New-York tribune., 1896-11-20
PRAISE FOR MIR. PLATT.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE REPUB-
LIcAN COUNTY COMMITTEE.
AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY l. ALBERT ENGLE-
HART LEADS TO SHARP DEBATE OVER WAR
NER MIILER-PROPosED CHANGES ~ THE

JOY over tie victory at the recent eie0'''ii
was expressed at the meeting Of the Repuphcah
County Committee last evening. There was
full attendance Of delegates and so many other
Republicans present that they crowned
the space outside the railing in the hall on the
fifth floor Of the buildine in West Thirty-egh'h-
st. There was unlimited enthusiasm. which was
made more emphatic by an unexpected clash
OF opinions Praise of Thomas c. Piatt IN 'he
resolutions stirred up opposition when was
fought to \ standstill by Mr.. Platts admirers
I'm the committee and at the end the resolu-
tions were. carried by vote that was alihoSI
unanimous.
The feeling displayed in some impassioned
outbursts disappeared almost as quickly as 1t
had appeared The last action Of the commute
before adjourning for the evening was IL u''"'''
nous rising vote to direct the secretary u Se"'
10 Lieutenant Governor Saxton an eNPfesS'o"
of the committees sympathy for him on ac-
count Of the death of his wife
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
The resolutions were presented py Lucas ~
Van Allen, of the With Assembly District anu
were in part as follows:'
The Republican County Committee OF the ea,iny 0ouis
of Ncwlork. at this its nrst rgsr,iilates regr,1 the
Nation the successful annhilation 80 "a, 80. Of the
OF IN" pern!cious and dansercus TO- ooo - William
"IDrso Ws tbr dttnr REPRESENTATIVE OF the prnci-
piles OF Anarchism. Socialism % ,hat MA form
dation and National dishonor which tn"t P''''0'"'
r",'se for concratulation however. is not limited
TO the escape from these dangers whch t.r rin,r
cisn of the strong com nonsense or the AM 49,
people has enabled the Nation 70 mahv' , D 70 the
ih,l,d,r, r.ason I'm the deserved elevation 70 III"
| presidency of william Mckinley ana 70 IN &,ne ~
Presidency Of Garret ~ Hobart under WIZ, ths, rhe
rrinisfrafon II may be safely predicted ina iltlas Ia
era OF panic disaster Treasury dehclt ana 1d
tariff which hay unharpyy and a period OF
prosperity least equal to that "nioT ,PPartarn,n
during the Republican Administration o' ne'''"'''
Harrison will succeed thereto. 81, ,h,s
We join in the pauds Of the ,Pe PeoPRie PRepHblcan cam
state to those who rCpresentgiou ' and Specially
!" Thomas C. Plat. the chairman .ot the .>e" ~
York 6 fSr aGoptidn s9s Of platform hon
eei and straightforward IN every NM aiu na,,n -,
,,rirp in s insistcncc upon the manenahc,S , 'l HI
the gold standard and the payment IN EcIhn Eh u he
! coin obligations. p"h''liE ~ w., %o,,rageo,,sly %
,,"onfed in distinct and direct opposition 10 tn'
financial fallacics Of the hiceo fr efermina-
! lion wa the paramount reason ior the great Po
/ M,ica victory which was secured
The resolutions also contained thanks 70 the
D.,thiloan National Committee and the fepuD-
ucan state Committee mentioning MI. Hanna
and Mr. IIackctt. the chairm"n. by name ihe
,,,,of,,oo had n good word to say for the
Raincs law and praise for the work OF 'he ''a''
LEGISLATURE generally. and declared that the
J. pledge
New-York must be kept
4 STORM or NOES
A soon "A NJ Van Alien had formally moved
III. adopt.on ~ the report, |. Albert hnSehat'
| moved an amendment e. insert after the SEN
tcnce reading. we join in the plaudts OF the
.,.,i. -, This state to those who represented
the Republican party at thr 81 Louis R"pup"'""
Convention. and especially to Thomas e. Platt.
