The evening times., 1896-10-12
Plan to Knife the State Ticket
in New York.
M'KINLEY LEAGUERs, TOO
Claim They Can Muster 100000
Vote s, IA nd Half This Number Might
he Enough to Defeat Bluck-Con-
gressiOnaI Candidates Also Suffer.
Mckinley Electors VIII BE Voted.

York. and it is thought that they will carry
their quarrel so far as to cut the names on
the Republican State ticket OF New York
Consideration has followed the first init
nation that such a dire thing is To happen
to the g. q. T.. in the Empire State, and
tlIeleadcrs are said to be some what ala arned.
The announcement that the ant.-Pla ulen
would take such a course overshado . ed the
interest III the second day OF registration in
cities and the first in rural districts, which
kept pace with the heavy work OF the ia be-
fore
This will not be pretty thing to happen
after Platt and the Mckinley managers
have ''made up
Throughout the State, i'll every rural dis
trict where the Mex iulcy League has been
organized, the story is afloat that the anti
Platt men intend to scratch Frank Black;
the candidate for governor, and his asso-
ciates on tie state ticket When questioned
about it the local leaders have denied that
they have any Intention af doing 50, and
said tn at they would wait until after cleo
ton before renewing their hitherto bootlcss
work OF destroying Plat.
BEING INSTRUCTED QUIETLY
But there seems to be no doubt now OF
the general intention OF the anti-Platt
men merely TO vote the national electoral
ticket and stop there. This can be easily
done. Under the new ballot law 4 per-
sou desiring to Vote for only a certain num-
ber of candidates on the ticket can refrain
from making the -'X'' mark in the circle
and can make cross before each individ-
nars name for whom he desires to vote In
structions are now being sent out quietly
TO the Mckinley League members to Vote
only the electoral ticket, and 81 vote it as
follows:
Y BENJAMIN Tracy.
Y Edward II. Butler.
and so oil dow II through the thirty-six
names OF the electors. Thus il Ill be seen
that IL the Mckinley League could muster
90 900 votes in the State-and they claim
250, ,00O-Black and the State ticket would
run behind Mckinley just $4,000 votes.
Further than thi F.. each candidate fpr Con
gress friendly Ia Mr.. Platt and each candi-
date for the assembly friendly to Mr. Platt
would also run behind the national ticket
in his district.
Col Lowell II Jerome who speaks for
john +. Miiholland, has said that h e thought
a great many OF the members OF the Nc
Kinley League would merely vote the
electoral ticket, and thus Mr. Plat would
be shown just how extensive the opposi-
ton to him is in this State. Col Jerome
said that no open instructions would go
to the members of the league. He also
declared that Charles A. Hess, the ma
cbiue's So 900 candidate for Congress In
the Twelfth district, would be defeated
through the Mckinley League voting in
just this way.
WHY PLATT INTERPRETED.
This development of treacbery to the
State and Congressional tickets on the part
of the self-styled original friends of
Major Mckinley will cause an explosion
in the headquarters in Chicago. where Mr..
Hanna is now located
Mr.. Hanna, prior to the meeting Of the
Saratoga Republicans tate convention made
n request of Mr.. Platt that be prevent
tie nomination of George W. AIdridge
for governor
Now, Tom" said Mr.. Hanna, Il have
only one man who is talked OF for governor
to object to. object to him because his
would lead to a bolt, and that
would be bad for the national ticket. I
only object to him because certain Repub-
licans insist that they would nominate an
independent ticket
Mr.. Platt acquiesced in Mr.. Hanna's re-
quest George W Aldridre was not nomi-
mated Frank $. Black was chosen as the
candidate for governor because he was re-
garled by Mr. Platt as man absolutely
to the men of the Mckinley
Lea que and tothe Republican National Com
mittee All the leaders of the Mckinley
7 a m a a show of
porting Black.
Some further details OF the tactics of
theanti- Platt menthro6Ghout the State were
made public yesterday To urge them On
to the policy OF knitting Black they are be-
ing quietly told that they need not fear any
reprisals at the hand OF the State machine,
because Mr. Platt is not going to have any.
thing to say about the patronage of New
York State.
WHO WILL HANDLE PATRONAGE.
They are told that Mr. Bliss VIII be the
first man to be consulted. Then they are
informed that after Mr.. Bliss the men whose
advice will be followed are Messrs. Miller.
Mlhollaud and Matthews. Warner
Miller is to get a Cabinet place: Mr.. Mat
thews is to get some first-class mission
abroad; Mr.. Milholland is to be made either
or Collector of the Port at New
York city Only anti-Platt men are to be
placed on guard in the pestoffice and other
federal positions and the more Black runs De-
Wind his ticket the easier il will be To keep
PIatt from getting any Of the patronage.
This patronage card is being played
stronger in the Twenty-seventh Congress
sionai district. comprising the countcs of
Na1icpn n n n y no pl SSs
There Frank Hendricks old enemy. James
j. Belden. is running as an independent Re.
publican candidate for Congress against Rep
resentative Poole. with the Endorsement of
both the free silver and the sound money
Democrats.
1t is stated In the most positive way
throughout this district that Mr. Belden has
pledges in writing from Major Mckinley ana
Chairman Hanna thatif he iselected 10 Con-
eress over tn regular nominee he shall Con-
troll all the federal patronage in MS distrlct-
Politicians who have heard the story unhesl-
tatingly say that they believe 1t is a lie that
Ma ior Mckinley has written letter to Mr.
Beltlep. They say Major Mckinley has not
promised an office to any living man. Still
the story that some sort of q promise has
been made by somebody is being of great
assistance to Belden in his antfPlatt cam
paigp, and his supporters assert that he will
beat Major Poole by 1000 ma jority.s
DEMOCRATS FIGHTING, TOO.
Other interesting things in New Yorkpo
tics have developed within few days, and
if the Republicans have family quarrel
on their hands the Popocraus have bigger
one; or, rath er, several OF them
t.o atli lin1 Sfty ntrf-
sicers have brought the Tammany tiger
,n THAR feat Thnuv.t net theri--