The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-17
a JUNKET DOWN IN GEORGIA.
GAY PARTY OF NEW WORKERS
ARRIVE AT ATLANTA.

uound OstensibIy to New Orleans for
,be sIardi Gras Festivities, But IL
:. relieved There is sSOmething of
PoIitics- in Their MissiOn-Candi-
s,ev of Gov. Morton of the Empire
STATE as Reviewed by Prominent
republican EdftOrs-MOrtOn n RE
.,.ctabIe. But Not a Commanding
Fisurehead"-PrOsB Political
l., of peach" Dcpew and other
1-.ted Men From New York state.
Atlanta. Ca, Feb. 1.-THE palatial Wag-
- car sRiva," which came in on the
,,-,i-ed from New York about 4 O'Clock
e-r5av afternoon, brought with it sew
era1 prominent gentlemen who are bound
osrensibly to New Orleans to attend the
,fsr5i Gras, but whose mission has some
thing of politics in it.
The .'Rfva" was chartered by W. j.
ArzeH. publisher and owner Of the pow
erful republican weeklies, Judge and Les
lies Weekly. With him We're his broth
er Bartlett ArkeIl, editor of Leslie's
weekly. and the well known Yale athlete
and gold champion, DR.. J. b. Crosby;
Charles W. Price, editor of the Electrical
Review; L. H Arnold, one of the leading
members of the New York bar; A. +.
richmond. president of the Canajoharie
Bank; W. H. Mcguire, publisher; James
b. Brady. railroad contractor, and John
a. sleicher, editor of the New York City
Record
Mr.. Arkell was asked: "How will New
York stand at the St. Louis convention
He replied: "Our delegations will be for
oil l,a DIo4 .
faction becomes so obnoxious to the re-
spectacle element as to divide the party.
In that event 1 doubt if Morton would
feel like having his name mentioned"
Asked if New York was sincere in advo-
eating Morton's nomination, Mr.. Arkell
replied: Morton is looked upon as a gen.
1leman-a fine man personally-amiable.
polite. honest and we'll meaning. He has
nlled several places very creditably. He
is. therefore, a respectable, but not COM
handing fgurehead He is not a states
man. and II Is to his credit that he has
never claimed to be one. As governor he
has been useful to Mr.. Plat, who bosses
the republican machine in New York
state, but who does not boss the republi-
can party. AS governor, Mr.. Morton can
be useful to Platt, as long as the legisla-
ture remains in session. New York natu-
rally would be for Depew for President,
but Platt wants a man he can handle"
MT. ArkeH was asked II HldLt honestly
expected to nominate Morton. Said he:
Honestly, no leading republican in New
York sincerely believes that Morton will
be nominated at the convention. In the
first place, Plat will not control the dele
cation. He did not control ii at Chicago
in 1888. He did not control il at Mime
apolis in 1892. After all his talk against
Harrison in 1892. nearly half of the New
YORK delegation voted for Harrison, and
about a dozen Of them for Mckinley.
Blaine got the rest. Our DELEGATIONS at
Chicago in 1883, and at Minneapolis in 1892
We're influenced and guided not by Plat,
but by Depew, and Depew will be the most
potential factor at st. Louis this year, so
lar as New York is concerned. Morton is
smart enough to see this and Depew's in,
huence is doing more for Morton than any
thing else in our state. The voice is the
voice OF Plat, but the hand that does the
business is the hand of Depew"
The question was asked: "Will New
YORK go to Mckinley after Morton is
dropped? Said Mr.. Arkell: "A part of
New York is sure to go to Mckinley and
a part to Reed and Allison. unless the
delegation should decide to bring Depew
forward again. Plat is maneuvering for
Reed. NO one doubts that He is a cum
n hlng but short-sighted politician and able
one, nut the difficulty is that he is
surrounded by bad advisers, constitute
ing an element most obnoxious to the
pest men in the party. While his inf1u-
ence appears to be stronger than ever.
yet 1t is really far from what he leads
me pubic to believe il to be- If Gov.
Morton mad not placed the patronage of
me state at Platts disposal the latter
influence would have been minimzed."