The sun., 1897-04-05
DOES ROOSEVELT GET TT
CURIOUS CONFLICT OF sENAT0RS
OYER NEW YoRK PATRONAGE

Senator Lodge. for Massachusetts. says Aye.
Senator Vyoioott, for Colorado, speaker Heed.
for RIaino-And senator Pintt for New York
Prote|fs Ledge says IT'S q suro ThinE.
Senator Lodge camo over from Washington
yesterday and put up at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
His first visitor was Police Commissioner Roose.
velt- In the evening Commissioner Roosevelt
entertained Senator Lodge and several others at
his home, $50 Madison avenue Senator Lodge
is one Of the strongest hackers of Commissioner
Roosevelt for the place OF Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy. Two other champions OF Mr..
Roosevelt arc Senator wolcott and Speaker
Reed. Secretary Bliss, after his talk with
Mayor Strong on Saturday, had talk
yesterday with Mr.. Roosevelt and assured
him Of his hearty support. Senator Lodge said
last evening that he WAS confident that Presi-
dent Mckinley would appoint Mr.. Roosevelt
The Massachusetts statesman did not go into
particulars, but he reiterated his assurance
that Mr.. Roosevelt would be Assistant Secretary
OF tho Navy, to succeed Jerseyman McAdoo
Mr. Roosevelt said he did not wish to discuss
his chances. He preferred TO remain silent and
TO await developments at Washington.
Both Senator Lodge and Mr.. Roosevelt were
greatly surprised TO read tho announcement In
TRE Sun from Washington on Saturday that
Henry w. Raymond Of Germantown, Pa, had
been trotted out as a candidate for the place by
Senator Platt of New York and Senators Quay
and Penrose of the Keystone State That, IL
was said, was entirely unexpected move.
Mr.. Raymond was Gen. Tracy's private sccre-
tary when he was Secretary of tho Navy in Har-
rison's Cabinet. Mr.. Raymond had enjoyed the
confidence OF George w. Childs of Philadelphia
and Of Mr.. Childs's influential friends in that
city. Senator Lodge will return to Washington
to-day.
Senator Platts friends In this city said last
night that he would continue to protest against
who said this was superintendent Payn, Who
Union Hotel. Mr. Payn had been in communi.
cation with Senator Piatt on the Roosevelt mat
Senator WoIcott, and Speaker Roed had. Win,
out consultation with the New York Repubn-
cans, pushed Mr.. Roosevelt for the important
place of Assistant Secretary of tho Navy,
and that the organized Republicans had no
other course but TO protest against tho appoint
ment of a Republican who had always 0cen
positive opponent OF the Republican organiSa-
tion in the State of New York. Senator Platt
and Senators Lodge and Wolcott and Speaker
social intimacy with Republican organization
men Of New York, and the latter arc at loss TO
understand why these three eminent Republi-
cans from Massachusetts, Colorado, and Maine
should have come to the front for u New York
OF the State. They wanted to know what Mr..
hodge. Mr. Wolcott, and Mr. Reed would think
II senator l'latt us the neau oil the New YORK
Republican organization stepped into their
States. picked out AN differentiation Rcpubli.
can, and urged President Mckinley to appoint
him to a high office under his Administration.
1t is known that certain Massachusetts Re
Pubicans, who have been especially friendly to
senator Lodge and who worked necessarily with
Senator Lodge 10 bring about Speaker Reeds
nomination AT st. Louis, have protested both to
President Mckinley and Secretary Long against
grounds advanced by these Republicans to
the President and the Secretary OF the
Navy werc that Mr.. Roosevelt sis not OF
temperament TO make a good subordinate"
President Mckinley and Secretary Long lis.
tened TO these Republicans, 1t was said. and said
never word in reply. And 1t is u matter of
fact that Mr.. Roosevelt himself was not aware
last night Just how President Mckinley and Scc-
retary Long regard him.
There was a report TO the effect that II Mr.
Roosevelt is not appointed Senator Hanna has
" man up his sleeve" for tho place. Senator
Lodge. however, fresh from Washington was,
as a. u, already h sad. confident that Mr. Roosevelt
Immediately after Secretary Blisss visit to
Mayor Strong on Saturday the usual report
about dicker was circulated. The report
gained headway yesterday. and It was to tho
objection TO Mr.. Roosevelt's appointment II
Mayor strong would in return appoint an or
ganization Republican to the Police Board.
that 10 didn't believe that any had. Yet
there have been understanding" always
among sInog eminent Republicans; Even the Demo
Mugwumps. they are adopts at understand
ings;" In fact 1t was insisted that Z" understand
ings' arc among tho first principles OF politics
all over tho globe-that there have been "un-
ancient days, and that there will be under
standings until the millennium.