The sun., 1903-10-06
SENATOR PLATT IS TO MARRY.
WEDDING WITH MRS. JANEWAY
FINED FOR OCT. 16.


Announcement Made Yesterday by the
Senator. Who VIII Take His Bride
To Washington Almost Immediately
After the Marriage--Who the Bride L..
The Hon. Thomas Collier Platt, senior
United States Senator for the State OF
New York, made the formal announce
ment yesterday at his Office, 40 Broadway.
that he Is to be married on Oct 10 to Mrs.
Lillian T. Janeway Of Washington. Sena-
tor Platt said that, according to present
arrangements, only the members OF his
family and the family Of Mrs. Janeway
and intimate friends would be invited to
attend the marriage ceremony.
Senator Platt has been O widower since
Feb. IS, 1901. when his first wife, who was
his cousin, Ellen Lucy Barstow, died at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mrs. Janeway's first
husband, DR.. Theodore Janeway, nephew
Of DR.. Edward G. Janeway. died six years
ago. Mrs. Janeway has one daughter and
Senator Platt has three sons, Edward T.,
treasurer Of the United States Express
Company (Senator Platt is president Of
the company; Frank H. Platt OF the law
firm Of Boardman. Platt Solely, and Henry
B. Platt, vice-president Of the Fidelity
and Deposit Company of Maryland.
Mrs. Janeway has q beautiful home in
Washington at 1914 I street, which she
has leased to Charles Hallan Keep Of
Buffalo, Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury. Senator Platt and Mrs. Platt will
live at the Arlington Hotel in Washington.
They will 60 to Washington almost imme-
diately after the marriage ceremony. 30
that Senator Platt may be on hand for the
extraordinary session Of Congress which
President Roosevelt Is expected to call
for Nov. 0.
Senator Platt in his second marriage
follows for once in the footsteps Of his old
friend, the Hon. Chauncey Mitchell Depew.
junior United States Senator for this State,
who on Dec. 27, 1901, was married at Nice,
France. to Miss May Palmer. Senator
Depew was 8s when he married the second
time and Senator Platt was 10 in July last
Mrs Depew and Mrs. Janeway are con-
siderably younger than Senator Depew
and Senator Plat, but there isn't happier
couple on the American continent than Mr.
and Mrs. Depew, and Senator Platt said
yesterday that he and Mrs. Platt expected
to be quite as happy as the Depews.
Nearly all newspaper readers are ac-
quainted with Senator Platt He is an M. A.
of Yale, where he took the freshman prize
for Latin scholarship; he was in Congress
when Grant was President the second time;
as a coadjutor Of Roscoe Conkling he made
things lively for Rutherford B. Hayes and
James A. Garfield. resigned his seat in the
United States Senate along with Conkling
because Of differences with Garfield, and
was beaten with Conkling for reelection to
the Senate.
Conkling then threw up the political
sponge, but Platt kept on fighting. He
beat Arthur for the Presidential nomina-
ton In 1884, taking sides with his ancient
enemy, James G. Blaine; was q great power
in the Harrison convention Of 1888, not 80
great power at Minneapolis in 1902, when
he joined hands with William Mckinley and
Blaine to defeat Harrison's renominat ion,
but along with Senator Quay and other
political giants was beaten by John C.
New, Harrison's grand capitaine fought
McKinley's nomination at st. Louis in 1896
and was beaten by Senator Hanna, yet
carried of the great honor of the gold
plank in the convention; nominated Theo-
dore Roosevelt for Governor in 1893, and
In 1900, with the aid of Senator Quay, ncmi-
mated Roosevelt for Vice-President over
Senator Hanna's head. In fact, Mr.. Platt
has been "a pretty busy gentleman for
not few years
Senator Platt in the management of the
affairs of the Republican party Of the State
has been different from his predecessors
Thurlow Weed, William H. Seward. Reuben
+. Fenton and Roscoe Conkling. Weed
was a martinez, Seward cavalier Fenton
a josher and jollier, and Conkling domi-
neering and at times almost brutal. Sena-
tor Platt has been velvety, vengefu occa-
sionally, courteous always. gentle in speech,
tenacious OF purpose and very particular
in dress. No man was deader politically
than he in 1881, when he, with Conkling,
resigned his seat in the United States SEN
ate. TO be known as Platt man in those
days was to invite political ostracism, and
yet within ten years he nominated Fassett
for Governor, and in successive turns,
Morton, Black, Roosevelt and Odell, and
In 1897 was elected to his old seat in the
United States Senate and last January
reelected.
Women readers will want to know some-
thing more about Mrs. Janeway, who is
to become Mrs Plat. She is bright man
nered, exceedingly clever in conversation,
has a graceful bearing. superb gowns and
Jewels, deep brown hair and eyes Of Irish