New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-24
THEIR PLANS DISTURBED.


II would have saved great deal OF trouble
beyond any question. II Hose eminent ana 'hor
ourhly competent persons Messrs Plat. Quay
Carter. Clarkson. Fcsscndcn and the rest. who
several months ago took in hand with great
earncsiness the business OF selecting IN" R''
pubicln candidate for President had been per-
miitc,l To- proceed in it without interruption. ~
did seem for time as II these gentlemen would
be- able to determine the whole matter among
themselves and SO save world Of worry and
contention on the part Of The great mass Of IL"
publican voters There was. 10 be- sure. no alb
sollte agreement among them upon candidate
but the differences were rot wide nor by any
means irreconcilablc. Indeed. with the com
muniiy Of feeling and interest existing between
these persons and the profound conviction that
when they sal at Il round table the party was
for practical purposes all there. nothing was
more easily afiainablc than perfect harmony
and unanimous conclusion. The differences as
to individual candidates might have been easily
adjusted. no. one Of the gentlemen being so
welded TO his first choice AS not to be- willing
to forcgo II upon the assurance that agreement
upon any Other would lead 10 Il fair division
among these dozen more potential factors OF
the spoIls Of office and the revenues Of the Ma
settled thee would have been no further diff
culty The voters would have been relieved of
all the worry and trouble OF canvassing the
claims Of rival candidates, and the National
Convention would have been JUST smooth and
unrufiied Formally.
Even after this peaceful process had been rude
| Is interrupted by the common people. who i'm
mdently insisted upon taking hand In the
st,n H.
| ill-digcstel views, much annoyance and con-
| fusion might have been saved II only DISPOSE
| ton had been manifested to make to these dis
| tinguished potcntialists the reasonable conces-
| sion that each should absolutely control his own
| Stnte delegation. using II ms a sort OF original
| hand" in a poker game upon which TO start the
betting, with the pot depending entirely upon
| the subsequent discard and draw That
| would have been neat and comely arrange
ment. and entirely satisfactory TO thc round
| table OF eminent persons National Committee
| men and BOSSES" An essential feature Of this
| plan OF course, was the understanding that each
Of these gentlemen should be content In the pre-
liminary play TO hold his own delegation M his
| proper hand" and should not encroach upon the
| preserves Of any other That IT, Mr.. Platt Of
! New York. should not Invade" the territory OF
| Mr. Fesscnden. Of Connecticut. nor Mr.. Quay
| the territory Of Mr. Platt. nor any other at the
/ round table encroach upon his neighbor's do
main This feature Of the plan was calculated
| to give general satisfaction -tO the eminent men
who devised it. That II was not carried ont Is
| largely due 10 the circumstance that the friends
| Of Major Mckinley. not having taken any part
| I'm the select cOnnscls nor having been consulted
| at ALL felt themselves at liberty TO go cavortng
| through the whole country, invading everybody's
| territory regardless Of "favoriic sons or
| Bosses" or anything else. maintaining that
Mckinley was so clearly the first choice Of the
ma joriiy Of the party In all the States that II
was idle to frltter away time in complimentary
votes for "favorte sons
| This revolutionary conduct has aroused pro-
found Indignation. particularly among the de-
| voted adhercnts Of Mr.. Platt In this state, who
bitterly denouncc II as not only violation Of
the prophecies. but gross outrage upon the
delicate sensibilItIes Of Mr.. Plat to whom the
| vote OF the delegation IL believed properly to be-
| long. to he disposed Of as In his wisdom may
seem most profitable and fitting. Some Of them,
now temporarily sojourning In this city az dele
| gates to the State Convention, have expressed
themselves with reference 10 It during the last
two days In language which among rural con-
sttuencies would pass for hIgh.class profanity
! What makes this bad conduct worse IL the re-
port which has been IndusriOusly circulated for
| the last fortnight that these invaders Of Mr..
| Platts balliwick bring money with them with
| which to undermine public morals and by con-
sequence weaken that gentleman's hold upon
the State. Senator William Z. Chandler, Of
New-Hampshire, has been In o highly excited