New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-12
PLATT'S SMOOTH TALK.
HIS rTTERANCES ANGELIC, HIS DESIGNS
DARK AND DEEP.
PLANS OF HIS FOLLOWERS TO ''HiIfhh i""
MAYoR-J IANGDoN ERviSG FOR

WATER Pt'RVEYoR
ur p,stt and his leutenants have been doing
| great deal Of talking the last day or so Tor the
purpose Of covering their real Intentions lhey are
| by no means Iuiescent ana uhfes'S'ins % ~
! ,,e.end They are exceedingly anxious for revenge
| and ro,hInu would suit them much as some
re,l retallatory legislation that would tie up Mayor
cro,o and render him incapable of doing the f.htt
| machine any more damage. They Know ho"e'e',
that the people will stand little OF this h''' %
nonsense SO they deny That there ~ any I"O"s"'
on their part Of attempting the passage OF meas
ures calculated 10 pace obstacles III 'he "d! Vi VI"
N,vor IN prcyent his fulfilling his pledges
Mr. Plat said Yesterday that ne had become Sex
and tired OF denying the reports that ne WAS op-
poscd to the enactment OF the reform measures
pending in the Legislature. He was sure 'ha'
there was no difference OF opinion among the
f,ords NJ genuine reform" in the Legislature. All
the talk about retaatory legislation, he SAID was
childish and sensational.
This il all pretty talk but those who hho" MI
Plat best are satisfied that II is only thrown OUT
TO distract the attention Of the public from the rear
objects which the Machine has IN view ne
scheme put forward By MIR. Platt proposing t'dt
the selection Of police justices to succeed the
nresent member, OF the board be turned over to
the Judges sitting on the Supreme H'nch OF ms
judicial district a part Of his cN4t-thro"l"b
| nrorrar,rrc When Mayor Strong suggested mat
he would call on the Ncw-YorK Bar As5oca.ion 20
,
Platt promptly abandoned his supreme Court APP
/ p,irtm.nt plan ami acknowledged to codd)n'orS
VINO had not been taken into his tuIl confluence on
the subject that his scheme had Deeh t"''l-el
only 10 san time.
mi. :. ,t. ,.ross1, game of the Plat combine
Meanwhile they ar working on plans 10 grippe
| cd Strong" They mean 20 Ggh: him with al! the
,oorons ;hev can use but II is too soon. th"y tN'
TO declare open war. Consequently, un'H thcy are
ready TO throw off the mask and l'gn ac'ua' nos
! tilitics they are rcsOrns 10 smooth d''Ne'"n''S
llka these Mr. Patt gave out yesterday. Whi'e
/ the Machine men stu! indulge the secret nope mat
! somehow OF other the Mayor may decide Oh z
/ change in his poicy which will make them paFuo'-
! pants In the Official patronage AT the Mayor us
/ posal they are getting their guns IN position anu
,hoir ammunition ready. Thor rolcy IN Ule cou''-
try "a TO stir the blood Of the Republicans OF the
interior against the Mayor by :ecountins MS 6'"-
oro,s treatment Of ex-Mayor Graces state De
,pocracy and predicting Republican disaster as one
| Of the consequences In New-lorN they encourage
faint-heared followers 10y repeating promises az
ih"nu Plat; men thai Grace has received the last
! municipa. appointment n viii go. -, ,o,-
| simpson the Republican leader IN thS IN ~
senby District a. Mater fnrNfyHr o IN t Tor bt
nas ~" S.nYcntiv SAID that he INTENDED to appoint
| Simpson, ana gave good reasons FOR IT, The after
stood squarey rs NJ: Brookhc.d N ms ight Va ,,c
| simpson told ms friends that he had given up az
| S""ca ~ III. place The Mayor, j." said hhd
promised Or. Parkhurst that friend OF me d 90,
| tors should have H. Ahrah2m "tHbGr; OF ar ais,
| Ip1tt's XN1Ild District phalanN. explained IaSt
| evening that Joha l.angdon IRVING VINO was
| conspicuous member OF br. fhIhhuTStS boly-
| Guard Turing his investigations three years hk"
Wa the man picked tor Water PurN"yor MI
! Erviuc known a. sunbeam l.rV'ns AT .le
r,nty Tb. niace Of &ater Purycyor has salary
- tiovj attached 20 T.. AR Eryings place OF nH:!-
ness g. given IN ;hc Cty Directory At 80. q" Wall
81 and hl- horne address "a Rye. y. \. Abraham
| oi~,ber George " Naumdk"r ana oih"r f.att
| tor. g. lam
rrgl3Glu,, EryIug- appointment. which y Was He-
clGred had been forced upon 'puHl-- tt i,rooh
I.ll j vas sai. protested against Mr. E'vi"g IN
lya!nuEly. The f!atf men ayW3ath.H"4 deeply
with Simpson in he lisappointmcni
Reports Were plenty lat night that The enH o'
| rachel and that the Aui-Tamunuy Democracy ~
! cx-SrcriN James O'Pren ana ex-senator Francis
! u. Bixby VIII -oon come q the 'front.' l"I iecoEi,-
ton. Three OBricn appointments. D. Wa a~''ri~l.
are ready 70. official announcement Th"y are -
| sheriff Jimmy himself Tor Polio" commits .oncr,
/ fonn Monk fo- DOCK CoNml -sDf4'f ana 'N- Amer
man John o. IragHH FOR Superintendent OF H"'i'
4 now Republican organization was s'ar:el = 'he
| XNIst Assembly District. the ultimate OBJECT %.
which. as given by Us stArtcr- is o. AID FAii ana
of,,,5.e Rryokg.il N his own district. l. is called
the Louis 5 Granner Republican Association OF the
| XNIst District. and wa hfoGsGt 10 ,iS.i az the
| Hotel hlruncz 40. !y' W. ! lily .ul.h--' \
rpernbnrsnip % 90 is alleged Louis Graune,. the
| loader was q candidate. the Bro'kncd people say.
| for u place r. the Department of Public Works.
| Commissioner Brookncll fail"l - recognize Mr.
| officers elected las evening were 'I T. y Buck.
| president: Richard Hostnan. first wce-presldent.
| George j. Weiss. second vicc-pre-ileni. Joseph
| NsrtinoZ treasurer. carl Smell sorgcant-ai-arms.
| end these members OF tho Executive Committee
| ous Granner. T.. Harrison Griffin. Edward \.
| Mccain and J. jerome Carroll.