The evening world. Newspaper, September 25, 1902, Page 2

Away and in His Closing Years He Is a Political Back Number. HELD CONTROL BY FORCE. _ Displaced by Gov. Odell Who Knows the Temper of the State Leaders and Is a Master of Diplomacy, oa Platt as Republican boss of the State of New York is at last accomplished for years, although apparently State and now, as he approaches three score years and ten, the allot- ted period of existence of man, he finds himself a political back numbe: Politicians assert that Senator Piatt thas been boss only by sufferance since 4996. From 1$8$ unti! that time he had absolute control of the machine. Then the powerful hand of Benjamin Odell took its place on the controling lover For a long time the venerable Senator did not see the hand beside his own, put it was there, and unconsciously the Boss obeyed the pressure of his subordinate. * His Mysterious Power, Just how Senator Platt took full con. trol of the machine from Warner Miu Senator Frank Hiscock Chaunee: | -&. Depew, who had shared it with him, 7 fe @ question on which politicians are split. Leader after leader up Stato fell Anto the ranks under the Platt standard, Muspired by some mysterious power that: the very men upon whom it was ex- Serted could not explain. | This power served to keep him tn /* eontrol when every ambitious politician Pan the tower end of the State went gun- ~ Ring for him—a pastime that engaged / the time of his enemies during the Warm summer months for years. Not “wnt! Benjamin B, Odell got into poll- “ties with both feet, 20 to speak, was “the control of the Senator threatened ~~ it was not charged that Gov, Odell ©) Wen any undorhand work Ins “Gontrol of the State machine, It pass to him gradually amd naturally as power in the hands of a weak man Pisses into the hands of a man stronger. As Chairman of the State A HOME FOR BROKEN DOWN PoLITICAL. LEADERS —Wrtw THe Goods lis Power Has Slipped es The passing of Thomas Collier | He has been slipping out of power | Strong as ever in his hold on the} “Go Way Back And Sit Down!" (wen CROKER) “Ce Powe THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1902. “WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN ?” “1,” SAID ODELL; “NO, I,” CRIED LITTLE TIM, “WITH MY TRUST YELL. a, “WELL, IF IT AINT MY DEAR OLD PRIEND ) AND CO-WORKER THOMAS, PLATT MATTER Witt THE PASSING OF THOMAS C. PLATT. “| SMASHED THE SLATE” —LIEUT-GOV. WOODRUF. Doughty Tim Comes Back Proclaiming Victory and Denying! Snub by Platt. Segommittee Gov. Odell acquired an ac- “gilaintanceship with politiclans and a "knowledge of the workings of the ma- chine that could not help but eventu- aily give him the leadersh! Not a Diplomat. We). Senator held his control through the My) strength of force. Gov. Odell will hold ©) his through the proper exercise of diplo- of the State and is smart enoug' @ concessions, Senator Platt, secure iis knowledge of power, wo! feeesions to no man. © cally able to maintain himself as abso Saute dictator, But with the accumula- “Hon of declining years his physical pow- er deserted him and with the loss of strength came petulancy and bull-head- edness more pronounced than they had e¥er shown in him. Leaders feared him, despite the an- hoyance hi used them, For advice aad sympathy to BB. Odell,“ the min in’ the Btate mact way he Piacated them ine, at th an hia friends. 11 wrders of Platt si ihuy of the muchine wil allow him to 1 wheel once in a old and se taint. for a man t chine of N Benjamin F This me: the purty. through ilick to obscurity who belleves in young bio and new faces Will be heard r the counctis of the party. and. th guard will be gradually forced to the outer durkness to which their clent leader will be dropped $$$ ARE ON GOOD TERMS And, besides, he is a consummate poll-}avenue and Thirty-elghth street at \tician, which Senator Platt is not. The} noon to-day and said to an Evening World reporter: “I went to Saratoga to smash the cy. He knows the temper of the lead-| slate and I succeeded. “You can say for me that Senator Platt did not refuse to receive me be- fore he left Saratoga. | $Phin wax good so long as he was physi-] 42 hour with him yesterday after- Our chat was pleasant and mst satisfactory. “J was not seeking the nomination of Lieutenant-Governor, I spent half jiratoga for rep- We were after “We did not go to resentation on the ticket we got to Saratoga we found eve} Guilford, denounced the out of the meeting, stating to the Was named as my succe: nant-Governor, y stands ts wood | YALH’S SCHOOL YEAR oPENs, NEW HAVEN, University was t various department of the two hundred « sluce the founding of th Phe entering claves, Bhefield Soler Scho vinity School, were