New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-01
A WHOLE STATE IN REVOLT
NOT CONFINED TO GREATER
NETWORK.

UPRISING AGAlNSI FLA
NOT CONFINED TO GREATER
NETWORK.
bow HIS CANDIDATES IN THE BIG CITIES OF
THE STATE WERE DEFEATED BY OUT
RACED INDEPENDENT VOTERS
Albany. Nov. 80 (SpeciaD.-It is noticeable
that the Republican politicians who support Mr..
P1att are Just now rather frequently declaring
that the refusal Of the Republican voters to ac-
sept the candidates for public Office nominated
BY conventions controlled by Mr.. Plat and his
ueutenants was confined to the Republicans liv-
ing within the limits Of New-York and Brook
Ign. A an AREA of local disturbance" there
fore. In their opinion it had no State National
significance
While comforting to the machine" heart. this
theory Is not true The election figures now De-
Ing received here reveal that the political storms
which worked 20 much ruin to Mr.. Platts prof.
ects swept over the entire State From Mon
tauk Point to Lake Erie the political tokens OF
the tempest can be noted. 1t cast down the
political puppets he had put up as CANDIDATES.
for Mayors In the cities Of Albany. Troy syria
cuse Rochester and Buffalo. as well as IN the
Greater New-York territory OF New-York
Brooklyn and Long Island City. 1t hurled TO
political death q score Of Platt candidates TOT
Asssmblyman James M. Il OGrady, the SER
want Of Mr. Platt a. Speaker OF the Assembly.
Jaw his plurality Of 1912 in 1896 shrink to only
LIT IN 1897 One Of his fellow Platt Assembly
men from Monroe County lost his seat Inc
Astrairht" Republican vote in the Assembly was
vrduosd from f02 in 1898 to 70 In 1897. loss
az % votes And many Of the Platt Republi-
cans escaped defeat only by small pluralities
Thus he Of Herkimer has IS plurality: OF Sul)i-
van. only p: Of Yates. only 9S; Of the IIIc
Queens. only 1O7; Of Orleans. only $780, OF the
LIT Ulster. only 21S Of Alegany County only
288 The Democratic party has 6S votes In the
Assembly. Adding to 1t the vote Of Segsburg.
National Democrat 1t has 50 votes. Further,
adding to these 80 votes the seven votes OF tho
districts controlled by the Republicans who re-
eeivsd such small pluralties. II Democrats had
been elected the Democratic party would have
had 16 votes in the Assembly or majority OF
that body. The Democratic newspapers are now
pointing out that but for tho shin coasters"
the Democratic voters who remained at home
toasting their shins by the hre not having any
hope Of the Democratic party electing its candi-
dates for Assembly. that party would now have
ths Assembly.
WHY PIATr FAILED.
osme examination Of the general causes Of the
severses Of Mr.. Platts leutenants in the interior
Of the State, in its cities. may perhaps be made
with profit One Of the chief reasons. as IN the
Greater New-York conventions, was the failure
Of the party conventions to reflect the will OF the
Republican voters. Theoretically. q party con-
vention Ii q speaking trumpet giving express
sion to the wishes Of the members OF the party.
But what can be thought Of such speaking
trumpet as that Of the Greater New-York con-
vention. which gave no expression to the desire
Of q majority Of the Republican voters OF the
great city that Seth Low should be nominated
for Mayorf There was the same insensibility.
the same unresponsiveness to the desires OF the
people, when the conventions were held In the
interior to nominate Republican candidates for
Mayor. Take the hrst city named Albany.
For several years past the Republican boss
Of this city had been William Barnes.
f.. proprietor Of The Albany Evening Jour-
nal" Defeated once as a candidate for mem
Der Of the Republican State Committee, he
was put back into the committee by Mr..
Platt's orders me State Convention disre-
garding the vote Of the Republicans OF Albany
County in opposition to Barnes. Then 1.-The
master gave him the patronage Of the State
Capitol. installing Of his lieutenants a. Su-
perintendent Of P iblic Buildings.
By means Of this patronage Barnes gained
control Of the machinery Of the Republican party
In the county. At the late election he was con-
fronted with the palpable desire Of a majority Of
the Republican voters that George H. Stevens.
who had exhibited ability. honesty and independ-
snce Of corporations as q member Of the Board
Of Aldermen. should be nominated for Mayor.
Barnes declined to nominate Mr. Stevens. but
instead lured General Selden E. Marvin. a Re-
publican Of eminence into accepting the nomi-
nation. although he knew he would be defeated.
The result Of this defiance Of the will Of the
publican voters was to throw the city into the
hands OF the Democrats. The Republican vote
was interesting 1t was: Marvin. GOA; Stew
ems. 6.012. 1t win be noted that Marvin. al
though he had the regular nomination, and
therefore the support Of all men who pride
themselves on always voting the straight
ticket" only polled two moro votes than Stew
ems.
But the very size Of Stevenss vote is inter-
eating. Here was man who was opposed by all
the machinery OF his party. and yet he polled
substantially half the vote OF that party 1t is
obvious. therefore, that he was the choice OF the
Republicans for Mayor. If they had been left to
express their will In the nominating convention
Moreover. the six thousand votes were an anti
Plat expression. II betokened that this number
OF Republicans no longer recognized any validity
In nominations made by the Plat machine that
they had cut loose from IT, and would hereafter
have an organization Of their own, In which
their desires regarding nominations should be
FULFILLED
THE FIGHT TO BE KEPT UP
1t may now be stated that the anti Plat Re-
publicans who thus followed Mr. Stevens do
not intend to dissolve their organization, but
upon the contrary to continue 1t. They will have
something further to say to the members Of the
Barnes machine in the fall Of 1893. Barnes fore
sees the coming storm. and. like Quigg In New
York. has been beseechng Republicans to at
tend his primaries His summons will not be
needed; the Republicans of Albany do not intend
To attend prima ries Of hat oh racter