The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-23
new STATE CHAIRMAN In 'O6.
COMMITTEE WILL NOT BE IN
ODELL'S CONTROL,

PIatt Goes BACK 10 Washington without
Any "Conference"--WiIl Not rake
the Ex-Governor TO Ills Bosom Again
and Has Come 10 n Parting Win wood
rufr-Odcll Tries 10 pick Is Mayor.
Senator Platt returned to Washington
yesterday morning without seeing Chair
man Odell OF the Republican State com
mittee. MIR. Plat and Mr.. Odell had been
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel most OF three
days. but took no step to get together and
discuss Republican politics.
Mr.. Odell's friends have essayed within
| the last three weeks TO reestab lish the old
familiar personal relations between Mr..
Odell and Mr.. Plat and Mr.. Plat has de-
! olined all such overtures and has made 1t
| apparent that he does not care TO take Mr..
| Odell to his bosom again. On all matters
| affecting the Republican party either in the
! State or nation Mr. Plat will preserve the
political amenities, but further than that
/ he will not go.
Politicians are gamblers in men. accord
| ing TO a wise old saw. and nothing is Of so
much interest at the moment TO Republic
cans in the State as the relations OF the
| different chieftains. All sorts OF reports
| have been sent out OF Washington and
| Albany concerning the reestablshnent OF
! the old lines between these Republican
| ohieftains and their, lieutenants In the State
/ of New York. The best information last
night was all to the effect that. although
! Speaker s. Frederick Nixon while in Wash
| ipgton urged harmony all along the lire
| his visit 70 Washington was not at all
for that purpose but ON the contrary
| had entirely 10 do with personal matters
| in which the Speaker, Representative
! vreeland, James s. Whippe and Others
from Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties
are Interested.
| Recurring to the saying that politicians
| are gamblers in men. 1t was said last night
that Senator Plat and Mr.. Odell could
not get together on tho old familiar foot
ing for the reason that Plat had bet his
all on Odell and had lost, and that Black,
! Bracket, Payn, Barnes, Dunn. in fact all
in the old Platt and Odell camps, had staked
their political careers on the integrity
and steadfast ness of Odell and had turned
up losers. Odell meantime getting all
there was in the game for himself. In
other words according to Mr.. Blacks
friends, "Odell WA a good organizer all
right for himself
Senator Raines and Senator Malby. along
with several other Republicans. are going
through the form Of consulting with Mr.
Odell as chairman OF the Republican State
committee. but it was the uniform testimony
Of all Republicans from Washington and
Albany who have been at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel within the last siXtytwo hours. that
Mr.. Odell will not no reelected chairman
when new State committee is organized
a year from next fall Another bit Of in
formation. hitherto jealousy guarded
came out Yesterday and that was that the
Platt and Black forces on the State com
mitteo started movement two weeks ago
| to call the committee together at once and
| depose Mr. Odell az chairman. At the last
moment this movement was checked for
the reason that Mr. Odell "a chairmaa Of
| the state committee and AZ boss Of the Re-
nublican county COMMITTEES OF Now York
il to be called upon to make the battle in
New York city next fall and none Of the
Republicans of Importance are bothering
about William Halpiu, president Of the
New York county committee, as he ia looked
t,pon merely as Mr.. Odelis messenger boy
or as he ia loosely spoken OF, rs -Odells
Johnny Step-and-Fetch-it.' To put Mr..
Odell out "a chairman OF the Republican
State committee at this time, it was urged.
would be contrary to Honest Old Abes
advice never to swap horses in crossing a
stream.
The Plat and Black forces on the State
committee could have deposed Mr.. Odell as
chairman, but no good purpose, it was
argued could have been gained by such n
step at this iuncture, and so Mr.. Odel is
to be allowed to remain IN his present place
until the new committee - elected. All
agreed that Mr.. Odell now controls only the
| New York Republican county committee.
with promises of some sort of support from
Timothy l.. Woodruff Of the Kings county
organization.
1t is learned, though that Mr.. Woodruff
has ceased his harmony efforts, as they
we're spoken of yesterday, because he has
been unable 10 bring conviction OF his sin
cefity in them TO tho leaders in the old
Platt and Black camps; also because William
Barnes, Jr., chairman OF the executive
committee Of the Republican State COM
mittee. has made it very plain 70 Mr.. Wood
ruff that he and others will have none Of
| the "Odell- oodruG brand of harmony
Another reason for Mr.. WoodruT's oessa-
ton OF bis harmony labors was told yes
terday. According TO this story, MIR
Woodruff has been saying in Washington
and Albany: sThe old man Plattl is dead
POLITICALLY and We ought to get in behind
Odell." II was learned that Mr. Platt at
first would not believe that Mr.. Woodruff
had made this remark, the Mr.. Woodruff
who was indebted TO Mr.. Platt for his three
terms as Lieutenant Governor Of the State
and for the Plat support for Governor at
Saratoga last September Mr.. Platt, how
ever. il now thoroughly convinced that
Mr.. Woodruff made the remark to a num-
Der of Republicans, and Mr.. Platt has
about as much Use for Mr.. Woodruff as
he has for Mr.. Odell and the PlattBack
partisans are Of the same mind.
{ Wooiru1 was referred 10 yesterday
a being quite as shifty a customer as
/ Mr. odell and the Republicans who told