show an incre: ears, but no exact tik er of new students we: day. Yate reopened in tts the beginni cond. y IJAY COOKE LIES NEAR DEATH AT GIBRALTAR. Physicians Hopeful for Recovery Unless There Is Third Attack of Brain Congestion. Jay Cooke, the Philadelphia financier, | two severe attacks of congestion of the | brain within a few hours of each other, ‘The second was more severe than the | first, but even with this, the despatch | says, his physicians have strong hopes | of restoring his health unless he should The messnge says Mr. Cooke suffered | suffer a third attack. DEMOCRATS T0 FIGHT TRUSTS, se Boss Murphy Declares Every Man on the State Ticket Be Pledged to Re- strictive Legislation. {a In a precarious condition In his castle | on Gibraltar Island, according to a tele- | gram received in this city to-day from Toledo, O. NUTMEG DEMOCRATS IGNORE SILVER, Bryan’s Followers Made Fierce Fight for Kansas City Plat- form—The White Metal Plank Was Not Indorsed. NEW HAVEN, Conn,, Bept. $—The Domoerate State Convention, after a wran adopted a platfarm whisa tan pd tay sitver plank of the Kansas City plattorm. Jolin A, Walsh, Nov walk, was chalrman of the convent’ The Committee on Resolutions had a lively session, An amendment to the preamble reasserting faith in the prin ciples of Democracy as outlined at the last national ition wa by the committe Rene A, ommitiee, and, taking up his hat and umbrella, walked palr- nV E that h resigned his membersiip in the committee. The platform as adopted was, In part, as follows We. the eut attr inciples. “Wve have no sympathy with the Re: publican polf tectin poles by Jegisiation and AU the expense of the people. We be- lieve thal the prices of beef, coal and ised through Mlegal combinations and teas of spectal privileges conceded monopoly by the party In power, and | evasive on We therefore demand the immed! Peal of all tariffs on trust-produced ticles, so us to prevent monopoly und tie plea of tection. We. also. de- annd most stringent enforcement of all legislative Laws againac trasts and the passag ) new laws as are| required to suy and give potency to existing statutes.” | ———_—-— FOR CHATHAM SQUARE, e one of the Chatham Square will var \ three-story brick build- erected at Now, 81-33 Kasy It will be the Chatham Hiraneh of Public Library N dat $85,000, ROCKEFELLER’S GUEST THIRSTY. Sievers, German Finan- Found Water Only on the Table of the Standard Oil Man HE COULDN'T DRINK It's not uncommon to hear of & man being “driven to drink,” but this particular man was driven there in the private carriage of that million- aire teetotaller, John D. Rockefeller. Rudolph Sievers, who aided Mr, Rockefeller introducing the Oll Trust to Germany, is th amusing little story told at the clubs. On the occasion of his recent visit to 8 accepted an invi- the magnate's America, Mr, Ste tation to be a guest at untry house at Focantico Hillis, for a “Phe Democratle party of this State will meet the trust Issue squarely, Charles F. Murphy, | 4 “There will be no attempt} shipwrecked at evasion, and every man on the ticket will be pledged to support any to pass laws for the curbing of trusts,” course after Something better with down the choice viands. saw the water bottle again and again Into requisition up In despair, At the end of three hours of absemi- German—used but when he Murphy declared that the trusts were a menace not only fo the people but to the Government as well. Regarding the attitude of the Repub- lean party on the trusts and the with- drawal of George R. Sheldon as a can- Lieutenunt-Governor, Presently he sent jer found his guest apparent- Murphy sald: “The withdrawal of George R. Sheldon as the candidate of the Republicans for Lieutenant-Governor fact that he German explaine) that country alr Invariably affected hin was thelr choi alarm of the party which only a return to city alr could Aaked for a Carringe, Rockefeller endeavored to Suade his guest recovery might come to him there In a few hours, but the Ger- man sadly shook his head, and weakly requested that a carriage "be called to fact that Mr, Platt, bowing to the de- mand of the trusts, had agreed to name ie of foster! and pro= sere ation fad | Sheldon and that the party had accepted “His presence on the ticket meant pro- east Cas 6 fe have bee eh f edits nations and [tection to the trusts. ‘The trust plank In not mislead the hands with his fleeting guest. Once outside the Rockefeller gates, he ordered that he be driven post haste to ‘The driver remon- Rocefeller’s carrlage would be a “The Democtatlc. party, of this State has Mr, Platt and hia friends on jebtion .as was shown Odell's flying visit to Saratoga ——— WOMAN RULE FOR NURSES. Stewart, superintendent