| Show i PLATS ODELL ODEIL i FOR FOB DEFEAT i ii i MACHINE i BELIEVED f IN THE i t ADE affi IE EMPIRE I II t tf J f I MAN to MARKED OO STATE STAT i a Special Correspondence Washington Sept Sept 13 The opinion Is quite quie generally expressed by politicians in i n this city that thai the Republicans of or ew York ork state did Id riot dot rot strengthen their cause cus any ny in selecting B B F Odell Odel jr Sr r for the h aJ ead Sd of their th lr t state ate ticket tiet tl tet Mr Odel is 15 vulnerable in politics and anti therefore will wil probably not draw Craw ra the th doubtful voter to his standard on election eleton day ay There are ar thousands upon thousands thouSand of f men of voting age in the Empire state who have little use for machine pt lans i ans Next to Senator Thomas C Platt Plat I Mr Ir Odell Odel Is considered the greatest ma politician that New York has had na in tn n either Ither party In recent years ers The under understanding I standIng Is that Mr Odell Odel too to is simply y i endeavorIng to reach the United d States senate enate through t the New Nees York governor governorship I rte ship hip In I rg other words r If Mr f Platt Piatt nn re ro tires ires tres to private life Ufe at the end of ot his pres present present ent nt term his choice for his successor is Mr Ir Odell Odel A good many man Republicans of prominence in the tho state are not nor satisfied I with the deal that Mr Platt has ha put put up to I control the state office at Albany and i after fer that for Cor a legislature which will do I I his bidding In electing Mr Odell wil a States senator Odel However there Is little danger that Mr 31 r Odell will W be elevated to the governorship r l fd It f the o oW Hill and a Croker factions t get is to together together gether gether before election electon day daJ and work hon sty sty In iii behalf of the man who will wi head ho the the Democratic state ticket It I is believed to o be a certainty by New York cans here and by those who are studying the situation elsewhere elsewhere that the te claque Odell Odel machine will wi be bc given its is quietus In November that Bryan and ad Stevenson will wi have haLve New e Yorks electoral vote that that further the the Democrats will wi be In a peel position poi tion ton to send one of their own mento men to the United States State senate in place of Thomas Toma C Platt the much hated hate political boss bos Bryans Trip Makes Mae Votes The trip recently rec nth made madE bv by William Jen Jea rings Bryan Bran through Indiana Indi na West Vest Vir Virginia Virginia ginia Maryland and other states stales is be be to have made thousands of votes vote for Colonel Bryan Bran and his associate on the national presidential ticket The speeches made by Mr Ir Bryan B an at every eveT point aroused enthusiasm and several of or the shrewdest Washington correspondents who were present and reported what Mr Bryan Brsan said and did now declare that the Democratic presidential candidate is the best the party has had at the head bead of Its it national ticket in recent years yer By this It 1 is meant that his personal magnetism his wealth of wisdom In de delivering I livering his speeches and his pleasing per personality I win wll votes otes where where Grover Cleve Cleve Cleveland Jr land for instance would lose them by the glore If I placed in the same position It is now predicted re that as a result lt of Mr Bryan Bryans n a visit fd to t Indiana d n and the ti change of sentiment In that state within the past four years that a close canvass Jear among the voters voter indicates a Democratic plurality of or upwards this year West Vest V st Virginia as Is well wel known Is a close state on election eleton day da but the Re Republicans Re publicans have been be n claiming victory victor with wit hands down d w Conservative men who have recently visited West Vest Virginia seem to Jo think that the Republicans will wi have lit little lt lIttie tie tle te show on election day da They not only believe belee that the state will wl go for Bryan and Stevenson but that the Democratic state ticket will be successful and a Dem Beta Democratic legislature le lature elected In such an event Steven B Elkins one of the best bet known members of the house of the national congress as welt well wel as one of the best known politicians In fn the tho United Unie States will wil be retired to private life His successor will wil be former Governor John JohnT T McGraw Flop p Helps Democrats The Te flop llop fo of Senator Wellington of Maryland is certain to be of assistance to the Democrats Demort in carrying that tat state this thi year ear Of or course coune the Republican poll poli politicians pl and Republican n newspapers are claiming that Wellington has little If It any an political Influence Recent reports from that portion of or Maryland alland In which Mr I Wellington resides are of a different char character character character acter The Te belief ble prevails In Cumberland Mr Ir home nome town and In the surrounding sur counties countes that Mr Ir Welling Wellington ton has fiRs a large lare personal following and that he Is 19 clever enough to direct it ceyer against the Republicans R so as to bring about their defeat t along alon all al lines lne this fall rai The Democrats Democrat are are therefore counting upon Maryland for Bryan and Stevenson and are ar also counting cou tn upon the return of former forer Senator Arthur Pue Pe Gorman to the upper house of the national congress con es J S VAN ANTWERP |
