New-York tribune., 1896-02-05

amounted to nothing On Election Day tie anti
Platt Republicans 10 to the rolls and vote the
ticket that Platt offers to them without gr.race.
Trey never had the courage and manhood to bolt.
Only a few years ago there a formidable anti
Platt faction in this State 1t was led in the As
semby by Hamilton Fish Warner Miller It's
leader In the state Saxton was its nope What
do to-day? Plat has gobbed them up,
every Fish Is his subservent Speaker Of the
Assembly. Miller IS reduced TO acqu'escsnce IN
with Morton. saxtons ambition has reduced Kim
falo the latest hope has laid down his enmi,y 10
the boss and promises to deliver Eve County to
ernor Platts enemies never had the character and
manhood 10 bolt him at the polls-the only place
where he can be eifectualiy fought. They have al
ways excused themselves the ground that Tam
many rule was 90 much 10 be feared. Now they
have Plat rule in ,he State ana In the party or
ganlgaton. which Republicans ad'llt TO be many
times worse In corruption and intolerance than
anything ever experienced under so-callCd Tam
many government, And even now the Piatt ma
chine 10 not anticipate bolt. They rely upon
the proverbla Republican trait of voting the ticket
under ali circumstances P!att expects to whip his
enemies into line. as doS-trainer operates upon
his subjects.
one OF the most prominent party leaders In New
England has written letter on the revolt in this
city against the Platt-Iauterbach enrolment Here
Is an extract from II: Il notice the row in New
York State. | think the statement by Mr.. Bliss.
that 'self-res spectng Republicans could afford
to cooperate With Mr.. Plat. even for the sake Of
a good cause. Is OF the best statements that
made. II is unique, ana II VIII go down
as an expression Of the ground which has got to be
taken, not on.y n New-Yorl State. but every
where else. would like to thank Mr. Bliss for
this statement II had the chance
Referring to Governor Morton's anxiety over the
Republican situation in New-York City, The Roch-
ester Herald" g-mly observes: "Ho must prepare
for plenty OF that kind OF worriment"
The result of the fight in the Chemung district
leads THE Buffalo Courier say: The fact that
Mr.. Fassett's friends N the southern tier have
practically given up the fight against Mr.. Platt Is
disappointing Was their victory in Chcmung last
there is not yet ended. Fassett Is not Dead nor
dying.
widespread feeling Is voiced by The Syracuse
Herald" when It declares that Governor Morton's
boom for the Presidential nomination has not been
speeded by Mr.. Patts ill-natured. contemptuous
j.bes al such Joseph H. Choae. Ehu Root,
In g!rd!ng at the element which frankly avow thelr
dislike OF Mr. Platt's methods, after the fashon OF
Richard Croker venting his sp.een upon the men
who exposed the corrupt and menaclns apussS, y,
poor general HIS letter savageiy ana con,
tempttousy assailing body OF many thousand
Republican voters who are their own political mas,
ters Is not even clever as worm gof,, o
In the same issue THE Herald" takes Governor
Nor,on 10 task for the way In which ne treated the
ronor, y, the Committee OF Twenty-Five after that
hodv had sent II to him. supposedly at his request
.rha Governor" II insists. exercised CONCEDED
right refusing to act as arDtrator Us.~een & "
the appeal made to him personally TO MT. l.auter-
bach IT was discourteous TO the Committee OK
Five Hundred. BY his act the Governor has en-