New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-09

THREE MEMBERS OF THE MAZET COM
MITTEE FAVOR IT.
THE CHAIRMAN SEES NO REASON TO DO so
LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF CONTEST
BY MIR. MAZET IN THE XIXTH
DISTRICT.

Robert MaZet the defeated candidate for AS
sembly in the XIXth District was asked yester
day by Tribune reporter If he intended to con-
test the election on the ground Of colonization or
for any other reason. He replied that the ad-
Visibility of such contest was being considered
but Il conclusion had not been reached as yet
The decision would not rest upon him, Mr.. Mazet
added, leaving it to be inferred that the organi
cation would make the fight If one is to be
made, and not himself. Mr.. Mazet declined TO
discuss the causes which led to his defeat. He
was not apparently In the best Of humor. He
did say however. that the work Of the investi-
eating committee would go right along usual
and the next session would be held on November
Il. if he got back from his honeymoon trip by
that time. Otherwise it might be postponed for
few days due notice OF which would be given
to the public He thought there was work
enough TO be done yet to keep the committee
busy up to the close OF the year Mr. Mazet
would not say whether Senator Platt would now
be subpGnaed to testify before the committee or
not. The subject seemed to be distasteful one
to him. He dismissed it with a wave of the
hand and the remark that he could not see how
the result Of the election connected Mr. Platt
any more closely with the Ramapo deal than he
was connected with it before election
MUST MAKE 1T HIMSELF.
The prevailing opinion among politicians yes
terday seemed to be that If any contest is to be
made over Mr.. Mazet's defeat he must make
1t himself Senator Platt and Chairman Odell
believe that It would be bad politics to contest
a plurality OF 1885, even IL there was coonizing
in the district. They said that the contest II
there should be any would be up to" Mr.. Ma
get IF Mazet and his friends believe they
prove that there were 397 fraudulent votes
cast" said Of the leaders, they can go
before the Committee on Contested Seats and
1t will be simply a matter Of proof before the
committee The Republican majority Is not go.
ing TO do anything foolish. 1t will not be used
TO seat a Republican If he not elected. The
Republican party does not do that kind of bust
ness. II any candidate prove that there
was fraud enough 70 beat him he can go be-
fore the committee and make his contest It
will he decided on its merits
Edward H. Faows the Fusion candidate
who was reelected to the Assembly in the
HXTst. and Is also a member OF the Mazet Com
mittee. said he thought contest in the XIXth
could hardly result in the seating of Mr. Mazet
when the plurality against him so large
He, too. said the work Of the committee would
go right along When asked if Senator Plat
would now be subpnnaed he said that he had
been heartily in favor Of calling Mr. Platt for
some months back and saw no reason to change
his mind now. He attributed the weak support
which the Fusion ticket received all over the
county to the apathy Of independent citizens
who had not taken the trouble to register Mr.
Fallows expressed disappc .ntment at the poor
showing made by the Labor party. Others yes
terday commented freely this point also
and some said the average laborng voter seemed
to grow jealous whenever any man of his walk
I'm life appeared likely to be elevated to a place
Of official dignity and this feeling Of Jealousy
alienated the voters.
MR.. HOFFMAN'S PREDICTION.
Penjamin Hoffman the spokesman Of Tam
many Hall on the Mazet Committee. who has
Just been elected Justice of the Municipal
Court, said he had predicted at the close of the
last session Of the committee that 1t would
never sit again. and he had little reason to
change his mind. II might be that in order
not to admit the rebuke which the public had
administered TO the committee by the defeat
or It's chairman. one more session might be
called but he felt that il would be only make
believe, and that the serious work of the COM
mittee had actually come to end.
Frank Moss. counsel to the committee. on the
other hand. was sure that the job of exposing
Tammany's iniquity and revealing the spots
where the city charter stands most in need Of
remedial legislation going right along. His
Office force is hard at work collecting EVIL
dence. which will be ready for November II
and he thinks Will keep the committee busy for
a long time. He would not tell just what line Of
investigation he should next take up. nor would
he discuss the probability of calling Mr.. Plat to
the stand: but many persons who have watched
the course Of the committees proceedings from
the start would not be at all surprised il Mr..
Moss having the backing Of three members Of
the cOmmittee-Fallows. Hoffman and Boland-
should defy the ma jOrity of four. that the
election Is over, ana subpoena the Senator at an
early day.