Connecticut western news., 1910-03-10

company. He was member and pres ident of the board of quarantine com missioners of New York from 1880 till 1888.
 MT. Platt's start in politics was made through his singing. He organ ized a glee club for the Fremont cam. paign and used to sing between the speeches at rallies of his party. In this way be became known to all in the county who took an interest in public affairs. He also wrote campaign songs and verses.
 When Arthur became vice president and Cornell governor Platt became a candidate for. United States senator. Chauncey M. Depew and Levi P. Nor tor were other candidates. After one of the bitterest fights the state has known Platt, on Jan. IS, 1881, was elected United States senator.
 When Garfield was elected he was open in declaring that he did not in- tend to allow Conkling and Platt to dictate to him regarding federal ap- pointments for New York state. On March 31, 1881, he sent to the senate W son of Westchester to be collector of the port of New York. At the same time he sent in the names of Lou Payn and Stewart L. Woodford for reappointment as United States mar Shal and United States district attor; ney for the southern district of New York. Robertson was a stanch Blaine man. At the request of Conkling the senate decided that all nominations for the federal offices in New York state should lie over until December On May 5 Garfield withdrew all of the nominations for federal offices which were friendly to Platt and Conkling, and on May 16 Senators Conkling and Platt resigned. Then began the fight to re-elect them, but they were beaten, and Warner Miller and Elbridge G. Lapham were elected United States senators. On Jan. 13, 1897, Platt was again returned to the United States senate
 With his retirement from the senate on March 4, 1909, MT. Platt completed over half a century of political ac- tivity.
 In 1854, when he was twenty-one years old, MT. Platt married his cous- ill, Ellen Lucy BarstOw. They had three sons - Edward T. Platt now treasurer of the United States Express company; Frank H. Platt, lawyer ir New York, and Harry Platt. The mother of these boys died in 1901.
 On Oct. Il, 1903, Senator Platt was married to Mrs. Lillian T. Janeway at her apartments in the Holland House. New York, by the Rev. Dr. Burrell, pastor of the Marble Collegiate church, The only witnesses were Mrs. Jane ways daughter, Miss SIcw and Sena- tor Platt's sons.
 In the fall of 1906 stories of domestic infelicity in the Platt household began to be circulated. On Nov. II of that year the senator and his wife exc cuted a deed of separation. Senator Platt agreed to pay his wife $75000 in lieu of all her claims upon him, and Mrs. Platt dropped a suit for divorce which she already had begun against him.
 Mae Catherine Wood, a stenogra- pher, formerly employed in the post once department Ill WaSnlnStOn, be- gan several suits against Senator Platt, making affidavit that he had promised to marry her, and then in 1907 started suit against him for di- vorce, alleging that she had been mar ried to him on Nov. 9, 1901.
 Long before these suits for breach of promise were begun the suit was brought to trial in the supreme court, but was dismissed. and Miss Wood WAS indicted on d charge of perjury.