The sun., 1903-12-13
MURRAY HEADS 0DELL SLATE
FOR COUNTY CHAIRMAN; HALPIN
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN.
Armitage Mathews OF Gruber's District
Secretur,-"Reorganiza and he
form" Proceed Right Down Through
the List to the serEeant.at.Arms.

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the List To the serEeant.at-Arms.
ohahFIan II me Rspnbltean County comHsasss-
CHAHLEs II. MURRAY. leader Of do Ate."
Chairman OF The E1ecu tN Con'm6fss-W0ed0
Halptn, Ieades OF tide Ninth In place OF Acoueduct
commissioner WILLIAM H. TIN EfcK.
First Vice .Prsadem Samuel Strasbou,gsI.
leader OF the Thirty nrat.
Second Vice. .Presiden1-AMBRosD o. NEAL. lee DER
OF the Thlrteth district.
.seerstarv-ARMIrAaB MATHEWS Of Abe orubsss
district, In place Of GroRoR n. MANcHxsrHh.
Tredsurer-LoUIs STERN, II he viii take II.
Sergeant at i-Arms-EpwARp BoDINE. reelectsA
This L. Gov. Odell's slate for the New
York county committee, put through yes
terday at caucus OF district leaders:
Hailed as the new boss Of the Republican
party in the State, Gov. Oden held court
all yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
His first conferences with Republicans
were in the morning and were held In the
apa rtments Senator Platt occupied from
1870 until the death Of his first wife little
over two years ago. The rooms were
known for nearly u quarter OF century
as $3.50"
Gov. Odell, when he arrived in town
on Friday, desired to accentuats his 40
| QUESTION Of the sceptre Of leadership and
he wanted $3.50" 1t was in $3.50 that
| Senator Platt did his share Of tho work
to elect Garfield, Folger, Blaine, Daven-
| port, Harrison, Warner Miller, Fassett,
Harrison again in 1892, Morton, Mckinley
| Black, Roosevelt, Mckinley again In 1900,
and Odell for Governor the same year.
| twas in $3.50" in 1894 and 1895 that Senator
Platt thwartcd Gov. Odell's plot to succeed
| Charles w. Hackett as chairman Of the
State committee Senator Platt had made
Gov. Odell chairman Of the executive com
mttee of the State committee. Hackett
was not in robust health and Oden couldn't
wait for him to die. Il was in "2SO' that
Senator Platt lectured Gov. Odell for his
efforts at Albany to defeat tho Creator
New York charter, probably the pet measure
Of Senator Patt's long political career.
| 1t was in 42SO" that Senator Platt, after
| the death Of Mr.. Hackett notified Gov.
| Odell that he was to be made chairman Of
the Republican State committee. 1t was
F, in $3.50" that Senator Platt notified Gov
| Odell in 1900 that he was to be the candidate
for Governor, Mr.. Odells long cherished
ambition. Likewise it was in $3.50 that
Mr. Odell, after election day in 1900. with
| Odell fervor and gratitude, told Senator
| Platt that he never could forget to his dying
hour the profound gratitude he owed to
Senator Platt.
senator Platt early in 1901 moved to to
year that Mr.. Platt informed Gov. Odell
that he was again to be the candidate for
Governor, and it was in @15s' that Coy.
Odell repeated the expressions 81 gratitude; :;
anything, leetle more of the Odell fervor:
Then he returned to Albany and organized
the insurgent combination Of Senators
Bracket, Brown and Elsberg. all OF whom
r. voted against Senator Platt for reelection
to the United States Senate: voted to CON
firm Capt. Joseph M. Dickey, Gov. 0dell's
neighbor in Newburgh, Senator Platt's
and voted to reject Frank M. Baker. Senator
Platt's neighbor in Owego, to 30 9 Rail
road Commissioner to succeed himself.
Gov. Odell cent in Bakers name to the
Senate knowing his l;s insprgenht e, Senators
Gov. Odell's first conference in $50,
and in fact his conferences all day, con-
cerned the selection Of new officers for the
New York Republican county, committee
his rival, below the New York city line
roll up plurality Of 1922 900. he came to
New York city, and at the Republican Club
insisted that the New, York Republican
reorganizing." and in the recent Mayoraltty
fight he came to New York city and made
! a similar speech
Since election day Gov. odell has spent .
good deal Of time at the Republican % Club
publican Assembly district leaders, and
insisting again that the New York county
committee needed reforming and re-
organizing And he was especially de-
on primary day and mighty poor vote
getters on election day. Moreover, Gov.
Odell was especially dspleased with leaders
Of Assembly districts who did not live IN
their districts, and who were described by
him as absentee" leaders.
Gov. Odell has had recent conferences
at Albany with a number Of these New York
city leaders, and as an outcome OF these
morning to reform and organize the
county committee according to the lines
laid down in his speeches and based upon
the utterances he has made since eleGuon
day. Gov Odell has been criticised by
Republicans who said that his attitude was
insincere and unfair and that he had no
other notion of reforming and reorganiz-
ing" the New York county committee, save
to reform and reorganize 1t In the interest
Of Gov. Odel as the new Republican boss OF
the State; that he merely wished to show
that he had control Of the New York Repub.
lican county committee, and that he ould
put in his own men; but then the Cover
nor's friends, replying to these comments,
and that he did demand that Assembly
district leaders should live, in their dis
tricts and that the chaps who were great
men in getting out the vote at the primarie:
should be relegated to the rear in favor Of
the men who could get out the vote on
election day.
Late on Friday evening Gov. Odell had
sent word to all Of the thrty-five Assembly
district leaders Of the county to visit him
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday, and
Col George w. Dunn, chairman Of the
Republican State committee, came down
from Binghamton to attend the seance
Gov Odel and Col. Dunn sat in $50" yester-
day morning when the following district
leaders entered:
William H. Ten Eyck, William Halpin,
Ferdinand Eidman. Richard Van Cott,
acting for his father; Cornelius Van Cott.
John H. Gunner Frank Raymond, james
W. Perry, Ambrose o. Neal, George W.
Wanamaker, Samuel Strasbourger, William
Henkel " illiam Crumbie, Herbert Parsons.
John Hannon, Jacob Newstead and Samuel
| Koenig.
Gov. Odell informed these leaders that
they had been called together to give ex-
preston to their views as to the election
of new officers to the New York Republican
county committee at the annual meeting,
which in to be held on Dec. II, and each
leader was invited to say something.
The ball was started by John II. Gunner,
who went on to describe the kind Of mar
who should be elected TO succeed NJ. Linn
Bruce he must have fine executive quail
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