Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-04-18
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The First Gun Fired-On TO Cincinnati
Local POIiticS-Prospects of Water
Famine-The LenOx Library-Apart-
ment HOuses-In General.

/ made slight mistake in my last let
| ter. I was unfortunate enough to give the
''Liberap meeting as being the oath inst,t
instead of the 10Th. However, L will
promise not to "double" anything else
| connected with the Liberal Republican
| movement. Well, ''the first gun has been
| fired" as the Tribune says, there was con-
| siderable noise and good deal of smoke,
| but nobody was hit or hurt for the very
| good reason that the gun did not contain
ANYTHING but a blank cartridge. [ went
| to the meeting at the Cooper Institute on
Friday night, and contributed my mite in
aid of the Reform movement. ] did it in
voluntarily however. A gentleman in
my neighbOrhOod wanted some change to
help him pay his way to Cincinnati and
so he helped himself out of my pocket. AS
he left me enough to get as far as Phila-
delphia, l am disposed to forgive him.
AS for the meeting itself, it was an i'm
mense one and it was 'eminently respect
ablen and enthusiastic. But let not your
credulous soul accept the assertions Of in
terested journals that it was spontaneous
gathering of the masses, seeking to prove
their antipathy to the present order of
things and their confidence in the new
game on the political Chess-bOard. Posters,
scattered all over town, announced the
names of the distinguished speakers who
were to be present; rockets, roman candles
and red lights attracted a large crowd to
the building, while miserable band gave
all the prestige of wind and brass to the
occasion. Inside, the hall was packed,
and so it would have been at fifty cents
apiece. Lyman Trumbull is a Senator of
the Uuited States, a prospective candidate
for the Presidency, an able honest, upright
o;+ hO 1r-Io hn
to say something worth listening to, and
whose reputation as a man and legislator
is without reprOach." OF course people
will go to hear him. Carl Schurz is also
United States Senator and one of the few
fOreign-bOTn citizens who have reached that
position. As a German he naturally has a
strong hold Oh the affection of those of
German birth residing in this city and
who form about one quarter of our pOpula-
ton. He is one of the most eloquent men
of the time, an earnest, forcible, speaker,
and a thorough scholar. What he says is
carefully considered and beautifully eX-
pressed. When he spoke here before, the
tickets were dollar apiece, and the hall
was filled. Then, again, it is in the inter-
est of the Democracy to favor anything
looking toward a split in the Republican |
party. That is their only road to victory. |
New York city is and probably always |
will be overwhelmingly Democratic, and |
the E" unterTified y turned out III force. At /
ter these facts can anyone doubt that the |
crowd on Friday evening was immense ? |
[ will not attempt to send you even syn |
Opsis of the proceedings, for the telegraph |
has anticipated that. The list of Vice |
Presidents contains a few of the names |
that are known, with a number that are
not; the resolutions are meaningless and |
oil ,l,N4o
Senator Trumbull'S speech was the best of |
the evening, and was listened to with atten-
ton SchurZ was sanguine and bit
Ter, but the most captiOus critic could
not object to his style and language. AS
meeting the affair was a success, but
f any one believes that by it the city of
New York was irrevOcably committed to
he Cincinnati Convention, its principles
md candidates, think they are mistaken.
The policy of the Democrats is to pat the
Liberals on the back, tell them what
rood fellows they are and how much they
blink OF them, get as many of them as
possible to oppose the gathering at Phila-
lelphia, and then to nominate their own
andidates and elect them if they can,
)ne thing is becoming daily more evident
o every one, except the New York Times,
md that is this: that the Cincinnati Con-
7ention, if wisely and harmoniously man
.ged, may organize a party which will
lold the balance of power between the
wO political parties at present in exist
nce Such men as Charles Francis Ad-
ms, Lyman Trumbull or Gov. Randolph,
# New Jersey, must command respect !
nd liberal support. II
LOCAL POLITICS.
The news from Albany is not encourap-
ng, although a Conference Committee is
rying hard to give us some kind of a
harter In addition to our other evils,
We are threatened with a water famine
his summer, and this rs the result
iniudiciOus legislation. Our streets are I
orribly dirty and all the street contractor ]
viii answer, when complaints are made, {
), that having no money he can not work. ]
'or years we have been trying to secure
ONE kind Of rapid transit from one end of
he city to the other and now the Assembly
ecides to have one system and the Senate ,
ives its Judgment in favor of one radically
litterent. Unkind people say that the one ,
which has the most money in it will win {
II the END. Certainly corruption and bri-
'ery Gid not walk out of their dwelling ,
1laceS IN the capitol when our model Gre
oTm what's in name ?n) Legislature :
yalked in: The immaculate James :
OBnen, who furnished the accounts of !
ldIuuIduy SMlnuleS TO the Times RESIGNS T
lis seat IN the Senate to run for the n0si-
ion of Mayor, so that the political sky
oOks as cloudy as ever-stormy in fact.
A NOBLE CHARITY.
1t is pleasant to turn from the muddy
,olitical sea to smoother waters. James
Ienox, one of the wealthier citizens of the
metropolis, some time ago gave land and
loney to the city for the erection of
magnificent library and museum in the
eighborhood of the Central Park. The !
uiIding has at present only reached the
rst floor, but promises to be very hand
ONE when completed, the material used
eing Lockport limestone, ornamented
18th granite. The style of the architec- ,
lre is the modern French, and the en-
rance will be through a portico surround
d by columns and arcades and court
ard enclosed by iron ratings, and plant
d with trees and flowers. Mr.. LenoX has ]
list given 100000 more to this noble
york, and his munificent endowment Will
yer cause his name to be mentioned with
aSDect and affection bV thousands of crate