The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27

az The Fifth Avenue notsl recoversn8 sfun
hin Illness and almost borne down by his
business troubles.
Tell Mr.. Miller said Platt 20 one OF
his oonhdential lieuoenAnts. that any
suggestion OF policy. any recommendation
for ONCE that he may make will be quick "
acted upon. I want him to feel sure OF
this. Tell him smphAtioally that any man
he deaires for Ofi.cs will be appointed u
| have any influence with the Governor.
LETTING HIM down KAsT
Yet in Isoo the old differences between
( Platt and Miller cropped out again. AtSt
Louis at the Republican national coDsen-
ton Miller told Chauncey VI. Depew that
I he Depew would he elected chairman OF
th., New York Stat delegation. Platt
was the leader OF the Republican party
/ in the State and Miller had not con~ulted
with him on the matter.
Depew for a moment bit at the propo-
sitiO0 Phtt heard OF il. called the dele
CATION together had IL in the open. ard
instructed q number Of orators IN the dele
CATION TO hav Miller alive And they did.
and sound up by electing Plat chairman
OF the delegation.
In the following fail the Miller people
won the delegation from Herkimer county
to the State convention. II that delegA-
ton had been seated Charles W. Hackett.
rlatt = State chairman. would have been
compelled TO retire. Plat decided At
Saratoga. where the convention was held.
that Millsr's usefulness a. a Republican
factor in the state had departed. just
before the tommittee on credentials re-
ported to the convention Plat was asked
10 Miller and his delegates were IN he un-
seated.
sYou know. =" he said. Il Away had q
sneaking regard Tor the old blunderbus-.
ard arm going 20 prove IL on this Occa-
sion Tell him for me 'o get a good sized
mattress he's rather fat. Won know and
have H. ready Just outside the convention
hall along about o'clock this afternoon.
for hos going 60 h" fired through the
81 Wight
And Miller vas and that vas the last
occasion ~ Warner Miller's public ap-
pearance A. a state politician
SALT LoAT
rlAt. never liked James ! Beiden NJ
Svrarus@ Hs alwa cottonei ~ Francis
I Hendricks The man vino eventually
overthreN Raldan ~ The Republican
leader - Onondaga county Vet in isa5
AZ Svrar'I~a Plat dscr~ed that the Belden
/ delegates and the Hendricks delegates
should each hav" half = vote in the ron
vention Beli~n Vas ugly and Hendricks
angry the latter much - that he Vas
| on she point ~ declining IN s-ceds 90
PlAti'- decision
| Tell them both SAID PiaGf N the late
John - kenvon ~ Svracrlse half =
loafs better than none. ard that I've
seem the day whom would hav" boon
satisfied with = crumh
wIKSISa vAssErr pIsREdARDEp
! senator Piatt lid not want 81 nominate
y SloAt Fa~s"tt for tiovsrnor AZ Rochester
in i~pi
! 1T isn't your year. Sloat said Plat
"a FAs-stt, - isn't my year We can't
win Cave III. democrats another year
~ ~ n and they n break M themselves
Ruf Fas-stt insisted on the domination
and Plat 80 secure support from the
Warner Muller people nomiuaied John
" Nrooran tor Lieutenant 90 vernon
The Warner Miller men throughout the
State c,Ii the ticket fr,shsfullv and Plat
speak ing ~ Nroouan after he defeat
! said
THAT little D'uchmAn didn Z coatEibsts
much TAI che tis-ket did hs?-
TVS pIvTNE rnovIDENoE- r1AR.
In isea Plat did NOT b~,,~vs that the
Republican state ticket HEADED nv Edward
r Rartl"tt for Associate Judge ~ the
court ~ Appeals would win. Plat did
not hsliova much ~ the force ~ the ~riti-
c,srns against Isaac n Maynard then an
Associate Judge 81 the Cour' - Appeals
who had been very close 10 David Y Hin
~ the contested elect ION cas.- This was
a p,Ihlic scandal 81 far grrAt.r dimensions
than the Conger- Aids scandal 81 the
present dav
IL we don't win this wear saih Pratt
I'm going 20 retire a. leader and 60 ~
EUROPE and have a good rest
Plat had been psgRing a~a y for a doysn
years ~ rehahtltAts himself a. leader
in his party. Bartlett won hy lGD .ONn and
that year Vas the beginning ~ the Repuh-
lican supremacy IN the state which has
lasted even unto thus day Plat ALWAYS
called that year ISaS the Divine Provi-
d-ncs- wear
IA RoGERs'S tUDGMENT or oDELL.
A. all know Plat for many summers
l'Ae'tlNf"l AlAF- N'lN"NAAA w nv ffAH'N
Island IL was thor" that many confer
ence~ were held. many tick cts narnsd. and
many Republicans picked for public APP
pointment- In midsummer 1917. Sena-
tnr Plat and Bsn lamin y Odell Ir. then
chairman of the stat" committee came
w On the boat from Coney Island IN
Battery Pier one morning DirsCtlv "ppo-
SIT. >at tho late Henry " Rogers e the
Standard oil Company. Plat and Rogers
were personal friends fer many YEAR
Leaving Od"ll Platt won't over and "a;
with Rogers. and said
Won need not appear Z" take special
no'icc ~ the man With whom have been
taking u" IL Mr. Od"ll and am think
ing or nominating him for Governor
Take a good look At him AZ a favorAbis
opportunity and tell me what you think
81 him Rogers pretended Tn read his
paper. occasionally looking up over Il Al
OdsIl. and between time. chatted in hap
hazard fashion with Plat Finally hen