The New York herald., 1877-07-26


nothing to indicate revolution except yellow haired
German woman selling the beer sne had good English
pronunciaton and rathor interesting face, somewha'
frightened, ss II by hearing radical doctrines At"o
threc lne tables, opposite The pgmy bar whore 'ne
beer served. low, noisy, unin,eresting looking
people were slipping their mandneora and nearing
very dirty looking paleskpned, olacK-eyed ana pas
sionatc looking Of French, rather 'han "crmah
extraction. make bits OF speeches IN lieu OF washing
himself Al The appearance OF tho HERALD reporter
this man assumed an attitude, left his chair and
charged wildly into his discourse Over the bar was
oi.paris srecn coorcd bust Of Shakespeare,
and IN cheap frames about tho place were prints OF
the Column ycud0mc being pulled down and OF tho
sacking OF the Hotel dc Vile in Paris Any
Americans who had IL Europe and had traverscd
cera quarters OF Paris could that tins German,
Schwab was.an imitation Frcnchman. whose business
lay In his prints vasicinatons about Communism
he scarcely understood. The French Communist has
socialistc nature native and 10 tho manner born.
The German socialist always appears TO be gassy,
second hand business chap retailing his Communism IN
lager beer glassss Many Americans visited schwabs
restaurant yesterday and they all came away with tho
est timate-that the proprietor was fraud, VINO
hardly know how 10 disguise himself
TIM COMMUNIST YSvonx THE POLICE
II vas 10 Police Headquarters yesterday afternoon
tha, Mr. Scnwab transferred himself from this little
lager beer den where no had left tho yellow haired
woman Aforesaid to measure out tho beer aud take
the half dimes Anybody can 60 10 Police Hcadquar-
who has any possible orrand rotating TO public
adm lusttration. The neglected VITO goes there TO
have her truant husband hunted up. The gcnlecl
drunkard drops IN there to Of mis- diamond
pins that ne may have given away IN forgctfuincss
tho previous night The preacher goes thcre who
has had difficulty with his congregation and Is
shut out from his pulpit The congregation goes
there also 10 ask whether they cannot justly
Danish their preacher All human nature which Is out
at the brain the rump Police Headquarters 10
pour out It's grievances four very worldly who
constitute the commission. These Commissioners
have ali ned certain positions in potics the military
the public To read about them In tho news
papers and in the political they would appear to
be Of very little general account but while exercising
their functions al tho head Of TWO or three thousand
powerful giants, who to keep the peace IN New
York, they inspire tho respect OF the hardest. Tho
he ID OF the Board old, COOL reg ular army officer
"Baldyn Smith His leading civilian associate 10
retired dry goods merchant, with natural affinity
for portics aud public affairs, Clinton Wheeler Tho
TWO other Commss ouers were IN the war and know
all about danger. When Mr.. Schwab approached this
marble building that little street In the exnct
centre OF the city, and passed the uniformed police
men, grim common soldiers OF tho regular army,
ana climbed to the second story and gave bis name,
he possibly began 10 feeL through his limited and
excited intellect tho precise meaning OF government
in . great city
coMMUxIsr AT BAY.
Passing through resonant marble halls. with ceilings
and sides also perfectly white and solid, and the floor
below HIN, next TO tho door. already out of from
exit II tho Comms mssioncrs we're SO minded, Schwab
saw four quiet, n0nchalant, keeu-lookng men,
already aware OF himself and his crrand They
had nothing TO say in particular. The business Of
speech was thrown Mr. Schwab. In such
pany tho hero OF the suburbs loses his identity, and
begins 10 reason that intellect and experience have
their weight In the common Affairs OF men,
Mr.. Schwab made known hts business, as will be
more thoroughly detailed In another part OF this re-
port
II he had come from another nation court as an
ambassador he would not have been allowed to toll
moro completely his ,ala It appeared that no
waited tho ol,ee Commissioners Withdraw all the
potoe from the region OF Tompkins square, 80 that
tho workinxmen, MS schwab called them, could mako
,hoir. own pa, form aud DO unrestricted In their
marks. a,l,ar
Schwab did not know that the very night before .
police spy In his saloon listening all the con-
versation that happened there, whore It openly
proposed only " burn specific parts OF tho city of
Now York. but the entire city Schwab did not know
hoatcd conversation he himself had indorscd tho evil
proceedings of the Pttsburg mob He regarded him.
self in the of the Police as the re.
preventative OF great political body day the
future to arise in American society and hail Scnwab
as its apostle. The Police Comm ssioners looked upon
MIN as wicked man elected from another society into
ours ana to be watched all his gongs and comiaGs;
yet they listened him with perfect composure and
their silence distressed Schwab than an argu.
ment had been held.
DRYiAScx
This mans business was the sale Of beer By
woman over q petty counter to unknown and dirty
people, and while, meantime, subsstins tho pro-
cceds Of tho beverage he went to and fro, great
In an innocent region Some future tme may take
up the picture OF Schwab before the Police Comns-
soucrs do him Justice The present is no time
indicate the social mpudencs as we'll the political
impotence of such character, freshly arrived in the
Western world. He has becn tho country eight or
ten years. Most of the men who struck on Ameri-
can railroads have spent thor lives among
us and enjoy to great degree the SYM
pathy OF men and women. Tho Police
Commissioners told Schwab without any emphasis
that they police to all gatherings either the
east or west side oil New York city, and mado
exception and they did not appear to think that the
Tompkins square meeting OF any great Importance
In any way. The bold conduct OF the ommssioners
represented the general effect of civilization upon tho
barbarian, and the athletic and gaseous wiId-cyed
Tcu,on nnay coutentsd himself by asking the police,
In It's diplomatic capacity, II they would not send
very discreet TO Tompkns square In charge OF tho
police.
'Ycs," said the head of the Commission drily. "alI
our men are very discreet, Mr.. schwab,-and very
COOL"
schwab said that he bad made ample arrange
ments 10 preserve order aud peace, and that hun
dred OF hts faction had bccn detailed to act
as conserva,ors OF peace the meeting, that
there need DC no fear Of any riot.
General Smith responded that their mon wero not
legal officers ond could not be recognized such and
that police force would certainly be on hand
schwap then desired to know how pcsr the police
would be- to which the General replied, "As near us
circumstances may require"
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