Note 976 — Chapter XXXV · CONKLING DOWN AND OUT 1881
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Interview of Mr. Depew with the author, March 28, 1909. See also New York Tribune, January 9, 1882. "Among others present at the conference," added Depew, "were Webster Wagner, John Birdsall, Dennis McCarthy, and William H. Robertson of the State Senate, James W. Husted, and George Dawson of the Albany Evening Journal. Woodin remarked, 'We can trust Platt, and when he's elected senator we shall not need a step-ladder to reach his ear.'"