Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-25
New York congressman.
A CORRESPONDENTS VIEWS OF
NEW YORK NOTABLEs--oTHER
MATTERS.

MATTERS.
Gath" to Phila. Times.
Tilden is not yet all elected, as it
Gems. One hemisphere Of him is
hollow and the other is elected. /
am not proud, and can live under
Grant till they settle it. Our cleo
ton in New York merely put
Tammany Hall back upon us con-
solidated and vigorous. We elect
ed General Ansee McCook, a fine
fellow from Ohio, to Congress. For
the rest we have the dreary same
ness OF volatile little Cox, and the
cold SUBMITS of Fernando Wood.
I suppose that Arabian Hewitt
will be. considered the head of the
delegation, and neither he nor
Cox like Wood. Poor Wood is
rather sick hearted. Like many
cold-appearing men he depended
on his wife, a young woman, and
the second or third in order. She
has lost her reason partially, / am
told, and leaves him a widower in
a lonely country villa. Cox isjust
az melancholy by nature as Wood,
and dependent on a nice little wife
without children, who keeps his
ginger-pop spirits up TO proof by
frequent shaking. Hewitt you all
knOW-a private tutor in Peter
Cooper's family, who stuck to his
lesson and will probably inherit a
part of Peters memorable umbrel-
la. Yet Peter built the first Amer
lean railroad engine that would
run. There were many original
inventors of the locomotive, but,
like Sol Gill's clock, they lacked
the ability to run. Peter is also
the original of the expression,"Go
hire "a hail." for he built an i'm.
mensc hall on purpose to go to the
meetings in it, and there he at
tends every lecture, no matter how
dreary, from glass engines. up to
the apocalyptic sewing machine.
What that little old noddle under
its wild hair and dense spectacles
is thinking about, nobody knows,
but unless Peter can enter heaven
with his umbrella it will be no re-
ward for him. Faithfully he has
lugged it over the world for sixty
years, and the celestial chorus he
expects to be, "Raise it, raise ii !
even to the foundations thereof"
If Tilden's campaign is a failure
Mr.. Hewitt will he an important
Democratic COngressman-proba-
bly, their Speaker. But of Tilden's
relations 10 future Democracy l
have my doubts, unless he be now
elected. Here is Tammany plant
ed firmly in the city under Kelly,
who has no great disposition to
recognize national politics as SUI
perior to his own sway. The new
Mayor prefers to beguided by Mr..
Kelly rather than divide his influ-
ence with Mr.. Tilden; for Kelly
wants nothing but power and Ely
nothing but consideration. If Mr..
Tilden is beaten there lie before
him only weary years OF intrigue
70 be again nominated, unless he
pos SIS the philosophy to give it
up and devote some of his much
abused wealth to some public util-
ity. This singular thing has at
tended the w~holeTilden campaign
1t has been without magnetism
the mere ascendancy Of skill over
discipline. Horatio Seymour was
beloved; Mcclellan was affection
ately respected; Douglas was wor
shipped; Greeley was liked. But
neither Buchanan or Tilden were
beloved by their surrounding par
tisans, although Mr.. Tilden was
a good deal ola quaint curiosity.
Two liberal republicans Were re-
elected to Congress here-Bliss,
from Brooklyn,a cool poker-player
and one of Kingsley ring,and Will
lis, who beat a man in every way
his superior-L. p Morton, the
banker. The social difference of
these men was as great as between
one of the Biddles and Cadwalla-
ders and some Philadelphia outer
word stump speaker. Chittenden,
who goes to Congress from Brook
Ign, IS a smart little retired mer-
chant,o bold thoughts and words.
Charles n. Potter, the Democratic
member from the district next
above New York, is a son of Bish-
op Potter, and a clever lawyer,
who has gained large fees, like
Mr.. Tilden, at railroad law. l
never could understand how Mr..
Tilden's passion for corporation
law did not take him oftener TO
the United States Supreme Court
to plead some of the interesting
apspS there.