The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-15
NEW YORK LETTER.
Correspondence Of the Herald,

Correspondence OF the Herald,
New YoRW, August 10, 1880,
TO the Editor OF the Herald.
1t is difficult to say which Of the three fol-
owing subjects here engrossed the attention
of the press and public most during the past
week: "Dr Tanner" 1.-THE meeting Of
prominent Republicans" or ''The execution
and burial of Balbo, the Italian murderer
But the fast is over, Balbo is no more, and
Garfield is still swinging round the circle.
The plucky doctor has convinced even his
enemies that he is no fraud He held out to
he last, and lost only about thirty-two
pounds of flesh. On the thirty eighth day
he writer saw the Minneapolis faster, and
while he looked somewhat detected
and showed indications of suffering, he
a. a pretty lively subject for a corpse.
here was large crowd present
90 SEQ him when the fast should be COM
pleted. The wonder was what he would ont
first 10 soon satisfied the curious by h3-
posing Of two glasses Of milk, and .Acu
turned to large watermelon that had been
in waiting some four or five days, and his
happiness in destroying the melon was only
exceeded by a Texas darkey engaged in a
similar operation. Between II O'clock Sat.
urday, the time of ending the fast, and 1890
Saturday night DR.. Tanner had eaten pint of
milk, pound of steak, three apples, two
watermeons and five ounces of WIFE, The
physicians say he will be in good condition
il one week. We may then expect to hear
of some lecture bureau making engagements
for the man who can live without eating 1t
il said tn, DR.. Tanners wife left him be-
cause she could not adapt herselfto his econ.
omical mode of living.
Your dispatches have told you of the
great aud good Garfield visiting the city, in
charge of his friends, He is still swinging
round the circle, but the policy, it seems,
will be a bad one for him. H. is always be.
ing criticised for the course. The Republicans
gathered from all quarters anu tried t, affect
great enthusiasm. The general belief WAS
That no southern state could be carried for
Garfield, but Connoyer, Of Florida, did per.
suade them to holp him, as he wants to he
made governor at the expense Of the party.
Some of the leaders, ii is said, were not back
ward in saying that their Republican
brethren Of the south We're like the delegates
to the Chicago convention from that section,
trying TO make money out of the campaign
when they knew the CAUSE hopeless, yet with
sill that they arc wi'Hg TO assist in putting
these scsiawags ia Office to plauder the
southern people.
cannot see poasibl. show for Garfield
20 carry New York hsyo made nc effort
TO ascertain the feeling outside, bu, have
heard SO many men who have always voted
the Republican ticket say tdey would vote
For Hancock. ] heard prominent physi.
clan say few days ago, II have slways
voted Republican, but feel rs if | would
vote for Hancock" IL believe" said he,
Garfield is an able man. and do not think
him corrupt, but be did what no public man
should do. Flo accepted retainer in q mat
ter that he ought to have seen, Gs public
man, would have come before congress, and
in that event could not treat the subject as
one who was disin,erested." lie said 81
think this principle of accepting such retain
ers should be rebuked, and now is a good
time"
There can be no doubt that
Che Republicans have lost the
Italian vote in November. 1t grew out OF
the Balbo execution. Cornell's failure to
interfere has aroused the whole race in New
York, and they openly declare they will
vote solidly against the Republicans this
fall, Balbo was a young man, and ia a
frerzy of jealousy, he murdered his wife for
infdelity In Italy there is no capital pun
ishment, and he would perhaps not have been
sent to the penitentary for more than five or
ten years. The Italians worked hard to get
the governor to interfere, and he refused,
There can be no doubt but that, as q matter
Of law, he was correct, but the Italians
charge that he would have saved Young
Balbo had Il not been that he refused to in
terfere in the case Of Chastine Cox, the col
ored murderer, and now II bo conimuted tho
sentence of this youFg ltalisn, il would lose
the negro vote. Balbo was then sacrificed
20 save the negro vote TO the Republi-
can party. 1t has undoubtedly lost.
the Italian vote Balbo was made perfect
martyr. He was executed privately and
when his body was tuken to the under,aker's
some fifteen or twenty thousand people Wis
tied IT, and when he was buried yesterday
all the Italian societies were out in force. The
procession, 1t is raid, had some fifteen thou.
sand. After tn burial some exciting speeches
we're made by tho leaders, and some who
have always been Republicans declared they
would rebuke Governor Cornell in Novem-
Der. Mr.. frath VINO ~ me mayors i1terpte'
ter and Republican, said, with considerable
excitement: "My compatriote the first Ital.
ism who has ever suffered death in this city
has been condemned by political clique
Now York seems TO be fun Of Texans just
row. Captain l.. II. Smith and ID. II. Nor.
row have been here for about week. j. g
U't!onner and Tim Trezevant arrived here
fr'dsysand Captain Smith and Mr., O Conner
irit fap In ~ a.. a - Nd