Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-02-10
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
P0lttical.The Charity Ball.L16e Insur.
snce-A Serious Case-Business.

Poiiticsi-Ths Charity nsii-Lifs Insur-
n snce-A Serious Csse-Bustness.
POLITICAL.
The passage of the compromise
electoral bill, has s00thed the timid
souls of the business men who
have been bull.dozed by Tilden and
his gang, by fear of war. The
straight Republicans don't believe
in it, and never did, for they knew
it was q trick Of the Democratic
spoilsmen, and was cOntrived to
make the great demagogue Presi'
dent. 1t was artfully eontrived,
and carried out with diabOlic skill.
Tilden had. his local copperhead
press breathe war and gore till he
got the business interest shaking in
it's shoes. and then lie appeared
with this proposition to arbitratc
for a place he never had shadow
of u claim to. 1t was eagerly &C.
cepted and the little game was about
to win, when, presto, one of those
sudden changes which even Til.
den cannot toresee, took place, and
his kettle of fish is upset. Tilden
expected to have a majority Of the
Supreme Court with him, but the
election of Davis to the U. s. Sen.
ate made that impossible, and Brad.
ley, a good Republican and an hon.
est man, takes the place, giving the
Republicans the majority of the
Commission. Now the Democracy
are not so much in favor of it as
they were. When it was supposed
that Davis, a bitter partisan, was
to be the fifth judge, thus giving
the Tildenites a majority in the
Commission, it was pleasant. But
now that the majority on the Com
mission are Republicans, it is quite
another thing, and the Sun and 9th
er rabid Democratic sheets are as
extravagant in their denunciations
of it as they were in it's praise a
week ogO. Tilden is as mad as a
March hare about Davis, and has
asked him not to accept the senate
rial position to which he has been
elected, but remain on the bench.
But Mr.. Davis is not stupid enough
to forego his ambition to serve Mr..
Tilden's, and so he politely declin-
ed, and Bradley was selected. This
ensures Hayes fair, legal treatment,
and that is all any Republican wants.
If he is legally electen, he must be
inaugurated-if not not. The Re-
publicans Of the city are jubilant
over this result.
The position of Senator Conk-
ling, Of this State is unfavorably
commented on. 1t is not denied
that he felt very much aggrieved
at the nomination of Hayes. He
retired from public gaze after the
convention, and did not emerge
from his retirement till after the
struggle was over. He supported
the compromise in way that was
sin gular, to say the least, for a Re
publican, and his enemies in the
city assert that he is preparing for
a change of base. 1t is not sup
posed that he will go over to the
Democracy, but it is expected that
he, Davis, and dozen others who
have had a half.and half utilization
with the Republican party, will or
ganize an independent party, and
be the Spanish flies of the body.
Conkling is soreheaded, and Is in
the precise frame of mind to make
a fool of himself, as greater men
than he has done. 1t is pity that
a man with the talents he possesses
could not be better balanced. He
has too good an opinion of himself.
CHARITY.
There is a 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 snobbery and bosh, that is as
disgusting as true charity is delight
full. The charity ball, in aid of the
Founding Asylum is regularly the
event of the season, and while it
nets very considerable amount of
money for very deserving object,
the manner of it is enough to turn
a Christians stomach. 1t is as SnOb-
Dish as anything can well be. To
begin with, it is made exclusive,
and all the snobs and all the would
be fashionables have to have their
names in all the papers. The list
of "Lady Patronesses" has to ap-
pear in long columns, and the cost
of advertising them runs up into
the thousands. Now all this is of
no account whatever, from a bust,
ness point of view, except that it is
recognized as the big thing of the
year. Mrs. Shocks Thompson
would not thrill for charity at all
unless she saw her name in the list,