The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
PLATT IN WASHINGTON
GREATEST CURIOSITY AMONG MEM.
 BEERS or CONGRESS-.
Senior Senator fren New Yerk h,. . Gaze-Compeliing Persenality, Whatever Else May Be
 Sasa of Him.
Advertiser Bureau.
 5o1 14th St.. NV,

| W8&nin RtOn Sept. 30.
 That now oft-gase- compelling figure
 of long-surviving political individual
 ity, that peculiar entity of the evolu.
 tio1 of New York State politics, Thomas c. Platt, the senfoT Senator from New
 York. Is now in Washington to remain
 few days. having come all the way
 from round-trip to California. Visit
 ors and habitues of the New Willard
 Hotel. where the Senator Is a guest,
 and indeed all who are curious in the
 study of extraordinary examples in the huma lics. may behold the greatest cu- riosity of the entire membership of Con- gross. No man in either House has as many people turn their heads to view
 him as when somebody remarks. There who he is and then see him. from head
 to foot. and see him as he goes but aug | ments the interest and aggravates the | curiosity. How can such a man as he
 looks he so great . factor in the large 1 and varied political affairs of the rich-
 est and most populous State of the Union? Unmistakably he wears the
 silver livery of advised age" but he
 Is not too infirm for effective exercise of his sagacity. however astute and luminous? Will he live a month long CT? These are some of the questions esked of themselves by many who see
 Senator Platt, and they are questions
 often asked by those who see him fre- quently.
 The Senator weighs, as far as looks can discern, about 102 1-4 pounds. He Is far from erect and anything but an- imated in any movement or expression. He moves. when he does move in walk
 ing, as though he were hesitating to advance or mark time. In repose, ,,is features are as motioniess as any "pallid bust of Pallas." In conversa- tion. 1t is only the clear-cut coherence Of his speech that again titillates ths curiosity an1 makes you wonder upon what elixir of subtle and deceiving vir- ilfty does this wonderful old man feed. Ten years ago he looked just as fraii as now. He Is just as strong. however near to the end of his allotted span of life. as he was ten years ago; for he says as much himself, and, having a definite interest in current mundane af- fairs he would not on this particular question attempt to fool anybody.
 The Senator has been talking about himself as well as other people on this tfip.
 He might with the old man in the Comedy of Errors, observe. touching himself: ~s
 "Thensh now this grained face of mine In sao-consumins winters drizzied And ali the coniuits of nay blood frose Yet hath my night of life some memory. My wastins lamp some fading glimm,r My duii ears a little use to hear"
 Numerous visitors have called upon the Senator since hs came to Wash | inston, among them being a number Of newspaper n n. They all came away | impressed that S,nat ,r Platt, although | his appearances of pitiful deere pi:ude | has not improved, is just as st. ,ag as | he was p-ior to several political cam | paigns of years ago when he proved | the all-powerfui boss of the most try | ing situations of his eventfui career.
 He talked with his best exhibition | of animation about politics in New York | and showed hs was correctly measuring | the situation in New York municipal | politics even while 1t was in process of | forming. He said as much as that fu- 1 sion would be a failure and declared | that Mcclellan would be elected
 He said of the municipal campaign, l when his questioners co-nered him on | that subject. replying by questions which indicated his views:
 Have the Republicans and the Cits | and Georgeites got together once more? I have been away four weeks. and I have not been paying much att tention to what they are doing. Have the fusionists lighted the fuse yet?
 Are you hopeful of fusion success" was the question asked the Senator even while the advocates Of fusion were bending every effort to accomplish 1t.
 No" he replied; '.i think Mcclellan will be reelected mayor beyond a req sonable doubt. I fail to see that any thing is being done to prevent 1t"
 The Senator said he did not believe In Recommending Democrats. and es- pecially Tammany Democrats;" but 1t seemed to him that Mcclellan had done better than any Tammany Democrat before him; he had had great many difficulties. and he was Tn bad com pany-indeed very bad company" but in spite of that he had done pret- ty well as Tammany leader, and he would be reelected.
 The Senator evinced his ancient dis pare the Mcclellan administration with that of Low
 T wish you would not yry my pa- tience by asking questions about May or Low" said the Senator pIaintively, and with real distress in his demean- or; If l got to discussing him. I might say things that would no, De polite And in my old age. try to be po- lite"
 Senator Platt will call a meeting of the Senate Committee on Printing to be held some time tnis week at his office. 4s Broadway. Tne others of the committee are Senators Elkins and German. The committee will consider important questions aeffcting the ad- | of the government print Ing office. Chairman Platt is strongly of the opinion that Oscar J. Ricketts, now in temporary charge of the of- lice, should be appointed Public Print er on account of his superiority or equipment for the position.
 Joe Bailey and Texas.
 Colonel Rienzi N. Johnston, editor | 'f The Houston Post and Texas mem