New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-24
TOPICS IN THREE CITIES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FRANCISCO.
BOSTON.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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BosToN, Dec. 23.-Secretary Hoars chance fos
reelection is looking shade better, If anything.
His active share in the important work of the
Senate telling in bis favor recalling the fact that
he Is National figure of credit to the State. such
no man in his place could hope 10 be for years
to come. AS it happens, the baIoting cannot begin
till January 15 so that there is time for this im@
preston 10 deepen. As the Senator elected over
Mr. Boutwell, by the refusal of his supporters to 60
into caucus he understood to reject his friend
pose to make his election by means Of the eau
GUS That's the kind of politician Mr.. Hoar Is.
Another element Is working In his favor. The old
anti-Buter Democracy is not quite dead. Judge
Abbott says the Democrats must not eface
themselves by voting for Long, but must
nominate and vote for candidate of their own.
Judge Abbott does not care to have the idea fixed
in the mind of the National Democracy that there
Is only one Democrat in Massachusetts,
A like revolt against the one-man power is i'm
pending in municipal politics. The old-time De-
mocracy will attempt TO put a check upon the
towering ambition or Whitmore, the Republican
head of tho Democratic City Committee. who
warned the ex-Republican Mayorelect IN his Of
fetal letter notifying to him his nomination, that
he must put none but Democrats OH guard.
He was all but defeated for the
Common Council by the treachery of jealous Demo-
Gratis, and determined fight will be made against
his domination in the Council and In tho Mayors
office. These ungrateful Democrats doing q
rash thing IN attempting thus to stamp out the
brains of their organization.
The breezy incident of the week has been
the meeting of the unfortunate stockholders
of the Pacific National Band wrecked last spring
by the knayery OF irs president, A. L. Benyon, now
in parts unknown and the lending Of the funds of the
bank to T. c. Weeks, reckless and long -discredited
stock-speculator. Weeks's counsel vaInly attempted
to throw the meeting off the track Bank Exam
iner Needham and Receiver Best were handled very
roughly in the speeches for valuIng
ass-ts at $5,Oi9,75s which were found to be
good only for $508. 709 and for subsequent nils
representation deception and unwarranted threat-
enng to the stockholders" The poor stockholders
have already been bled Of two assessments of 100
per cent, and must send a third OF equal amount.
Their bitterness not surprising The pnbicinter.
est In their msforunes is the precedent to be set IN
the prosecution of the directors. whom they propose
10 sue at law to recover the moneys lost by their
| wrong-doing. An association formed for this
| purpose, and an assessment agreed to to pay ex-
penses of counsel in the suit.
Dr. William Everett the son Of Edward Everett.
| and head of the Adams Academy, OF Quincy, has
! gwen General Butler taste of the boycotting in
store for him, by publicly Withdrawing from the
| Forefathers' Day celebration at Plymouth, where
he had accented an invitation to speak, because tue
| Gover1or-elect was subsequently invited. Dr.
Eyeretts independence has always been OF the m0st
pronounced and peppery sort on all occasions.
| The Boston journal gave the public and even the
| newsdealers genuine surprise this week by an
nonncing reduction OF its price from three to two
! cents and from 80 to SO a year 10 the rumored
enlargement of The Boston Herald, the popular two
| oaptn nm IN opi IL "A tpd
its chief rival for the country circulation in New
| England.
The reported plot Of the Papyrus Club and its dis
| tingulshed guests including such persons as Gen.
| eral Francis A. Walker. Colonel Theodore Lyman,
Colonel T. W. IiggnSOn and their wives. TO insult
Mrs Langrry by leaving the room on her arrival at
the annual 10 iies' night reception TO which she was
lnyiled is preposterOus. Whether not Mrs. Lang
| try heard some malicious gossip TO thIs effect. and
thercupOn sent her excuses pleading illness, 1t cer-
| tainly las no foundation.