New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-07
CONFERENCES OF REPUBLICANS.
NO DIRECT PLAN OF OPPOSITION TO Gov
ERNOR BLACK AMONG MACHINE
TEADER9


ERNOR BLACK AMONG MACHINE
LEADERS.
Many conferences Of Republicans were held In
this city yesterday and last evening, and at most
OF them there discussion Of the fight which ID
coming at ,o-day's Republican primaries. Senator
Thomas G. Plat was in the city. and at his express
office, at No. 40 Broadway. and at the Fifth Ave-
Hotel he talked with politicians OF his party
but was shy with newspaper men. President
Quige of the Republican County Committed Will
lam Barnes. jr chairman Of the Executive COM
mttee of the Republican State Committee: Fred
erck s. Gibbs member of the Republican National
Committee and assistant leader In local Repubncah
politics. State Senator John Raines. who wants the
honor Of introducing a bill for amendments to the
Election law II there Is an early specai session Oh
the LEGISLATURE and other Republican politicians
were with Mr.. Plat during the day and evening.
Louis F. Payn the State Superintendent OF IN
stirance who Is supposed to be closer to Governor
Black than any other Republican pohticiah' mao
n long talk with Mr.. Plat. II was supposed 'ha'
Mr.. Payn told Mr.. Plat Just how far the Governor
was willing to go In legislation to take the con-
troll OF the Bureau OF Elections In the city away
from Tammany It was supposed. also, that MT
Payn had something to say about the reports OF
Republican machine hostility to the Governor MI
Platt would not talk about his interview with MT
Payn, and all that Mr. Payn would say later was
that Governor Black could be trusted to do what
sure OF being renominated by the Republican State
Convention.
Talk among other Republican politicians ndi-
ca ed that the machine had programme Of d.
rect hostility to the Governor to be carried out
at to-day's primary elections. The effort or the
machine Is 10 elect delegates to the State conven-
ton who will vote as Senator Plat wants them to
vote and the politicians declared last evening that
the delegates would be unpledged as TO the re-
nomination OF Governor Black. II the delegates 70
the Republican State Convention are known 10 DE
willing to act the dctaton Of the machine which
Mr. Plat controls. however. Mr.. Platt can hoid
out threat to refuse denomination to the Gov
ernor unless he calls early special session OF
the Legislature and recommends police and eiec-
tion legislation TO suit Mr. Platt The call FOR
meeting OF the Executive Committee or the ne
publican State Committee at the fHtn Avenue
Hotel ut II a. m. on Friday Is UNDERSTOOD 70 nave
some connection with tho plan TO coerce Tie 'o'
A.. Do
vuu,,, Proo<aeld and other leaders OF tho fe-
nubl,cana OF the County OF New-York said last
evening that the plan to elect machine ueceauo"
from this city to the Republican state No"'
was bound 10 fail because the machine u's''io'
loodora uere not agreed to the policy OF OPP
nosng Governor Black. AS soon as the ISSUE Voc
raised tho machine leaders In several OF the as
,r,c,. agreed 10 unite with the Republicans OF the
County OF New-York In harmony tickets TOT oee
gates 10 the Assembly district conVeh'ioh'' "'.'
arc n select the delegates to the State convention.
In overv case the Republicans OF the county u
Nov-york insisted that delegates on the ucNe'S
shoula be Republicans who favored Governor
p,ao,,. Communication In some cases where union
,,oLa,s were agreed TO the Republicans VI ''o
County OF New-York sacrificed de!eBa'eS ~ -'
County Committee In order TO strengthen '"' ~"
sition OF Governor Black . =,
In several OF the Assembly districts the contest AT
,odav's primaries between the machine ana anu
,,aoh,,e Republicans for the election or aeIeealss
n tho County Committee Will be exci''ns Inc
Republcans Of the County OF New ork expect
TO elect delegates in about one-third OF .ne
bly, districts Perhaps the hottest nsn' Wbers the
followers Of Amasa Thornton. the former mao oncs
loader have joined with the anti-nachns, Witch
charles A. Hess ls the leader H. H. bro c''iy
nO Tas nS T ina as The
district has been nominated aso by me me sntIsma
chine ticket FOR tho city Committee also mas mas
,oineI the Hess forces. Coored hspup III, ON,
By caleb A. simms. have declared FOR thorh epnd
Ticket while the Republican County CLUB, coloreo'
presided over by Samuel Moran, last evening de-
The anti-machne Republicans In the XIXth As,
sembly District have nominated complete ucke'
IN GPp0sond no ed an energetic canvass in the dis
trict in behalf OF the ticket body or new men %, Oh
unusual standing and character In the community
for such candidacy have been persuaded TO accept
places on the ticket. Among the candidates ior me
SouhIy nomylas Theodore Wentz William H. Ken
Won john Elderk!n, Charles +. Hoffman. jr.. George
= Hatchnller Professor Frank j. Goodnow ana Lu-
c,us NJ Stanton on the list OF candidates for the
civ committee are Frederick +; Waters. Mliliam
:, Fuller James O. Wentz Charles A walker.
Push Taggart Edmund Putney. Arthur schermer-
horn. Henry r Goodnow. Wallace d. Barley VIII
lam "a cragin David H. Bates. IT., warren c.
@rnne and George J. Seabury. full lis, OK dele.
eates has been named for the Assembly p'strict
Convention 20 select delegates to the state Conven-
ZION watchers and challengers have been appoint
eI III ,be XIst Assembly District James s. Barcus
Is making A strong fight to cast down Abraham
Gruber the machine Republican leader James
Yereance IL leading the n8ht against 'he machine
I'm the XXIXth District.