New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-27
MILLER'S REPLY TO PLATT
Continued frcm First Page.

t,ons elect delegates to a state Convention ana
,hase dol at the state Convention from
each Congress district act together anu
select the member of the State Committee i r.
the representative Congress districts ms
10 Tho vrav I'm which the organization is maze up
and no man should be able TO say that ne con,
trolls II The organization as finally represen''r
In the state Committee should be compressor y.
free and independent men, who VIII rePicn.n'
in the committee the wishes OF their constitu,
ents 1t Is a well-known fact that III scao'a az
Congress districts the present ineino..S "
the State Committee do not represent tne "i9,.'
of the majority Of the Republicans OF those u'n
tricts 1t ia the duty of the Repipiicahs -,
each district to see TO 1t that whsh ny nan
delecates to a state Convention they DC nv.
who I'm their actions will properly represent
them both as TO the candidates in the cohven-
tion and also In naming their representative !"
the state Committee.
SHOULD BE FREE AND OPEN.
.Je Mckinley Is nominated for President, the
nc rtv In this STATE will demand that the members
of the State Committee shall be honestly anu
earnestly IN favor OF Mcklnleys elcctoh anu
.bot tho canpoign shall be carried on by men IN
whom they have confidence. that everything WI"
h. done that Is possible for the success OF the
ticket This is 2 most important matter anu
sA,u take occasion later to call attention to H.
ri .,,,o hos core when the Republicans OF ths
state will demand thot their organization sha' De
,roe ond onen and that It's acts shall always De
cut5ed nv the wishes Of ard controlled In the IN
teres.s NJ the masses Of the party, and not OF
clique
"Our new, Constitution has made Senate OF
Nftv members and House OF 100 memoefT anu
the people st the last election made these D'oeS
both Republican by large majorltles' ana one oi
the chief reasons leading up to thar result WAS
,ha f,ct that the Democratic Senate and Assem-
hv had hecn controlled absolutely by Richard
Croker. tie boss Of Tammany III No leglsla-
tion nasso1 in those doys unless Croker gave his
consent. The Republican party will not consent
that its LEGISLATURE shall be under tie domination
OF any one man. II Will not consent that IN"
LEGISLATURE shall be run by a longdistan"e tele-
phone from NewIOrk. IL demands tnal us
LEGISLATURE shall be free ana representative
body that all the people OF the state SHAH be
able TO go to II and present their claire ana thcr
arguments and have them duly c'lsiIerc''
II regret 10 say that this was rot IN" case last
winter Mr. Platt undertook openly TO control
the Legislature. Orders were sent our every
Sunday afternoon from his room telling tne
LeyisIott lre what II could do the following week
Measures that were political In no sense were
forced through because they were mace caucus
mea surcs. and thus members VINO Woulu o'n''
wise moi have voted for them were draSooned
into doing 80. The personnel IL the ias' itb's
lature was as good "a we nave had lot i'IiS
time and there were many in1ep'hueH' mr., y,
f. but a majority OF them were compelled.
through fear Of having their bills fail or IN
curing the displeasure OF Mr.. Plat, TO support
mea s,Ires which should not have passed. Rep
rescntatiye committees 81 leo ding ci'lz'nS were
treated with rcant courtesy. and measures were
Jammcd' through without any CONSIDERATION foE
the wishes OF the people or the prooaDie eHec'
upon the future OF the party. II THIS s 70 con-
tinue longer the Republican party VIII "a GER
tain,y be beaten as Election Day comes around
What the Republicans OF this state demand -
that the ORGY nZation through its committee
shall be thoroughly representative Of majority
OF the party. and for this contest VIII pe nnhue
in the coming campaign IL Mr.. Plhtt desires
the success ~ his party over ana above ever
thing else he VIII be hcaruiy !" "''"'" VIZ"
these sentiments.
4 LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT BOLTS
lie talks about himself and tho organization as
rever having boted. and seems Z, infer tina, my
self and my friends are the ones who make the
trouble and do the b0tlng L"t's have liite
history on that. In the famous Foiscr raW-
palgn Mr. Platt excrted all his power . dcfeat
the denomination - Governor cornell ana So
cured the nomination 4 Judge Fogor Ne th"n
Immediately packed his grpsack and went West
We know the result. Let me ais call atienton
10 his course In the Davenport ca-ni ..gn and u
Mr. Hackeit who was then n fri'ni e Mr Dav-
export and one % his managers. Is unwilling -
repeat what h. sald u me concerning Mr. Platts
course In that campaign. let u g = NJ. bsF"n-
port himself and ask him az t. the support Nj
Plat gave him. II a unnecessary - 10 furth"r
in this matter but Mr.. Plat with his record.
must not charg" with ever having been as
LOYAL g. the party or having lab1r"d - defeat H.
There can h" peace and harmony In the
party II everybody H. willing that the wishes az oil
Republicans shall be- fairlt ana ;n"stly tx
pressed ~ the primaries ana A. the conventions.
and then cverybodN VIII accept the result ana
abide by H. and t. this cnl call upon all tho Re-
puhlicans Of the state a New-York who love
their party and arc jealous ~ Their states 81
i!or aud influence In tho Nations councils - a.
tend their party's caucuses and conNent ns ana
- II that their reprcsen tatN"S In the state
Committee and conventions arc In Inc Win the
continent u their own Stnte end ~ The Nation.