New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-23
THE STVENTH SEAL OPENED.

Thoro is Great Significance in silence. There
was half an hour Of IL In Heaven. according 10
fine Apocalyptic vision 1t preceded the burning
of much incense and The blowing "f seven 'ruih
nets There has not been much OF II anywhere
ON the round globe lately. except in one quarter
Amid al sorts Of personal. political local. STATE"
National International. seismic ana aNHSihal
disturbances Thomas &. Plat has kept silence
for much more than half m hour In fac'. we
should saw without calculating II with accuracy
bv the calendar. for more than half year We
do not mean 10y this 10 say that his hands have
been idle or that he has been alternating. or
that he has not been all the time quite WIDE
awake 10 the ordinary processes OF Nature anu
the extraordinary processes OF politics. by 10
means We are not foong with facts or irinlhG
with human crcdulity. Mr. Plalt is The pro
verbal weasel. He is never caught asleep.
What we do say Is that he has maintained 81
lcncc So far as The general public j concerned
for a considerable period. We set II ~ guess
nj more than half II year. For Il period PRIOR 10
that he was quite visible and vocal Ana Tor
cood reason He had 10 be Everybody was
breaking faith with him. and in his relation T.
uuhIic affairs he had 10 make the facts known
1
communicative 1t took some time and no nile
snare TO convince the public that he was alon"
faithful among the fa,hlcss found: but with
trustworthy Interpreter Of his best Thought I'M"
impressive English he did not bcgrudge either
fine or space All the less. since he could pay
for the service in political promotion, which at
that time came cheap. But his public utterAhc"s
ceased several months ago. Ceased. ny shGu
lar coincidence. about the time that on" OF MS
intimatcs who handles the mother tongue WIN
great clcvcrncss had falling-out with another
one of his closer intimat"s who handles no less
cleverly the State Legislature
II has been n long silence. We have missed
his voice but not his hand. The latter has been
in constant operation. Perhaps too constant
We shall sec But the voice is now heard again.
Through a telephone. 1t comes 10 us from Gin
cinnoti The rc-cntrance of Mr.. Platt to the
public ear is through the columns Of THE Gin
cinuati Commercial Gazette" over his own sig
nature 1t escaped the notice OF the mctropol-
tan press for twcnty-four hours. but we hasten
10 communicate the fact to our readers that his
silence has been broken. And broken. too. Ike
that which in the Apocayptic vision followed
the opening Of the seventh seal. with the burn
Ing Of incense and the noise Of seven trrmpcts
The incense as all good NewYork State Repub
leans will rejoice to know Is in honor Of our
amlablc and excellent Governor. and the trum
pcts-wel the trumpets have not yet sounded;
but two able-bodicd trumpctcrs- wit. Mcssrs
Sims and Anderson have been sent South 10 stir
the echoes and much more than five are at
work raisn- the wind with which 10 keep the
trmpets blowing Mr. Platt has broken silence
nlr,,t Ia.
and tr,impcts. And what is more encouraging
10 the earnest patriots who had been somewhat
east down by the differences between the gentle
man who habitually goes between Mr.. Plat and
the State Legislature, and the less cunning but
more fluent gentleman who intcrvencs in printed
discourse between Mr. Plat and the public
the fact appears from this latest ongiving that
Mr. Plat is again on terms with his inter
prefer What he has TO say to the public will
now be well said In clear and translucent Eng
llsh. For 1t must be- confessed that. with all
of Mr. Platts great qualities as Il leader and
manager he lacks the ability TO put in tcrsc and
vigorous English the things he would like TO
convey to The public as the things he deems it
proper that the general public should think that
he thinks That il great art and next to
having ii ones self IS having the political power
10 engage the services Of some one who can do
it with dcxicrity and clcvcrncss
Mr.. Platt's letter 10 the Cincinnati paper
seems 10 be cordial and sincere He points out
in il Il number Of interesting facts relating TO
the failure Of NewYork Republicans 10 secure
the nomination Of "favorltc SON. in previous
National Conventions. which, though not I'M
familiar cannot fail 10 stir ardent memories
And when he says. THE time has now come for
''thc assembled representatives, Of the Rcpub
''lican National party to listen to the voice Of
"Ncw-York.' he certainly ought TO arrest atten-
ton. Not that 1t has moi been said before. but
because II has hardly ever come from such an
authoritative source and seldom been said so
well. 1t is quite likely TO have great influence
upon public opinion and upon the result Of the