New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-13
GONE AND PLAY WITH Me-"


GONE AND PLAY WITH Me-"
II is announced with considerable degree of
authority that the High Mightinesses and Grim
Personalities of the Republican County Com
mittce, whose inspiration is Plat and whose
mOuthpiecc is Quigg. have pretty much agreed
upon District-Attorney Olcott as their candi-
date for Mayor The Honorable Abraham
Gruber. Chief Jester of the Show. formally
launched the Olcott boom on Saturday night
Mt a meeting OF the Republican organization
Of the XXIst District. over which Colonel
Gruber presided with the habitual gravity and
seriousness which lend so much piquancy to his
humor and give such point to his jokes. AT
this meeting Colonel Gruber soemnly resolved
and the rest agreed with hm-that the Citi-
zens Union in nominating Seth Low without
Ouiggs consent had deliberately disrupted the
anti-Tammany forces" Tin the plain interest or
Tammany Hall and to its sole advantage" The
language Is a trife loose. Even the powerful
persons in the Citizens Union would hardly
undertake to disrupt forces that had never
been joined Still disrupt is a good word and
quite expressive. Mr. Gruber and Mr. Qulgg
frequently use it In a similar sense when they
say that persons who do not agree with Mr..
Plat are "disrupting" the Republican party.
The Citizens Union having disrupted the anti
Tammany forces lin the plain interest Of Tam
many Hall and to its sole advantage Colonel
Gruber resolved to help along the disruption
and give Tammany another lift by putting a
straight Republican candidate In nomination
So he nominated Distrlct-Attorney Olcott by
resolution. and the rest agreed with him. Re
ports received from Colonel Grubers. lieuten-
ants, the trusted Republican leaders OF the
election districts. We're TO the effect that many OF
them would prefer Tammany man or even
Paddy" Gleason to Seth Low, and that Mr..
Olcott would stand as good show as Low II
he were nominated. This was encouraging Be
fore separating Colonel Gr1iber called the atten-
ton of the district captains to provision in
the Election Laws which could he made effect
i've in preventing supporters OF Seth Low from
voting at the Republican primaries. Colonel
Gruber in many respects is not so funny as
Quigg. But he's funny enough.
1t remains to be seen whether Mr.. Olcott
will consent to be a candidate against Mr.. Low.
It Is said that he has been sounded on the sub
ject by the siren Of Coney Island who sum-
moned him to the Oriental Hotel one day last
week. and on the piazza Of that seat Of empire
sang 10 him the bewildering ditty:
won't you come and play with me;
And play with me. and play With me;
For I've such nice little way with me.
His response has not yet been authorize
lively announced; but 1t Is assumed by the
gentle Gruber and the gifted Qugg that no one
who believes in the regularity of the Republican
| organization and the impeccablty of lis chosen
oracle can ever resist the fascination OF the
singer or the allurements OF the song. 1t may
be So But Mr. Olcott will do well not to permit
himself TO be carried off his feet by Mr Platts
Come and play with me- Other statesmen have
listened to that song and been lured by 1t; and
too late have learned just what the way with
me, means 10 those who come and play with
me" Two years ago Mr.. Plat was building up
an opposition to the nomination OF Mr. Mckinley
for President. just as he is now to the nomiha-
ton Of Seth Low for Mayor. He and his friends
were denouncing Mckinley then just as bitterly
as they are denouncing Low now, calling him,
as they now call Low 'inortgaged candl-
date" and sparing no ep!thets in their abuse.
1t was then that Mr.. Plat sang to Governor
Morton his Come and play with me-" Governor
Morton had Just about much chance OF lie
feating Mckinley as Mr.. Olcott has now OF
/ defeating Low Everybody knew 1t except the
| Governor Mr.. Plat knew 1t. But he dangled
! the phantasm before the Governor all the same,
| as he whirled in a bewdcring sklrt dance anu
sang 20, won't you come and play with me-.
Governor Morton yielded to the destinations or
the charmer and permitted his name to be
| used in that unequal and impossible contest.
| Mr.. Plat had such a way with him. such way
with him The Governor found out at the end
! OF a somewhat costly experience what that
| way" was The experience was that OF the
young person who, returning home bruised and
! dlsheveled was met by his mother with Il
! told you not to play with the McCarty boy
IL haven't played with the McCarty boy said
he 1.-THE McCary boy has been playing with
! me"
It's a winning way with me- that MI Platt
has. But as great many bruised and dis
hcvelled statesmen have found out, winning
only for Plat Mr. Olcott Is doing well where
he is lie stands well with his party and with
the community. He will be wise not TO put
everything at risk by listening 10 the siren
song from Coney Island. 30, wont you come
! and play with me-" Mr. Plat, like the Nc
Carly boy, usually does all The playing himself.
That Is his way.