New-York tribune., 1903-01-03
"UANY INVENTIONS"

a great deal of news which would be hlgnly
interesting if it were true has been printed IN
the course of the last week or two about the
relations of Senator Plat and Governor Odeii-
1t has varied in details from day to day. but
the continuing gist of it is that the friends OF
the Senator who are not friends of the Gov
ernor are lining up on one side with the sen
ator in command. that the friends or the Gov
ernor who are not friends Of the Senator are
lining up on the other side with the Governor
in command and that fight is about to ensue
like unto that Of the trapper and the pear
which the Almighty was somewhat lrreVer-
entity invited to watch for the mere pleasure OF
ii in case He had no preference as to the re-
suit
The latest crystallization of the political ele-
ments according TO some who pretend TO KNOW
what is going on in the Kaleidoscope, reveals
militant triumvirate consisting of Governor
Odell Mayor Low and the Hon. Timothy H..
Woodruff in the act of shattering the present
scheme of things TO bits in order that they may
remould 1t nearer TO their hearts desire. Now,
that might be a strong combination even III
the estimation of Senator Platt if it had actu-
ally been formed with purpose OF attending
strictly to the business assigned to it, But not
being aware of its existence-in fact, being
aware. as ne says llldl IL uOtS hOI IAiHI C~>eNt
as rubbish IN the imagination of silly persons
the Senator does not appear to be at all dis
turbed. but cheerfully announces that there has
been no rupture in his relations with the GOV
ernor. that there is no opposition TO him any
where and that he expects 10 be reelected
without trouble 1t is a matter of history, we
believe that Mr. Platt has not been deceived
for many years to his standing with the
legislature, and the probability is that he is not
seriously mistaken in this instance.
AS for the specific assertion that the Gov
ernor and the Senator are on the verge OF an
open quarrel, it appears to have been put and
kept in circulation with more eagerness that
it should be accepted than hope that it would
be. Some one said the other day with rather
unusual neatness of expression that Mr.. Platt
was going to be Senator and nothing more, MT
OdeH Governor and nothing less That is
epigrammatic. and it is not dyulging any
secret to say that the latter half of it is true
Governor Odell has always had 4 sufhclent
amount of influence with his own adminlstra-
ton, and there is no reason TO suppose either
that his second term will differ from his first
in that particular or that an established fact
will have any new and striking consequences.
The first part of the saying is not so likely to
be verified Mr. Platt will be Senator and
probably something more-that is to say, an
adviser as TO State affairs whose advice will
be listened to with attention by the Governor,
adopted so far as the Governor conscientiously
judges it to be valuable, and declined without
impatience on one side or resentment on the
other if the man on whom the responsibility
rests is convinced that he ought not to follow
it. That course has been pursued during the
last two years with advantage TO the State, and
we do not know of a demand from any quarter
that it should be abandoned now.