Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-25
w T H A BIG SHOUT
That is How 1t is Proposed to Nominate
at St. Louis.
Effort to Read PIntt Out of the Party
Mark Hanna as Head of the
National Committee.
pecial Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 25.-The ears
of ex-senator Plat must nave burned last
night when John Milholland of New York,
who is here to Call Ex-Governor Nc
kinley, talked on the methods of Mr.. Platt
and on the future of that gentleman. Mr..
Hanna had a prominent party of gentle
men mp to his house last evening. Mr.. Nc
kirley was himself the center of attrac-
tion, of course. but with him were Col.
Frederick D. Grant of New York; John E.
Milholls,nd, the leader OF the anti-Platt
machine in the metropolis: Tim Byrnes of
Minneapolis. who will be sergeant-at-arms
of the republican national convention when
it opens at st. Louis next month; John
Gcoden. ex-president of the Minnesota
State Republican League; H. c. Otis of the
Los Angeles Times, Maj Moses p. Handy
of the Chicago Times-Herald, Sylvester T.
Everett, who will be one of the delegates to
the ST. Louis convention from this city;
Vice President King of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, and a half dozen
other local leaders who called from time
to time during the day. While it IS denied
by those present that there was any po-
iitical significance to the assembly, it is
known that many things of political na-
ture were at least referred to.
Rushing for the Band Wagon.
Mr.. Milholland was asked what his mis-
N1~--
Of explanation Il Just want to say one
word for myself at the outset. That is,
that 1 did not come out to Cleveland be-
cause / was sent for. Governor McKin-
ley Is not sending for people these days.
He is glad to all who call, and so is
Mr. Hanna, but he is not sending for them.
He did not send for Senator Quay, and
Senator Quay never said ne did, though
dozen other people in the east who have
carried on a much worse campaign against
Major Mckinley than Senator Quay did
who are coming out here and are already
proclaiming from the house tops to their
friends that they have been sent for''
What is Senator Platt going to do?''
That is something you will probably
have to ask Mr.. Platt. What he ought to
do is to get right out of the republican
party over into the democratic party,
where he belongs. His recent TRADES
outside of the pale Of the republican party.
He has committed the objectionable sin
because he has not only sought to defeat
the candidate of his party for the nominal
If true, no republican ought to want to see
him elected when he is nominated. There
is no place for Thomas c. Platt in the re
publican party after that, and why should
he remain in the party?"
What Platt Can't Do.
will he go on to ST. Louis and vote the
New York delegation for Morton?'
Kinley will be nominated at ST. Louis by
acclamation. Mark that prediction. Platt
Gould not hold the empty shell that he likes
to call his organization, anyhow. The re-
publicans of New York, with 335, 900 of the
$4,000 voters, are for Mckinley. Plat
hold wild horses"
What did you think was the result of
the conference between Quay and Nc
kinley?''
'"That iS a privata not+er bo+,,oa +l...
two gentlemen. have every reason to be-
lieve that 1T was highly satisfactory to Nc
kinley, however"
VIII Quay's name be presented to the
convention?"
Il rely on my prediction that Mai. Nc
kinley will be nominated by acclamation
You may draw your own inferences from
that
Who will be nominated Vice PRESIDENT"
THAT, too. will be settled by acclama-
ton. 1 will Just say one thing however
for the benefit Of my friends in New York
that the nomination for Vice President will
not be given anybody to placate them
Just put that down for certain. 1t will not
be sop to heal anybodys wounded feel
if:gs or imaginary injuries as was the case
when Chester A. Arthur was nominated ar
Chicago. The Vice President will be a re-
publican whom the people of the party de-
llght to honor, and the nomination will not
be gift to heal the pains of the enemy"
Hanna for Chairman.
who do you think will be the chairman
of the national committeef"
1T should by all means be given the man
who has SO ably conducted the campaign
of the winning candidate, Mr.. Hanna. He
has shown himself in every way worthy of
it, and while 1t would undoubtedly be a
great task upon him. he should be asked to
take 1t; and have no doubt he will be-"
Gov. Mckinley will leave Cleveland to-
day for Canton. to remain there until after
the St. Louis convention.