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

party organization, and he follows party
methods. Way back in General Harrison
| atministra ton he was appointed civil ser
| vice commissioner on the recommendation
| OF Plat. who was the head Of the organi-
cation in New York. and Of Quay, who was
| chairman of the national committee. When
,he wanted to Ue assistant secretary Of the
| navy the first thing he did was to get Sen
ator Platt's Endorsement, and he never
| showed disposition to forget what the
senator had done for him. either. So the
| governor doesn't object to party methods
| in making appointments, and ne doesn't
| feel insuited when he is told whom the or
| ganiZation wants for a particular position
| Sometimes its Recommendations are not
! complied with, but the appointment made
| isn't usually one that would help the gov
| ernor IN building up d personal machine.
| And this is where he is Shrewd and strong.
| There wont be a day during his term of
| office when the organization will not be
| strong enough to defeat either his men or
| his measures. 1t can keep him from going
| to the next national convention and show
| ing himself to The, delegates a. the likely
| man to follow Mcklnieys second term, and
| it can keep him from being renOminated
| for governor, which is necessary if he is 70
| be presidential candidate. Governor
| Roosevelt knows this, but he manages so
| that the question is whether the organiZa-
| ton can afford to adopt such a plan of ac-
| tiOn That IS his nFaneuVsr on this tax
| franchise and other matters. And it makes
| everybody who understands the real situa-
| ton feel pretty serious. You can see why
nal man oueii iii"fAea SUI" eHei LUIS loi
| While this explanation of the prospective
| break was going on Senator Platt came into
| -, -, ~ ts;c - ,ftti, tSffa -
| ",rrI,Io,Is hn,1r - hid lie !tonraI ~ ra
| ceive the greetings Of the upStters, in
| clined his ear 10 listen to the whispering of
neWsuaper. feDurters without telling Them
anything and after a few minutes slipped
up to his room. That is the regular daily
rIIJffrr and there i NOT hi,,p IN, n f., sbala
Manhattan Island, but it always has d deep
effect III the hotel corridors. What the SEN
dtpT SAID furnishes the theme of talk for
the remainder Of the Gay. was not sorry
Tor ms appearance just then. because ii
Drought the conversation back to MI Fiatt
any IN MS Cohtfg. 81 me o!sdhlzaH4A-
80 e''up t'i'e'N Vi" PIocetHeu III 'iils
"i"-' ~
""Pie WIN 'fie 'o'ethof.
Yes, the senator knows that WHEN he
takes a stand against th4 governor il will
r,l hin, ,,,,,o,,,,1,,. ,,i,t, tb.. ,,..,Dl ,bo
'''''- -'-- "'''
az "i"'9S i'"u''iS tau't wan iiIAI' put He
rather likes being unpopular with his enc
mics. His idea Of politics is to stand by his ,
fri .nls. But his whole thing : = e,rsat
49, - 'I''7 "il"4S tii''i7 - d Sied,
riabt tn crv oiIt ad,,,,1f tn.. ,,r,or,-ion
ana in the can7T,ai,s, ,.,..5.,.hod,y NAV On
that on m. sr1Inrp ~rE.,-' .yrc.t il ayd
don't nina t2Tr ~, w. 3.t IIny,,r ~ ~
ness that's = ,iiff.rsr1 n,a+tar -
nrar,.rry rt.,.lNs+ - ~, -t IL, ~ ~, - /
a cnrnnrarion ,rb,., !. ,n,,.t =, .,S-1-j,n |
Now W.. haven't rla.foI tb.,+ ii al NH |
lion ,yhara We ar1 -, 81, I,n,no;s |
Withouf money W.. mimi do if in ne ~ |
ti0nal rler1inn and W. tanit do il in H., |
state -l..ti,,,Is ~ NV s+ata re-, ,o,,ai,,11s NJ
are really nInra danandtrt an tha l.@rTl,,,a
tons hecaIIsa fhnlt fsi ~, ba,,a NOR. A. |
stake Jfrertly w., st, ~ nan1rihI,+ -
both parties So r6as 20 a1d th,t,s nlhst
h,1rfs S,,r,I,,s., ~ ~, - - 80, -, -
only contrih,Itt 80 T. go, nv ab1ra 49,
we he?
..yyeu po,Y ~ ,.o+i :, +ho
stata is =, -. -; "a ~ p t; - 60
,hic.s IL. - ::
narban. &C ,tr,r,t;i'i - l-t ~. t' -,
tbar n,ifIi az Ia lGS - Ia, ne
li'al PuphC sentiment IS demanding tnat
it. too p1att teIls ,b, tornarations +bar -
won't do them any good to kick because
the organization is going to keep the sup
~ oa VI me pupiic. Ihey 10 KICK ana
thav know ~ no @ a. ~ w rinht
say they are going to nave a fall. but thew
are allowed to provide an air cushion to
III =dh theif iali But suppose they are also
kicked AFTER they are down? Why, when
me next campaign comes around they just
kick pack instead of opening their pocket
poohs. ~
but IL ism altogether a matter OF cam
palsn contributions. If a party gets headed
shlo TINS KIND of legiSiation who knows
whether it will stop short of Henry Georges
single tax, or some other form of confsca-
ton? Now, then, SUPPOSE. Senator Platt sees
what tendencies are developing and sees a
little more clearly than other people where