The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-22

PLATTS FORCES
HOLD A MEETING
Unanimous Decision to Support
Depew For Senator.
WILL TRY TO AVOID A FIGHT
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO SEE
oDELL.
WILL TRY TO AVOID A FIGHT

New York. Dec 21.-The conference of
Republicans called by United States SEN
ator Thomas Platt i'm the interest of the
reelection Of Senator Chauncey NJ. De-
pew by the coming state legislature was
heid according TO programme at the Fifth
Avenue hotel today Il was in session
about three hours and adjourned without
day after appointing a committee of
seven, headed by Former Lieutenant Gov
ciior " Uodruit, to wait upon Governor
Oueu, who WAS not IuViteu and inform
nun oil the sentiment as expressed AT me
oar. =" oodruff did meet Governor OdeIl
as No expected lie drove To the DOUGH
mansion, where the New England society
uinuer was held Jonght. accompanied bv
senator De1eW- here they Joined the
bvNernor Later the three eft the man.
sion with the expressed intention of pro-
Ieeding TO the Union League or RepuDl-
odell Didn't Know.
Asked regarding Senator Platts confer
ehce' Governor Odeu sac, ny was not
teshizant ot II. Il do not KNOW wnat
lvvh place at the conference az the tal,n
avenue motel today, Dut 1 DO know InaI
whoever Is CHOSEN ny the Republican or
eenl1auOn Will DE elected
ne morning conference was attended
by seVenty-tiNe well known nepuDncans.
most OF them classed as beng m FAVOR
o. senator DeDew. but there were also
not d Few VINO are believed TO be Up-
p0se0 TO mis- candidacy. The speeches. IN
me conference were almost without eN-
ttpuOn strongly IN FAVOR OF Senator De-
pew re-c-eCuOn. NO vote was taken,
ana estimates OF the numerical classITlca-
iron OF those present vary with the sym
latnles o. those estimating.
After the conference senator Platt de-
ciared himself as greatly pleased WIN
It's character ana personnel
/
truly representative ana clearly showed,
MnaJ | nave a.. along claimed, that the
sentiment or the people OF the state Is
strongly for the rejection Of Senator
Depew. / imagine its result may DC 10
tohe down Alr. UdelL
Called to Order by Plat.
Senator Plat himself called the confer
euce TO order, and at his suggestion VIII
liam Barnes. jr.. OF Albany. chairman of
the executive committee of the Republican
state committee. presided. TwenIy-SeVen
members of the new legislature who will
nave actual votes upon the senatOrship
were present Messages of regret were
received from Speaker Nixon of the as
sembly ana several senators and assem-
Dlymen- Word was received from Cor
neiius n. Bliss that he sympathized with
me object of the conference and had
spoken his sentiments at the so-called
Odell-B Black meeting the previous week.
Nearly all of the speeches definitely
deprecated anything in the nature Of a
light and the plea for a harmonious So
luton CT the seuatorshiD characterized
The conference Chairman Barnes, the
1lrst speaker. spoke in favor of MI. De-
pew's reelection. declaring that to re-
move him from the senate after his long
service would be 4 disturbing factor in
the politics of tie state" Senator Raines
devoted a considerable portion of his ex-
tended remarks TO a declaration of corr
Uiality toward Governor Odel and eX-
Governor Black. He held the welfare OF
the Republican party to be of impOr-
lance
Mr. Woodruff spoke several times. al
ways strongly for Mr.. Depews re-elec-
tion. which ne declared, was demanded
by overwhelming sentiment in Kings
county.