New-York tribune., 1896-05-14
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THE COMBINE" FRIGHTENED
PLATTs HURRY CALL FOR THE STATE
COMMITTEE.
MEETING TO BE HELD ON sATURpAY-coN1drrA
FURTHER MKINLEY INRoADs-REPoRr
THAT MR.. MORTON WILL SEND
LETTER OFFERING TO WITH
DRAW AS A CANDIDATE.


LETTER OFFERING TO WITH
DRAW AS A CANDIDATE.
hurry calr' for meeting Of the Republlcao
State Committee has been sent out from the Pla0
headquarters 1t is to be hed on Saturday -
noon, in Parlor D r. in the Fifth Avenue Hotel
The news that Mr.. Platt had decided to bring
the State Committee together created no surprise
yesterday among city politicians. The call was
universally looked upon as wholly In keeping
with "Platt's tactics" Whenever he has been
hard pressed politically. his plan has been to
nave the State Committee come together and
back him up. Mr.. Platt has undertaken the job
Of defeating Mckinley at 81. Louis. He finds
that he has bitten off more than he can chew"
and he proposes to have the State COMMITTEES
step in to assume the responsibility
Secretary Kenyon in reaching the members
OF the committee, made liberal use Of the tele-
graph, and gave every man to understand that
there were urgent reasons for his presence in
New-York Saturday. Mr.. Plat has discovered
that the delegates to the Republican National
Convention who be relied upon to stand with
him In the last ditch are growing less in num-
bers every day. and he hopes that the State
Committee may help him to prevent wholesale
desertions to the Ohio candidate.
1t was rlmored last evening that Governor Nor
ton would send letter 10 the State Committee on
Saturday. in which he. would request the with
drawal of his name from the list OF Presidential
candidates, IT, In the committees judgment, there
probable chance Of his nomination OF
course. the committee would advise the Governor
that his chances were excellent and he must re.
main In the field. The Governor. however II was
said would get credit for the bluff" and stand
a chance OF being considered when the St. Louis
Convention nominated its candidate for Vice.
President en- the ticet with Mckinley. There
have been evidences lately of willingness on the
Governors part to return TO his old post Presi.
dent Of the Senate
Chairman Hackett when asked yesterday
what the object Of the meeting was, said that Il
simply for the purpose Of arranging for the
transportation OF the delegates 10 the National
Convention to st. Louis, and their accommoda-
ton while therf. Sub-committees were to be
appointed. he said. TO whom the usual details
connected with the trip to the convention city,
the assignment Of quarters, the distribution OF
badges and tickets and similar matters, would
be intrusted
Are there to be no resolutions adopted?" Mr..
Hackett was asked.
oh yes. possibly" was the languid response
Of the Utica statesman. 1--WE are likely to pass
resolutions favoring sound money and to re-
assert our confidence in Governor Morton az
the candidate Of New-York State for the Presi-
dency."
Mr.. Hackett added that It was probable that
a paper which had been prepared review Of
the work OF the Legislature and referring to
the wise legislation" which was enacted dur
Ing the session would be read and adopted.
Prominent in this paper. which will probably
appear in the form Of IAN address to the Re-
pubcans of the State" is expected to be an
unqualified Endorsement Of Platt's attitude tow
ard the Presidential candidate Of the people,
Whether this backing up" OF the Tioga poll
tician will be Incorporated in the address" or
whether 1t will be put into the resolutions to be
adopted was not fully decided upon last night
OPPOSITION PROBABLE.
But 1t was predicted thai, whatever form it
takes, this method OF attacking Major McKin-
ley and making the Republican State Conven-
tion responsible for Patts recent utterances
against the Ohio man will meet determined op-
position at Saturdays meeting. Mr.. Platt II 10
generally understood. has burned his bridges"
but there are several ambitious Republicans on
the committee who do not care to join Mr.
Platt in his rule ruin" policy. They realize
that attempt will be made TO use the State
Committee In the scheme of the members Of the
presidential Trust" to create a panic in the
Mckinley ranks the sound-money question
The combines" have the aid OF the free trad
ers In this plan to discredlt Major Mckinley
How honest protection Republicans Join in
this plot 1t was difficult for those who discussed
the question yesterday from Republican point
of view TO understand
ANOTHER INTERVIEW"
Mr.. Plat got out another Of his anti-McKinley
interviews last evening. 1t distributed, az
is customary in such cases from the State head
quarters in the Fifth Avenue Hotel 1t covered
four and half typewriter foolscap pages. and
was in the main only reiteratlon OF the argu-
ments which the Tree-trade newspapers have been
induging in against Major Mckinley. Mr.. Platt
continues to harp on McKiney's financial record,
and advises people carefully to consider his atti-
tude on the money question before deciding to
make him President. There is nothing new in Mr.
Platts latest outburst. He only proves that he 10
in league with the class whose labors tend TO
hinder a restoration of business prosperity In the
country at large.
The number Of Mckinley advocates In the city
yesterday far overshadowed the few adherents
OF Governor Morton and other candidates for thd
nomination at ST. Louis. James s. Clarkson, who
is for Allison or any one to defeat Mckinley IN
still too Ill to get around. and so the conference
OF the anti Mckinley men has been postponedI
The prepoLderance Of sentiment is largely for
Mckinley Among those in town who advocated
the nomination Of the Major were Ex-Governor
Person c. Cheney. Of NewHampshire; William
~ Hahn, member Of the Republican Natonaf
Committee from Ohio L. C. Hanna, a brother oe
Marcus A. Hanna. the Cleveland business man
who is looking after Major McKiney's fences;
General Russell A. Alger, who says that no one
can live in Michigan and be Republican unless
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burg the leader Of the anti-Quayaforces in West
o.. and a strong adherent OF Ma.