Arizona republican., 1902-01-20
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party is true. So has every successful leader in both parties in all other states. They are the incompetent and and disappointed whose ambition has been thwarted, whom it was neces- Sary to thrust aside in the distribution of honors because they lacked the qual- ifica tions essential to success when pre- scented for their approval of their fellow men. Some of these enemies are rich and powerful They have high social influence and, consequently, op- portunities in many ways to show their resentment of the mendacious attacks upon MT. Platt. Some, of course, are the result of political hostility while others are made for purely commercial reasons by obscure publications seek ing notoriety and enlarged sales. But this inconsiderate abuse of Sen ator Platt proves his strength q leader of men. He and his great col league from Ohio. Senator Hanna, have the distinction of being the subject of more cartoons than any other two men in the country. And the explanation of it is that they are the two greatest individual forces in politics. The re- publican party everywhere Is indebted to MT. Platt. Were it not for his su- perb direction, the state could not have been held so steadily in the republl- can column. and the odds against him have been almost appalling. New York city in every national election rolls up a democratic majority to neutralize which the state requires constant wig ilance and unwearied effort in every nook and corner of the immense ter .ritory- It is comparatively easy to hold Pennsylvania in line. Unlike New York city. Philadelphia is republican and can be confidently counted upon to roll up a great majority for candidate of the party no matter who he may be.
 Again. the most powerful democra- tic press in the country is in the me tropolis. and Mir. Platt and his lieutenants are constantly under it's merciless fire. That these rich and in- fiuential journals in all these years have been unable to weaken much less break down the republican party proves that it's leaders possess the con fidence of the people to an extraordi nary degree. that the government they have given is, on the whole. good and honest Never has the democracy been able to win except when there was a factional fight on hand, and not all ways then.
 If Mir. Platt were what his enemies say he is, he and the party he had led to so many splendid victories, would long ago have been placed in in glorious minority and remained there. They would have been eliminated, and Hillism, Murphysism. Crokerism and all the other democratic '.isms" would be on deck running the ship and dominat- ing, it is not too much to say, not only state, but national politics. But they have been beaten and kept down, and Thomas C. Platt is the general who has led the forces which have kept them and keeps them in what Mir. Cleveland termed q condition of ''innocuous des uetude."
 Platt has been true to the trust re- posed in him. as true as any man that ever held political command in great state and had to deal with conditions not as he would have them but as he found them and as they were made for him.
 It is asserted that he never bought a share of stock on a margin-that all through life he steered clear of specu lation. He is a religious man without ostentation, and invariably attends church on Sunday. unless prevented by illness. A lover of music. hewa a mem Der of his church choir until over 90 Of