New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-16
SOME TALK OF OLCOTT.
MANY LEADERS SAID TO FAVOR HIM AS
OUIGG'S SUCCESSOR.

HE SAYS He DOESN'T SEE HOW HE COULD Ac-
CEPr THE PLACE IF IT WERE OFFERED HIM
II was said. on what seemed to he good au-
thor!ty yesterday that Dstrict-Attorney VIII
lam NJ. K. Olcott IS the choice OF majority
Of the leading members OF the Repubhcan
County Organization for President of the
County Committee to succeed Congressman
Quigg. Mr.. Olcott. Ii will be remembered was
Senator Platt's original choice for Mayor carry
in the campaign. hut Mr.. Platt afterward oe-
cded on General Tracy and Mr.. Olcol' was
nominated for election to the District-At'oi-
neyship. which he has held since Colohei Fei-
lows's death by Governor Blacks appointment
Since the election Mr.. Olcott dechnea 10 DC
considered an applicant for the place OF justice
on the City Court Bench. which Mayor-e'ec'
Van Wyck will vacate
Mr. Ocotts record Republican Ieaoer VI
the Board Of Aldermen and in the District-At-
torneys office has won him great praise anu
at least two-thirds of the Republican leaders
are represented as DESTROYS Of voting for him.
Mr. Olcott was seen at his home, No. ~ west
Eighty-fourth-st last night by Tribune re-
porter He said that the first he had known OF
the alleged sentiment for his election was
newspaper article. which he had Just read. lie
did not believe II possible that there couid DE
any foundation in fact for the article Withh
the last day or two he had met at least dozen
Of the district leaders. some Of them his near
friends and IL there had been any discussion or
his name in relation to the presidency or the
County Committee some Of those men would
certainly have advised him privately or IT, lie
had made all his arrangements he continued, 10
resume the active practice Of the law upon the
expiration Of his term District-Attorney, ana
Ia
same time give to political work the attention
p,b,cb n man must give IL as head of the Re-
,,,h,,oan County Committee. He would. or
couree anpreciate the honor, he added; nut ne
Ala mot think any circumstances could induce
hin, 70 accept the office II IT should be pronered
hin, and he had no idea that the offer would DE
made. ,
Mr. ou,cr who was seen later In the evening"
said that he preferred not to discuss the ruiiior'
William Brookleld was asked yesterday whether
the election Of District-AttorneY OIco'' d.
president of the committee 10 succeed MI
Ou,er wouId sSstore harmony TO the organi2a-
ZION and bring the Anti-Machine RepuDhcahs
back into the fold
''It Will do nothing Of the kind, repheu MI
Brookheld. ut makes no difference VINO Is
elected president Of the Republican county
Committee go long as his election IS secured
under the present frauouieh' ehio''i'e"''
fore there can be harmony and union there
must be an honest enrolment The Independent
Republicans who believe in honest party man.
agement will keep up the fight against the
machine. but will not take part in the pr
maries 10 be counted out afterward. We in
tend TO make our protest felt at the polls
Defeat them st the pOlls-that is the most
effective way of getting at them.
II am curious to know, however, how the
organization is going TO get around Article IS
Of the Constitution which provides that those
districts in which the enrolment exceeds the
Republican vote shall be reorganized. In which
district does the vote not exceed the enrolment?
The Committee Of Thirty plan under which
the party is organized is a failure-an utter
failure. 1t should be wiped out, but whatever
plAn is substituted must be acceptable 10 all
classes OF Republicans it will be a failure,