New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-02
HITCH OVER COMMITTEES.
THINGS ARE IN THE AIR." SAYS SENA-
TOR PLATT.
MR.. FALLoWs WILL NOT TAKE THE CITIES
GUARDIANSHIP UNDER MACHINE con-
ITIONS-CONFERENCE OF PLATT.
ODELL AND NIXON AT THE
FIFTH AVENUE.


Things are in the air / hope the atmosphere
will have cleared before my return from Wash
ington next week Then we may be able 10
settle things"
That was the lucid and comprehensive sum-
ming up Of the results of the conference between
Senator Platt b. Il. Odel jr and S. Frederick
Nixon in Senator Platts rooms at the Fltth
Avenue Hotel last evening. 1t all Senator
Platt would say on the subject, but the news
paper men to whom he spoke understood what
he meant When he said things are in the
air" 1t was known that he did not refer 10
brickbats or dead cats but TO the State Con-
stabulary bill and to chalrmanshps OF certain
Assembly committees
s Frederick Nixon the present Speaker, Is
to be the Speaker Of the next Assembly at Al
bany and he has come TO the city to consult
with Senator Platt and with Chairman Oden
OF the Republican State Committee as 10 the
makeup of some Of the committees ne Is 10 APP
point. He has not been elected Speaker Oh the
next Assembly yet. He has not even taken the
trouble to make canvass for election 10 'he
office but he is known TO be Senator Platt
choice for Speaker, and so It Is settled that ne
will be Speaker. 1t Is not necessary Tor MIN
to walt for election before making up his hst
OF committees with the aid OF Senator flatC
and the chairman of the State Committee There
was a hitch in the programme last evening ana
that is why things are in the air.
Mr. Ode came from his home In Newours
about noon yesterday, and in the headquarters
Of the State Committee he met Speaker Nixon
who had journeyed from his home in Chautau-
qua They talked together for a few hours
About p. m. Senator Platt joined them. and
all three went up TO Senator Patts rooms to
talk Lieutenant Governor Woodruff went up
to the rooms in the evening, but he was sup
posed TO help settle things He anxious
TO contradict report that he was going TO open
headquarters at the Waldorf Astoria and boom
himself as a candidate for the Republican NOM
ination for Vice President. He declared that
there was no truth at all in the report.
FALLOws WON'T TAKE IT.
Assemblyman Edward H. Tallcws Of this city,
who has been talked of as a good man for
| chairman Of the Assembly Committee on Cities,
| was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel a short time last
! evening and talked with the who were
! comforting in Senator Platt's rooms He said,
as he going away, that he would not he
! chairman of the Committee on Cities. He did
| not know who would be selected for the place.
| Some politicians close to Mr.. Falows had said
| earlier in the day that 1t had been settled that
| Mr.. Faows would not get the craftsmanship.
| Mr. Fallows they said had decided that he
could not accept the position with the conf
| tions to be imposed. He would prefer to be in
| position oppose some legislation that might
be favored by the Republication organization
! leaders He could not promise to help Jam
through any legislation the leaders might favor
Assemblyman Henry of this city. who wants
! 10 be chairman Of the Committee on Public Edu
cation was at the hotel. He chairman of
the Committee on Military Affairs in the last
| Assembly
! Assenblyrnan De Graw OF Brooklyn. who
! chairman of the Committee on Taxation and
| Retrenchment fin the last Assembly at the
| hotel and heard that he would not be reappoint-
ed to his craftsmanship Governor Roosevelt, II
was said. wanted another man TO head the
! Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment the
| coming winter on account of the important work
the committee will have to perform In connec-
ton with tax law revision.
Assemblyman Brennan. Of Brooklyn, and AS
! semblyman Apgar Of Westchester County, we're
at the hotel to talk with Speaker Nixon. State
Senators Elsberg and Krum and several Re-
publican politicians who are not members OF the
= Legislature spent some time in the hotel lobby.
Much interest was manifested by the pollt-
clans in the question OF selecting an Assembly
man to take Robert Mazets place chairman
/ q
view Of expected amendments to the charter of
this city the choice of a chairman for the COM
uittee was OF much Importance All bills to
! amend the charter will have to go through the
committed Assembymam Merton E. Lewis, Of
| Rochester has been talked of the probable
| choice of the Republican leaders for the place
! but IL was reported among the politicians last
evening that he would not get the place unless
/ State Senators Armstrong and Parsons, or
| Rochester, could be induced TO support State
! Constabulary bill, and they had signiied their
! intention to oppose the bill.
Some of the politicians said that Senator Platt
was bent upon having a constabulary bill passed
II possible in order get the police force Of this
CITY out of Tammany hands and TO make better
business for the surety company IN whch his
son Is Interested.
! with the state Excise Department and the
police under Republican control. one or the poll
ticians said "all the liquor dealers or the city
would take bonds from young Mr. Platts com
pany."
ROOSEVELT MAY TAKE A HAND.
The conference in Senator Platts rooms broke
I'D early in the evening and afterward Mr.
Nixon went 10 the Hotel Cadillac for dinner. He
did not reappear at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last
night but he probably will have another talk
with Mr.. Oden to-day Senator Platt said he
/ Intended to go to Washington this morning, and
might return on Tuesday next. Mr.. Odell said
nothinp had been settled as to Assembly COM
mittce chairmanships but there would be an
other conference next week. and Governor Roose-
welt might take hand In trying TO settle
things" Mr. Odell said there had been no de-
cision as TO the constabulary bill. Senator
Platt has been trying TO ascertain what the pub
lie sentiment on such Legislation is he ex-
plained but we have not been thinking much
atout IL for some time.
/ Many shrawd politicians have declared their
belief that the plan to pass constabulary Dill
has failed completely and the leaders VIII not
60, have the bill introduced in the Legislature
this winter. -. 49,,
There was a report at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
last evening that no Assemhyman from NV
Wi, civ would be appointed 10 the chairman