The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
REID'S PLOT DISCLOSED.
OPEN THREAT TO ESIFE ALE THE
REPUBLICAN, CAyDIDATES


LEGISLATURE. DsleEattou g Cesrres-. next Sen
ator. All raust Nc Deunscrnue-Fians Of the
Manhattan Hotel MISREPRESENTATION
CrusadinE-His rupiex Slission to rsiaeh.
Republican business and professional men
who have beon engaged for several weeks In
porfoctins plans for a harmonious Teorganisa-
ton OF tue iepuohcah party In NO" horh Y
", but whose arrangements cannot be divuiged
IT,. srS .so,,a ali ,so a,ton,ion ~ RcnnhI,.
II Sun should call tne attention OF i.epuoh-
have known. but which was emphasized on
"wednesday night at a meeting held in the Man.
haitian Hotel. Now York city. The treach.
Tor. " Tr;,nne' to rso ' e eu,,S m por.y OF
hork 1rto""e' 10 d nepu'ioa"
BY his representative after the meeting. The
meeting consieteu Oh nan aaoHon ~
Republicans whose claims for Office had not
ooen reVosniEe'' usiS, ' Iy, - pa,a's
v,o os s vonn ~. na"nna n MANS, ~ the
a,uinsns ~ ~ ss,..n.ncr nan Mean, that h.
Chained 10 tne newspaper me prosout No
p M Wh,,tasar' After the meotinr. authorised
the so,iov,no statement.
1--WE shall ruin the Plat machine or kill our
selves in %poIitics.
az our candidates are not elected there will
not be n single Republican candidate elected in
tho state next fall"
Mr.. WHITAKER went on to say that his friends
at the meeting IN the Mammalian m9tei naa
nate a full set Of candidates for State Officers,
Senators, and Assemblymen and congressman
% ia the eie 10 Se p held ff IN s sRaas 90 Ssl IN q s sSo ia etnr
programme there will be appointed At this
two in each Assembly district IN the State to
perfect local Srganisations and q new state
aWa Mifl p pSsn Sg, I'M Ie Ss namsa' at Albany in
regard to pure primaries" continued MI; Whit
taker. MI: Brookneld VIII see GOV; BLACK IN
nor is sincere. in respect to this pure primaries
legislation, If he Is and will help us to enact
publican to have a voice In his party's affairs we
viii stand ny Coy. Black"
said to b present at the meeting at the Mar.
h Htt,I, Hotel nsao T9rld give ne a Iis > OF those iaoSsp present. es mt
Eonnnai1t1 Dro 90 Fsft1.,b inc "l Mbich i is 1s o Ga ese
that he WAS present His friends In the Com.
that Mr.; Brook6eld went to the Menhettan Ho-
tel meeting q his own voltion and did not rep
Before Mr.. Whitaker left for the night he
naively said that The threatened convention
would not DO held in February. provided Gov:
primaries law. So that those acquainted with the
facts and the purpose OF the meeting said that
Cow %.s B aSslin and aO to ! sfsI him upS a as It were.
This Is an OLD d1dge OF aisgruntiea poitieianS
men desired THE sun to call the attention Of
Republicans all over the state to the fact that
Whitelaw Reds representative and the traitors
candidates for all the state OFFICES. for Senators
and Assemblymen and Congressman. The per;
professional men said, had at last been made
clear MS MONDAY. Reid, IN other words. they
tire Congress delegation Of the State over
to tho Democrats and to turn over the
to send a Democrat to the. United
States senate. The Republican business and
professional asS iona men E Rho discussed ;n tn TINS 8, matter n,s ssoS ds,
be informed of Whitelaw Reds perhdy on the
eve OF a state election. which viii have a mo-
mentons influence on the national battle two
years later. The hepubiican business ana pro.
the Buffalo Express, who presided at the meet
ing OF the Manhattan Hotel conspirators-, Mat
tally lighter than a biscuit
resent his committee at the Manhattan Hotel
meeting on Meanesaay nighti ne htattea .or
to carry out the alleged plans Of Whitelaw Reid
and bis fellow conspirat6rs. Mr.. Brookneid SAID
attend the banquet OF the Manufacturers Asso.
citation IN this city on Jan. ~. and after that
as the representative OF the Reid conspirators.
Old friends of Mr.. Brookfeld. said last night
that they were positively panied over what
they said was about the shabolest DIT OF busi-
ness any politician ever undertook. Here was
Mr.. Brook1eld. they remarked. participating in
a conspiracy to turn over the State to the BY
tho Republican Chief E1esutiye Of The State to
to make the great speech Of the evening on the
policies Of the Republican party. Mr.: Brook
fields old friends said that he had certainly lost
tool Of Whitelaw Reid.
After Mr.. Brookfeld had extended the invita-
ton to Gov. Black in Albany Yesterday to at.
tend the banquet he was interviewed. he said
to an Albany reporters:
"The conference OF the Republicans hold In
New York city last night will have wide signif-
point IN tnis Stste ~ when i.epuoitcahs are ue,
government or party defeat"