Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13
PoLITIcs IN NEW YORK.
a Sealed Room i'm Which TiIden's Body
Servant is Gagged.

Correspondence of the Morning NeaCs.
NEW YORK, August 1O.-Have your
readers ever heard an absurd story of a
sealed room, without doors and with Win
dows so high as to be comparatively in
accessible, in Greystone, Mr.. Tilden's
country house? This mysterious apart
ment is supposed to be located over Mr..
Tilden's bedchamber, from which it is en-
tered through an opening in the inter-
vening floor. Access to the opening is
obtained by means of a winding staircase
of light but ornamental pattern. The
room, according TO the story, is the sleep
ing apartment Of Mr.. Tilden's body SER
want, who is thus kept at night within
| call of his employer in a place which he
/ cannot leave without Mr.. Tilden's know
| ledge. Why Mr.. Tilden finds it necessary
| to thus make his servant a prisoner
during the witching hours of darkness
! the story does not explain, but leaves to the
| imagination to surmise that the victim to
| nightly incarceration is in possession of
| some secret concerning his employer
! which he might divulge, being of con-
vivial disposition, if allowed to "hear the
| chimes at midnight in Yonkers saloon.
Another, and perhaps more likely sur
would be that Mr.. Tilden is insane. and
| that the Imprisonment of his valet in the
mysterious chamber is the freak of a mad
man! Surmises aside, there are people
! who actually believe in the existence OF
this doorless apartment which can only
| be reached by mounting through the cell
ing of Mr.. Tilden's sleeping room.
If Greystone possesses such chamber,
Mr.. Tilden just now would doubtless like
| to nave ID. G. Birdsall of WestpOrt, Conn.,,
! for it's occupant. However much it may
be denied and disapproved, Mr.. Birdsall's
assertion that Mr.. Tilden labOred to de-
! feat General Hancock will be believed by
| those who delight to think evil of public
men.
One who knows the character of many
of the men calling themselves Democrats
in New York, however, does not find iG
necessary to believe that either John kel-
| ly or Mr.. Tilden, worked against Gen.
Hancock in the election of 1880. Where
| their interests conficted, Kelly doubtless
preferred himself to the ''superb" Presi-
Dental candidate, but he had no desire /
| to defeat him. 1t would have been expect |
| ing too much of poor human nature to
| have Mr.. Tilden exert himself strenuous
| ly to secure the election of the man whose
! candidacy prevented him from being cleo
ted a second time President of the United |
| States, but he was merely luke-warm. |
However much he might have had the !
will, he would not have dared to be posi-
| lively hostile to the candidate of his own
| party The reduction of the Democratic !
majority in New York and Brooklyn was
mainly due to the crowd of local candi- |
! dates, who got their friends to vote for |
Garfield, in order to secure Republican |
| votes for themselves. That in this way |
! thousands of votes were secured to the !
| Republican Presidential candidates, | |
| have every reason to believe, and 1T is !
| these men who, while calling themselves
| Democrats, never scruple to sacrifice
their party to their own interests, that
cause New York to be one of the worst |
governed cities i'll the country.
DORSEY HAS EXPLAINED HOW THOU
SANDS
of other votes were obtained by purchase
pure and simple, and when you reckon |
the chances of a Democratic candidate |
for the highest office in the gift of the !
people you must make allowance for the |
votes which will be sold and bargained |
away in New York city. Didius Julianus |
purchased the right to call himself Roman |
Emperor for hardly more than two months |
by the expenditure of $12 600. A tenth |
part of that sum put where it will do the |
most good will make man President of |
the United States for four years. The |
elections of 1876 and 1880 prove this, and |
in the latter year the money that did the |
ulOSb SOOu was JldC6U Ill new OIk.
While the name is legion of the traitors |
in the Democratic camp here, there are a
number Of faithful among the faithless
who are so Virulent and radical in their |
political views that they would make an
unrecOnstructed secessiOnist gasp and
stare. They have the courage of their
convictions, too. l know of one who is
fond Of saying that, although not ordina-
rily believer iii special proyidences,
he considers. Guiteau to have been the in
strument of infinite justice.
BY way of changing the subject as much
as possible let me tell you the remark
Brooklyn woman made at a summer resort
in the northern part of the State to prove |
her daughters talent in the art in Which Sir /
Joshua Reynolds and his American rival, |
Gilbert Stuart, were so proficient: 'She
painted portrait of her father, with his
hand behind his head and his tOothpick
IN his mouth, just as natural as one could
wishp
Those of your readers who have sport
ing tastes may be interested in knowing
that the once lithe-limbed form of the IA
nous trotter Lady Suffolk, may be seen
in front of a hTOOme street saddlery.
When the swift creature died, full of
years and hOnOrs, her skin was stuffed
and placed on exhibition in the disreputa-
bic theatre which was formerly located
at 444 Broadway. The skin got badly
singed in fire which destroyed the thea
tire, but the Broome street saddlers who
took it in payment of a bad debt of $500
consider that 1t was worth the money as
an advertisement. Think of Lady Suf-
folks skin being the sign of a saddlery.
To what base uses may we return.
''Imperial Caesar dead, and turned TO clay,
Might stop hole to keep the wind away"
ALL THAT SAID ABOUT THE BROOKLYN
BRIDGE
FIJI Iiuos 70 ipforforo with fbo |
ferry travel has proved true thus far.
Since the novelty has worn away travel
over the bridge has talien.Off wonderfully,
as these figures show: On the Sunday fol-
lowing tAe opening 1863, 584 persons crossed
the bridge; on the Sth of last month this
number was reduced to $500. 1t is eX-
pected that the trains which are to con-
vey passengers across the bridge will add
TO the foot travel, and they undoubtedly
will, but they will not affect the vehicle
travel, which has decreased greatly since
the ferries lowered their fares. The
bridge certainly is far from paying eX-
penses, and it is more than doubtful if it
ever will.
The decrease of bridge travel is attrib-
uted by Superintendent Martin to the hot
weather, which is very absurd, as the
weather has been remarkably cool since
the decrease has been greatest. For the
past fortnight, indeed, the weather has
been perfect. A succession of SunShIny,
breezy days have been followed by clear,
cool nights. In all that time the mercury
has seldom reached so degrees at its high
est point, Unless the present month and
September prove unusually warm, the
summer as a whole viii be the coolest for
the past years There is one drawback to
this delightful coolness-the mosquitoes,
which swarm in the very heart of the
city to a degree that almost puts New
Jersey to shame. n. D.
Major NiekeFsOn's Tactics.
A Washington special August 10th to
New York Times says that Major Nicker-
son, the mysterious and much-marrled
army officer, has once more favored the
War Department with an official COM
munication. This time he simply reports
his address for the current month, as re-