Show Harrisons Chances in New York Special THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch NEW YORK Feb 6Hon Stephen B Elkins secretary of war arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel tonight from Washington Washing-ton The visit of Mr Elkins so soon after the pilgrimage of Hon Thomas C Platt top to-p tie capital is regarded as significant by I those who understand what is going on in the Republican party in the state Mr Platt denies that on his visit he called on the President He says that no went to I Washington for the purpose of executing certain contracts for the United States Express Ex-press company The truth might just as well be known now as at any time Mr Platt is ditectly emphatically and positively posit-ively opposed t the renomination of President Presi-dent Parrison It has been considered good Republican politics in the state for the last seven months to give out that the dominant element in the state machine was for Harrison There has been a string to all these statements Mr Platt has nothing to thank Mr Harrison for He is for Elaine as his first choice There is no mistake about this statement The visit of Mr Elkins to New York may mean that Mr Harrison is alive to the situation Mr Platt and all his friends in New York state are awaiting anxiously some word from Mr Blaine General Clarkson and others in the national Republican Re-publican committe have advised Mr Elaine to stand as a candidate He is now pondering ponder-ing their advise He does not feel very well at times and occasionally I is Baid be feels like writing a letter to some personal per-sonal friend declaring that he will not become be-come a candidate With Mr Blaine out oft of-t his friends have an idea that Mr Harrison son will then have the first chance in the Minneapolis convention But New York stato Republicans or at least the dominant element In that party have talked about another candidate This candidate is Robert Liricoln now minister t the court of St James |