The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-07

Insurgents. Miller nominated Irs D@ven'
port for Governor in issS and Davenport
was beaten Then Miller failed OF re.
( election 20 the senate and was succeeded
/ by Frank Hiscock Of Syracuse. ms
wPs looked upon - Piatt victory The
| Hnlfbreeds won. however. when William
! VI. Evarts bsrt PiRtt's candidate, Levi
y. Morton, - successor 20 the other
senator. I.aphsm. Then came the nH-
tional convention OF 1854. with Piatt.
Z Dopsw. Miller and Hiscock the hg
-Four as the delegates At large After
the nomins ton and election Of President
ia rrison both Platt and Miller we're
candidates for Secretary OF the Treasury.
Harrison sought 20 make middle course
by making Ben janin p Tracy Secretary
of the Navy Tracy and Piatt were boy
hood friends and the nomination gave
Patt a friend IN the Administration
Miller had himself nominated for Gov
srnOr that yeer. but was beaten by the
high license isaue raised by him. II was
charged that the StHlwarts. while sup
porting Harrison, had knitted Miller. the
Halfbreed leader
IN isOO senator Piatt opposed New YORK.
ground that it would give untold pat
ronage To Tammany. Many Repub-
leans differed with him. but the fair went
TO Chicago He made war on Joel y.
Erharit. Collector Of the Port. who al
ways had been an Arthur man. ana on
rison made J. Sloat fassett Of Elmira.
"A Plat man. his successor.
by the following year. 1901. Piatt again
had secured control OF the organization in
the State and he dominated the conyen-
ton at Rochester that year J. Sloat
Fasse,t was nominated for Governor. and
~ sort IL sop tothe Hslfbreeds rllowed
John W NrOOmEn. a personal friend of
Warner Miller. to be nomine ted for
Lieutenant Governor Fassstt Was de-
teatcd, and this tlrne 70 was the Stalwarts
who accused the Hslfbreeds OF knitting
MISTAKEN About M'KINLET.
PiRtt was opposed To the denomination
~ Harrison in Isee Harrison was re-
nominated AZ Minneapolis In a three
Cornered tight with blaine and Mckinley
AM wns defeated al the POLLS. In 1891
Plat "l"ctsd levi y. Morton. whose re-
ieS'tion hv Garfield ives one Of the great
contributing causes oi the split in the
state. - The GovernorShip He wanted
- make levi y Morton President IN ise,,
and opposed Mckinley. who. however.
he saw would - IN" candidate ~ the
convention WHICH was 10 the hands of
Nj Hanna and his friend. One OF the
great reasons Tor his opposition TO AIckin-
ley was the lattsr's record ON the money
question. and unable to cain siIficIent
control ~ the convention to defeat the
Ohoan'- candidacy he practically forced
IN" Mckinley mon to accept the gold
standard ulsnk Mr.. Plat had lePn pretty
-, ere n his critiCisnS ~ Mckinley he
fore the lattsT's nomination. later he
came To- know him better and he publicly
sad he had heen mistaken in his estimate
OF the man.
BACk ~ THE SENATE.
I'm January ~ ISai. Mr. Plat was
returned to the United States Senate.
After MckInley's inauguration the Prpa-
Ident ard senator Plaft had a conference
at which the President defined the aiti-
tid" which he would take in regard To
N~w Nork appointments He Rad had
friends ~ the state who had braVed Plat
Ia supDorf him. these he told the leader
"" would recogniIe. but AZ fhe same time
h" would not ignore Mr.. Platt's organ
I/atlor. This arrangement was carried
Out m manner consistent with the dignity
Of both.
Among the nominations in this State
vhI"h the influence ot Mr. Plat ~ credited
with having brought RlsOm are those OF
Governors Pla"k. Roosevelt aud bdell !
~ tho PHILADELPHIA convention OF iaD
senator Tlatt nacked the candidacv 81
GOV Roosevelt for Ni'e-Prrsi'ient against !
the wishes of Ssnatur Hanna who favored |
( ornelius y Eiis-
\ man who knows tho ms ard outs IT |
Nov York St4tP's t.oli'iCS for good |
many wears raCL Lad tbs 70 saw of Mr. |
I'la'f
1t has lusen the pr1ciIC. Of Mr. Platt's !
detFa ctors fO attack him a. though he were /
tho whole Legislature of the State Of New I
York. lhis has coniinued for many ,
ence IN shaping the legislation Of this
State for many vparS has been greater I
than that OF any other man. He has
lIe.n the legder IN the leg
lslatlon of the state. But that HE work
has been worthy Of the ab'i-s that 10 has
reviewed from his enemies Il would he
impo-sitls for anv ~ them To- sustain
on the facts. IL would No difficult for
any ~ them To point ont. even from their
own standpoint any good legislation that
he has not favored and any had legisla-
lion that h. has not Opposed Con-
iinuinR the man quoted pointed out two
measures of great public interest which
Mr.. Plat iathered. one the excise law.
known as the RsInes Law. and
the other the statute establishing Greater
New YORK.
ouEIL rook MS LEADERSHIP AwAT.
When Gov r u Odell. Jr.. late in 1907
.t1r ted IN 20 wrAst the leadership of the
Republican politics 81 the state from Sena-
Tor Plat the latterr health was failing
md h" was an old man IN strength and
,pypesranc-. although not IN mind Gov.
Ddell succeeded IN his fight and had hum
's.n made. chairman of the Republican
state committee For = time senator
plstt fought losing fight in the I.egisla-
urp. h'i' the CIV ~ reform and anti
pp~sIsrn help~d TO dspo@e the Old and
l.
iis first important victory over ths older ,
nan when h. forced the name 81 George
R. Sheldon ~ the slate for Lieutenant
Governor and IL was evident that the .
iold of Patt was lOo--ning with his fail
uE physical strength Bat hs kept the
-gisltur- and IN ipn1 was reelected
- th" United States senate. Ehhu Root
'r"-~nt Seuator IN succession TO Mr..
'intt receiving the votes OF ihrea Re
i'IhliCIn- ont nf ~ ~ the Legislature.
With hrs retirement from the senate
~ March Z. 1900. Mr. Plat completed
over half century Of political
ictivity. For nearly half this time I've
vas the undirputed boss of the Repub-
can party in New York State-but he
vas known a. The Easy Boss e,
The origin " this name - interesting
iis famous Sunday school" at the Fifth
IvenIie Hotel consisted 81 a gathering
Z tho Republican leaders oC the state !
n Sunday afternoons. AL 81 the Re- ,
ubliranE from up-conntry districts
rpuld Join with their city brethren in
ttsnling these gatherings. The legis-
,tiOn AZ Albany was he chief topic under !
,rctI~sion. -Rain~s. what DO Won think ,
Z that D~aSurs9" Plat would ask II the
naaN a