of Belle the nearest saloon strated that Mr. standing before spectacle amounting to Ifttle les: In answer to this the “sic man sald something in German which sounded extremely Imoatient. the coachman drew rein before the door of a well-known | Mias Delano, who has been in charee of the women nuraes at the hospital, had n placed in charge of all nurses, both men and women public Hbraries, Plans were ted ‘The German did not something brought out to him. charge of the mal - BIC BURDEN ON [WHERE'S PLATT? SPEAKER RAPS | REAL ESTATE| SAYS MORGAN. Mayor Low Favors Put-}Great Financial Backer ting the Weight of| of His Man Sheldon Taxation on Build-| Makes a Rainy-Day ings and Ground, Call at Amen Corner. IGNORES PERSONAL TAX.|eqsy Boss NOT THERE. for Increasing Borrowing! and Left and the Railbirds Capacity of the City Is the] Wondered if He ‘Gave Up” Only Solution of Problem. Before Goods Were Delivered Mayor Low chose as the subject) party sitters in the Amen Corner of for his Thursday talk to-day the] the Fifth Avenue Hote! were almost question of taxation in relation to petrified with astonishment at 10 o'clock this morning when they saw J. Plerpont the borrowing capacity of the clty.|\forgan come in out of the rain and The Mayor takes the ground that the] stamp down the wide corridor. burden of taxation oy -real estate, Mseaarnte financier was mad. He , te _] Showed it in every move, in the way he which is by custom Imited to a per-| Carried tus head? In tne expremlon ot centage of the full value, should be] his tacey He pounded his umbrella on increased. Comptroller Grout also] the marble floor, fixed hts cold eyes on takes this view. The World contends| ‘%¢ clock above the big aafe and steered that some of the burden should be|* StS#ht course for the deat, Where's Platt?" he asked, borne by personal property. “What Platt?” asked the urbane clerk The Mayor said in the course of| right back. a long statement: “Senator Platt,” snapped the Wall st 5 “1 gladly avail of this opportunity] tate to show, why this change from the enator Platt has not returned from unauthorized custom of assessing at] aratowa.” replied the clerk. “Do you | Want to leave any message?" less than the full value to the prac: Mr. Morgan did not reply, He blew tice of following the clear meaning] his mustache out from his lips in a of the law and assessing at full value] Y4¥ churacteristic of him when he is ‘ mad, He grunted. Without a word in should be adopted. reply to the clerk's question he turned “In order to understand the problems} around, stamped out to uis carriage anu confronting the city it must be remem-| was driven away. bered the Constitution of the State Hm-| | Hvidentiy Mr. Morgan is desirous of | Knowing just why George K, Sheldon its the amount of the debt which the} wus noc nominated for Lieutenant-Gov- city may have ‘in any form’ to 10 perjernor. He wants Senator Platt to tell Ge. the) aabeauea him. And Senator Platt ta laying jow. cent. of the assessed valuation of its) (Was not his fault that Morgan's mat real estate. The effect of these words] was not named as tie running mate for ‘in any form’ is to make an entire con-| Gov. Odell. rt + . hen tract a part of the city’s debt the Mo! recovered from thelr astonishment they ment It Is signed, even though it may) began to talk. The remarkable action be several years before the money is|of Mr. Morgan in seeking out Senator actually spent. Platt at his hotel so early on a rainy morning suggested to them that per- “Thus the rapid transit cowtract,| haps Mr. Morgan had contributed that vas sig 7 100,00 fo the campaign und In ad eres neue eee at Rance. If this te true (tis only natural ever since deprived the city of credit! that he should want his money back, to the oxtent of $36,500,000. Up to this| since Senator Platt has failed to de- gate only §20,000,00 of bonds have been | liver the goods. issued on this account, “The Brooklyn tunnel contra, amounting to $3,000,000, which was} signed this month, has already de prived us of our capacity to borrow for Weeat any other purpose to the extent of want to see Senator Amen Corner sitters had must have a large debt-ineurring ca- pacity, If it is to carry forward great public works; but they also show that debt-incurring capacity, even when large contracts are made, does not ne | cessarily mean a rapid Incease of the} interest-bearing debt. All subway} work, for Instance, by the terms of the contract, takes care of itself, both in-| terest and principal. But without large! f debt-incurring capacity no such work can be authorized; for {t uses up the! city’s credit, and thus makes it tmpos- alble for the city to do the many other things that must be