New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-08

smiling as they had bought the second prize In lot
tery Dwight Lawrence says: Cornell is Just sitting up
there enjoying It. Major Billiard says They getting
more trouble to find who wants Hepburns place
than Diogenes had 10 find honest fellow with lamp
guess they will give it to Jakey Worth" At this Shed
Shook bursts into great laugh and ia with difficulty
brought to composed state and answers my question.
"Untange for me- Shook" said l. "the skein OF these
city ntrigues" well said Shook "these fellows that
Arthur has made his city machine OF for the
spoils here than they do Folger. Johnny OBrien
wants to be County Clerk He will want to trade with
these Democratic factions now looks the
Democrats would not agree. They won't let Tammany
make the Mayor. although Tammany Outvotes any Of
their other organizations. Yet IL they split should
think they would all vote for Cleveland. That it
to me, would be the point Of honor among all their fac
TONS And think the Spartan machine far liable
to trade Foger away for potage than tho Ces here to
trade away Cleveland Did you the press said
MI Shook so unitedly antagonistio TO machine
nomination as now It's like the old Dutch song
"Neckar and weser swell the tide
Main flashes to the sun.
Old feuds old hates are dashed aside,
All German men one"
General John II. Ketcham Of Dover Plains IA said 10
have taken credit for FOgers nomination. and In
his district the wadsworth deserted and made
terms for b. MotOO Carpenter. Keteham has time to sit
Ike MArius in the ruins OF Carthage and continue to
sweep up the credit He has in politics twenty
eight years and it is said that instance Of his
shrewdness he once nominated his Democratic compel
itOr for Congress, who, by previous understanding
threw the race and Ketcham got it. These Stawarts
delight In such feats Of chivalry.
Jake Hess says he favors tho selection Of citizen for
Mayor who will be only his citizen and not his
political character and will draw the votes OF even the
platitudinarians. Such Mayor Seth Low, per-
haps, If we have him but perhaps New-YOrk
has not hero in 1t left. Time when Gidersleeve
could shoot his way into judgeship" but since the
English so easily beat our militia team nobody to
SHOOT into the Mayoralty.
Bob McCOrd (another Spartan. with red head) feel
ingy remarked on Arson q. McCo0k lately "NOw there
was man very convenient for to for Mayor
day but he and kicked the being bred
too fine in the pastern joints McCook was sent to
by Boss Charley Backe and expected vote for
steamship subsidies etc. which he wouldn't do, and
to use Governor COmell's words he marked for
destruction" He wouldn't work the kinchin any
other "lay any better than Oliver Twist though he had
been lifted into Congress by the small window and
ordered open the hall door and let Toby Craekett and
William Skies, esquire in. His present position
is Congress independently If Spartan Lawson
runs, but not otherwise General Lloyd Aspnwau tells
me ne will not take the nomination in McCOOk's district
because he cannot be absent from this city TO attend
Congress.
The various fast freight lines West from this city
unable to take all the goods offered during last week the
mercantile trade having been great. This shows that
the United State Is growing and more continental
nation. trading within its vast confines and that the
domestic trade Is rapidly becoming nearly the whole
trade Thus steamships earning little. while rail-
roads earning much. The materials rapidly
being domesticated here. Mr. W. p Copeland appeared
before the Tariff Commission last week To ask for duty
the ibex horn from India which is used for corset
splits as the manufacturers find they cattle