The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-08
PLATT AND OGRADY TALK.
ASSEMBLY WEE BE ORGANIZED
BIZ THE REPUBLICANS.

Cts Trying to Persuade HrooklSn Republican
Members to Desert Their PnrtS-Ani'noee
and VveeEcs Went over 10 Brookiyn ON sat
urdas on That Frrnnd-Can't Net tho Fish.
Those Citizens Unionists whose object 1t Is to
effect Republican disunion ore still busy try
ing to make trouble for the Republican orraniza'
tion by inducing some OF the hepuolican as,
semblymen.elect to refuse to go INTO caucus 10
choose q party candidate for speaker Iheir
hope is to get enough Republican members 10
act with tho three Cts elected in this city to
proven. the Republicans from havinRa majority
vote in the lower house OF the Legislature. All
their Establishments have been lnvished on the
Ave Kings county Republican Assemblymcn'
elect In an endeavor to get them or some OF them
to form n combination with the Cts.
Francis Il, Laimbecr. the Cit Assemoiyman
from the Twcnty-seventh district, and john a.
Weekes, Jr., elected in the Twenty.hfth district
of this county. went over to Brooklyn on Satur-
day night to meet some of tho Brooklyn men,
bers-eloct. Mr.. Laimbcer acknowledged yester-
day that they had done so, but he would not say
which, IL any. of tho Kings county members mot
with them. He said that they had had a confer
ence with some Brooklyn Republicans about
the Legislative situation, and that they will
have another this week.
1t was learned last night that tho conference
was held at the residence Of State Senator
George W.. Brush, who supported Joseph II.
Choato for United States Senator at the last
session Of the legislature. 1t was further
learned that one Of the Brooklyn Assemblymen
elect who was present was David f. Davis
OF the Fourth district. Senator Brush would
not admit that there was any talk about the
Spcakership at tho conference. On the con-
trary he seemed to desire to create the impress
| sion that the sole object Of the conference re-
lated to concerted action on legislation affect
Ing the city.
Nv, intend to act In unison as a check against
bad legislation. - is the way he put it.
The Cts acknowledged. yesterday that their
efforts are directed particularly to the capture
OF Davis OF tho Fourth Kings district. A. e.
DO Graw of tho Fifth, and George Tiffany
OF the Eighteenth. The other Brooklyn men,
bcrs-elcct whom they are afraid they cannot get
under any circumstances are F.; G. Brennan of
the Sixtecntn and Henry Marshall Of the Seven
teenth districts.
The Republican leaders are not at all alarmed
by this effort Of tho Cts. They are salts.
opened by the result of the election to tho true
purpose OF the Citizens Union organization,
and that they will do nothing which might tend
1t will require a majority vote-atl least seventy
six-to organize the Assembly. Scventy.cigh
Of the .Assemblymen elected last Tuesday are
Republicans.. and the, party leaders say that
and that the conspiracy Of the Cts will come to
naught.
The Gifts arc handicapped by not having a
candidate for Speaker on whom they can unite
present Speaker. James NJ. e. 0'Grady OF
Rochester. Speaker O'Grady was in tho city
YESTERDAY, and had a long talk with Senator
Platt at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He said that
speakership among the Republican members
elect.