New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-26
PLATT AFTER DELEGATES.
SEEKS TO CONTROL A SOLID" VOTE
FROM NETWORK STATE.
PROSPECTS OF SEVERAL LIVELY CONTESTS
FOR REPRESENTATION IN THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBuNE.l

Senat0r
he so casse6 over the election OF delegates from
this State to the Republican National Convention
Senator Plat desires thar delegation shaI DO
elected that he will absolutely control ana MS
followers In the interior OF the state say tna'
they have received orders from him to elect such
q delegation In 1896 with practically no opposl-
ton ~ a determined character Mr. Plat never
tbeless could not control several Congressional
districts in New-York city ana up STATE. peIe-
gates who favored the nomination OF Wlllam NC
Kinley were elected despite his bitter oppositlon'
"a ,bore was not a solid Morton delegation
-, go NJ Plat hopes under cover Of the gen.
.ral acouescence in the policy of renominating
President Mckinley. to elect Delegation whlch AT
I.sst ostensibly shall be solid for Mckinley ana
a1so .soud" for any for Vice-President he.
Senator Platt may care 10 name Whether or not
,he will be able to bring about the election OF a
deIoeatjon completely in his control. far as the
Vice PRESIDENCY is concerned is "a matter the Re-
publican voters OF the State must decide GOOD
many Republican politicians of the interior of the
State say they dislike to agree to entering "ohnd
pool" on the PRESIDENCY.
Senator Platt also has advised his followers in the
interior OF the State TO have the Congress district
conventions at which most Of the seventy-two
delegates Of New-York State to the National Re-
publican Convention will he elected. held early
Early" means this winter. or the first month or so
in the spring This same policy will he followed in
the cities Possibly Mr.. Gruber had heard some
thing about this policy of Senator Piatt when AT
the meeting OF the Republican County committee
IF New-York he attempted to have a resolution
passed providing that the election officers and In
Ipectors OF election act at unofficial primaries
should he selected by the delegates TO the County
Committee from the Assembly district concerned
a nd not by the president Of the County committee.
Il surprising. either. that he was prevented
from introducing this resolution by FREDERICK D.
Gibbs moving that the committee SHOULD De ao-
iourned for alleged lack of quorum. Mr. Gibbs Is
not only a close friend of the president OF the Re-
nublican County Committee of New-fork' nut
also was made New-Yorks representative on the
Republican National Committee by the influence OF
Senator Plat.
MR. GRUBER'S POSITION.
n 1895 Mr. Gruber was a delegate TO the Repuo-
lean National Convention from the XVIII Congress
District-one of the New-York districts 1t is not
unlikely that he cherishes the ambition to be
delegate again from that district. But while in 1896
ne was acting with Senator Platt, to-day he s far
from doing so. If elected as delegate once more
ne could not be trusted to vote as Mr. Patt might
fhsys53rs ESpd Ms sadly Gr %a!
after his experenee Of ThuTsday night; Fr i
delegate vote in favor OF the RE- T Na
tional COMMITTEES Lempel , e 3pigs n was MI MT;
f8E d a Srer xond no fS be
happy in Mr.. Quiggs company, and therefore II may
other man as National delegate from that Congress
district ox-oo,o-nor Franz
Nh Black eEuOe M if Badf nOf only praises law
New but maintains his position as leader Of
also to the s9 5asTe, N ia Ss
eiected. could not be delivered by Senator Plstt
s candidacy yhe of Mr. BSk
mar the unanimity Of the New York delegatlon
Rensselaer, County that Senator Plat win nd i
difficult to defeat him. Lately Senator Plat, IT IS Is
mPHe an a5emp to disose Nj nom the
leadership in s of the county
meeting and passing resolutions IN raVor VI MI
Blacks retention of the leadership.
90 TROUBLES IN BUFFALO.
Senator Platt is also having difficulties IN
the western part of the State in naming solid"
delegation 1t will be remembered that in 1896 the
RAnnhlicsns of the XXXIIId Congress District,
which comprises a part of Buffalo and OF Erie
county. elected George E. Matthews. Editor of
MCKINLEY delegates despite fairly desperate efforts
nv senator Platt's eutenants TO elect Morton oele
ssstTict viii enter the blind pool the Vice
presidency Moreoyer WaT M nCbof sns Ies
s era stems noWithstandng MI Pats oppos
ton from the XXXIVth congress DGSteI, E1n
am In the XXXs Congress District Monroe County
senator Patt also finds it hard to mould zoe SeoTge
" Aidridge completely to his VIII IN !oSS ,i i11;
ddge delsgasse b snq ND nG Since then Mr.
sgheriand has opposed Mr. Adrdge In vaITi1 Do
Republican Convention Nor is Mr.; A3 3rassv ss his
eoIIeagTe Senator Platt is seeking patronage f or
MIR Aldridge, and therefore me Dosit,VeIy de-
oines to accept Sutherland as his colleague 10 'ne
Nai9aaaai Songressman Serene E Payne and Sen.
ator John Raines the delegate, rom are
XXvIth Congress Distr b ,ade bv Which, they
W again represent it. It is likely also taas ef
Sdnetor Francis Hendricks will be the deIegates
from the XVIII Congress DsulfS aS can
Gida s for Mayor Theodore z. Hancock IN syra a
cuse IN Novembsr has Ga annSl,cag leadership in
the county Of Onondaga which with M Maf 9beIe
NAV he struggle at the Republican primaries over
the selection Of the delegates Judge 1 Snagats
I6m tbs %xfXth Congress District in 1875 in
company with Archie BaxteTa for or reeiec-
tan asan as delegate and Colonel Baxtsrs friends
are pressing nm iOo now Controls the machinery
Of the Republican party IN o, bs 6istrct Ex-
se6a Goro soa Fasset Of ElmiEa also tto rs
said would Ike to be one oi tiie Neiee'
this district
MR. BARNES OUT OF IT
,,,,,,,.-, t,arnes ,r Of this city who was dele
, IN 1sos announces that being Surveyor OF
Albany and a Federal oficeholder he is not can
didate for delegate Mayor-elect Blessing Of Al
bany and ex-Congressman Southwck may be
surance Department 1t is believed. will be ex-
Governor Blacks colleague as he was In 1885, from
the XIXth Congress District, composed OF the
Counties OF Columbia and Rensselaer, -
The delegates at large, 1t Is Thought, VIII De
and BENJAMIN B. 0dell. IT.. the chairman OF the
Republican State Committee. Mr. Odell. IN 1886 was
a delegate 10 the National Republican Convention
from The XVIII Congress District which has
within its territory the counties OF hocklano
Orange and Sullivan. IFS election delegate at
large would prbSaby lead to the election OF Senator
County as a delegate from the XNIIth Dlstrlct
In 1896 the delegates from the XXlIId Congress