Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
PLATT- FIGHT.
New York Politicians Deny Any
Collision to Defeat Roosevelt.s
CONTEST is TO Be A BITTER ONE
Declare That the New York Governor
Is Pledged to Support the President
Exodus Of Plat Men to odell Camp
: Already Begun.
LRY FRANK j. sT1LLMAN.l

81 [BY FRANK j. STILLMAN.1
Washington, D. c., April 24.-Poli-
ticians from New York deny most en-
phatically that there is. any collision
between Senators Platt and Governor
OdeI with a view to kicking up dust
incident to concerted action to defeat
President Roosevelt. On the contrary
these men say the fight between Platt
and Odell is in dead earnest; has been
of long standing and will result in the
defeat and permanent retirement from
the. political arena, so far as being the
ator Platt, the easy boss
These politicians, who are them
selves interested deeply in the success
of the republican national ticket,and
who are tooth and nail for President
Roosevelt say the charge that Gov
ernor Odell is opposed to President
Roosevelt is absurd and without any
foundation of fact whatever. On the
contrary Odell and the President have
complete understanding. Odell is
pledged to Roosevelt and will give him
hearty support. Further than. this, it
is said that Governor Odell is now lead.
er of the party in New York. The.
political leaders in the various parts
of the state who for many years have
yielded willing obedience to the de-
crees of Boss" Plat, realize the full
import of the defeat of Platt as the
dominant factor and there has already
been heavy exodus of former Platt
men to the Odell camp. 1t is claimed
that in a short time Plat will have
ceased to be an important element in
the councils of the party and that
Odell will be supreme; as fully in
control as Platt has been for a
score of years.
1t is pointed out that, realizing that
the jig is up the remaining devotees
OF Senator Flatt will quietly get into
the band wagon without much public
display and work in harmony with the
majority The party will be reorganiz.
ed and work earnestly in the interest
of President Roosevelt.
These New Workers scoff at the
claim of any man or men that New
York state will be snatched from the
republican column in 1904 On the
contrary they assert that the Presi-
T.
pire state than when he was elected
governor by "a plurality of less than
$4,000. At that time the liquor inter
ests We're solidly arrayed against
Roosevelt and We're an important fac
4 tor. This issue will not enter into the
campaign in 1904, and while there may
be some loss in the city for various
reasons, the President will receive a
ttro ay,H 70 in, fho frv oil
the Bronx and will carry the state, ii
is estimated, by at least $4,000.
49,
Commissioner Sargent produces
some startling figures in his summary
{ for March, just tabulated. 1t appears
that the total number of immigrants
for March was 91,666, as against n, ABS
for March, 1902. The total from Aus
tro-H Hungary was 24,554 for 1903 as
against 23.509 for 1902; Italy, 30,765
against 25,002 in 1902; Russia, 11,701
against 12,61S. There is decrease
from Belgium, Denmark and light in
crease from France, Germany, Norway
Sweden, Ireland, Japan and Spain
with quite a heavy proportionate in
+ crease from England, Switzerland
Scotland, although the totals from the
latter three countries are relatively
small.
During the month 522 Immigrants
who landed We're sent back home. O
this number 1874 were paupers, 81 con
tract laborers and SO diseased.
Judge O'Connell, solicitor of the
treasury, who was a guest at tn,
launching Of the West Virginia las
q Saturday, says Rear Admiral O'Neil
was one of the party. Mr.. O'Connel
recalls the interesting fact that Admi
raj O'Neill was an officer on the OLE
wooden battleship Cumberland at thu
time she was sunk in Hampton Road
by, the Merrimac, and says that durin,
the visit at Norfolk Admiral O'Neil
sailed out to the spot where the Cum
berland went down.
while our association is a youthful
organization, 1t is none the less ac
tive" said Edward Hines, vice presi
dent of the National Lumber Manufac
tlrers' association, now in Washing
ton, yesterday. Mr.. Hines lives il
Chicago, and is one of the largest lum
Der manufacturers in the world, hi
holdings being second on the list
THE association meeting here toda,
Is the outcome Of the Georgia Sawmil
association, to which five of our pres
ent organization belonged. Our frs
meeting was held in ST. Louis one yea
ago, and this meeting is the secon,
IN the history of the association. Il
sompany with nineteen other member