The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-18
THEY COME TO SEE PIATT.
SENATORS AND ASSEMBLTHEN Look
ING AFTER THEIR FENCES.


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It Looks Uncommonly Liko n Republican
Year in the State of New York-A Little
News from Neutrality-suspicious. Stern, IL
lsSaid, Will Represent the state Mt Paris.
Senator Plat had talks with his Republican
friends at the Oriental Hotel. ConeY Island, all
day yesterday. In the morning q batch Of As
semblymen who had attended the ex-
traordinary session Of the Legislature at Al
bany and who had run Town to New York
after the adjournment on Saturday afternoon.
turned up to talk with Senator Platt rs TO re-
nominations and matters of that kind. OF
course, it's n little early In the day to
speak definitely about denominations for
either Assembly or Senate. but neverthe-
less the Republicans who attended in
a solid body at Albany last week feel that
they should continue to legislate for the good
of tho Republican party and the State at large.
In the afternoon Senator Ellsworth. President
pro ten. of the Senate. Speaker O'Grady OF the
Assembly. Senator Raines and Senator Pavey
| were among Senator Platt's visitors. The work
of the extraordinary session of the Legislature
was gone over. and the prospects for the Re-
publican party in the State and in Greater New
York were discussed.
Senator Platt does not like to be quoted in
newspaper interviews In offhand fashion. For
that reason there will be no attempt to quote
Senator Plat line by line or word by word; but
he said in substance that he had received the
most favorable reports from the Hon. Benjamin
b. 0dell. Jr.. Chairman Of the Republican State
Committee, as to the prospective complexion OF
the Legislature to be elected this fall. Repre-
sentative odell has gone into this matter very
fully. and each day he submits a report OF his
Investigations to Senator Plat, and the Repub-
lican leader OF the State was convinced ~yester-
day that the Democrats will not capture the Leg
islature thisfa Senator Platt added. in q avery
general way. that i was q little early to talk
the DSb,I mGn fss,s S1PBsarst 10 to s,s be in Z Ef stittinaF s e RSs
Jr. Of Troy by the way; ex-Mayor Hugh J;
are personal friends; and they had a hqndshake:
Murphy are personal friends. They chat to-
gether in the Senate IN very a tm3ia6ie ias aL6i
and then they conc back to New YORK and hight
While Senator Plat and Mr.. Ellsworth and
it was mentioned that a New York newspaper
had printed yesterday morning q nice little
Foote. Jry Congressman for the Twenty.third
diistrict, OF New York. and labelled the picture
I !Hh. HH=q said Senator sf PIa It f turSins to Speaker
ycH, Get,to Washington"
| o,CL 1m iSau5' oeHoVol' AcPileu cpeohcL
Senator Platt and his friends who talked
about the Republican situation in the State did
lican State. Convention should be hold much
before Sept. 10. Senator Platt said there
should be no hurry in the matter. and his Re-
publican friends seemed to agree with him.
Senator Plat had been in Washington for a
day or so and had talked with President Nc
Tisit' he said that 't the PresidensS was "s
President Mckinley is to appoint within a day
the United States commissioners to the Paris
Exposition of 1900. It was understood that
Brother ,Farauhar Of Erie will be New York's
that Louis Stern of New York city will be the
representative of New York State at the Paris
Exposition.
Over at the Manhattan Beach Hotel was Pri-
W%yck's fidus .lchatees.l Mir. G0THns; Sam IS q man Of
experience in POLITICAL life. He knows all about
that he was the chief politica! writer Of the New
York Times for a number OF years. He is about
knows anything about the antics OF the Mug
wumps. While other political writer's were en-
gagged in keeping track Of organization matters
study of the MuGwump. and he landed as private
secretary to 1.-THE most intensely Tammany Mayor
that Tammany has had in many years. .Atheart
he has always been the sturdiest kind OF Il
Tammany Democrat. One or two words were
said to him TO the effect that the Republicans
lieve that the Democratic party had a. show tc
win in the forthcoming struggle In the State
No names were mentioned to Mr.. Downes, but
It may as well be set down now as at any time
that important Democrats do not believe this
is the year for their party, and 1t may be added
that certain OF these Democrats have so tolC
Senator Platt. the Republican leader OF the
THAT may be all very WE'LL said Mr.. Downes
but we will give them the tightest run fol
their money they ever had"
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