New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-29


REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS BRrGHTESTSG-rHE PRO-
HIBTrIoN ELENfENT-RATLwAY DiPRovENEvrs--
THEATRICAL NOTEs-A MAY FESTIVAL TALKED
oF-MRs sCovuLE DECLARED INSANE.
fBY TELEGRAPH THE rRIBUNE.I
CHICAGO Oct. 2s.-POlltlcal affairs absorb the
public interest and the campaign grows more lively
every day. II all the city Congressional districts,
except the Is the track is cleared, and the hOrses
are off, In the Ist Mr.. Dunham, president Of tho
Board of Trade has get no opponent, Mr.. Doane,
the regular Democratic nominee, and prominent
merchant, having declined the empty and expen-
sive honor of opening barrel Since that action
the candidacy has gone begging. Not that Dem
ocratic candidates are scarce, but the man has
not yet appeared able TO WIN a race where his COM
petitor has so good a start.
In the I'D District the Republicans have made no
nomination. Three Irshmen-Finerty, Curran and
Sheridan--and mongre Ar-lev. are entered there.
1t is an Irish district and the population have de-
clared for their favoTites with true Donnybrook
ardor. Finerty, young and dashing journalist
good writer and talker, supported by the entire
city press is lighting the machine and rou7ng the
sovercgns with his brilliant appeals. He Is afraid
of nothing, and will unquestionably SO to WASH
ington as bold Independent and FREQ
lance. He will represent his district
and all Ireland besides. On one issue
hostility TO the British andlorl-his position
is fixed, and Nr. Robinson viii have to l1o6 10 his
aurels when Ireland needs an advocate. L Is also
certain that be Will be a rash Southrou w hO reads
upon his skirts, unless he is prepared fora rght
upon the spot
In the lid District Davis, Republican is up for
reelection against Black and in the IVfh Adams.
Republican, Is pItted against Judge Tree, who IS TOO
much OF a siik-stocking to arouse the unwashed.
The.canvass opened darkly for the Repub .cau- but
the clouds have parted and there is now
little doubt that Chicago will have three Repub-
lican Representatives in the next House.
The county campaign is growing hot. The Pro-
hibtionists are in the field, with the clergy for
their rear guard the Germans Will struggle for
their beer and Mayor Harrison heads rhe Demo-
cratic cohorts under the patronage OF Nike
Mcdonald, boss Of the gambling-houE, AID slums.
who aspires TO be the Tweed Of Chicago. The
Mayors audacity has aroused public Indignation,
and McDonald's appearance in the canvass has
saved a battle which otherwise might have been
lost. Prohibition is for the first time fairly in
the field IN the Western States. and the liquor
shop also appears boldly as an element IN politics.
the temperance Issue is sharply defined and Will
affect the general result in some quarters.
The people Of Illinois viii vote upon tlo legIsla.
tive act ceding the Illinois and Michigan canal to
the United states but a5 there Is no opposition the
measure will be carried. The Democrat impetus
from the Ohio election is losInT force, and il now
looks as If the West would come mp TO its OIL Re.
publican standards.
The repaired ruin of 1871, which
has served for the Illinois Central and Michigan
Central Railroads a station, will give place 10
elegant building which is to be ready fo. occu.
pancy next fall. 1t viii be 7i5 feet in length By
167 Ia width and viii be built OF pressed brick,
with stone trimmings, at a cost of 100000. II II
be true that Mr. Vanderbilt is now the real owner
OF the Nickel Plate road, the new trunk-line will
probably get InUo the new depot. One good depot
deserves another, and it is understood that
Jay Gould will be here to-day to
inspect the plans of depot equaIly large
and elegant TO be erected in HarrisOn-st and that
they will be finally approved next week In New
York by the Western Indiana syndicate.
The public is not yet through with It's discussions
Of the dramatic hardIhood of Mr.. Miln--the used.
to-be clergyman and would-be actOr-and he will
invade New-York lone, ,fOrewarned Is forearmed.
HIS Hamlet Is an expression Of Mr.. Minis views re-
garding the melancholy Dane. which are ingenious
and scho arly but would have been more enjoyable
If they had been presented to the public IN the
form of an essay. As to his Idgo it Is
his good fortune that he was among his friends. a.
it would otherwise have been laughed OF the stage.
Mr.. Min is not mOuntebank, for he is IN earnest.
but his cOnceit is monumental.
The Union Square Company enter upon the third
week OF an unusually successful season of The
Lights o London" at Havery's, and the Madsou
Square Company will begin their fourth engage
ment with Hazel Krke" IN this city at McVIck-
er's, next week.
AntOna Henne of New-YOrk. sang here this week
in Bucks cantata, " The Nun of NIdarss." She was
very well received and made a success Of esteem
rather than of enthusiasm.
II is now definitely settled that Chicago will have
a May Festival in 1854, and meeting will be held
next week at which the conductors Will be elected
and works announced. 1t is not impossible that ac-
ton will be taken looking TO the erection of hall
for such occasions. The nucleus of the chorus ia
already formed.
Another episode of the Guiteau case closed to-day
by the verdict of jury in the County Court
adIudgng Mrs. Scovile, Guiteau's sister.
insane. The case, which was brought
by her husband. has occupied the
court several days. and the testimony has exposed
the most pitable details Of house divided against
itself and Of domestic misery almost unparalleled.
The Jury have declared the unfortunate woman a
proper subject for the asylum. Her friends
threaten to prevent such a consummati0n by tax
ing her to Canada. motion for a new rril
has been entered.