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Show ROOT MAY GET TOGA. His Name Suggested as Successor of Senator Piatt. Albany, N. Y. In connection with tho cholco of a successor to United States Senntor Thomas C. Piatt, whoso term will explro March 4 noxt, two names not hitherto much dls-cussed dls-cussed In this regard enmo to tho front cn Thursday and wore received with much Intorcst. That of Secretary of State Root was most dlsctiFsed for tho icnson that he was mentioned In a dispatch from Washington ns having tho support of President Roosovelt. Tho other Is thnt or Whltclaw Reld, nmhnssador to Great Britain nnd for n long tlmo editor of the Now York Trlbuno. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, chairman of tho Republican stato commltteo, ox-Governor Frank S. Black and Congressman J. Sloat Fassett aro tho othors most frequently frequent-ly mentioned In this connection. |