N..vir I.1lf n ON
name. Of Edward I.auterbact. Chauncey NJ. De-
Lew and Warner Miller. MI Engleharts sus-
/ e.silon was met by a storm OF noes and mingled
,is..s and oh.ors. which were again renewed
when Abraham Gruhcr moved as substitute
resolution that only the names Of Mr.. Lauter-
h,,h and Mr. Depew should he included in adii-
tion To- that II Mr.. Patt.
Mr. Engl,hart made an extremely spirited ad-
dress in support of his resolution. in the course
! Of which hc said:
Iha,e never IN my lifetime believed in crawling
up any mans back. believe tn" Republican party
Is broader IN sentiment and morr liberal III SPIT,
and is more able 10 dictate its policy ana mantAi,
iself as l'iro, r"I> tmn tmhn SE ,. r."r, vp
and -i IL 90 forth in Ia" great Htt'" 3t New, or X
that there only on" man ab" to lead US ana ony
Oh. man whom v" Viii oory q ",.I' IN. @ .oui'" i
/ ch.crsD / care not for any plaudlts thht may De
mad W. AS the County 'emm'tce rgpryS@nu6 6
! moi r.t,resrut any on" man and when IN" citizens
oI SLdar n ,S S'rS nomnaon Of the Very bSst Kepnbcs
thai could hc selected 10y the party AS their stand
! intended thai ON" man should represent tnr S'i" 90
OF New York a tina, ., nvcntion. n lInr men m N
vet tonight. W, not as men. hut as boys. are try
| inc ~ ickle one man and TO demonstrate that h.
! is our one and only representative. Will" the
greater par, Of the people In the stat believe that
this man has not rcprss"ntrd the people as 'hey
| should b.. Cheers and hiss"sD
THINKS IT ONLY JUSTICE.
= Tao, that this amendment will be voted down.
hu, M less do believe that IT IS but Justice that
the names Of the four and not one only. OF the
committee should be placed upon that resolution.
| II Warner Miller acted up to his convictions nc
| shouId bo indorscd 10y this committee Cries %
"To, nor') lie Is "A man not afraid to act up to his
convictions and IS not under the thumb of any ons
man. ask. therefore that thls committee 40 JUS
! tice all four men eIua"y
Several members jumped to their feet to con-
,inuc the discussion but the first to catch the
eve Of Mr. Lauterbach. the chairman. was Mr..
! Van Allen He persisted that the resolution
should stand in its original form. and went on to
say:
| did not como here tonight to say anything.
| bur simply TO vote upon the different questions
n .n"t ,''i ih,t the name Of T. C. Patt would have
| been such an cyesore TO the gentleman who has
! lust favored Us with his IDEAS perhaps nlshl
! but then again. perhaps mient not. nave left his
| name out 81 the resolution. The reason why MS
! name Is there is simply thls ne was tGe chairman
| of the New York delegation. Now. THIS respected
gentleman who Is outside the prcaStworks OF ,h,
| Republican organization, ana Is likely TO remain n
| thrr.-I think his dccapitatlOn was completed at
| Saratoga daughter)-well he has no standing in
4 his resolution and his name will not be embodied
! I'm this resolution. because the majority OF the
,n.mbors Of this body constitute the loyal, pa
iriotir and organizcd Republicans. Appause }
| And air. we have nothing whatever TO do with
maj cn-- OF Republicans whom We must justly
chnr,rfrrze as the white wash emblcms Of the
unrfy not worthy to receive IN" coronation and
nam" Of Republican. applause and hisses.) We
rrcI no amendment to thc resolution and Will
ak that II be adopted without the elimination or
addition of a single name"
UPHELD BY OTTO IRVING WISE.
otto Irving Wise agreed with Mr.. Gruber's mo-
tion and asserted that Mr.. Miller was the only
one Of the four delegates who did not carry out
his instructions.