New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-07
~ LNpoRrlYr CONFIDENCE.

| Three or four gentlemen were sitting around
table III the back paror OF house in
| Gramercy Park. Before them lay piles OF
documents. letters, dispatches, maps OF cleo
| ton districts, Western Union blanks, IRIB-
! UNE ALMANACs, n number of Little Dlctlon-
aries, and chcck-book. Messengers were
! coming and going, and relays Of boys ID the
uniform Of the District Telegraph Company
were waiting in The hall. Here are two lists
''of Inspectorsr observed Colonel Pelton,
selecting several sheets of io0lscap from the
heap Of papers, "cither of which, think,
"will do if the mandAmus is granted. The
men on list won't serve, and those on
list i are not 80 hot for Kelly hut what
d" few fetch contracts might fix them. Bet
ter send both lists to Police Head1lAr-
ters."
"What about the Young Scratches y asked
quiet, mddle-agcd person with LONG, thin
| whskcrs.
90, d--n the Young Scratchers.' exclaimed
the other I've given them twenty-five
. dollars, and that's more than they are worth.
Robinson has got to do something himself
eff he means to keep that fraud going
\ messenger brought Il telegram. This is
" from Fox,'r said the Colonel, opening it.
"Hand me the dictionary In a few min
ntes the dispatch was made ont: " Looks now
as though the thing would work; but Ew-
ing's success depends upon contingency OF
Senate capture. Send twenty more best
United States documents; money to be re-
" turned if unsuccessful kilograms from Il
score of small towns in Pennsylvania reported
resolutions of local meetings that the Demo-
| cratic party would lcyer cease - O. mark the
wrongdoers of 1876 with the Indignation of
''an outraged people all the meetings cx-
pressing their solemn purpose IN exactly the
/ same formula of words. " Max who appeared
TO be skipping about the United States in
very lively way, forwarded drafts from all
the stages Of his journey. An agent in Gem
rial Ncw-York telcgraphcd that Seymour was
safe. and the twist could be fastened for
"half hundred Edinburgh C0penhas gen." TO
whom the Colonel instructed a clerk 10 answer:
WARSAW here Bolivia BFazil."
The door was burst open and Mayor Cooper
entered in "A state of perturbation followed
by the Governors private secretary. The
Mayor had newspaper i'll his hand; he WAS
heated and out of breath. " Good gracious"
he cried "what on earth does tins mean
Have YOU seen his interview with Hutch
Gins 7" And he read from the paper, his hand
trembling and his voice unsteady: nave
mot been and am lot now doing anything
whatever toward securing the Democratic
denomination for the Presidency" The quiet
gentleman with long whiskers rose from his
chair, looking VERY much astonishcd. Colonel
Peton dropped the pen with which he was
about to fill Il check. Mr. Smith VI. Weed en-
tering in the midst Of the CONSERVATION. with
a bag in his hand and tho dust OF travel thick
on his beard was just i'll time To hear the
continuation of the reading, as Mr.. Cooper
after some fumbIing with the paper, found
his place further down the column and went
on: 81 can say that | have not taken any
steps TO secure a denomination by the Dem
"ocrdtic party for the Presidency. | can say
also that | do not contemplate taking any
"measures to secure such nomination or to re-
"ject it before it is offered. | am credited
g with having an agent in every voting pre-
"cinct throughout the United States, and with
"many more equally absurd devices TO secure
:" that which | do not seek" Mr. Weed was
the first to recover his self-possession. Ger
"tainly," said he, as he deposited the carpet
bag in a corner and drew chair to the
table that's all right. Most absurd device
in the world. Here's little memorandum
"of my expenses, Pclton, and I'll trouble you
" for a check
The interrupted conference was resumed.
Dispatches from different parts of the cOun-
try were received and answered. The Mayor,
quieted but not entirely treasured, entered
into an earnest conversation apart with Mr.
Weed, on the subject of Commissioners French.
Colonel Pelton busted himself in the compO-
stion of dispatch to Mr. MacLean. Others
of the party prepared articles for the country
press, aided by n scrap-bOok containing all
the recent letters and speeches of Alr. Samuel
]. Tilden. The meeting lasted until late in
the afternoon. When it broke up Colonel Pei
ton looked significantly toward the front
parlor. winked ut his companions, and laid
his forefinger across his lips. They. in turn,
looked toward the front pdrlOr, winked at
Colonel Pelton, laid their foretingers across
their lips, and muttering, "The old man
doesn't know anything about it, softly let
themselves out of the house and dispersed.
They had hardly got around the corner
when the door of communication between the
parlors opened and an old gentleman entered
the room where Colonel PotOn was putting
away the dictionaries. " w illiam," said this
venerable person, - the cause | have repre-
scented has embraced the largest and hottest
interests of humanity If | knew of any
futile dallance with fraud l never would
"condOne it-ncver, never, neverw TO which
the Colonel replied that he dedicated himself
to the sacred cause of Reform, and that no
did not think there had been anything futile,
except Mayor Cooper.
While the public are still in doubt rcspcc ting the
fate of the Western aerOnaut-. painful intelligence
comes from San Francisco, where two persons en-