New-York tribune., 1896-06-07
POLITICAL NOTES.


POLITICAL NOTES.
It's reported that Mr. Fasset has been telling peo-
pie that unless Mr.. Patt Is placated Mckinley may
lose the State. This report has ecidently reached
Buffalo for the plain-spoken Express. of that city,
informs Mr. Fasse,t that If he wants the Nice-Pres-
idenal nomination he is taking the wrong tack 70
get IT, Thomas c. Plat 1t adds. 'is not dispensing
Vice-Presdencies this year
Mr.. Brookneld's declaration that he will vote for
Mckinley on the first ballot leads one OF his frienus
in the western part of the State to that the ex-
chairman Of the State Committee has evidently tired
of the task Of trying to be pro-Morton ana d"''-
Plat man at the same time
Unquestlonaby the sentiment in favor Of Mr.
Reeds nomination for Vce-President Is growing
stronger and stronger in this State, to when. II Is
generally conceded. Vice-Presidents naturally be-
long Even among the men who have aspirations Tor
the place the dominant feeling Is In favor OF the
Speaker, and the conviction is growing that ne Will
accept 1t. Mr.. Reed" says The Buffalo Express
in summing up the situation. will not be asked 10
take the at the hands nd OF 5ae suc Of
the Republican masses. whose desire that he should
be nate ,6S 5S a pas nnTq shod a
first pace. When he realizes this Thomas g. Reed
Will not refuse to perform the service tha the people
ask OF him
To the local Tammany organs recent remark that
every politician In the United States must look with
admiration on Morton and Platt." The Troy Press
rejoins Not one does however. Politicians waste
no time in admiringly gazing at dead ducks.
Why Lieutenant Governor Saxton Is not able to
arouse the anti-Platt sentiment in behalf Of HIS
candidacy for Governor is pointed out by THE
Watertown Times" IF the people says that
paper have any doubts about this. Mr.. Saxton is
himself to blame for It. They elected him Lieu
tenant Governor on the strength OF the character
shown In his declaration that he would call the roll
In that election they ntrusted to him certain re
sponsbilities. among them the naming Of senate
committees Instead OF accepting the responsibility
he surrendered it, he allowed his committees to be
named by who had not been elected by the peo-
Official private citizen who had not been chosen.
the duty the people devolved upon him II he were
chosen Governor would he take the same course
and hand over the prerogatives Of his office TO
other hands? In other words, would he be Gov
day in the week. and not occasionally when he be-
came angry about something?
1t Is about time The Rome Sentinel" thinks. for
Mr.. Patt to issue another manifesto. This time, it
suggests he ought 10 attack Mr. Quays figures
garding McKinley's nomination.
Mr. Plat expected to be the most conspicuous
figure in the St Louis Convention. and believed he
would be able 10 seat or unseat delegates he
wished This expectation he will scarcely realize
and his scheme 10 oust the New-York County dele
commercai'' puts it, the ST. Louis Convention viii
that justice not Patt-Lauterhach absolutism
seats OF Plat delegates Will be contested
Colonel George W Hooker OF Vermont says the
people of his State want Mckinley because. they
think that McKlnley's election means 30 cents a
bushe for potatoes. instead OF 10 cents They want
him.. adds the Colonel. because they think the
cause Of the hard times is the absence Of pro
tectve tariff
Referring to Colonel Fred Grant as a candidate
for the Vice Presidency, THE Bnghanton Repub-
ican' observes that ~ would not be a bad nom
natior- Colonel Grant" Il adds rs no. his
father. but he bears his fathers name, and will be
AGED somewhat Win the mass masses by The great repn-
| Platt's organ in Broome County.
The recent enrolment conducted by III. Piatt ma
chine in Syracuse Is denounced a farce by The
! Post" Of that city. II 10 have been mod
| elled on the lines OF the fraudulent Iauterbach
scheme in this city. IN one district" says THE
Post, but one person applied for enrolment. and
| II s said on good authority that the largest
| Der that applied in ars district only twenty
| nine. Well-known Republicans Ike Alderman Grit
| fin were refused enrolment because they had voted
for Municipal Reform candidate at the last eiec-
ton In some cases the names OF anti-machne Re
| publicans were put down on slips OF paper and
afterward torn up The whole thing was farce.
| and yet the machine took this method OF making UP
the lists OF those who shall be allowed vote a.
the primaries months hence. II the machine wanted
far enrolment, why did 1t appoint FOR the
| Tolment single Gay nearly six months before tho
|
| attend the rrolllng places And yet the agents OF
| the machine claim 10 have enrolled about 900 Re-
| publicans They assumed the respona.b OF
putting on the names OF those whom they regarded
subservent TO the bosses and they also assun I'd
the unwarranted authority OF leaving off the names
OF many loyal Republicans whom tho machine could
not control A farce OF that character IS not en-
titled to the respect OF fair-rn;nded people and IL
| Will be repudated by the masses OF the Republican
| party in this city"
Mr.. Patts latest crumb OF comfort TO his fright
| ened followers Is assurance that Mckinley is not
| so angry at him after ALL and that, through the
| aid Of Quay and Carkson and the other bosses
who did their best TO defeat the will OF the people
| Mckinley Will place the National canvass in his
| hands and throw overheard the who have
| fouS1t the battle IN New York The facr hat old
| battle-scdrred warriors Ike Lou" Pawn can nor
| the degree OF Generalization that prevails in the
| Patt camp
| 1t is the opinion Of THE Poughke-psie Star
that PLAT stands chance whatever OF debating
the nominees Of the Republican party this year
| Indeed. the chances that he may be left ont
| in the cold entirely Certainly Major Mckinley
could not consent TO unite his forces with the New
| York boss after the attacks Mr. Platt has made on
HIN. Were he TO do so, there are Thousands who
would. In a measure lose faith in Mckinley himself
| air Platts attacks have been bitter and have
| been carried 10 such extremes that Major Mckin-
| ley canno, afford 10 overlook them. The day ha q
| gone by for the New York boss to hunt for cover
| The only safe way is to leave him outside the
| breastworks and give him a chance 10 COOL on
|
| MR.. PLATT DENIES IT.
T. c. Patt denied yesterday that there was any
| truth In the report that he had invited all the
members Of the Republican National Committee
1 opposed TO Major Mckinley to meet him PatD in
| uac Mr. Dlatt