New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-03

Hall Tn ratify. or how could they have height
encd the ludicrous effect Of the performance
except by pervcring II from the ostcnsiDe pur'
pose Of ratlfying the nomination OF McNnh-
ley to the real one OF glorlfying MS most rech-
less and persistent defamcr. described by one
OF the speakers in n burst Of eloqurnce as rare
old Tom Platt"? 1t could not be otherwise
than gratifying to Mckinley Republicans 10
witness the promptncss with which HIS enc
mics gave in their adhcslons, though, MS every
body knew. 1t was Il0bsons choice Win theh''
no other course being open. But an additional
element OF humor was impaired by their SUD
don access OF zeal and the confusion or NINA
into which they were thrown by the necessity
of n situation which called for the exaltaiion
OF "rarc old Tom" and pcrflInciory applause
for the man he had failed TO defeat Since
then these queer people have afforded more or
less amusement by their demonstralyc anxiety
that rare old Tom should be put In charge or
the Mckinley campaign in this state.
In order TO bring that result about they have
urged upon Chairman Hanna the necessity Tor
his taking the first step in the process fam!l-
iarly known as THE placaton OF Platt. Mr.
Iinnna. being a little slow about ii, rare old
Tom took the first STEP and on Saturday. with
the assistance of Ilackett and Lauterbach.
placated himself Preliminary thereto. Mr..
Platt's personal organ ''The New-fork sun.
contributed TO the hlImOr Of the situation by nm
article formally addressed to Mr.. Hanna. with
ont any play upon his middle name. in which
he was told that there were two factions among
New.York Republicans: that one was regular
and was headed by II. G. Platt that the other
WIGS made I'D OF "bushwhackers. backstabbers
and malcontens" Of whom The Tribune was
the spokesman and that unless he wanted to
make shipwreck Of the Mckinley cause he
must put 'thp Plat element in charge Of the
campaign in this State and repudiate the bush
whackcrs and backstabbcrs' with their
spokesman The Tribune. This is the funniest
thing vet. 1t is now pretty generally under
stood that Mr. Hanna was not born yesterday.
The idea that he has come to New-York TO be
euided by the personal organ of Mr. Plait as
TO the conduct of the campaign will strike any
one who has read Patt's attacks on Mckinley
and Hanna in the columns Of THE Sum- ana
the lat,cr's gratuitous abuse Of both, as one of
the most grotesQue humors Of the situation
Mr. Hanna knows n bushwhacker and back
stabber by this time on sight. His experience
In the preliminary campaign has left little for
him TO learn on that point. The information
volunteered by The sun cannot Iall 10 aHord
him amusement.
These things constitute the humorous feat
urcs Of the campaign up to date They are
not 10 be treated seriously The main fact TO
be kept constantly in mind by earnest Repub-
leans is that no fractional consideration must
be permitted to endangcr Republican success
or diminish the triumph. As to Mr.. Platt and
his organ. It need only be said that they can
not affect the result, even though they should
succeed in keeping themselves prominent by
stirring mp factonai strife.