Paragraph from Franklin Matthews’s comment on Thomas Collier Platt (Republican), published in Harper’s Weekly in Sept 1897. Platt is described as someone who is alienating people, who “raises money for party purposes by questionable means”, “who puts personal advantage above party supremacy”, and more.

Harper’s Weekly, 25 Sept. 1897 (a comment on Thomas C. Platt and his impact on the Republican Party in the state of New York). Some of the descriptions would also fit someone else…⬇️
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