New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
DEPEW AND PLATT OUT.
NOT CHICAGO DELEGATES
Tentative agreement as to Big
Four Passing of Familiar Faces.

While the list is subject to change. like other
political states. the plan of the organization
leaders is that the Big Four" elected by the
Republican state Convention will be Elihu Root,
Secretary of state; George B. CorteIyou. Secre-
,arv Of the Treasury; ex-GovernorJ Frank s
Black and Timothy L. Woodruff. chairman OF the
state committee
The state convention Is likely 10 be held on
Tuesday April IA.
II this slate stands. obviously it leaves out
side the breastworks- those national convention
veterans Senators Thomas Collier Piatt and
Chauncey Mitchell Depew. The ten or dozen
men who control the Republican organization IN
this state are chary of saying why the slate
leaves Senators Platt and Depew off the hst'
but when pressed they admit that neither SEN
ator Is likely 70 go as deegate-at-large-
The explanation is that a new political gen.
Grafton is in control of affairs in this state. a
new page has been turned. and many old ia
miIiar faces" will not be often as for
merIy. in high places in Republican national
conventions.
II is suggested that If the Hughes sentiment
dominates the state convention. probably the
names of Secretaries Root and CortelyOu would
come down and in their places would go up
President Schurman of Cornell University and
Mayor Seth Low
Senator PlattS bodily 1nf1rnllleS ana his WSiA
known intention to retire from Office at the ex-
piratfon of his term. in 1903. make IL a COM
parativeIy easy matter to ignore him in making
I'D the list of delegates-at-large- The next Leg
isature will elect his successor 1t is more of a
problem however to skip Senator Depew- He
still has four years to serve Senator and f5
i'm good health 1t is understood that he will go
to the convention as district delegate. the same
as Ex-Governor OdelL Mr.. OdeI unquestionably
would be elected of the Big Four II MS
friends were in control of the state organization
Mr. OdeII has been sick for three or four months
and has not taken active hand On politics FOR
the last year He is recovering from his sick
ness and undoubtedly will be. elected "A district
delegate from the Orange Rockland district II
he so desires Ex-Governor Morton no longer
gives any time to active politics. so that ne IS
not being considered in connection with the
Big Four list
The state convention cannot instruct more
than the four deIegates-at-large. This point
was thrashed out in the national convention IN
1880 The Congress districts are autonomous
when it comes to choosing delegates so thar
Secretary Taft may pick up bunch OF deie-
gates in this city where the federal administra-
tfon has a firm hold some Of the DISTRICTS
and Secretary Cortelyou may have the Delegates
from the Long Island district
Secretary Root was a district delegate iouf
wears ago and temporary chairman OF the CON
ven.ion His colleague from the 18th Dls1ric-
four wears ago was Nicholas Murray Butter
-r,o,.Arnor Black has decided that he VIII NOT
.., bis friends in the Troy district 10 senc RiIh
: . doleeate He is not anxious 10 re-eil1eI
noItties his friends say II he goes 10 the CO1-
,-sntion at all it will be delegate-at-idFse
The call sent out by the Republican Natlonal
Committee makes il necessary 10 holu 'n7 49,
convention for the election of delegates-at-idlso
not later than May 16- The national convention
is called for June 16 at Chicago The primaries
20 elect delegates to Assembly district conveh-
ttors for the purpose of sending delegates TO the
.,.+o convention. which in turn is to elect the
large are by law to be held the Idsl
Tuesday in March. which this year VIII %
March 81. The same primaries VIII eieOl u0'0
gates to the Congress district conventions
The condition of affairs in Albany may have
something to do with the holding OF the sprihS
cate convention If the session is a short one
the state convention would not interfere with IL
If held as sarIy as April . II the programme
at Albany is heightened the state convention
NAV not be called until late in April or early IN
May
The passins over Of Senators PIatt ard De-
nev in making up the big four is not an un-
paralleled thing in politics. Twenty years ago
Warner Miller and Frank Hiscock were fa1nii-
lar figures at RepuDICan ItIltfhdA CoiiNSAi'i'-i'
and were in the big four" After Senaupr Piatt o
became the dominant force in the state organ
ization Miller and HiscOck were not prominent
factors again Ex-senator Miller is once more
potential in his Congress district. and il would
not surprise his friends IL he sent this
year as a district delegate to the Chicago con-
vention.
The following gives the complete list OF dele
gates-at-large from the State of New York 20
Republican national conventions since the
ganizatiOn of the party:
Cook. d w C. LdteiOhn. Philip Dorsheimer.
Preston King
-Chicago-ViIliam NJ Eva-ts. King. John
l. SehuOlcraft- Henry r. SeIden-
ISi4-Fa ltinora-Henry j Tay mond Daniel :. Dic<in-
Lyman Tremain Preston King.
iSGS-C Chicago-Daniel SickIes. Lyman Trena!n.
Charles Andrews. D. d. : BrDvn-
y. Matthews. William 2 E-tl=r- H b Claim
Stephen MOftt-
fS7s-t -trncinna;i-AEonzo z. cornell Andrew .. Wnts.
Theodore PorHerOy, James y. Matthews -
ISsc-Chicago- Conkiin- HonzJ b. Cornell Chss-
tsr \ Arthur. James D warren
Chicag0-An,srew D Theodore Roosevelt
l. Gilbert; Edwin Packard
1Sss-Ca aicago-Frauk Es10cs. Warner Miller. Cha1ncey
NJ Depew. Thomas 4. Platt
-MinneaeOlfs-FraH Hlscock. Thomas {. Piatt'
ChauHcey III Depew. Warner Mile
fSs;-St Lous-Tho-aas Pl4tt- Warner Killer. Chaun-
cey i. DepeW. Edward Lauterbach
lyOO-Ph!,adsI &. Platt CRaancey " De
pew. Theodore RocseFelt. Bsn5aHin o. Ode.L IT.
IeOt-C Cbjcavc-rhon.as &. Patt. Cnaunccy ". Depew.
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