National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-07
NEW YORK LETTER
THE EMPIRE STATES NEW SENATOR.
Sketch Of 7. c. Platt-GOssip Aboai t',a Rae. n,
the Cnited States seRatOrsai9 Caa-
trail Sem York and Some Of
Its Able Aea.
Spcc:q, Care.ao,.,iear, of the rc,,s,g;o,.

ator IS not great orator, bat lie i trsDla,.,,,
worker, said gentleman the other dar. r,,,, "a,
been intimately acquainted with the EIo! T,,-,,,
c. Plat for many Yeas ia his political 55,.ir,,
and social life. This opinion echoes that IS -,
/ friends, who do not eSpec; aim % eIec,-i-- -,
senate. Roscoe COnkling will still noy. a..
machinery that brings about the senatorial TIM,
der and lightning TO keep the great Stale o. Yea.
/ York before the people but the work bys,r,-o,,
mankind is mos, benefited, in iesislatr-, a. =,
nature is not done by hurricanes. ami senate
Plat viii be the senator of the people. A 90
/ chopper-but N these days the number Of ?-..,I.
choppers to each congressional distr,c Is gDa,.
/ ura0iy limited and may represent large ca,
by saying al-heaYeE, viii find him a. acca..-.,
Tor any legislation needed for his work orpI-.-
zeal condition as General Grant IS For IN. imam.
ration of the coming exposition. But wEfl,. -.
atof Flat Is not great orator he Is IN cxc,....
talkeF 4 man of genial Wit and broad cg1I,r-r. a,
IS especially fond Of good JOKE, and while no. q
( Joe Miller,
HIS CLEVER COS NOTS
are well known among his wide circle OF Jc,s.,i,.
aheeS and the satire which he can use UPON occ,
sion Is clear, clean, and iRcisige With En-,
Weapon he carries the quiet manners ola .r...-
ored gentleman, with the genuine ring OF a kirdiy
/ honorable character underlying the coyrteo,5, OK
terror Office seekers and sycophsn3S VIII find
| MN armed and equipped foc the onslaught. f..
| ne secs the motive behind 4 wal! of words o, 4
Dal'eFF OF masked action with almost irtstinciya
perceptions and, to the discontinue OF those ,.o
have anything to conceal. he points out the anal
coloTcd boy in the wood pile
The HISTORY Of RACE
for the Scholarships always s,j ge7e-.s R. ....
Is one feature in Or political history which la, -,
often REQUIRED that il has considera bic
Tor some years Virginia was The mother OF Poi
dents. Now. IS Chauucey DeDew SAYS. ;,r,.,
arc 5Oru great and some live il Ohio Tioo4 ,,I
the counties in its vicinity is a favored lacar--
Ne" tork State, which is just now tasin. all .r
me prizes--GoyernoF Cornell, Of Ithca. &c a.t,.
hey-Generai from neighboring town and n,y
senator PIatt OF OweSo- remember Oweg1. @frlci
visited several years ago IS an UausuaiIy n~...,
little city bright. business-Iike. and epferr-.,9,
heard some bits of thrilling early local l.s,,r3
AID saw the bridge under which y p WTl3-. an,
supposed to have written his once famous pa.,-
dated
UNDER \ BRIDGR
The low, yellow cottage stood cIozs by
and he probably very sensibly looked a.
the bridge from window while he ..r,o
the article Glen Mary was close at hand;
shadowy with thick standing pine ..-.,
fragrant with baIssmic odors. and sIippe.r ..i,
fallen pine needles. \ brook al the bottom o. an,
glen moved and murTnured through the u.;ri
world CT rock and shadow. Ia the srCJ, ,e,ri
which stretched beyond grew trailing a~fq+,i, aud
ground pine ankle deep. liked the local col,-i,s
which the suburb gaze to the city Mr.. Plat, grst
the one maH in The city ont of whom tbc- -u.d4
their presidents for companies and c0r,ors. ION,
for number of years, and he is nov bur FORTY
eight years old He has divided himself ;ta -
naEkably into number of Official positions, P,ts-
Ident OF the United States Express Company. psc,-
Easf-
OF the Tioga National Bank OF Ogego. reprc,s.r.-
ing the State of New York III he National Rer,.,-
hcJn Committee, and chairman of an0. her REM,
ican organization.
HE HAS FOUND TINE.
Win all The rest, 10 steer clear OF disaster IL lii,
mining Interests which are OF consdeFa be extent
Having already served two terms as a Represent
atlvG in Washington, both ne and Mrs Plat al,
well known there in social life. He il sin na!T
ive feet ten in height, and. as senator WOodu
says 1T does not require Il Step-lsddcr 20 reach
him. Mrs. Plat IS fine, intelligent looking
woman. with dark hair a'-l eyes and an lmp,,la.
presence. There are thte SOUS in the family
Inc eldest, somewhat OF N invalid is cOnuecieI
with the line of Pacific mail steamers: the sccUlt
IS in business in OwesO, and the youngest is =.
