The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-06


One difficulty has often occurred to us in
rejecting upon the Mayors journey to Lon
don. 1t was who should go with him. Out
of what material should his suite DO made, for
Mayor without a suite would not be recog-
nzed in London. In a happy moment the
solution of this great problem has come to us-
Perhaps it is an inspiration, and in the for
nation of his suite we see that the Mayor
has once again great opportunity! New
York is studded with remnants of unappre-
ciatsd talent and greatness. There ore prob
ably more men Of high character and ex--
traordinary requirements who are suffering
from the want of appreciation in New York
than in any part of the world. Broadway
clusters with them They may be found at
all the free lunch counters on the Bowery
waiting in the anterooms of newspaper
offices, idling around the doors of nominating
conventions, attending theatrical benefits and
seeking fame by becoming voluntary pail
bearers to available funerals. The unap-
preciated statesmen of New York are victims
of circumstances which they cannot control.
Now, the Mayor has an opportunity to give
these men Advancement. Take, for instance,
Hon. Daniel D. Conover, who was once the
master of New York. Nine-tenths of the poll
ticians of New York think that Dan is dead,
but he is really living and would make fine
member of Parliament tor Kerry or Tipperary
if he could only be introduced TO public life
under the auspices of the Mayor. And there
= II Oh rk.rrx Aha GrxrE IA xIa of
the democracy. who, for twenty years past,
has been always on the point of exploding
Tammany Hall with his little keg of powder
and is always nabbed at the critical moment.
There is Theodore Tomlinson, the successor of
Henry Clay, who has been trying to reform
this city for sixty years, but never gets be-
yond the organization of an uptown club.
Then we have our stalwart old friend
John McKeOn, the companion and conGdant
of General Jackson, who, if he only had an
opportunity would bring back Jacksonian
times to Tammany Hall If John McKeon
were only to be properly appreciated by the
English, as he would be under Mayor Wick
hams tuition, he would be the Lord Chief
Justice of England in three months. Why
should not John Cochrane-that CHEEKY,
bright, efervescent Champagne Charley of q
statesman, who was once a candidate for the
Vice Presidency, and who is now an available
candidate for any position of honor or dis
tinction-why should not John Cochrane
have the advancement which trip to
England would certainly bring? Then we
have Dick Busted, who has been living In
seclusion since his retirement from dispensing
Southern justice, the GLORIOUS Dick Busteed''
of the past, and Rufe Andrews who is to
Busted what Jonathan was to David, and who,
failing to revolutonize the politics of New
York, has taken to temperance and private
virtues Above ali we have our grand friend
Colonel Fred Conkling, with his brow Like
Caesars and his Byronian scowl, who was twenty
years ago prominent candidate for the Pres
idency, full blooded, anxious, expectant, with
youth power, beauty and vigor in his
veins, who was proud young sycamore of
the forest, but who has steadily been shrink
ing and shrivelling until his last public appear
ance was as q decoy candidate for Mayor,
nominated by Oakley Hall and kept in the
canvass 80 as to make the canvass legal for
mality. We do not know more suitable
candidate for the throne of Greece than Colonel
Fred Conkling, and we are sure that if the
English could once obtain an idea of his true
merits he would be nominated to that easy
and soon to be abandoned post without delay.
Therefore, for the glory of New York
and fraternal act to these unappreciated
statesmen who now linger around our city,
objects of sympathy and pity and admiration,
let the Mayor not hesitate to visit London.
Let him take these gentlemen with him as a
retinue, and if he can only secure for them
that appreciation in London which they have
failed to receive in New York he will confer
unnumbered blessings upon the city he leaves
behind him.