The times., 1898-09-08
MIR. PAYN VISITS MIR. PLATT.
A Pilgrimage Preparing TO Wrestle
With Governor Black.

New York Sept. superintendent of
Insurance Louis F. Payn came to town
from Albany yesterday. He visited Sem
ator Platt at 49 Broadway, but most of his
time was taken up in receiving Republi-
cans at the branch office of the Insurance
Department of the State of New York,
II Broadway. Supt. Payn was fresh
from the conference in Albany. where Gov.
Blacks friends spoke of the Republican
situation in the State of New York.
Superintendent of Insurance Payn met
yesterday at his downtown offices Edward
Lauterbach. former president of the New
York county committee, and other Re
publicans. Gov. Black, it was declared for
the seventeenth time, will not retire as
candidate for governor, but will persist in
his present position until the last ballot
is taken in the convention. 1t will do no
harm to announce that some of the Re
publicans who conferred with Supt. Payn
yesterday. and who are Gov. Blacks
friends in every sense of the word ad-
vised that the governor should retire from
the race, and it was even said that some
of these Republicans, who believe heartily
in Gov. Black and in his integrity of pur-
pose, will journey TO Albany within two
or three days for the purpose of telling
the governor just how they feel about this
matter.
They do not hope, it was said, to alter
the governors determination, for the rea-
son that all the information is to the eff
feet that Gov Black believes that he has
| been iiltreated, not only as man. but
as politician. There are two stories
about this. however, and the first is from
the Platt people, who say that, on Gov.
| Blacks visit to Washington last spring
he failed to make it clear to Senator
Platt that he desired a denomination for
governor The Platt people went on to
say that when Gov. Black visited Wash
ington on this occasion Senator Platt de-
sired very much to hear how Gov. Black
| felt concerning a denomination. Gov.
| Blacks friends on the other hand said
yesterday that. even on that visit of the
governor to Washington, he. the COVER
nor, believer that Senator Platt was in
imical to him, and that he would not fore
go his dignity by speaking to Senator
Platt concerning a denomination. All
this. it was added. does not help the sit
uation at all; it is simply told for the
purpose of portraying the present state
| of things among the Republican poiti-
clans of the State
! 1t was charged yesterday that Gov.
Black was not altogether frank and can
did on his visit to washington in the
spring and it was insisted on the other
hand that Senator Plat, Ior his part,
had not been altogether candid with Gov
Black. There is very ugly feeling over
this matter. Superintendent Insurance
Payn, departed for albany Iast night at
5 o'clock The Columbia County fair is
TO take most of his time for the next two
days at Chatham. Some of Mr. Payns
factional enemies declare without reserve
that Mr. Payn should be suppressed"
Some of Gov. Blacks friends even added
that such a redoubtabIe person as Su-
perintendent Aldridge should be sup
pressed" That's all very well, was ad-
ded. "'but Mr.. Payn and Mr. Aldridse
and, for that matter Mr. Collins and
Mr.. Easton, too, do not propose to be
suppressed"