The sun., 1903-12-27
ODELL TOPLATl:. HOPE TOCOME
.ALDRIDGE, BARNES AND BROOK
LYN MEN SEE TIE SENATOR.
Kings Hot Over Washington Conference
With WOrth-Hiscock and Hendricks
Are Not COming-Federnl Oficehold.
crs May 60 TO Chicago This Time.

Are Not COming-Federnl OfYiceholti.
crs May 60 TO Chicago This Time.
Senator Platt at the Fifth Avenue Hote
last night received from Gov. Odell the
following despatch:
Business engagements will keep me here
for several days. but hope to see you in
New York before you leave"
Senate Platt is to be in New York until
JAN 4, and then he Is to take short vaca-
tion in Aiken, S. c. To Senator Platt was
shown Gov. Odell's interview, telegraphed
from Albany to the New York evening news
papers, in which the Governor said that he
favored session of the Legislature that
would probably last much longer than the
short session Senator Plat had announced
himself to prefer. The Governor in his
interview went on to say that he had plan
which would result in a saving to the State
of $4O,0OO,OOO.
"Gracious!" said a bystander, didn't
the State"
Senator Patt didn't care to say anything
about Gov. Odell's interview He was
then asked who was to be the Regent of
the University to succeed the late Carroll f.
smith of Syracuse Senator Platt replied:
Il have heard of but one name, that Of
Edward Lauterbach, and, of course, | am
for Mr.. Lauterbach."
al his downtown office and at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel with George w. Aldrdge of
Rochester, secretary of the Railroad Com
mission; William Barnes, Jr,. of Albany
chairman Of the executive committee of
Timothy L. Woodruff, Michael j., Dady
and Naval Officer Robert A. Sharkey Of
Kings county. Senator Platt said last
nigh, that he is to have further talks with
visiting Republicans on Monday.
While none of the Republicans who
talked with Senator Platt cared to speak
specifically of what occurred, it is known
that the situate n in the different bailiwicks
was discussed from every standpoint,
and that questions looking to the naming
of delegates to the national convention in
Chicago next June we're put and answered.
one interesting bit Of information crept
out and that was to the effect that President
Roosevelt. like President Harrison in 1892,
sees no objection to Federal officeholders
becoming delegates to the national con-
vention.
p esident Mckinley in 1900 told his friends
that he did not desire the election of Federal
officeholders to be delegates to the national
convention at Philadelphia President Har-
rison was renominated at MINNEAPOLIS in
1902 by the votes of Federal officehoders
chiefly from States which could return no
electoral vote to the Republican party
on election day.
The Republicans who talked with Senator
Platt left him thoroughly coached They
spoke of harmony in the Republican party
N the State and a desire to send a solid
delegation for Roosevelt to the Chicago
national convention OF course, some
stress was laid upon the factional COM
plexion of these delegates, but that was
too delicate subject at this time for free
discussion.
from the Brooklyn Republicans which per-
haps he had not known before, and this
was that Jacob Worth of Kings county was
secretly called to Washington to confer
with Gov. Odell at the time that the Gov
ernor discussed the Republican affairs of
the Stare with President Roosevelt, Senator
Platt and Col George W. Dunn, chairman
ofthe Republican State committee.
Senator Platt learned, it was said, that
the meeting between Gov. Odell and Mr..
Charles G. Bennett of Brooklyn, now Sec
retary Of the United States Senate. 1t
was recalled that Senator Platt's first can
didate several years ago for Secretary of
the United States Senate was his old friend
Gen. James s. Clarkson, but that Gen Clark
son at the last moment declined to become
a candidate, and that the Senator then put
forward Mr.. Bennett and Mr.. Bennett was
elected 20 what is practically life place, or
so long as the Republicans hold the United
States Senate.
The Kings county Republicans have
been nettled ever since they knew of this
secret conference between Gov. Odell and
Mr.. Worth, as they interpreted it as sur
repttious attempt to undermine Timothy
L. Woodruff. 1t was Mr.. Woodruff who
unhorsed Mr.. Worth number of years
ago as the Republican leader Of Kings
county.
Gov odell's first proposition, it was said
to Mr.. Worth was that he should break
into the Republic an Kings county organiza-
tiop as a candidate for Senator for one
failed in that the Governors friends would
see to it that he came pretty near being
Railroad Commissioner to succeed either
Frank NJ. Baker or George ". Dunn.
Gov. Odel's idea in having Mr. w orth
stand as a candidate for Senator it was
at Albany next fall. AS a result of that
conference between Gov. Odell and Mr..
Worth in Washington, it was further de-
cared, Gov. Odell got tip upon which he
acted when he returned to Albany. and
sent for ten of the twenty-one Assembly
district leaders in Kings county.
In other words, the Brooklyn Republi-
cans charge that the Governor received
specific information at that time as to
which Of the leaders he could send for
win apparent safety. lue zen visited
Gov. Odell at Albany without the
knowledge of Mr., Woodruff but
he quickly learned of this visit
and its purpose to defeat Jacob
Brenner. Woodruff's candidate for chair
man Of the executive committee. and then
occurred that parley between Gov. Odell
and Mr.. Woodruff over the phone, in which
the Governor said that Mr.. Brenner was
opposed by ten Of the twenty-o ne leaders
xf Kings county; and Mr.. Woodruff replied,
asking Gov. Gdell "if he saw any lightning
rods ont among his ten visitors"
Mr.. Woodruff promptly called the execu-
tvie committee together. and Mr. Brenrer
was unanimously elected, not one of the
ten who visited Gov. Odell voting against
Brenner: but all this has left bad taste
in the mouth of the Kings county Republi-
can organization, and 1t was said last night
that at least four of the ten leaders who
visited Gov. Odell will find hard road
TO travel at the primaries in April to retain
their places.
HENDRICKS AND HIscoCK NOT COMING
SYRACUSE, Dec. 28.-Former United States
senator Frank Hiscock said to-day that
he would no go to Now York to confer
with senate Platt in res )ons, to an invi-
tation State Superintendent of Insurance
Francis Hendricks will also decline the
invitation, having told his friends that he
would not leave the city next week.