Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-12-22
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
p PlHtIeaI-FashIOn IIems-The Poor
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are all Democrats, and very prominent ones
-eonspired with the Tilden managers in
this city to manipulate the poOl-rooms in
the interest of the great refOrmer. They
didn't put up cent of money, nor was it
necessary. In these places no man sees
anybOdy's money but his own. When he
puts up hundred dollars on Hayes he pre-
sumes some one else has put up the proper
amount on Tlden; at all events, he gets
ticket certifying to that fact. Now, Mr..
Tilden's game with the gamblers-it is
characteristic of Mr.. Tilden that he is not
above anything-was to have the pool-sel-
lers announce every night large odds on
Tilden as against Hayes, some nights the
betting being two to one. Every night the
Associated Press sent over all the country
the betting market, and the managers here
telegraphed leading Democrats the trans
actions at the pool-rooms as regular as the
bank sends the business of the day to their
country correspondents. And it had the
effect intended. To see such odds offered,
at what was supposed to be the very centre
Of information. disheartened Republicans,
who felt it was no use to fight if the battle
was against them from the beginning, and
it swept into the ranks of the Democracy
all that class of political drift-wood that
wants to keep on the big side. Now, had
Mr.. Tilden actually put up this money 1t
would have cost him immensely. Tickets
were out in John Morrisey's rooms repre-
senting million and half dollars, OF
which the Democracy, at the odds that
were given, should have had million. But
behold you, the moment it became certain
that Hayes was elected, and that he would
be inaugurated, Mr.. Morrisey issues pro-
nunciamento, declaring the election so
much in doubt that he feels it his duty to
declareall bets of, and that he would re-
fund money on tickets, less his commission
three per cent! The Republicans who bet
go up and get their money, less the per
cent, the Democracy having had the use
of it for months. Had Tilden been elected
there would have been no declaring of,
but the conspirators would have held every
dollar. have no sympathy with the men
who bet, and only narrate this incident to
show with what dirty tools the great re-
former undertook to carve his way to the
presidency.
By the way, let no Republican feel
alarmed about the warlike demonstrations
on the part of the Democracy in Indiana.
All that stuff gets its inspiration from the
Democratic General Committee here, and
is done at their order. The game now is to
hold meetings, and pass war resolutions,
and indulge in all sorts of bombast, with
the hope that timid Republicans will be
| frightened to tue extent of being willing to
surrender their rights for the sake of peace.
| The Democratic editorial mill here is filling
the country Democratic press with ready
made editorials all shrieking for blood,
and their agents are traversing the country
in every direction tanning the fame. They
don't mean to fight, for the South will
not support them, and the moment Hayes is
inaugurated they will settle down as calm
| ly as sleeping babies, and give attention to
their neglected bar-rooms and faro banks. |
l must confess, however, that it is little |
hard for these fellows who have been eat
ing husks for sixteen years, to come so
near the crib without being able to get |
their noses into it.
FASHION ITEMS.
Cloaks are now the larger part of the |
dress. Dolmans and sacques reach below
the knee Circulars and ulsterS nearly COW
er the dress. This is most comfortable for
winter, and looks so besides being healthy, |
because they protect the lower part of the
figure without the heavy skirts which must
be worn with street cloaks. The Bebe bon
net adds another item of comfort, as it is
an exact copy of child's bonnet, covering
the ears and back Of the head, point
greatly desired by elderly ladies. And
these small bonnets are as handsome as they
are snug, in seal, fur or dark velvet with
cardinal or rich purple face trimmings un-
der the punches of yellow valenciennes,
which softensIthe face.
THE POOR ALWAYS WITH US.
Careful statistics. show 80, 900 working
mechanics in this city out of work, repre-
senting about 100, 900 people without the
means of living. Laborers on the new
streets are employed for. $1.25 day, and
citizens grumble because they are not cut |
down to 80 cents. Men hire out on farms |
about New~York for $500 month and
board, and seome D. the city for better
wages, only to apply at station-houses for
place to sleep. Thirty respectable me-
lLehanics applied to be sent to the workhouse
on Blackweffis Island for the winter rather
than starve, as they could get no work.
There is less work and less hope for the
poor this winter than last, and in the end
work must be provided by the city, or there
will be bread riots. Nobody can blame
workingmen if they take matters into their
own hands. They are eager to work and
earn enough to keep their families from
starving but it is denied them. Would |
you who read this see your children starve
in such case without making some vigor-
Gus protest that would strike right from
the shoulder? The millions wasted in the |
last ten years by corrupt officials would |
finish thsneeded public works of the city,
and keep the poor out Of want for gener-
alton. Nay, more, 25 cents week from
the fifty thousand and more in the city who |
can afford it would relieve all the distress
in the city for the winter.
The appeals that are made to the differ
ent charitable associations are pitiful. A
woman and her daughterfor instance, in
hall bedroom without fire, light or clothing
sleeping on the cold floor with nothing
over or under them, and only such food as
they can pick up in the streets; families
destitute of fuel as well as food and cloth
ing; families on the street without even the
shelter of roof. But why enumerate?
There are $4,000 men out of employment.
There are thousands of women in the same
fix, and the cold is intense. 1t is pitiful.
And the trouble is, the charitably inclined
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