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Show PASSING OF SENATOR PLATT Sudden Death of Noted Republican Leader Who Had Been Prominent in State and National Politics. New York Thomas Collier Piatt, formerly I'nlled testes senator from New York nnd for many years a national na-tional figure In Itepubllcan politics, died at H.t.'i o clock Sunday afternoiui In thn aiarlnictit of Mr. and Mrs. (liintuve Allele, from whom he had rented three rooms for the last four years. Mrs. Abele had been Ills Dr. Pnul Auterbrblge. his physician, said (hut th cuito or ib-aih wan chronic and acme llriitbi's disease. The end sas startllngly sudden. An hour before the senator died, his two sons, Frank mid Kdward. with thelt families, and bin wblosed son, Harry, with the lattei's daughter. Charlotte and son. Sherman, hnd left the house after their iihiial uiinduy visit. Thomas Collier Plait, lb "cany boss" of eiirllr nnd brighter days, waa for many years not only th It publican lender of his stale, but a fig tin" In national pollilrn. shoulder to shoulder with men of such rank and reputation as the 1st Matthew Stan ley Qiiuy of Pennsylvania. Koih were men of exceptional Intel-jleciuul Intel-jleciuul aitalnments, and both turned tin-ill. wllh signal success, to puny orguitlr.atlon. Quay died still a power; IptM j HON. THOMAS C. PLATT, Piatt outlived his time and felt himself him-self In lute years out of touch with Ihe moving spirit of events. In "Twenty Years In Congresa," James 0. Illulue described Piatt aa a "business mini of great personal popularity. popu-larity. He has an aptitude for pule He affairs and Is a man of strong Inlliicncc In Ills stale. Ho la uo de. buter, but turn strong common sense and quick Judgment of men." Twice in his life Plutt wua the center cen-ter of the national stuge; once when he resigned wllh Ittwroe Conkllng from the I'nlted Stutes senate and waa Instantly nicknamed "Me, Too," Plutt. and once when ho induced 1 heo-doro heo-doro Hooscvolt to run for vice-president with McKlnley. very mucb ugutunl Itoosevelt'a better Judgment Plutt was born In Owego. Tioga comity, N. Y. on July IS, D:il, of Puritan ancestry. He entered Y'ule college w ith tho class of Is 111, but left In the middle of Ilia Junior ycur because of 111 health. lly his first marriage lo F.llcn liar stow of Owego be hud three sons-Frank sons-Frank II.. Kdward T. und Hurry F PlntL He had been In feeble health for some ycurs before hla deuth. He nmde a second niurrliige which ended lu thn courts, and he was sued by Mnc Wood, formerly a clerk In government gov-ernment employ, for a divorce on 1)10 strength of a third niairliiK never proved to have taken place. |