The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-01
DOESN'T FOOL ARKELL,

He Says No Leading Republican sincerely
Believes in the Vi orton Boom.
Atlanta (Ga-) corr. Chicago Times
Herald.
w. ]. Arkell, owner of Judge and
Harper's Weekly, passed through here
yesterday on his way to New Orleans.
He was in a private car and had q
party of prominent New Workers as his
guests. While here he consented to an
interview on the New York situation.
In which he made some highly inter-
esting statements.
When asked, How will New York
stand at the st. Louis convention" he
replied:
"Our delegation will be for Governor
Morton unless his alliance with the
Plat faction becomes so obnoxious to
the respectable element as to divide
the party. In that event / doubt II
Governor Morton would feel like having
his name mentioned"
When asked If New York was sim
cere in asking the governors nomina-
ton. Mr. Arkell replied:
Mr. Morton is looked upon as a gen.
tleman, a fine man personally. amiable,
polite and well meaning. He has filled
several public places very creditably.
He is, therefore, a respectable, but not
a commanding fgurehead. He is not a
statesman. and 1t is to his credit that
he has never claimed to be one As
governor he has been useful to Mr..
Plat, who bosses the republican ma
chine in New York state, but who does
not boss the republican party. AS gov
ernor Mr.. Morton can be useful to Mr..
Plat as long as the legislature re-
mains in session. New York naturally
would be for DR.. Depew for president,
but Mr.. Plat wants man whom he
can handle"
Mr.. Arkell was asked IL Mr.. Platt
honestly expected to nominate Mr..
Morton. Said he:
Honestly no leading republican in
New York sincerely believes Mr.. Nor
ton will be nominated at the conven-
ton. In the first place Mr.. Plat Will
not control the delegation. He didn't
control it at Chicago in 1888; he didn't
control it at Minneapolis in 1892. After
all of his talk against President Har-
rison in 1892. nearly half of the New
York delegation voted for Mr.. Harri-
son and about a dozen of them for Ma
jor Mckinley. Mr. Blaine got the rest
Our delegation at Chicago in 1888 and
at Minneapolis in 1892 was influenced
and guided not by Mr.. Plat, but by
DR.. Depew. and DR.. Depew will be the
most potential factor at st. Louis this
year so far as New York is concerned.
Governor Morton is smart enough to
see this and DR.. Depew's influence is
doing more for Mr.. Morton than any,
thing else in our state. The voice is
the voice of Mr.. Plat. but the hand
that does the business is the hand of
DIR. Depew."
When asked, will New York go to
Major Mckinley after Governor Nor
ton is dropped?" Mr.. Arkell said:
"A part of New York is sure to go to
Major Mckinley and a part to Speaker
Reed and Senator Allison, unless the
delegation should decide to bring DR..
Depew forward again. Mr.. Platt is
maneuvering for Mr.. Reed. No one
doubts that. He is cunning but short
sighted politician. and an able one. but
the difficulty is that he is surrounded
by bad advisers, constituting an ele-
ment most obnoxious to the best men
in the party. While his influence ap-
pears to be stronger than ever. vet IL
is really far from what he leads the
public to believe il TO be. II Governor
Morton had not placed the patronage
of state at Mr. Platt's disposal, the lat
ter's influence would have been mini
mized."