Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-23

! the theatcrs open, and again toward mid
| night But the garruous, confidential hour
is t pm.
1t seems to me | have known most of
these upsitters for half a century and when
their acquaintance was made they had
been counting politics for a long time Per
maps ii Isn't half q century. but it is Ger
tdlnly quite a time back. They are good
men to know. All are attached TO factions
but this never blinds their judgment. Pol
ltiCS with them is an abstract science. and
It's discussion IS an art, which personal bias
rarely coiorS. The only thing is to talk pol
tiles. once during chance visit fell into
the group, and in moment Of WEAKNESS
suggested that We talk something else than
poIiticS. 1t was months before their conf
dence was regained. and even yet they are
a little dlstruStful Of me But a stranger
coming in from Alaska can pat himself in
fellow snip with the 'upsitters in five min
utes il ne has news about the primaries up
there or hes a notion of how the E,Suui-
mduX vote viii go this year
An Interview on New York Politics
Yesterday afternoon, at o'clock to the
minute, L stroiled into the hotel and re-
neWed my acquaintance with tha upsitters.
not having seen some of them for a wear
and half. My purpose was to get an i'm
preston of the tangled state of New York
politics. The conference between Governor
RonSeEelt on side and Senator Plat
ana Chairman Odell representing the re-
publican organization. on the other sidn
was tWenty-fGur hours old. Tim. enough
i1,itiir7, ~ w III d Juuslh7h III OF us real
fI,,,I - W S'0SI means touId De
louhd than a session with the upsitt-rs
during their hour of garruIty. What half
. 1891 VI 'iteii Shl may De put III the
Term OF d composite interview. 1t came in
answer to my question
Have PIatt and Roosevelt broken"
- - 10Y yet EVftyoody knows they're bound
~ VI an 2ut II may not come soon The
fraucF7isa iii \Sifhar ,Ii5 pi+ "" IL AK
ply pointed out where the Legislation was
iau!ty ard where it would fail to accom-
I bi,t. "nat me governor Is after Perm 1ps
a,oine, ~ brrt tb rs,IfIi1 mi,el ~ vas
doing anv good to lnybndt you'u ti"J
that Plat has put himself all right He
won't have the responsibility for that tax
ing franchise legislation in the first pIac-
and he's also free from responsibility if he
governors -xtra session Of the Legislature
fails. TIL senator is undoubtedly HttI4
out of patience with Roosevelt Probably
they'd have been al outs before this if
Chairman OdeI hadn't insisted on ha.-
mony. Odell is a great harmonizer.'
The repres sntative whose name was
spoken was at that moment seated on a
sofa trying to convince William Pitt Hep
burn OF Iowa that the west ought to keep
both Hopkins and H anderson in the fed
Tor Speaker, because the New York dalcga-
ton doeSn I know when it will dare get to-
Se-H@r TO decide between Payne and Sher-
-'t+' ~ 'i'-'tL II VIII 'it dblt 10 2 L TO-
Sether at all. This idea of promoting lar
mpny IN your own ranks by fOmenting dis
cord IN The ranks of your opponents is not
a new one III politics. It's application to
me SptdkeFShip contest has no special bear
ing on NV York affairs, hut the sugses-
ton Of Representative Odell as d harmon
iZer led me 10 ask if h was seeking to har-
NOME PIau and Roosevelt on the same
plan.
The Difference Pointed Out.
by no means" WAS the connosfta ra,1,,
of +n, ,,r,.;++,,.s ..,I,t,t -: ep''
- ~. - '9i''P puSi-
l'S99 - 81 course d poltlcal maneuVer in
which good generalShip will win but il
isn't going to diSrlIrt the rauub1fcar mo-
iori+,, in Cora,.... ,,t,.,,,, = - it'o
80 - " s'' - iioii'!hdteu
t t, Si3e'NTt. hut tlc SITUATION In New
yin - @lt"7StiIeI olilerehl. we always
80 d i'S'it u N"iIS tlli9 state. II the or
Tc'iI,@''t l'''i Is We hSltd We lose the state.
- muse Ell anu !diI aoI work IN mar
, Z, VI tl,i' - "tdFtileG. nat
wy GryIt - "orhi'tS ;" nara Tor harmony
"t !.I, WY ne Ia9 50 l1t prevented a break
T"t YOU an MINK 1t Is coming!
res II looks tflat way. You see, they
@IE 5e''liiS IdltHIi apart IN thelr Ideas
~ lNiI personal matter you can say
til"t + iitt - d DETER or worse republican
man Roosevelt or That he Is sore because
roosevelt WASH MS follower. He is broad
er than that. lie knew last fall that the San
tiaso campaign made Roosevelt the repub-
mean candidate Tor governor who could be
wanted a ranubIican govarnnr ar,d bd "a a.
vored Rooseyelt's nomina ton. Gov Black
took it very hard when PIatt told him so
ana haSh forgiven the senator yet. Now,
W. -,'i sovelloi' llatt wants
y,hether Gov RonsavaIts n6rrs sl.u i 'o
keen il strong After a time he MAJ ra3rh
the point where he'll think it necessary TO
say so to the public and to the organiza-
ton. Then it will be mighty interesting to
know who's going to pilot the party,
There's rocks and breakars ana ehoaI w
fer before we got tho craft inta a -
where we cau anchor, " 'i
..o,,+ @, d "'li. !, .
IN ,., Is d s'rohs oeileVer
III tar ~ ~ s'iiNatioiI.
Nel SdlillS ne Is. Don make the mis-
take OF suppoSlhg that ne s trying to build
t tili up py tearing down the organlza-
tlOn. teS always been a good marty man