New-York tribune., 1896-03-30
POLITICAL NOTES.


POLITICAL NOTES.
Aside from its significance in the Presidentiai
struggle the Mckinley outbreak In the State Con-
v~ntIou last week will have. 1t Is to be hoped. a
salutary and perma nent effect upon the Republican
potics of this State. For years conventions nave
been held the theory that only Mr.. fiatt had
ANYTHING 10 say about them To demur at anything
he said or did high treason; TO oppose any man
or measure upon whom or which his seal had been
set was TO invite political ruin As an Inevitable re-
sult OF acauescsnce In this policy conventions IN
this State became mere assemblies oil dummy de'e
gates whose entire business was to vote aye en anu
ton meetings OF Mr.. Patts Will. This was no' a,ie
to lack Of opposition 70 the Plnt regime s o, 'na bad
leaders but the %sre wanting In ,a1o1~ IN p1we with tS
STsaoss ans aboTe ed a h
courage to The lists to hsh fGr principle .s %n
h hem In the face they had enough
to night but not enough 70 hght WIN .ne h Es -, ty ;
OF immediate failure. 50 Mr. Platt was ao'e 10 r""
things In his own way
At the State Convention. however. In Saratoga
two years ago when Governor Morton was nomi-
mated there was a revolt in consequence OF MI.
Tlatts hish-handed methods II vas not III vain
Platt's candidate for Lieutenant Governor ""s
beaten. Mr. Saxton was the candidate OF the opPo-
.i,,on II was a dstlnc, defeat for the machine ana
a serious one too Mayor Strongs election follow
ing close after filed the friends OF party reform
with hope which gave way to disappointment. 10
Offset saxton PIatt made terms with fish ana
elected him Speaker With Fish on on" s'he ana
Governor Morton the other Saxton wdS oA"'
handicapped Nevertheless. Ptatt was unable to con-
,roI the next State Convention that OF last Septcni
her Every one remembers how he was compeisi
20 accept Roberts and Hancock ana now the On On
en.OT 5ss ,hea soSe m. sn" State patronage been
turned over 10 him Tammany Hall In this ci,y an,
eitins ,h~ Ssesaes and yet the state csnysn,ion in
the CRYSTAL Palace In spite OF all hs enorss 20 pr.
ouft
ns galleries. Win Capitol spoyss nnv. ana Control of
~. dsiesst,on from this State appear it,cuious 70
the whole country. No less than one.seventn oi % ~
de'sa,s' ss, IL was necc@ary to place Themselves In
open opposition to the venerable Governor o' ,xo @
years ma, Plat Segf eg been p@yrf dns esni" ia the
~ s nrn, OF wha, mas happened since this PR
iction seems TO have been fuIhHen
Some OF tho feather Drained politicians VINO
,ho,,vht II unwiss 10 hold Mckinley mass-nee,-
ing ON the eve OF the State Convention, for rear
might make somebody angry changed ther minus
when they saw the practical erect II lau 'po" '''
State Convention. u may be worth whne WK,g,su
,.,,,i. in PhIlaIelpha are following the example
sct by this city. They have hired me Acan,ns w
Music FOR a mass meeting 10 DE hed on oa,ulu''
evening befor, the Pennsylvania State Convention
o,. ., tho k.sn.st poit,cal observers In Pennsyl-
vonin remarked the other evening that even the
enthusiasm for Blaine was not equal TO the popular
continent that now exists for Mckinley the same
IDEA 1. expressed by THE Olean Times" There is
saws The Times" "A popular enthusiasm Tor NC
Kiney that Is growing as II goes. Even fla'he
great hold upon the people IL not To be compaieu
with IT because McKineyism. being symooIcai OF
protecrion-bettcr times and better wages s-reachcs
,ms cIass who perhaps may have admired Blaine
that are to-day not only admirers nut enthuSihs'lc
earnest deternihsn scceas with pyospectye
changed conditions which will make TO their advan
nS aase; ,a nhons OK other men, it would SEEM must
sooner or later give way before H.
While concedng the merits OF the various Prps-
Dental candidates. THE Westminster News thinks
that no observer Of passing events can fail TO see
that the rank and file OF the party are heartiiy IN
favor OF Major Mckinley
Jacob Worth = declaration that combination can
possibly be formed strong enough to defeat the
| nation OF william Mckinley at st. Louis has
brought many practical politicians to their senses
OF Piatt and Quay. making Just like the one
they had four years ago In Minneapolis
Exciting az is the Presidential campaign. there are
q few States In which local issues remain un-
! obscured In the National contest. One OF these Is
| Michigan. A Governor will be elected there this
| fall and Detroit's famous Mayor. II. 8. Pingree.
| who has fought the machines OF both parties and
pretty much everything else In the way OF oppost-
| ton with such relentless v!gor duri.. his four
| going to be n hot fight for the held. Republicans.
| AZ well as Democrats. are against him. There are
half a dozen aspirants In the Republican ranks. but
| the most prominent are Colonel Bliss of Saginaw.
| who Ia said to have the support OF Senator Nc
MILAN; Congressman Aitkin the advocate OF free
| silver: ex-Congressman O'Donnell, Of Jackson:
state Senator Wheeler. OF Manistee. and Mr..
| Conant of Monroe County. Bliss. however, Is
looked upon as the choice OF the machine, and the
fight !s conceded to be between him and Pingree.
Pingree insists that 1t is the same old fight between
the people and the politicians. and he bases his
entire expectation OF success upon popular support
He Is going outside the organization, but not out
side the party though MS opponenhs make TINS
fsnrssd Srmsd al the state There huns
aIed Of these in the e:a over MY Thousand
activits tf is evident. Four years ago the machine
Setory Ssas S When Mr. Rich came UP for
but this year Pingree feels confident he will come
imnary STRUGGLES q the 81 i,on,s convention his
| forms that characterize his municipal admnis,ra-
lion being abundanty sufficient to absorb his entire
| time and energy
| And now they saying that Mckinley carried
| Indiana by the use OF money. corps OF Mr. Nor
toms agents there, and this s their unanimous
report. Poor old Indiana
Referring to the excellent service rendered by Mr.
| Hanna to Garfield Tho Utica Press' says III Mr.
| Mckinley Is nominated and elected. Mark Hanna
will neither ask nor accept ONCE will he In any
way attempt interfere with the exercise OF Execu
tive Judgment In all his business life no man eve,
| cast the shadow OF q suspicion upon hts integrity
or character. and not till his convictions rar
counter to the political preferences OF the Platts
| and the Quays that any charge was ever made
| against him. His sturdy honesty and indomitablt
energy are worth a great deal to any man In whose
behalf they enlisted"
II Mckinley h to be read out OF tho Republican
l h>oo ~ IohV 6h~p n