New-York tribune., 1906-07-14
DOES NOT FEAR OLCOTT.
PARSONS NOT ALARMED.
Plaft-Odeu 4Alliance Reflected IN
Qmggs 1Heged Candidate.

Political circles were busy yesterday with the re-
port that J. Van Nechten Olcutt. who for q
short time last fan candidate president OF the
Repuhlfcan County Committee. would De put for
ward this time as the Qgigg candidate against
Herbert Parsons. Mr. Qlcoft last fall SAID g
nieve tire seod WIN OF President Roosevelt ard con
siderable capital Is expected accrue 20 the euiss
odell party from that fact & he shorlld make the
run this year. Mr.. olcott. when asked about the
report Of his candidacy last night sai that Il was
news 70 him. and declined TO. tall1 about q.
The fact that Mr.. Olcutt's name = mentioned
now. however Is c0nsiSarod BY Republicans % bear
much significance in connection With recent events.
Under present conditions. the general opinion runs
victory in the approaching primary cont>st. where
Mr.. eluiss and State Chairman O5eil are ont to
knife Mr.. Parsons. preparatory 20 hshting Gov
ernor Higgins. will lie with that faction which IS
able TO control the. federal ofceholaers. Hence.
the argument goes. the strong attack made BY MI.
Quigg Mr.. Parsons "a the declaration that he.
was threatening those oitceholders 70 swing them
to his side; hence. also. the Platt-Odell alliance.
which TO Mr.. Odelf would sael. gain IN e prestige
resulting from having with him the senior seuator
whom. naturally. the federal vote wonld follow.
Hence also the good feeling in the 0def camp over
the declaration from Oyster Bay that the President
would not Interfere On any way With the New York
State situation.
In building on this foundation. however. many
Republicans think the otell-QUisg people woud be
On unstable ground. These declare that prestige
alones not votes. and prestige only IN limited qE-
e'Ss "1"4u pr tts ONe4 sdt! HUM thS 1Atil
coalition.
MIR. Parsons's friends do not feel at all alarmed
over the situation The -daeIaratioEs from oyster
Bay IS not construed BY them as a rebuff, DO
tney tear that the President has abandoned them
9E eltage9 bis views on affairs hers On any way
4AS thlik tltt MS policy OF Interference viii
continue Just as &C has been carried heretofore
one OF Mr.. Parsonsss close friends and political
asseeisteS said last night that Eeast months
oe.oEe tne new alliance BECAME known. Mr.. Par
sons 4ad neard or * from several sources. He had
hade careful inquiries into It's probable workings
anu AxsN elect IA All its political behring's He
asceftfiIred tn2t the chief benefit his opponents
eNpectee 70 d-rtve from t tie conveying OF the
impression rilat senator Platt was the repre-
sentative indirectly, OF the wishes Og the Presl-
dent and tat the PRESIDENT had tired OF bis cordial
sood Will toward Governor Higgins and Congress
uisn PARSONS IN the new regime In state and county
arcair9
At the same time MFR. Parsons was assured his
friena went ON. that THIS assUmpfiOr would be
most inaccurate and that. despite the OdelrPlatt
alslalse. afairS would not be changed greatly.
heOtfah,S went TO prove since It Was quite as
powerfll an expression OF nonintersereuca for tha
1deu side as II was OF nGrl-tntsTfsreuce FOR the,
Parsons people
Beyond this, even. the Parsons people had every
reason 70 feel confident that tho OdeIt-clIizy as
political Complications I'm Washington There the
Presldsnt and Senator Patt Rad not been IN accord
over the nomination OF Judge Hough, and the
PRESIDENT had, submitted the nomination to the
Senate IN teranca OF Senator Platts wishes. Con-
gress1nan Parsons and the President had been OF
friend. and the friendly feeling which President
Roosevelt had manifested toward Mr.. Parsons's
political activities had srhslded n the
Tar as the Parsons associates could discover.