New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-07
"by passion nor by selfshness, and actuated
"only by upright and patriotic considerations"
4 PHI TT IDYL.

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ago in the columns of the Senator's personal
organ. With the charm of idyllic simplicity it
united great forcefuness of statement. tender
feeling and profound emotion. The writer has
been disturbed by what he calls this continual
-wrangle and janglc in the press about Plat,
morning, noon and night. high days. holidays.
Sundays and every day In three or four
paragraphs full of eloquence and poetry he de-
scrlbes the daily current of events in this and
In foreign countries: the succession Of infancy,
childhood, youth. manhood and old age; the
changes in administrations and in forms Of
government; the relations with one another Of
empires. kingdoms and republics. and says that.
sin spite Of all this above the hum of excite
"ment can be heard in this great city Of the
world the continual squeak. Down with
"Plattr" He cannot understand it-cannot I'M
derstand we presume, in the first place, why
there should be any such Squeak and, in the
second place. why the squeak" should be heard
"above the hum"
Then he says, In the true oratorlcal manner,
who is Platt:" and Of course, answers his
question. All great orators and writers
do that "The Hon. Thomas c. Platt" he says
now finging his name abroad In fnll-"is an
american citizen educated honest respected.
III
while his detractOrs have failed in one or the
'oher or both: man who lives a simple and
transformations life: 10 whose presence access
SIS easy. ut home or in business a good citizen,
who enjoys his vacations in his own country.
mot abroad; leader not tyrant: n dis
"clplinaran. not martinez; man who Is more
Sought than he seeks" There you have him
in sllhouete-a msserfLl profile, and speaking
likeness. But there are details that remain 10
he filed. "Stalwart Republican" has seen the
great man close at hand; has visited him. in
fact. He did It as he narrates with great sue
clnctness. zone Sunday morning" 81; was ?
O'Clock. sent up my card to Mr.. Platt's suite
"of rooms in the Fifth Avenue Hotel" one
room was not enough; he sent his card 10 the
entire suite. And then what happened? WORD
was sent down to come up" This was evil
IDENTIFY surprise Mr.. Plat usually sends.up
word 10 come down" The writer is obviously
not a corporation He proceeds 81 knocked"
Then there was further surprise. "Stalwart
Republican" cv identity expected to be confronted
by sLirmish line or n mounted sentinel with
a "Who goes there or, at the very least, by
the hotel bouncer. Put no NO liyer.ed man
nor boy in buttons opened the door, but q
hearty invitation rang out, Come in" The
narrative grows exciting
And now what? IL entered and there was
the great leader. he hes, abused man in New
York, partly on a sofa and par " On the floor.
"romping IN great fashion with a grandchd"
Could anything be mere -raphc; Or more
Picturesque The great leader partly on a
sofa and part! on tho floor, How often. o,
how often. that has happened 70 him. Doubt
less the sofa had broken faith" with him. Is
everything and everybody else DO NJ some time.
and let him down. II was a great piece OF luck.
though. on "S,alwart Republicans part to have
caught him halfway. The conclusion Of the
.ntcrvcw-in fact. there doesn't appear TO
have been anything N It hu; the conclusion
j. described in this touching language: Il was
the bearer Of message. II was but two min
"utcs before / bid adeu. DO you think such
"a man can be sinister. cold hlooiei. or cruel?
81 do not" Why. OF course not. Nobody could
for 4 single instant harbor the thought that the
man 10 whom a "Stalwart Republican" delivered
message. and IN two minutes IBID adeu."
could be sinister. coldblooded or cruel" Per
lsh the thought.
on another occasion when "ihe papers were
full OF the plots Patt was Matching. the car
"toonsts working overtime and DR.. Parkhurst
"shrleklng Historically against him." "Stalwari
Republican" says that. the Republican County
Committee having adjourned over from Satur-
day evening 10 Monday. he hurried 10 vaude-
Vile show On West Twenty thlrdst." Another
one, doubtless. And what did he see there:
Listen: Among the people around me saw
Senator Plat. laughing heartily AZ the negro
"orator, listcning attcntvely 10 the songs and
"afterwari applaudlng the graceful acr0ba'ic
"feats Of one-legged athlete. What queer
place. among the plain people nj n popular
"show, for Senator Plat TO scheme dlabolI-
"cally" True true. or course he wouldn't
scheme d.abollcally" In such n place. The
man who intimates that he would is n dlsor-
ganlzer. n traitor and an migrate. No right
minded citizen would ever for n moment Ques-
ton the sincerity Of Mr.. Platt In "applaudlng
1.-The graceful acrobatlc fcats Of n one-leggcd
athlete" He likes that kind He has recent
" made II perfectly evident that he would
rather see ar athlete perform graceful aero
battle feats on one leg than win n great race on
two.
Having seen Mr. Plat on these two memo
rable occasions, "Stalwart Republican, has
made up his mind that the cry. Down with
Plattw is "senseless and silly" He says 1t
tries the drum Of the ear" That's too bad.
We judge from this communication however,
that in his case the remedy is easy and close at
hand: He can fold two or three thicknesses Of
his ear over the drum. Then, II he really wants
some other music, he can hear Qugg blow his
own horn.