New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-05-16

The liquor interest controls the
New York City Democracy abso.
lutely, and as such has great voice
in the determination of questions
at the State Legislature. It is get.
ting much worse in the West, how
ever, and on its growing arrogance
Republicans may depend largely
for eventfnl success. It is bound
10 bring over all respectable people
from the unterrified side." Even
Democrats are getting tired of it.
Said an Ohio man to me the other
day, cit is impossible for Demo-
crat in our State to get on a ticket
if he has incurred the hostility of
that interest In Indiana it is
the same, and in Illinois much
worse. In the latter State, howev.
err, the whiskey dealers will sign
their own death warrant as they
are determined to force the no nina.
ton Of Carter Harrison for Gov
ernor, on the Democratic tick.
et.''
A leading Republican Senator
assured me the other day that tar
if tinkering would not be INDUCED
in for the next twenty years in
Congress, "and," said he, eff the
Democrats attempt it at the next
session they will have to answer to
the country for it. Radical chang
es are always bad in political eco.
nomy. They disturb the equilibri.
um and injure the party to- be ben.
Gifted perhaps as much as the party
that is supposed to suffer. Now
the Republicans have done all that
was necessary to be done, and if
the Democrats have the grace ofGod
with them, they will leave well
enough alone.''
The withered hand Of Tilden is
at work unremittingly to pave the
way for 1884, and the shadow of
his feshless limb is demoralizing
the Democracy. They are consol:
ing themselves now with the as
surance he is too old for the Presi-
dency. Tilden until he is
dead and buried is never too
old to seek revenge for what the
Democrats grandiloquently called
"The Great Fraud.'
The arrangement for the open.
ing of the Brooklyn Bird ge are all
but complete, and the hotels, par
ticularly those near the East River
shore are making extensive prepa-
rations to take care of the influx
of visitors which will undoubtedly
come to town for the occasion. In
the evening reception is to be
given to President Arthur and Gov.
ernor Cleveland at the Academy of
Music. There will be grand illu-
mination of the two cities, and fire.
works will be set off from the
Bridge and other places. The I'm
ishing touches are now being put
to the structure, and an army of
painters is at work painting the
bars. Seen from below they look
like so many crows circling about
iron posts.
Unknown to the world at large
there is a mart here for the disposal
of babies as well as in Paris. There
are about four so-called frst-class
houses conducted by doctresses
who studied in Europe, where in
fants from week to three or four
years old may be disposed of or OBJ
tanned. They obtain their supply
Chow heartless the word sou nds)
from girls who have been nnfortu-
nate, but are yet humaa enough
not to destroy the results of unwise
love. The mothers are well taken
care of, and the infants are given
for adoption only to families Of un.
doubted responsibility. A physician
Of good standing must also vouch for
them. A full surrender Is given in
every case to the adopters. The
infants are generally adopted by
families without children, and thus
they are assured Of good treatment.
A physician who told me of this
matter, SAID that this traffic was
really very large, and that the chill.
dren were almost without excep.
ton Of American parsntage, and
that the mothers as a rule came
from out-of-town places.
Sales Of curiosities, historical
curios and autographs are common
enough in Europe, but they happen
SO seldom here that when they do
occur they are worthy Of note. A
few days ago the chattels and ef.
fects Of the we'll known Italian ar