New-York tribune., 1896-01-10
STATE POLI7IClL NOTES.


Again Mr. Pla,t has had h- way IN TIE matter of
,,,rr,,ge Some u the independent papers are
praising Klburns appointment ~ Bank Snperin
tendsni and convey the idea tnat 1t Is hardly pleas
ing 10 the Boss. Nothing could be more absurd.
Kilburn vas Pats ran and always has been y"
be sure while In Senate he posed A. an lndc-
pendent but this only a iirtie diversion uat
amused no one more than IN" Boss lie enjoyed u
th,roughly because hc knew that b" could away .
gct The repre- sentative from the ST Lawrenc" dis
rrlc, when he needed him. lie meyer failed XII
burn wa slated for the place last sYr.ng. lie Re-
fused to get out Of Maby's way unit! he had this
place assured P,a;t was abe TO give MN ms as
surance and MalAy carried the !ay, 1t IS SAID tina
inc but ,Rs is mere assertion. ne correctness cr
error Of which Mr.. Maiby viii demonstrate soon
enough Meantime Mr. Plat gets a srp on the
money institutions Of this sia,e such as he never
had before while New York city the sreateSt man
cial centre OH the American continent S passed by
10Y a thriving country town IN the selection OF can
dldates for this important once.
4 good deal Of misinformatio7 has been circulated
about Governor Moron's age by those unfriendly to
his Presidential aspirations and by others who are
honestly in error He will not be seventysix at the
time the National Convention opens. has been
serted nor at the time Of the next inauguration.
He was born May lG. 1924 This will make him
seventy-two at his next birthday about month
before the party candidates are chosen at St Louis
ConseqnentIy II nominated and elected. he would
not be quite seventy three when nc entered upon the
anV OTHER President William Henry Harrison. he
Oldest man elected. died few weeks after hs
TayioT rIs alSo a dsd in ofcc in his sixty-sxh year
buchanan wa sixty-sx when lnluguratcd. jack
son sixty-two. and John Adams sixiy-one. Ali the
rest were under sixty. Twelve were under hfty-iive.
or one conspicuous member OF the Legislature
this Is recorded THE Speaker Is very anxious to
make a good record for himself and his party at
Albany during tho coming winter. He hopes to be
nominated for Governor neIi summer. and Is train
ing for the place His ambition 10 be tho
chief Executive Of the Empire State dates ba *
several years. and many Republicans favor him
for the place
CONGRESSMAN Payne's failure to become chairman
OF the Ways and Means Committee not ac-
cordng to THE Buffalo Express" due to the in
difference o: Thomas b. Reed. but TO the treach-
erv Of Thomas C. Piatt
4 way Of undong the harm OF Stewards appoint
ment Is suggested by THE Buffalo Express" II
urges the Legislature to abolish the useless Of
fee The Governor may have made mistake In
this matter, but. says The Syracuse Courier, III
he has platt IL responsible primarily for II, a
though that fact does not excuse the Governor.
While admitting that public sentiment Is not at
present favorable to the scheme. which has been
aritated at times for generation. TO divide this
state by making the Greater New-York IA separate
Commonwealth '"rhe Troy Times declares that II
nothing 10 retract or What II ma" Sald IN ah-
vocacy % the Idea.
According to ''rhe Syracuse Courier" Warner
Miller must he pacated he Will lead the oppo-
sltlon P!att IN the State delegation nj St Louis.
"The Newburg Journal holds that in Of
ur Norton's election 30 the Presidency revival
Of American polio IS wou.d ens.c nih IL the coun-
try prosperous at home and respected abroad