| Show PASSING n OF or r SENATOR PIATT PLAIT sudden death of noted republican leader who had been prominent in state and national politic politics new york thomas collier platt formerly united biatek senator from new york and tor for many years a na dional figure in republican polI politics died at 3 45 clock sunday afternoon in the apartment of mr and mrs gustave abele from whom he had rented three rooms for the last tour four year years M mrs rs abele ha hal I 1 been his nurse I 1 dr paul auterbridge hi bib physician eald said that the cause of 0 death was wait chronic and acute bright brights disease the end was startlingly sudden an hour before the senator died his two sons frank and ecard ard with their families and hia his wid wed son harry with the daughter charlotte and son sherman had loft the bouse house after their usual visit thomas collier platt the easy boss of earlier and brighter ds ds was for many years 9 not only the re publican leader of his state but A fig ure in national politics shoulder to shoulder with men of such rank and reputation as the late matthew stan ley quay of pennsylvania both were men of exceptional intel attainments and both turned them then I 1 with signal success to party organization quay died detill a power A 1 7 7 HON THOMAS C PLATT platt outlived his time and felt him self in late years out of touch with the moving spirit of events in twenty years in congress james 0 blaine described platt as a business man of great personal larity lie ile has an aptitude for public affairs and Is a man pt pf strong influence in his state he ile Is no debater but has strong common sense and quick judgment of men twice in his life wa was a the cen ter of the national stage once when he resigned with wit roscoe conkling from the united states senate enate and was instantly nicknamed me too platt and once when he induced i heodore roosevelt to run for vice prest dent with mckinley very much against roosevelt Roosevel ts s bet better ter judgment platt vas vaa born in owego eloga county N Y on july 15 1833 ot of puritan ancestry he ile entered yale college with the class of 1849 but left in the middle of his junior year because of III health by his first matlage to ellen bar stow of owego he had three sons frank if IL edward T and harry E platt he ile had teen tea in feeble health for some years before his death he ile made a second marriage which ended in the courts and he was sued by mae wood formerly a clerk in gov employ for a it divorce on the a strength of a third marriage never proved to have taken place |
