The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1882-12-30
Gotham Gossip.

Republican Orer G0%HfcHcc.--l JyG"S2GFaft
Nodge.-Wbcr CIrI Se,r:oc Reform; - ne
u&sa-y-Easiaess DaN IA tire &,arcs--
Ijeaty Qf Etc2ic 70 Crori he lLoyoaga
fares, and II m5nirifte Christmas 'DisF'ags.
Ept RES 10 PurcAa>c.- ?~i9hfncss cf tie
-aoney Mayhei.-I Iorc Hep.tal teeii"g.
New York. December .3nd, Ise2.
Republicans in their tactics in ariab'y
count upnn the gnilibiiity Of the public a.
the greatest factor III their tIvor, but
their frantic demand for Civil Service Re
form just Al present i, 50 thin as to b.
! TRANSPARENT. They want Il ''il' FIXING ;lr
tenure Of office at four wears, and they rX-
pect Democrats to vote for it and Thereby
enable the Pre>iden: to ill all o:l!r,s with
the exception OF perhaps Il few foreign
ministers. 50 securely IS to render l)ciiio
cratic national victory III lcS4 valarlrSs
The only trouble ahout this pretty scheme
is that il * too one sided for this season f
the wear. But that our civil service needs
a national over-laulin@, is beyond Il doubt
and that this is Impossible as long as Re
puhiiean Congress sits ut Washington is
likewise Il cact. Senator Pe.dleton's dis
closures o. the methods by which OR civi!
service is made the c~ostlicst in the world
aud is so iebascd rs to be practically moth
ing else than the means by which politi-
clans pay their campaign expenses, are Ell
! cul2ttd to open the eyes Of TIE worid ut
large. Places are made to afford patron
are. One Office held by Il man ut l,Shc Il
year WAS divided into three parts so as to
max PAGES for three women at $500 eacl.
Oae o...crl desired 20 nave s@cJcra, useless
Offices abolished and one necessary depart
meat established. This necessary delIaId
was aol complied with, because it would
have lonp.l OF 50 mnch patronage. Tins
is tie country made to Pay that tic Ar
thurs. the Camcrons, the Pages and other
political buesrs may iatten NJ the public
crib 70 wonder that reform in t!,iS res
rect Cannot he lookrl for until the DEMO
cracy takes the helm once more.
TAe streets of The city are t~1ron4cl wifi,
shoppers, and the ~thoroughfares - FROST Of
the great stores in Broadway. sixth Ave
nue.. Eighth Avenue. Fourteenth street.
Twenty thirji Street and Grand Street are
fairly blocked with males ana females /;
young and Old, rich and poor And yet
the rronrictMrs of nearly all the stores com
plain Of bad business. The crowds rush IN
look on and 70 away. aud this is the same
story everywhere. A fair business is lie
ing lone in the toy and dol departments
but outside OF these the income scarcely
covers expenses. The other afternoon |
had to accompany a lady to an immense
establishment in Fourteenth Street. We're
nearly halfau hour at one stand, the lady
of course taking the usnal female allow
ance of time to make her selection. Dur
ing that half Eonr the girl that waited up
on ms was asked fully one hundred qurs
lions by people passinS-by and not one of
these questions led to Il purchase OF even
the vcriest trit1e.
The anxiety of the owners and man
ayers. and the fatigue and strain on tie cIn
ployees in these stores is really enormous
The latter have been required to work from
fourteen TO fifteen hours IA day during TIE
past week, and the result Of the hot Sitting
air and restless worry IS telling On the girls
Poor things tLey have seemingly not spisit
enough left in them to insist on their title
o "salesladieS." bnt-ace content to remain
1t, ., I,-,,,.u
The cause of this dnllness may be traced
baci1 directly to the tightness of the money
market. and 70 the sharpe decline of some
OF the leading securities IN the Stock EN-
change. Wall Street is the IHlsc Of metro
poiitan If. VII II il mukes money. every
body seems prosperous. When L loses every
body is short. The bears are having thing.
pretty generally their own way, bnt IL fee
ing OF horefalnesS is manifcsting itself on
the ball SIDE 0ftlle street, and after the fist
Of January settling has been gone through
with Affairs will again have an upward ten
dency.