Evening star., 1900-06-28
0SSIPFR0N GOTHAM
Croker to Be Democratic Committee
man From New York,
WOMEN TURN AGAINST PLATf
He Offended a Member of One of
Their Clubs.
CASE OF OSSlFIED MAN

lCASE OF OsS1FIED MAN
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
NEW YORK, June 27, 1900
| Tammany Hall has made choice of a
vice presidential candidate and will not do
SO until the New York delegation arrives at
Kansas City. Richard Croker will be the
| mouthpece of the organization when the
time arrives. Since Mr.. Croker's arrival In
New York it has been practically settled
| that the Tammany leader will be the men,
| Der of the democratic national committee
from New York, and as such will have
charge of the presidential campaign IN the
| east. This proposition that was sug-
| gested Immediately after the holding of the
| state convention In this city, at which time
| the delegates to the Kansas City convention
| were selected In view OF the Importance of
the campaign and the great interest that
| the eastern democrats are taking In it, it
| was deemed desirable by Senator Murphy
and the other state leaders that man like
| Mr. Croker be induced to take the place of
committeeman from this state in order that
the campaign might be in the hands OF
of leadership.
Senator Edward Murphy of Troy and Sem
ator P. II. McCarren of Brooklyn. whose
names had been heard in that connection,
both announced that they thought much
more good would be conserved to the party
| If Mr. Croker himself were to take the posi-
tion This desire was communicated to Mr..
Croker in England. but he would give no
answer until he had become acquainted with
| the situation here. Mr.. Croker has init
mated to close personal friends and ad-
visors that. as 1t seemed to be the general
desire that he take the place and lead in the
| campaign here. he would In all probability
do as was wished.
Button Mans Guess at a Ticket.
"Bim, the Button Man." who made his
reputation at the Philadelphia convention
| by springng Mckinley and Roosevelt but
| tons on the crowd at the Ealton Hotel on
| the Sunday before the nomination was
made, Is again on deck. BIN" appeared
at the Democratic Club the other day when
| the members were welcoming Croker's re-
! turn, and sprung new button which he
thinks will do duty at Kansas City. This
button held the portraits of Bryan and Bel
mont, the latter being Oliver H. p. Bel
mont. who, like his brother Perry, is one
| of the delegates to the national convention.
| 1t was with due modesty that BIN
slipped into the club and quietly attached
| few of his latest conception on the lapels
of the various handy coats.
Have l got it?' asked Bin, with an
anxious glance to see how the button
took.
-hdS De you nave, blili, Sdlu tpIiiiis-
sioner Keller but if you try to catch
things at Kansas City the way you did at
Philadelphia you may be called Bum. the
Bitten Man before you get back, instead
| of BIN, the Button Man."
The selection of New York headquarters
| for the republicans has been placed in
| charge of Frederick S. Gibbs. who repre-
sents this state in the republican national
| committee. and who probably will be Sc
lected by Chairman Hanna as one of the
nine members of the executive committee
| that will be in immediate command of the
campaign. Four years ago the plan OF
| having two central headquarters for the
party in a national campaign was tried for
| the first time and was successful This
year these headquarters will be connected
| by long distance telephone and leased tele-
graph wires. These methods of communi-
| cation will be protected as strictly from
| leakage are the military wires from the
enemy in time of war. Every operator
will be sworn to secrecy, as will every
other employe. Nevertheless, the greatest
publicity is to be made of all the open
movements Of those in charge of the cam
paign. 1t is not yet decided where the
headquarters in New York will be located.
! The chief base of the campaign will again
| be Chicago, but especial attention will be
| paid to eastern states, and the New York
| headquarters will be made the source Of
! distribution of a vast amount Of campaign
| literature and the directing center of
| army of campaign orators.
Women Politicians Against Plat.
Women politicians of the influential West
| End Republican Club are at odds with
Senator Plat. They feel that they have
| been fouted their activities made a by
word and a mockery and their powers
| laughed at. Unless there is a marked
| change in the attitude of certain leaders
| toward the women of the party. 1t seems
| likely there will be large percentage of
| compulsory backsliders at the coming cleo
| ton. Woman scorned proposes to bring
| her husband into line. Family jars may
result, but she will be vindicated. 1t has
| been obvious at recent meetings of the
| club that the childlike faith hitherto
| posed in the party leaders was gradually
weakening. Until today none suspected the
real cause of certain bitter remarks. II is
no less individual than Senator Platt
| who has created the present situation
About two weeks before the Philadelphia
convention a prominent member of the
| West End club visited Senator Platts Of
flee to ask political favor. After some
! delay she was admitted. only to receive
| rather curt refusal of her request.
| II am a very busy man. said Senator
Platt
Eyes. very busy with your own affairs"
| came the tart retoinder.
| well, madam, there are. many women
| like YOU said the senator.
| II beg your pardon senator" the visitor
| said, but there are not SO many women
| like me. l lost my husband in the war;
| fighting your country's battles. I have two
| sons in the army now. fighting in your
| DdttleS. 1 nave lhu tHe HOnOT OIL u special
| pension. And have worked for my party.
| / have talked to all the women for blocks
| and made house-to-house canvass for
| votes"
81 care nothing about your house-to-
| house canvass interjected the irritated
| senator.
"Oh, you don't. know you don't That 8
| what l shall tell the women of the club"
| and the miniature whirlwind of wrathful
| femininity swept out of the senator's office.
| In executive session the club heard the
whole dreadful story and straightway fall
| tered in party allegiance.
| He'll snap his fingers at our work. will
he2 said ons member. We'll, we'll see."
Ossihed Man is Improving.
Aaron Palmer, who for nearly four years
has been known as the 'ossifed man" in
Bellevue Hospital. is improving. and the
Indications are that in few months he will
be in better health than for the past dozen
years. Until a month ago Mr.. Palmer S
legs from the hips down were like marble
| or china. In his own words they looked
like china cup. He could not move them.
They had shrunken to about half their
normal size and were as rigid as stone.
His arms from the shoulders down and his
hands were in the same condition. Today
his legs from the hfDs down tO ha Lpoos