstacles "ouI@
be overcome That H. an argument In iaVor Ok
the enlargement of the committee th'hH'
MIR PI.ATT is NOT THE PARTY.
"As to the second complaint against the enlarge~
ment OF the committee. | hardly know "nat 70
say Mr.. Patt seems to have the same IDEA lhae
William Barnes got, that he was the party
believe that there once a potentate VINO "aoe
the famous utterance. The State? am the state.
Mr. Plat looks upon every proposed change IN me
party a personal attack on himself.
Mr. Fassett feels confident that he will be dele'
TO the next state s b m Pht sPe asans Gn
Mr. Fassett that is being made ny Mr. faas pnS Mr.
ms s ksen of the struggle that he
has his hands. Speaking OF his chances as
IT viii be feather in Mr Pa;ts hat he can
defeat me as delegate expect ok 70 De ssawher:
for his feathers Mr.. Plat is movins heaven ana
| earth to defeat and control the elecu9h q.
| dol fact that an OUTSIDER -
| working against me will hep me He is disrloutns
railroad galore and he has made more prgn Sa.
promised more offices to men IN my county hs, ' III
all men engaged in Mr.. Platt's kind Of fight. he
has promised the same office TO ha,dozen, men; men
Of the b. that Is u,bs 9fns Rsysa Rs s
least all the men named in that connection claim
TO have his promise. These are Stewart OF TomR.
TO deliver the goods but that remains 10 be proved.
MORE PROMISES THAN POSITIONS
"A striking instance OF this happened recently.
| A man came TO me whom | counted friend he
| said that personally he was for me. but that po-
litically would have to fight me. as ne fad oeen
| promised a place In the Dairy Commissioners De
| partment | asked him how such promise couio
| be made when the Dairy Commissioner had not
| been appointed yet He replied that IT would De AT
| night when a Commissioner was appointed lie re-
malned in that faith until he made trip TO No
| ~ Broadway and found out that many others hao
| received the same promise that he nad' ana theo
| he came away disguised. A. ,,..
renectively. lis that Mr.. Plat promises oinces
0sses Nes u2OT Ss an
ceent Governor and II nomnsted pa, xby and does Mr.
Patt come TO Chemung distributor OF patron. patrons
age? We are al organization men we tos Semsy euy
thoroughly in a State organization rms does seem
strange. personally. however believe in having
at least representative from eacn County, soun,y' 80
propose TO have none but Republicans act al parry
.Tpat ,s the reason that an enrolment was de-
| manded we did not propose 10 have venaI Demo-
cratic voters outyote the men VINO nad long oeen cen
friends loudly for party enrolment the county
Committee was against IT, Ny friends wanted a iats
| Committee also opposed that. Then II let II be
that the enromen; %ops BE an usees ssls cen- en.
| vention. The result Is that they d.d Just exactly
wanted them to do ns Ihsy e Gsms
70 be he'd on September H. just three days before
the state Convention. That is em'nentiy satsfao"
| tory 10 me-.
WHO ARE OPPOSING MR.. FAssErr.
~ ~assett's most active enemies In Chemung
county are ex-Congressman Flood and ex-Post-
master Flood Concerning their war against him
ne said:
These men are the head and front OF the op.
position. and are aided and abe,;ed cr by Mr. plsss ia
more often been affiliated with the Democrats than
are Ss
opposed the election OF Noyes TO congress. and
in this case that Mr. cobb. OF AlaOama, made his
celebrated query OF Where am az when tho
scs wsrs snS ss Fca y h
grim saw a Republican elected These are the Re-
publicans who are working hand IN glove with Mr..
::The action OF the city Committee las, wsdnes-
M or viii s' s"s ~
delegate 70 the next State Convention