The Irish standard., 1896-04-04
That's What Boss Piatt Is Trying
to DO
Now,
BUT mac AND his MANAGER LAUGH
They Believe They Can Pull Through
Without New
York.

! from New York. The story, WRITTEN ap-
parently by some one familiar with the
inside Of national politics, is to the effect
| that Major Mckinley and his friend,
| Mark Hanna, declined to promise place
| in the cabinet to ex-senator Platt, OF New
York and that this explains why MI.
! Platt and his followers are so bitterly
| opposed to the nomination Of the Ohloan
for president. The appearance Of such
story, with all the marks Of truth about
it, in newspaper which has been OPP
| posed to the nomination of Major MckAln-
| ley, naturally created quite a. stir. Ills
| friends pointed to it sls evidence OF the
claim which they have always made,
! that the campaign against the Ohio man
was made on unworthy motives and that
the bitterness of the "bosses" against
him is because they have tried to mold
him to their will and have failed. MIR.
Platt's friends in Washington and the
managers of the anti-McKinley campaign
pretend to be amused by the story, which
| they denounce as fake.
The dispatch in the Post starts out
with an account of the notable dinner at
Senator Quay's washington residence in
! May OF last year, attended by Senator
| Quay, Mr.. PIatt. James S. Clarkson, Cen
l IVY
| eph Manley and others. The object OF
the dinner, it is narrated, turned out to
be a scheme to land Mr.. Platt in the cab
met of the next president-the ambition
of his life 1t was felt by those present
| that General Harrison had treated the
| New York tbosses'' unfairly in repudlat-
| ing reported promise made in his behalf
to make him secretary of the treasury,
and that reparation should be made The
dispatch goes on to say:
! Even at that time--months and months
ago-these scheming politicians saw that
! the arrow was pointing in McKinley's
direction. They knew then what was be-
! ing done in the way of organization ny
| the Ohio managers and they had an idea
that Mckinley stood the best chance OF
| winning out 1t was with Mckinley,
| therefore that the deal was to be made
With this end in view it was suggested
| that certain of the gentlemen who We're
! at the table should see him and learn
whether he would enter into bargain.
for that was all it was to be-to buy
! the New York delegation from Plat by
| giving the latter place in the cabinet.
| There was no question of Platt's ability
| to deliver the goods. He had already
| shown his absolute command of the Re
publican party in his state.
As near as the Post writer can learn
| the committee did not see Mckinley, or
| if they did see him he refused to treat
with them, and referred them to Mark
Hanna. Unto Mr.. Hanna the friends OF
MIR. Plat went at once. To their great
surprise and chagrin, Mr.. Hanna posi-
lively and bluntly and emphatically re-
fused to entertain the proposition for
moment. He frankly told the committee
of the bosses that he could get along
| without them, as New York was for Nc
Kinley anyway, and so was Pennnsylva-
MIA. and that Mckinley would have suffi-
cient number of delegates to nominate
| him without the necessity of making any
| bargain with the New York leader. With
| this declaration he showed the political
! schemers to the door.
MIR. Platt. when he heard his offer had
! been discarded was angry and astounded
| Another conference was now necessary
1t was during July in this city, at the
Brunswick, and again it was ostenslbly a
| dinner The same ten were again present
with the addition of Samuel Fessenden,
of Connecticut. All Of them were Wra-
thy. This time the question was not,
| What shall be done for Mr.. Platt? but,
What shall be done to beat Mckinley?
! That something should be done was the
universal opinion Just how it was to be
accomplished was not so easy to deter
mine.
After the availa bility Of every known
candidate had been considered Mr.. Platt
promised that Gov. Morton should be
thrown into the breech as presidential
candidate and that the New York dele
cation should be instructed for him, How
we'll he has kept that promise the con-
yention which has just adjourned amply
demonstrates The other leaders prom
| ised to put forward other candidates. In
fact, it was at this conference that the
ssfayorite son. idea of defeating Mckin-
lev was first definitely preached. 1t is
true that it has not succeeded as we'll as
was expected but this shows that even
! the shrewdest of politicians cannot al
WAYS penetrate the future with accuracy.
This is the story which has gradually
become known in inside circles here. 1t
makes plain much that has happened,
and is happening in the political world.
It shows that the big three of the Repub-
lican party-Quay, Platt and Clarkson-
hoped to find Mckinley as putty in their
hands. When they failed they vowed
war on him. 1t is this war which they
are now waging. With them now it is
| ANYTHING to beat Mckinley. And over
| in the Ohio city by the lake one Mark
Hanna is laughing in his sleeve.
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