Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-03
ODELL-PLATT TALK.
Governor and Senator Meet Tn
 All Day Confab-
l BRUCE INSISTS ON ASSIGNING
After Conference Held by Leading Republicans the Governor States
 They Have Arrived at a Con- cIusfom Satisfactory to All.

cIusfonj satisfactory to All.
 NEW YORK, Dec. Ex-Governor Odel
 has announced the resignation of M
 Linn Bruce from the chairnanship o1
 the Republican committee of New Yori !, county. MT. Bruce was urged to re
 main by Mir. Odell, who assured him oi
 his hearty support but he said that the
 pressure of private business rendered
 his retirement imperative.
 The announcement of MT. Bruce's
 resignation came as the climax of a day of conferences participated in by the governor, Senator Platt, Colonel George W. Dunn chairman of the Re publican state committee; Mir. Bruce and others at the Fifth Avenue hotel Messrs. Odell and Platt breakfasted to. gether at the hotel and conferred fol more than an hour. Then Colonel Dunn called on the governor, and they passed the remainder of the forenoon together
 Another conference between the lead CTS was held in the afternoon, after which Governor Odeli issued the fol lowing formal statement:
 1T have had two conferences with Senator Platt and Chairman Dunn. and we have arrived at conclusion that is satisfactory to all. There is no reason for any friction in the party. We are, on the contrary, actuatcd by a. common desire for party success and increased votes and. propose unitedly to work to that end
 The following statements explain the situation. Senator Platt said:
 'sThe governor. Colonel Dunn and myself have conferred regarding vari- ous matters of political interest. Tn ref erence to3the chairmanship of the New York county committee, we all agreed in pronouncing MT. Bruces adninistra- ton to have been most admira ble, and we united in the belief that his services ought to be employed in that difficult post for another. term if he could be in duced 10 remain. MT. Bruce, however, for professional reasons concludes that he cannot longer serve the party in the chairmanship of that committee, much to the regret of us all.
 The efforts of the Democratic press to stir up sedition in the Republican party and to disrupt the friendly rela- lions which have so long subsisted be- tween its leaders have been unavailing, and the unpleasant rulnors of ennity between the governor and my self ought now to be set at rest. '
 Governor Odell said:
 { Following up the conference with Senator Platt and Chairman Dunn, I have talked with Chairman Bruce in reference to his remaining chairman of the county committee I have said that his work was satisfactory and that if he would continue he would meet with my cordial cooperation and aid. FoR professional reasons. how ever, he has declined reelection, to the regret of all those who have the in terest of the Republican party at heart"
 MT. Bruce said:
 An effective administra ton of the office of president of the county com mittee during the coming year. i1l view of the impending national and state elections, will require all the time of the president for at least eight months. I have had under consideration for some days whether or not could ac- cept a reelection I find myself at the parting of the ways. I must either practice law or practice politics. I pre- fer the former, I have spent years building up a law business and can not abandon it. have therefore in formed Senator Platt and Governor Odell that it would be impossible for me to accept a reelection. The re- ports that I have in view any appoin- tive position are without foundation in fact"
 Among those who called on Govern or Odell during the day were William H. Ten Eyck, William Barnes. Jr., of Albany and Judge James A. Blanchard ofethe supreme court.