The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-26

when he was Supervisor during the
reign OF the sanity Tweed. Tam
many, that political leech, has Sc.
cured firm hold again on the body
polite and it will not be long before
the people will have reason to regret
having reposed confidence again in
Democratic pledges.
AT Albany 1t is the same. Speak
er Chaplin who prior to his election
was herald as a political and legisla-
tive Moses, has trotted out all the
crippled and starving party hacks
and placed them at the head Of the
various important committees. A
disinterested press protested, but the
result showed that the immortal
words Of the great Democratic saint,
Tweed, "what are you going to do
about it?" still remain the legend
on the banner of the party. And
Governor Cleveland1 His own par
ty are ashamed of him, of his ignor.
ance and incapacity to view state
affairs from any but an amateur stand
point. "The leading candidate tor
the Presidency in 1884" has aroused
the sincere pity of the people in the
state. The Democracy is not to be
enved.
The sensation of the week was un.
questionably the suit for $4,000 dam
ages for breach of promise of mar
riage, brought by Miss Mary A. A.
Livingston, against Henry Fleming,
young millionaire. The details as
developed in the course ofthe trial
were prurient in the extreme. and Of
course the court room in Brooklyn
was packed to repletion with curiosi
ty seekers. The trial resulted in a
verdict for the plaintiff for the full
amount asked for, the heaviest
amount ever awarded in a breach Of
promise case in the history of legal
practice. Now, there is no doubt
that such verdict would not have
been given in any other city in the
Union save Brooklyn. That city has
not its like in the country. 1t has
more scandals to the square yard
than other large cities have to the
| square mile. 1t combines the pecu-
liar friskiness of Chicago with the
outward occurrences of a Quaker
town. Everybody goes to the church
and yet everybody looks as if he or
she had history. Outside OF that
however, Mr.. Fleming's case was
grossly mismanaged. His lawyer,
Mr.. Howe, who is very good at saving
criminals from the galows, seems to
have been at sea in this case. He
attacked the girl in the most brutal
manner. He called her cyprian
and the daughter of cyprian. On the
statement Of detective who seems
to be paragon of asinity, he charged
her with having kept an improper
lodging house ten years ago. Now
the girl is not yet twenty-one and the
detective simply ascribed to her the
doings Of a woman by the name of
Livingston, who for ten or fifteen
years prior to 1874 was fashionable
notorious character of metropolitan
shady life. Of course the jury had
to sympathize with her.
Said lawyer to me, man who at
one time filed the position of judge
in one of our leading state Courts,
and who has gained many laurels by
his pleadings at the bar, "the day OF
BULL ing plaintiff or heaping vile
abuse on him and treating him or
her in such manner as TO arouse
all that is manly in bystanders are
over. A lawyer who attemps to re-
ly on such a method will not alone
lose his own cases. but he will make
himself liable to prosecution. The
spirit of the age is in fivor OF moder-
alton and it was high time that this
spirit made itself felt.
An appeal has been taken from the
verdict and additional evidence
against the character Of the woman
has it is claimed been discovered.
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