The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-15
.PLATT MEN ARE
NOW PLACATED,
Harmony Restored by the
Seating of Morton
Delegates.
WILL NOW STAND FAST
They Hoped for More, but Will
Be Satisfied With What
They Got.
NEW JERSEY IS FOR HOBART.

New York'S Governor VIII Positively
Decline the Second Place
Nomination.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 14.-Members of
! the Republican National Committee are
pluming themselves on their success in
disposing of the immense mass OF work
thrust upon them without holding Sun
day session, against which the conscien-
tious scruples of several of the members
strongly rebelled. True, it was nearly
O'Clock this Sunday morning before the
last contest was disposed of, and the tired
and worn out committeeman crawled
away to their neglected beds. But mas
much as the session began at 10 A. NJ. Sat
urday and was continued without adjourn
ment end with only brief rccesses un til all
the cases had been disposed of, the extra
hours after midnight are regarded as
merely an extension of Saturdays legisla-
| tive day ana not as violation of the Sab
bath.
The commit ee disposed of 1853 cases
RENTED to the convention for settlement,
the del egates-at-large from Mississippi,
Delaware and Texas and the delegates
from two of the New York districts and
one California district. The number OF
cases was SO great, as one of the members
of the committee frankly admitted, that it
was physical impossibility to give all OF
them careful judicial consideration and
many were decided almost at haphazard.
A very large proportion of the cases Will
be fought over again before the committee
on credentials when the convention is or
ganized and may delay the nomination
till late in the week.
None of the several hundred Platt- Morton
men went to bed last night until the Ma
tionaI Committee disposed of the last of the
New York contests. Mr. Plat was the
one exception. He retired to his room for
the night at IL o'clock. His friends, how
ever, displayed a feverish interest in the
outcome and were unwilling to leave the
neigh borhood of the National Committed
headquarters until final settlement was
reached.
Mr.. Platt was early astir this morning
and at o'clock his friends began making
their way to his rooms. Among those
with whom the Senator was in consulta-
ton during the forenoon were Senator:
Ellsworth, Raines, Stewart and Lexowi
! Speaker Fish, Francis Hendricks, George
w. Aldridge, William Barnes Jr., b. H
Davis, Edward Lauterbach, John s. Ken
yon and Chairman Hackett of the State
committee. Mr.. Platt declined to express
an opinion with reference to the National
Committees action, but some of the gen.
tlemen whose names are here mentioned
were not so reticent. Occupying. as they
DO, intimate personal and political rela-
tons with Mr.. PIatt, they may be fairly
supposed to represent his views, and what
they say, therefore, has all the force of an
ex-cathedrs statement.
1t cannot be said that they are pleased
with the result. They had hoped that
Morton men only would be seated. TIC
this extent they are disappointed. On the
other hand they were led to believe thai
| the anti-Platt men would be favored with
out exception. That they were not sc
favored is naturally source of gratiica
ton to them, and to this extent they are
satisfied. As one of the NUM- Der expressed
it to United Press reporter:
eve shall acquiesce in the committee
conclusion, for we have won practica
victory, but we would have preferred tt
have had all our men seated"
1t may be said, in this connection, thai
all talk of bolt of the New York men a.
the convention is at an end. Mr.. Plat
will not press the matter any further i
the convention shall approve the National
Committees action. 1t really represents
q loss to Governor Morton of only three
and half votes out OF a possible twelve
This means that Mr.. Platt, with his
friends, will remain in the convention anG
participate in its deliberations. What Mr.
PIatt and his followers will do when the
Presidential campaign actively begins il
another question, although it is asserted
that they will perform with cheerfulness
any political duty that may be assigned t
them.
General Arson McCook, seated in plac,
| of Alexander T. Mason in the Thirteent
District, will, it is SAID, vote for Governor
Morton. 1t is estimated at Mr.. Platt':
headquarters that Governor Morton will
secure fifty-nine of New York's seventy
two votes. The Mckinley voters in the
delegation are these: George II. Roberts
Second District; William B. Atterbury
Third District; Frederick w. Wurster
Fifth District; William II. Robertson
Sixteenth District; Thomas w. Bradley
Seventeenth District; George E. Matthews
and Wesley G. Storms, Thirty-fourth Dis
trict, with Mes srs. Bliss and Cruger in tn
Twelfth District casting half vote eacl
for Mckinley, and Brook6eld in the Thir
teenth and Collins and Wright in the FIJI
tenth casting one vote each for Mckinley
making in all thirteen votes in the New
| York delegation for the Ohio candidate.
There is openly expressed dissatisfac
ton among the Platt men this mornin
that Governor Morton should have chose
Chauncey Depew as the medium through
whom to announce his determination no
to accept the nomination for the Vice
Presidency. Mr.. Platt was so much SUI
prised yesterday when Mr.. Depew shove,
him Governor Morton's telegram that h
instructed Chairman Hackett to wire tn
Governor Immediately about it. MI
Hackett did so. He received a reply stat