Word: platte
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...following men reported yesterday: W. Cook, J. H. Ellis, A. H. Morse, C. Platt, C. C. Rumsey, R. G. Scott, J. Steadman and H. D. Stickney...
...Platt Russell...
...Gorman.- (y) In Ohio against Brice.- (z) In Kentucky against Blackburn.- (b) The Republicans have failed to achieve any practical results in this line: Harper's, XL, 266-67; Nation, LXII, 245-6.- (x) Quay is a despot in Penn; Beston Herald, April 3, 1896; Nation, LXII, 170.- (y) Platt "most powerful boss the state (i. e. New York) has ever seen": Nation, LXII, 150.- (z) Foraker strong in Ohio...
...purely partisan one.- (a) It was devised by Platt.- (b) It was pushed into being by Platt's henchmen.- (c) It was "jammed through" the legislature.- (d) Its supporters in the legislature made no pretence that it would mitigate the evils of intemperance...
...party's chance of carrying the legislature.- (A) A caucus bolt is almost unknown.- (Y) His personal character does not effect his party's chance of carrying the legislature.- (A) His candidacy for the Senate is usually not positively known before the election of the legislature: Ex. Hill, Murphy, Platt, (1881), Smith.- (B) People do not vote against their party's ticket for legislature in the chance that a bad Senatorial nomination may be made.- (2) Under proposed system his character would greatly hurt his chance of election.- (X) He would be directly before the people.- (y) It would repel...