The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-22
DEPEw FEELING STRONG
Governor 0dell Was M Invited te Attend.
I'm wesAruR asA Jsalsr New Yss&s Senator LseAssa fer Nxseatave Alter TArss-Hsur ssssssa,
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New York. Dec. 31.--The coufesenoo of Republicans. called by United statoo Senator Thomas c. Piatt in the intsrsG< of the re-elsction of United staaeo Senator Chauncey M. Dspsw by s1o coming State Lsgislature. was held ae-| cording to program at the Fifth Ave- nue Hotel this morning.
 It was in session about three hours. and adjourned without day. after ap- pointing a committee of seven. headed by. former Lieutenant- Governor wood ruff. to wait on Governor Odell. who was not invited. and inform him of the sentiment as expressed at the confer ence.
 Mir. Woodruff did meet Governor odelI as he expected He went to the Douch mansion, where the New Eng. land Society dinner was held tonight. accompanied by Senator Depew There they jNned the Governor. Later the three left the mansion with the ex- pressed intention of proceeding to the Union League of Republican Clubs for an extended conferences.
 !, Asked regarding Senator Plates con- ference today. Governor Odell said he was not cognizant of It. T don't know what took place at the conference at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. but I do know that whoever is chosen by the Repub- lican organization will be elected"
 The morning conference was attended by seventy-five well known Repuhli- cans. most of them ciassed as being In favor of Senator Depew. but there were also not q few who are believed to be opposed to his candidacy. The speeches made in the conference were almost without exception strongly in favor of Senator Depew's re-election. No vote. was taken and estimates of the numerical classification of thoses pres- ent vary with the sympathfes of those estimating.
 After the conference. Senator PIatt declared himself v as gfeatIy pleassd with it's character and personnel
 T am proud of it." said he., 'tt was truly representative, and clearly showed what I have all along claimed. that the sentiment of the people of the State is strongly for the reelection of Senator Depew. I imagine its result may be to tone down MT. odeli. '
 Senator Platt himself called the con ference to order. and at his suggestion wiliima Barnes, Jr.. of Albany. Chair man of the Executive Committee Of the Republican State Committed. pre-. sided. Twenty-seven members of the new Legislature who will have actual votes upon the Senatorship were prns. ent. Messages of regret were re- ceived from Speaker Nixon, of the As. sembly. and several Senators and As. semblymen.
 Word was received from Cornelius N. Bliss that he sympathized with the object of the conference and had spok- en his sentiments at the so-caIled odell- Black meeting the previous week. Nearly all of the speeches def- initely deprecated anything in the na- ture of light and the plea for 8 har- uonious solution of the Senatorship characterized the conference.
 Chairman Barnes. the trst speakov- spoke in favor of MT. Depew's re- election. declaring that to remove hinp from the Senate "aftcr his long ser vice would be a disturbing factor IT. the politics of the senate.
 Senator Raines devoted a consider- able portion of his extended remarks to a declaration of cordiality toward Governor Odoll and ex-Governor Black. He held the welfare of the Republic can party to be of importance
 "If the contest which appears to be pending pow." he continued, ifs carr rted out to the last issue and the ut most force is averted by those who ap- pear to be behind Governor Black and those who appear to be behind Mir. De- pew and Mir. Depew should be aban- doned, fear that two years from now even next fall. in the city of New Yorb and two years from now in the State. whatever chances or risks the Repub- iican party may see before them today. those risks would be dissipated and we would be in the minority"
 
 always strongly for Mr .Depew's elec- ffnn s