The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-07-26
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Correspondence of the Democrat.
New YORK, july 18th, 1888.


The all absorbing topic of CONVEX
sation this week among politicians
was the Tilden Manifesto; the inter
view at Saratoga with a party who
spoke very much as if he were the
mouthpiece of the Sage ofGreystone.
"What does this remarkable interview
amout to ?" l asked of q leading poll
%tician, whom there are few b%etterpost-
ed on current events. "Simply This"
said he. 1.-THE old fox is singing
Come into the Garden, Maud But
Maud Kelly will not come. Tilden
has at last found out that his ambi-
tious hopes will never be fulfilled rs
long as he does not make peace with
Kelly, and he now makes an effort to
stoop that he may conquer. AL his
Establishments, however, arc wasted
on the Tammany leader. Kelly, if
anything, is honest in his hatred. Now
he will no more lend q hand to the
support of the aged lover of power,
than he would resign the leadership
in the Wigwain.
If Kelly and Tilden were united,
they could carry New York State for
the latter, but without it Tilden can
never hope to succeed, and you may
sci it down for an assured fact that
Kelly will never come 10 the rescue.
The Democracy must rise at the next
election, but they must at the same
time put up q strong q For the
Republicans the election of 1884 will
be q struggle for life and death, and
they will make no mistake so far as
tl,a ,Nr;,aa Sc oo,oor,a1 Mo
not therefore afford to be careless"
"The Democratic campaign in Penn
~sylvania will not be an easy one,"
said q Democratic Congressman of
that State to me at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel the other evening. They have
a good ticket and their platform is up
on the whole excellent as well. The
charge of Nepotism which they have
made against Governor Pattison is do
ing us considerable harm, and we will
have hard work to disabuse the pop
ular mind OF the gross exaggeratiou
Of the accusation.
The camp life of our militia men is
developing some queer traits and is
being run down TO that point where
it becomes absolutely farcical. Tax
pay C1S alEu otl]CAS olC DCSillulHS "
ask themselves the question, why
should we pay MI. Tom Jones, the
dry goods clerk, Mr. Dick Smith, the
BARRIERS assistant, or Mr.. Algernon
Harrison, the rich bankers son, $l.75
a day, that they may enjoy u vacation,
enlivened by the mummery of alleged
military life. The farce of playing
soldiers has never been better enact
ed at Peekskili than this year. Mark
Twain's description of his own expe-
riencc at military life is not q marker
to il. How could anything like dis
ciplinc be maintained when Private
n, whose father keeps Il grocery
store, tells all his friends that Lieu
tenant Y, who is simply a book-keep-
er i'll a Wholesale grocery store, is put
ting OIL o. many airs, and that if he
does not stop ordering him about he
will get him discharged from his po-
silion. Officers, as a rule, therefor c,
are more inclined to follow the exam
pie of the Swiss lieutenant in the
comic opera Captain Nicol,n who, Il
good natured fellow, steps up to al.
individual i'll the ranks who in lists on
stepping out of time, and protests
against walking in line, and says:-
"Now, my dear fellow, please keep in
line, do me the favor just once" Pri-
yate Dockclnan's example, who has