I have been trying to stay in with the organization.

I did not do it with the idea that they would renominate me.

I did it with the idea of getting things done, and in that I have been absolutely successful.

Whether Senator Platt and Mr.Odell endeavor to beat me, or do beat me, for the renomination next fall, is of very small importance compared to the fact that for my two years I have been able to make a Republican majority in the Legislature do good and decent work and have prevented any split within the party.

The task was one of great difficulty, because, on the one hand, I had to keep clearly before me the fact that it was better to have a split than to permit bad work to be done, and, on the other hand, the fact that to have that split would absolutely prevent all _good_ work.