New-York tribune., 1896-08-26
ARRIED OUT PLATT'S ORDERS.
HOW THE M'KINLEY MEN WERE KEPT
OUT OF THE CONVENTION.
GROSSLY UNFAIR ACTION or THE COMMITTEE
oN CREDENTIALS IN THE CASE OF WAR
NER MILLER. WILLIAM II. ROB

Saratoga Aug 2J.--Warner Miller, eN-uHi'""
States Senator and Republican candidate TOT
Governor in 1883, was refused admission 10 'he
Republican State Convention to-day as de'esa"
from Hcrkmer County. He had been electeu
doloeoto b, q vote of - to 80 in the Herkimer
County Convention Thomas C. PIatt couiu no.
forgive Mr. Miller for coming to the defence OF
William Mckinley when he was assailed DS MI
PIatt last spring previous to the Republican Ma
tional Convention. He gave orders that MI MIL
ler should he defeated in Herkmer County ana
threy against him all the patronage of the state
Administration at his command. Mr.. Miller trl-
unonhed nevertheless because the people OF Her
l,in,er County rallied to his support. But that
did not matter The State Committee. on meet
ing here last night. promptly put the sharn ueie-
cation from Herkimer County headed b. TITUS
Sheard upon the roll Of the convention. "heh
Mfr Platt does not wish man to get INT" STATE
Convention controlled by him he orders that
contestng delegation he sent from that man dls-
trict and the state Committee does the rest
II Is a simple system. warranted to drive out oi
the party organization every independent thinK-
ing Republican who dares to differ with Mt Platt.
A second feature OF Mr. Platts decision to in
terfere with the Herkimsr County district was
that 1t was necessary to throw out its delegates
or those elected by the Republicans of the lid
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the reelection of Charles w. Hackett as member
Of the Republican State Committee and his re-
election as chairman of that committee. Mr..
Platt decided to deprive Of their seats the dele
gates OF both Herkimer County and of the lid
District of Oneida County. This action would
give Mr.. Hackett a unanimous reelection. People
/ might know that he was never elected a member
Of the Republican State Convention, but Mr..
Hackett. of course, would not mind that.
Mr. Platt also decided some time ago to punish
the venerable William II. Robertson for support
ing Mckinley at S. Louis by deprving him Of the
seat he has long held in the Republican State
Committee. Here again the "contestng deega-
tion" method employed. one Assembly dis
trict of Westche3ter County taken from Mr..
Robertson by this method. and his majority in
the Congress district thus converted into a minor
ty
Mr. Plat also thought that while he was about
1t he might well make the New-York deega-
tion nearly Unanimous for him and his lieu
tenants and his committee. Therefore. he purged
the roll Of elected delegates with such effect that
few Assembly district delegations which came
here from that city were left in the possession Of
his opponents
The Platt State Committee having made up a
roll largely composed of these fake represen-
tatiVes OF various Assembly districts it only
remained for the Platt State Convention to con
nrm their work. This done by appointing a
Committee on Credentials which would not
slder the merits OF each case. but would decide
each It directed to do "Pull' and not
merits thus decided the cases of Warner Mil
Ter, William II Robertson and Of the New-York
delegates who were deprived of their seats in
the convention. Mr.. Miller on coming to Sara
toga attempted with his felow-delegates to gain
hearing before the State Committee since
he had heard that the Sheard delegation from
Herkimer County to be put on the roll but
the state Committee met in secret executive
session and put the Sheard delegation on the
roll.
Mr., Miller was thus forced to come before the
Committee on Credentials this afternoon. Lucas
! /. Van Allen Of New York was selected as the
Lord High EXecutOner of Mr. Miller William
H. Robertson and other Mckinley delegates
! lected for slaughter. Mr. Van Allen made
! chairman of the Committee Credentials. He
called meeting Of that committee Immediately
after the adjournment Of the convention at 80
O'Clock this afternoon. Mr. Van Allen Is ma
chine delegate of the most irOn-bOund descrip-
tiOn. and his fellow members of the Committee
on Credentials were Of the same type Of men.
If ever there was L packed jury it was this one.
| Mr.. Miller, however patiently submitted to this
committee the evidence. showing that he was
elected a delegate from Herkimer County by a
! vote of 81 to 80 He stated that wher the CON
venton met at Herkimer August H. it was
admitted even by Mr.. Sheards followers that
! the result Of the contest depended upon tho
! vote of the town Of German Flats THE Utica
Herald" the newspaper organ Of Mr.. Sheard.
! acknowledged that the friends Of Mr. Miller
controlled thirty votes but claimed thar Mr.
Sheard held thirty -four votes. i'm consequence of
the support Of the town of German Flats 1t
said "a change I'm the vote of but one town Is
needed to change the result in the county.
/ The Albany Evening Journal" another Sheard
organ gave German Flats To Mr.. Sheard and
said he would have thirty-four votes. The vote
of German Flats controlled by Seth q.
Heacock. candidate for Congress. He de-
cided just the Herkmer County convention
met that ne would support Mr. Miller and thus
gave him majority. The speaker claimed that
ne thus had a clear ma joritv in the convention.
Titus Sheard followed Mr.. Miller and in
passionate speech claimed that the County Com
mittce Of Herkimcr County had right to make
UP the roll of county convention. and as
serted that II had made up one which put a
contestng delegation from the town of New
port the roll. lie therefore controlled the
convention.
Mr. Miller showed that he carried the town
Of Newport by - majority. and. therefore, any
contestng delegation a fraudulent one.
The Committee on Credentials not
packed jury which hinched its duty. By
unanimous vote ii decided against Mr. Miller.
and drew up report to the convention. de-
clarng that he had no right TO his seat. 1t also
decided against the anti-Platt delegates from
the Hid oneida County District headed by
Isaac J. Evans. Further. ii decided against the
delegates Of William II. Robertson from the lid
Assembly District Of Wcstchcstcr. thus turning
! him out Of the State Committee.
The anti-Platt delegates from seven Assembly
districts in NewYOrk City who were elected as
fairly as Warner Miller was elected. were also
deprived Of their seats by the Committee on
Credentials.
Lastly. the committee refused admittance to
| the convention to the Beden Republicans Of
OnOndaga County representing 12OOO Repub-
! lcan voters. Ex-senator Frank Hiscock OF
Syracuse appeared in opposition to the adnis-
sion of the Bclden Republicans and snecred at
their claims for admission on a test vote in
the city uf Syracuse recently the Belden Re
! publcans polled 5000 votes to 1000 votes cast
Nv the lIiscock- Hendricks Republican organiza-
ton
NE MAD THE LAST WORD
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