done. j “The Comptroller's estimate is that if! f no change in made In the vercentaxe | of the assessed valuation of real estace | the citv’s debt-incurring capacity next year will be about $15,000,000 only. 11 | this margin were to be reduced by re- | Hewing the taxpayer of the present ex cessive contribution to the sinking funds of $4,000,000 the city’s debt-incur- ting capacity next year would be re: duced to $7,W0,0W—barely enouga to pro- vide for the necessary new scho “Phere if another aiid equal tant aspect. Uniess the city can aftora to lock up $15,000,000 of its credit at time the east alde tunnel, Including th Jerome avenue extension, can never 4 authorized. The ‘two uninished brid 4 the Bust River are sinilarly in- volved. “dhe elty’s imperative © For Brain and clear complexion, | arge the other way In which to other debt-incurring capa’ of real estate. That is by getting th: Constitution of the State’ amended so he to either permit the city to borrow Malta-Vita. More than 10 per cent. on Itt real estate valuation or to exempt certain classes Of debt from the constitutional limita tion. There are many objections to this, the principal of whieh Is that It would require three years to secure any relief ptt te at Its full value, as the law the public improvements can be practically completed,” Mayor Low's next tale will be de- voted to the schools. ——— AFTER BRACELET, T00. Woman Awakened by Burglar Re- moving Her Jewelry. : Malta-Vita is an ITHACA, N. ¥., Sept. 25.—Miss Jo- sephine Brooks, the daughter of a pros- perous farmer near here, was awakened and young, sick or Bhe acreamed and the man fled. It BATTLE GREEK, MIOH., ling, he hurried Inside and leaning com- foriably against the bar, ordered two or three things at once. first tloor will be the children’s tlhg brary; second floor, adults’ | third floor fag t her connectjon with the hos- then devoloped that he had chloroformed her father and mother and taken aboat $200 in money. Says the Method Suggested! wWhereat Mr. Morgan Grunted | $3,000,000, although nothing has. been | e spent, and the money will pobably not “These illustrations show why the city “The Perfect Food” Perfect health, sound, restful sleep, bts aiuaa, Imperative aed. 44137 i white teeth, sweet breath; these are Chint py"inereaning the sasessc vaiues M the blessings that follow a diet of Malta-Vita is justly entitled to neon eugene te Sa be styled “The Perfect Food” for old Being perfectly cooked, pleasant to taste, easily digested andassimilated, f° ing grocers everywhere. tumpting to take a bracctet trom her] MIALTA:VITA PURE FOOD CO. OWA ENEMIES, Gen. Henderson at.Last Breaks Silence on Hig + Withdrawal from Congressional Race. HITS AT FREE-TRADERS. Declares. that Gov. Cummins and Other lowa Republicans Hold Views That Would, - Wreck Their Party, ; (Special to The Evening World.) ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. %—~ Speaker Henderson, now at Atlantic City, has broken silence concerning his » withdrawal as a candidate for Congress trom his district In Iowa, “1 do not belleve," he sald, “that my action will injure the Republican party, but, on the contrary, will help its suc- cess, The party will soon get enough of the men who are trying to lead tt into false paths. : “The country at large does not unders‘ stand the lowa situation, Gov, Cum. : mins wants to use free trade, in whole , or in part, to hit the trusts, I don’t belleve that to be the true remedy, but think it fraught with disaster for the vountry. “I feel confident the majority of voters in my district—yes, the majority of yot- ers in the State of lowa—are in acoord” with my views. But many Iowa citl- zens have become jnnoculated with this new plan for hitting the trusts, regard- seas of the conseauences to the ‘people. “I am willing to fight Democrat Popullsts, but when It comes to fight Republicans I deaire to step out and public w Buch disaatr ote amedicine hey pto- < a ster to Pett ye Cinelonatl speech off the: Breas dent was splendid, and the opin! * put forward in that address are en! 3 In accord with those I gave int my ea to the citizens of my district whea nounced that I would not be @ can date for re-electlon to Conj oy MONUMENT TO SOLDIERS, ists HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. %.—Tho monument erected on the Capitol” Grounds In memory of the Firat Regt ment, Heavy Artillery Connecticut Vol. unteers, was formally dedicated to-day, In the presence of 2,00) veterars of thé? clvil war. uf bright eyes, clean . well, ideal food. Lead- AN@ TORONTO, CANADA. and,— Light Biscuits; Light Cakes; Light Pastry; eo Light Hearts,— fe _ Quick-as-a:Wink! 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