Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-02-08
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
PoiiticaI-The Charity BaIi-Life Insurance
A Serious Case Business.
NEW YoRK, February 3, 1877.

New YORK, February 3, 1877.
Political
The passage of the compromise
electoral bill, has soothed the timid
souls of the business men who had
been bull-dozed by Tilden and his
gang. for fear of war. The straight
Republicans don't believe in it, and
never did, for they knew it was a
trick of the Dem ,cratic speilsmen,
and was contrived 30 make the great
demagogue President. 1t was art
fully eontrieed, and carried out with
diaboic skill. Til1en had his local
copperhead press breathe war and
gore till be got the business interest
shaking in its shoes; and then be APP
peared with this proposition to arb-
trate for place be never had the
shadow of claim to. 1t was eagerly
accepted and the little game was about
to win when, presto. one of those sud-
den changes which even TiIden can
not foresee, took place, and his kettle
of fish is upset. Tilden expected to
have majority of the Supreme
Court with him, but the election of
Davis to the Illinois Senate made
that impossible, and Bradley, good
Republican and an honest man, takes
the place, giving the Republicans the
majority of the Commission. Now
the Democracy are not 30 much 10
favor of it as they were. When it
was supposed that Davis, a bitter
partisan, was to be the fifth Judge,
TINS giving the Tildenites a majority
inIthe, Commission, it was all pleasant
But now that the majority on the
Commission are Republicans it is
quite another thing, and theS,Sun and
other rabid Democratic sheets are as
extravag giant IN their denunciation of
il az they were in it's praise week
aoo. TiIden is as mad as March
hare about Davis, and bias asked him
not to accept the senatorial position
to which he has been elected, but re-
main on the bench. But Mr.. Davis
is not stupid enough to forego his
ambition to serve Mr.. Tilden's, and
so he politely declined, and Bradley
was selected. This ensures Hayes
fair. legal treatment, and that is all
any Republican wants. If he is lie.
callv elected, he mustbe inaugural
ed-if not not. The Republicans of
the city are iubilant over this result.
The position of Senator Conkling,
of this State, ia unfavorably COM
mented on. 1t is not denied that he
felt very much aggrieved at the nom
nation of Hayes. He retired from
nublic gaze after the convention, and
did not emerge from his retirement
till after the struggle was over. lie
supported the compromise IN way
that was singular, to say the least,
for Republican, and his enemies IN
the city assert that he is preparing
for a change of base. 1t ia not sup
posed that he will go over to the De-
mocracy, but it is expected that ne,
Davis. and a few others who have
| had a half.and half utilization with
the Republican party, will organize
an independent body, and be the
Spanish flies of the body. Conkling
| is sore headed, and is in the precise
frame of mind to make fool of him
self. as greater mon than be have
done. 1t is pity that u an with
the talents he possesses could not be
RatttfpE n pPslpp 81 dain5 HS has 100 s00'
Charity.
There ia q great deal of actual
charity in New York,-probably no
city in the world does more in pro-
portion to its population and wealth
but mixed up with it is an amount OF
snobberv and bosh, that is as disgust
ing as true charity is delightful.
The charity ball, in aid of the Found
ling Asylum is regularly the event of
of the season, and while it nets 8
very considerable amount of money
!, for very deserving object, the man.
ner of it is enough to turn Chris
tian's stomach. It is as snohbish as
anything can well be. TO begin
with, it is made exclusive and all the
sn0bs and all the would-be fashiona.
bles have to have their names in all
the papers The list Of HLadv Pat
ronesses" has to appear in long col
umns, and the cost of advertising
them runs up into the thousands.
Now all this is of no account what
ever, from q business point OF view,
except that as it is recognized as the
big thing of the year. Mrs. Shocks
Thompson would not thrill for chart
ty at all unless she saw her name in
the list. It pleases the wife of q
stock speculater, who has made a
fortune in year or two, and who
has lately moved into a gorgeous
house on one of the avenues, to have
her name published as prominent
lady for il establishes her conse-
quence, and only costs her the price
of helf dozen tickets at five dollars
each. Fully one half of what ought
to be The profit of The ball goes to feed
the vanity Of those who attend it; that
is they contribute fifty cents 10 their
own vanity, and fifty cents 10 the
poor Perhaps it ia well enough to
get fifty cents on the dollar ont of
them. But the ball itself is a gor-
geous affair. When people dance for
charity they go prepared to do it.
No woman of fashion appeared last
night with less than $4,000 of dia-
monds on her person, and the cost of
some of TIE toilets ran up a
long way into the thousands. The
ball cost the people who attended it
probably s250.00O, and the net re-
suit to the charity was something
like $4,000. $4,000 for the world
and SD 900 for the poor.
TIE Life Insurance Problem.
The failure OF three or roar Life In
surance Companies, which will be
| followed In rand anncaaainn hv three