The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-08

europe AFTER Legislature
e., country Republicans In the Senate
f,-r5.y who visit New York every
~. end during the session to sniff the
't.Is,. and 70 take in the other delights
\, me city against which they so persist
'~",,Iv legis.a;e, gave it as their opinion
@,,srIay that the Legislature wouldn't
,S,g,rn much before May 10. The delay
J.. co,ins up the session, they said, would
rI,,bsb.y oe due to the fractional differences
ti.nr the new apportionment Of Senate and
v,",rb,y districts. Some Of the Republi-
-. we're even inclined to believe that the
.,nar.ionneut may go over until next year,
~ there u be no campaign except for
lsemb.ymen.
ndeIl and his followers, It was stated,
mot very much care about anything else
4, the party If they can control a majority
:, the Senate and Assembly with which
,odo business at the same old stand. Said
,,s man. Hartman and 0dell are like
tro fingers on a hand, though they
,n,sIlv get INTO disputes as to which is the
,b,,b. So far as the State craftsmanship
(. concerned both Hartman and Odell
az perfectly aware that Odell is a goner;
hat the anti-Odell folks have twenty
ar II the thirty-fve State committeeman
With which to do the job Of turning out
O3el at the psychological moment. But
| y, .rinan and Cdell want the next Legis-
la1,re. Thera is more in n Legislature for
| han than in a Governor or q State chair
r,nshir. and while the anti-Odell folks
have been frIttering away their time and
hyins as to Odell's successor, Odell
Is been perfecting plans by which his own
,,rorianment Of Senate and Assembly
ds1c.s shall 90 through. by appealing
srecally to the envies and ~jealousies of
ysv York county leaders, a majority Of
vbon object to the Parsons plan of appor-
tnnent because it will retire some Of the
.aders 10 private life. The Odell plan
vii retire leaders also, but this fact seems
70 have been lost sight of, and so the Odell
rne has gone on, being played from be-
tsa.h the table, for the control Of a major
Hy Of Senate and Assembly districts be-
nx the Bronx line and the return in Deem
her next Of an Odell president of the New
York Republican county committee"
Al this could have been avoided, it was
pserted, had Odell been turned adrift as
S1te chairman twenty-four hours after
Speake' Wadsworth was elected. Odell's
dal With William r. Hearst last fall on
Asemriymen and Aldermen, by which
OdeIl's candidate for Mayor, William NJ.
lvns, was slaughtered was the primary
sep, 1t vas declared. in his plan to con-
rl ths apportionment from The Bronx
Inc ard the attitude at Albany Of
anator Raines and Senator Malby and Of
lsembEnan Merritt and Assemblyman
Rogers has been but another link in the
chain. Things are now in suoh a mess,
he Republican critics asserted, that the
Oiel a~pportionment must be beaten,
sven If the proposed new apportionment
rss over until mex winter, in spite Of the
Constitution Of the State.
The latest report about Odell yesterday
US that lie is to call a meeting of the Repub-
ican State committee for the purpose Of
Nclring an indorsel1ent Of his apportion-
neat plans and then % resign as State
Chairman and insist on his reelection as
1 sort Of -~vindication.' Senator Louis F.
Goodse!l Of Highland Falls, one Of Odell's
representatives., was at the Fifth Avenue
Hote! yesterday and said
'0dells ready to meet his foes now.
kt them try to put him out. They can't
% II. But, honestly, / don't believe they
want 10 put him out-that is, the members
Il the State committee. They know he's
be greatest leader in the State and that
here isn't a man who can fill his place.
they've had all winter to find a leader and
they can't 90 1t. Naturally, they're all
turning 10 Ode!l. and III tell you another
ting. Gov. Higgins is satisfied with
Oasl. He doesn't van TO have him put
OF les, everything Is coming out all
hglt--iust as We expected"
Senator Goodsen, another Republican
@nnarked. is as fond of Odell as Odell
Z Of Goodsell, only Goodsell doesn't want
hy trouble until the Senate passes, if it
Passes at all, on the Odell plan of appor-
Dnnent.'
Chairman Odell also was at the Fifth
lrenle Hotel He learned, it was said
Vat The a~pportionment may go over until
tEt winter and he then said that an agree
tsht might he reached by which the diff
Fences now existing between himself
u President Parsons Of the New York
0nty committee might be elimi mated.
here Is no OCCASION" Odell added, for
'Aght about this matter. I am not look
g iot any fight and I want to see the
RploIcan organization in the city and
tate Harmonious"
CaalFnan Odell speaking Of the recent
Element Of Col. George W. Dunn that he, |
a~All, would be allowed to remain at the
;@o OF 'ne State committee until the
segaltl!e adjourns referred significantly
NE 'bilt' report that he is to resign
! STATE Chairman and seek "vindication"
I reelection, thus;
N!s very kind to grant me this reprieve.
may now hope for a Communication of I
s,ehce' or perhaps l will get a new trial
y t"e ret!al may result in my favor.
S1mltltloA is always agreeable to a
~lemhed man, and | cannot express too
"siy my gratitude to Col. Dunn for
~"lng me to remain at the head of the
@Nltae even for a few weeks longer"
y u.ea, il was recalled, was a Warner
~ "1l.oreed when Conkling and Platt
S1shed from the United States Senate
q sought lection as a 4vindicAtion."
Knows the result Of that effort for vim
eaoa aad lJ is not expected that he will
staa' rr-nl.
.e N2-Nr4ters brought with them TO
G'' o s,ory-tAat Mr.. Depew is to
SsA - self IN the Sanate immediately