The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-10

hls whole career. men called him the
Easy Boss" and they called him such
becnllss he did not drive men. hut rnther
drew them 10 himsef. II was a joy and
DELIGHT Tor men To do his bidding. They
trusted hun and his Judgment and they
gladly followed his dicaafiOns and sug-
geNtions.
How did the man acquire such am as
eendenoyp Why did men generally 80
blindly and yet 90 willingly follow his
lnaderahipl First. Il u cheap and easy
and y !. cynical. a. well. Ia Say that they
did ~ for merCenary motives. for what
they might get from ons high Ia author
NY hue men followed him IN just that
same way whgn In the old days and the
beginning Of his career he had no special
taVors To confer " cmolunsents To be-
stow. SscOnd, others are saying 4 rs
You have seen that stateulsnt Ia every
newspaper published Htnoe his death,
and q N tTlBs. literally. - far a. u goes
hls was u genilhs for political organiRa-
ton. There has never been a shEeNder
or better organiser. Every detail was
emergency unprovideh for. With n pa
tiencs that could wait through weary
years and a persistence not To- he put
aside Mr.. Plat went about his organic
ing, and he had what many another in
pollttcal life lacks, a dauntless courage.
But when VOC have said all tins you
have still left unAaid that which gave him
has chief power and that Was hiA pOwer
and capacity for friendship. He had tho
power u making friends and awakening
IA the hearts Of men devotion to himself.
How Well. partly. doubtless. IL was due
10 that mysterious thing which we all
recoGnise and feel. but winch el'ldes deiini-
ton and which goes by the name Of per
sOnallty. HIS was q subtle charm. But
the larger part Of h,s power to awaken de-
votIon grew OUT Of very prOsaic elements,
forces within the reach 81 every one u
us. A saw them there we're three:
-tlrst. iaith IN men He beilevcd in
and n'en did not Gail him. a. they never
do those Who beiisve IN them. ne used
To call himself an q laughing way an
amlabie cynic He was nothing u this
sort.
SECOND. has love for men. Ne was the
man. he liked nothing better than she
Sompaniunship Of his fellows. and men
love those who love them.
Third. loyalty Tn his friends. Herr
- the tAproot from which grew all which
Mr.. Piatt achieved IN lac. He was
always true TO his friends. He loved al
all times. just an instance. doubtless
familiar to you ali. To set in bold rsllef
this fundamental element Of the man.
refer To the Goodrich incident i'm 1870
In 1870 the nominating convention
Tor the Twenty-siNth Congress dis
trict. comprising Broome. schuyler.
IUmpkins and Iioga counties. was dead
locked between Giles W Hotchkins and
Milo W, goOdrieh. Mr.. Plat, one Of the
Goodrich delegates. was called to Big
hapide. Mich. and in his absence ON the
l22d ballot he was nominated without
hrs knOwledge or consent. Mr.. Plat
wrote from kiichikan declining the nom
r.aae hs awr.nta0A that hqa hA9f hSnSan
chosen q delegate pledged to an un-
wavering support OF Goodrich and the
nomination had been pa; through without
the concurrence Of that candidate OF his
friends. . am Of the opinion. Mr.. Plat
" rote. that political preferinsnt obtained
personal honor must prove hollow and un-
satisfying ] also believe that all goov
Republicans will agree with me in the
statement better no nomination than a
nOmineN tainaest with even the Suspicion
of treachePy and dishODor.' The conven-
rich was nominated and elected.
Mr.. Young said in conCiualon: Need
I say to you, friends, THAI this element
Of loyalty N one OF tho finest things in
lifey That without IL the greatest oppor-
tunities and abilities are shorn Of any
true and lasting significance and WORTH
That the lack Of loyalty has ruined a null
besn honorable and useful While the
presence Of loyalty has snnobled. times
without number. what Otherwiee had been
and pAltry hvesl'
Ansd the resounding organ strains OF
Schubsrt's Death Song and Chopin
Funeral March tho audience Dispersed.
hut not until Mn. Emily X. Skinner. 81
years old. the sister and sole surviving
Of Mr.. Piatt's fathers family,
had lookeSi upon her brother. The caslxet
had been closed an hour before, hut Mrs.
SINNERS wish for a final tender glance
at her dead brothers face could not he
gslinsaid.
At the grave upon the heights OF Ever
Srcsn Cemetery the cOmmittAl s-rytce
Eaa read by the Rev. Mr. Young. The
many hued howeru sent in memory 81 the
lead political chieftain were banked and
nassed and rhoss vino had shared his
rictories. stood beside him in terrific
ltrife and d~feat and Understood to the
hall hrs gentle aud courageous ways.
am" back into the world again.