Yale College, where by the way Senator Plat gsas
educated. There is another among the newly
elected Senators with whom New YGrless aro
tOlerably familiar,
GENERAL CHARLES II. VAN wYCK, OF NEBRASKA.
For three terms in succession he Represented tlrs
congressional distric. which includes Grange and
Sullivan Counties, in this State. and well FemeT
Der the gala days thatthe school children expected
and got when he visited anyone Of the toBu5 lie
was extremely near-sighted, and he wOH,d pess
through ls glasses at the merry faces in The kind
Hess way as il he were making a sort OF piii.o-
soptical stady OF theii evident enjoyment, ia,
when no once secs 4 person he has either 4 re-
maTkable natural memory for EIees or cIs- q p,-
ltically cultivated one. for he seems never go for
get i. and always 10 know just where &. yelOas,
His old constituents, who are very Joni o. him,
Ike 10 tel jokes Of few Of MS near sighted ex-
plots during the war. and some Of his Eeml. ksr.5
ree0sniti0ns Of his constituents and their Etm,ic
But his physical near Sightedness does 40. alyc.
his Intellectual vision. and We have inn hr.ieI
tnathe viii see in Washington the best and broad
est interests OF his constituents in Nebrasks.
MRS. VAN WICK = A VERY CHAaaISG EuUtS.
1 think good many years younger than her hes
band She belonged 10 the distinguished family
Of Broadheads Of Port JerYis, y. Y. ana va,
belle i'll society IN New York city and IN Washing
ton before her marriage. She has dark hair, dIs;.
brilliant eyes. and great viYacity Of rlauner and
expression. 1t Is generally understood ths. she
likes politics, and IS in fun sympathy wiih hcr
husband III all Of his political aspirations.
\ bill was passed IN the Albany Legislature l.sI
week requiring thar the use OF IRE escapes a,J s
ART o. swimming be- taugh! 70 children in scLu'.i.
Such legislation indicates that common >c>-
slowly pcrmeatins the minds OF our makers
The natatoriumS or swimming schools which wee.
established here during the last two summers did
a good work, though they were crude in appoint
ments.
But WHILE THE ART or SWIMMING
good thing il Is 20 be hoped that The Sfsccs u
New York will not often be as they wcre & does
times during the winter just past, When !, 30
unusual thing 20 see Waif standing on ihc c.,.'-
stone looking across the waste OF waters eFjJtH.'g
propoundinS mental cOnundrum whether ,o,-IS
or swim, ana finally giving it up in favor Of ',J
ing. The law IN question IS indirect rccuSI-
ton of the fact that We are travelling people Ns
go wherever there is a special attraction. JNi
row it is the Inauguration at WasuD=tu.'. and
from all accounts the citizen viii Reed >OHr ats
OF escape from the iuuudatoI, OF strange q. Is,
it will Dc The exposition in New l",s ma
travel The iHCfieatiOns are that ihit ..Jt
larger number Of people LGGn uSIia! r'l
turn theiS faces Eastward. Talking "lth MI ~
TItoni, the general manager ii Cook ; i0..-- 10
other day, found that already = large a'iltrt
were booked FOR the various excursions cac.t "a
NAY, JUNE, ASo JULY rAarIl>.
These excursions seem 10 be = happy ulcs'I'i." To-,
Il transition state netwecu tie OLD Et-''''t
rOughing ii ana = condition oi ultra rei'g'u,i-
y;heiI people shall travel rypTOyy Ike al S'atl
means il i the most desirable Duly accredited .
one hes. parties Won still may ike the ill>t rt
;oro ~ Inc Had 1c. many things by It sIiiI
,c;, DtIi DELAY viii HJt De one OF Them. When yUE
piolisIy ,.;fciIiata No nIan knows what LAY may
bring forth y1ji make 2 mental .c>eivJti0u 10
fave. ~ Mr. RasIsiOuj WHO knows - = ia;uUc
when the juUSis- will sue Mount BJaC e.. :.
Peters. whei, E- Will dine at hOrJDc5i lost
through the streets OF NCJtCc, Mi tHc ipf.t
loitcy .dT,i.iS nc S0i, dc BoGlU=Itr Sli Owe .1'
Scottish lake.. wander through she EJs:i>i Ct,-
lies, o.. Sis> rle BiarrE Stone II Ireland a'.
such auspices you Esay 90 40 Erssitc' #.i..f..
know in. - the lingo lou may vi>lt ,t..i'@!
willUu s.irClb.. f'rI.--. al.-s lGty without b., -
forced tuc4t inIcirOU. coming :Uj o. t-i-
Avenue Hotel the other day met &dnJ:-s t..-
oithe American Exchange il: Eurc9' sGAc. p '