New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-02
QUIET ~ THE POLi1ICAL AhENA'

So SESSION or THE sUNDAY-sCHooL cLAsS-A
DINNER FOR SENATOR ALLISON
Tho attendance at Senator Platt's Sunday-school
~ tho Oriental Hotel. Manhattan Beach. was so
small yesterday that no regular session was He''
The Senator and his pupils, instead OF exchanging
condolences and advice politics. as Is their WONT
rava most OF their attention to several prominent
guests who passed the day OF the Oriental Inc
guests were Senator William II. Allison OF iowa
Congressman Robert Il. Hit OF limos ana On
er4ssman Robert G. Cousins Of Iowa senator fIa''
was assisted I'm entertaining these wel-known he-
puhlicans by Congressman Qhgg ana III '"e e'e"-
t,y Henry Clews gave a dinner for Senator Alison
az which the other Republicans were present.
Na,,bor Senator Plat nor Chairman Quigg was
IN a communicative mood when approacheo OH the
subject OF politics They had gone down 10 the
sea apparently. TO get away from politics COL
lector George Il Bidwell was registered al the
oriental and he had short conversations with the
Senator and The Chairman, but there was nothing
in IT," according 10 the reports given OUT last
evening The Senator from Iowa had much 10 say
about the improving business conditions IN the
West He is enthusiastic about the present state
OF business throughout the country and predlcts
great things for the future.
Mr. ouieg was asked last evening II Lieutenant
Governor Woodrun's statement that the city con-
yen,ion would be held about September 10 was cor
rect His reply indicated that the mention OF either
the Lieutenant Governor OF the city convention
HAS the Nieutenant- Governor called the CON
yention?" he asked Has the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authority 10 do that? ] know nothing what
ever about the date OF the city convention. 1t is
NOT decided. The time will come when the con-
vention will seem to be in order. and are wait
ing for the signs OF that time We shall know
when the proper time arrives"
Mr. Quigg predicts that Tammany Hall will swal-
low the silver bill again this year and conduct a
campaign which will be the duplicate OF last year
canvass, with Altgeldism and all the old features
In the foreground He says Croker would be the
most suitable candidate Tammany could name.
When asked for opinion upon Mayor Strong =
appointment of Colonel George Moore Smith as
Police Commissioner. Mr.. Quigg had little 10 say
except that the organization had not been con-
suited on Colonel Smiths name. and that ne knew
the new Commissioner only slightly. Persons who
heard this reply and noticed It's tone found no
evidence in II that Mayor Strong Is likely TO be
Senator Platt's choice for the nomination for
saying at Albany on Saturday that 'it looks
very much like Mayor Strong. and that the heat
Of the first half Of Jnly seems 10 have blighied
the Low BOOM and the heavy rains Of the last
two weeks have apparently completed the desfruc-
ton" Mr. Quigg had Information 10 offer as
10 the condition Of the Low boom, and he SAID
nothing which could be construed as connrma-
ton Of Mr.. Woodruff's kind word for Mayor
Strong 800
Henry Clews's dinner for Senator Allison was
given In one of the hotels private dining rooms AZ
O'clock The guests were Senator Ain.on, scna-
tor and Mrs. Plat. Congressman ana MIS- Hit''