New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-15
MACHINE MEN STUNNED.
OVERCOME BY THE NEWS FROM ST.
LOUIS
LOCAL. COMMENT on THE DECISION OF THE MA
TrONAL COMMITTEE on THE NEW
YORK CONTESTS.


HoNodv IN this city was predicting McKinley's
defeat Yesterday The shouters OF the machine
who have been so that Platt and his CO.
l,t,prcrs OF the Presidential Trust would make the
ohio mans success impossible very soon after tho
Tioga manipulation set foot in 81 Louis, were
dazel and silent, They had heard the hrst guns
From, tho battlefield in Missouri. and. looking for
tho killed and wounded. they dd not find them IN
the Anti Machine phalanY The latest news from
s. Louis about the all-nlgh session OF the Repuo-
lean National Committee. which so summary
wound up Platts campaign Of buster ana DraVado.
vas engery inquired for AT the uptown ho'eis hh'
clubs and wherever gathered to discuss the
situation.
When 3, became known that out Of the three as
,,ic,s NJ his city in which m actual fight was
p,, M Ave - six votes repres' ntins these as
,r,r,s were ACCORDED 20 the An'i-Platt delegates
the spirit OF jubilaticn manifested ITSELF among
genuine Rennbcans. The continuously repeated
threat OF the ma chine that none OF the elected dele
gate. from the XIith. XIiIth and XVIII consre'0
a.s.ricis Cornelius y Rl!ss. ) Y. K. Cruger Will
lam Rrookn~ll Arson @. McCook. c. II t Coils
or Robert J. Wright should over set foot in me
- Louis Convention a. sitting members. was re-
called and variousy commented Its total fal-
urc In every district bat one was pointed 10 az
showing the stunsndous failure Of T. C. Platts at
temp; TO BULLDOG the National Committee. 1t was
true that Mc~srs Bliss and Cruger. OF the Xflth.
received the recognition Of only half vote each
and must divide the honor OF representing the dis
tric, with Howard Carroll and Thurow Weed
Rarnes bu, this arrangement was reached only
after Mr. Bliss. who ar the treasurer OF the Ma
tlonal Committee Is an ex offico member. had pro-
posed IN the interest Of harmony and to avert an
unsecmly wranxle after miinlgh, on sunday morn
ing 10 permit Aiessrs. Carroll and Barnes to 90
upon tho temporary roll OF the Convention on equal
terms With himself and Colonel Crucer There
were few sensbio people in New-York yesterday.
however but believed that when the case q the
XIIih District comes before the Conventions Com
miiec on Credentials the error VIII be corrected.
AMI Mc-srs Bliss and Crug,r will be admitted as
n" fairly elected delegates
The case Of the KILN District. where Messrs.
Brookne.d and McCook chosen John
Relscnweber and Alexander r. Mason. was so plain
and clear that Mr.. sutherland. Of Rochester, the
Platt member OF the committee from this State,
did not possess enough Of what the boys call gall
10 ask FOR the seating Of the Plat men. and tho
names Of Brookhed and McCook were placed upon
the Convention roll by unanimous vote. This
triumph OF the right over combination which
relied solely on fraud ard padded rolls For places
In the Convention was pleasing TO all Republicans.
Many kilograms OF cOngratu,atiOn were sent from
the city and neghborhood to the successful men.
Equally satisfactory was the result In the XVIII
District where. In spite Of the fact that Messrs
COLTS and Wright had more than n hundred ma
iority I'm their Congress Convention. the barcfaced
methods Of the machine were reaorted TO for the
Of prVng them or their rights ana or seat
In. a pair OF timescrNIng politicians, one OF whom
hmd sod himself Platt and had deserted the Anti
Machine camp only few days before the time FOR
choosing the delegates last spring. Instead OF
uniting in the Plat tools the National Committee
bv n vote OF 81 20 T. gave the rshifuIly chosen rep
rssentatives OF the XVIII their PAGES In the Con-
Vcntion. 80
That the Committee on Credentials will confirm the
National Committees action as to the Nlllth and
\Vth districts, as well put Messrs. Bliss and
Crux.r In full possession of their seats for tina
Win District. was not doubted yesterday by Re
nuhcans who have become impressed with the de-
Termination OF the vast majority OF the National
Convention at St Louis to decide all questions on
their merits regardless of the threats OF bosses oi
every kind and size. , A.,
who appeared In public yesterday was pitlable. II
took good deal OF to face the merry friends
of Mckinney who made public places resonant WITH
,heir expressions Of delight and persisted in asking
The crestfaen chaps who have attached thcmselv rs
a. the fortunes OF Plat II they had heard from st
Inuls9' a few unsaRacious Machine men, Initiating
~. unhappy tactics OF their mentor and boss at ST
I ouis went so far 10 threaten the wholesale un
seatin1 Of Antl-Platt delegates to the next RepuD
lcan State Convention. when the nominations foi
Covernor and T.eufenant Governor are to be made
unwisey concluding that Patt would control the
cnmInp convention, he had those for severa
years past This. they said. would be by way OF
| ;.rcfaliation" They wer- advised. however. TO wal
q, few weeks and who would enjoy the power anf
nrivilegs of doing the throwing OUT at the mex
G,atn Conyentlon Bets freely offered with nc
takers that 1t would not be Mr. Platt