The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-17
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
from our Regular Correspondence

from our Regular COrrespondent.l
NEW YORK, February 9th, 1888.
Although everybody is hoping
against it. yet there is scarcely a
doubt that the Democrats will force
an extra session of Congress on the
country. The present session ends on
March 4, but little more than three
weeks hence, and the tariff discus
sions by that time cannot be COM
pleted. An extra session is therefore
necessary, and for this the Democrats
are fighting with might and main.
Senator Window was in town yester-
day, and l questioned him regarding
the outlook. The old gentleman look
ed as fat and jolly as ever, but on
politics he did not care to speak. But,
as he is one of the men who will be
missing from his seat, at the next
meeting of the National Legislature,
he may think that it is not worth his
while to speak. From conversations
with other leading statesmen / fancy
that an extra session is almost an as.
sured fact.
A leading Republican Senator who
was in town a few days ago, spoke at
length to me on the outlook of the
Democracy for the Presidency in 1884.
"It is almost pitiful," said he, "to see
how quick their boom has given out.
On the first of January they had three
rising men, either of whom was wor-
thy of being their banner bearer.
They were Governor Cleveland of
New York, Governor Butler of Mas
sachusetts and Governor Pattison of
Pennsylvania Scarcely a month has
passed since then and what is the re-
suit. Cleveland is as dead as God ever
made politician. During these four
weeks of Office he has shown himself
SO utterly, helplessly incompetent
dull and ignorant that his own party
are ashamed of him. / veritably be-
Iieve that if he were to run for Alder
man or Councilman in Buffalo, he
would be beaten by any liquor dealer.
Butler who promised so many re-
forms and was going to set the ocean
on fire, has come down with the rap
idity of the stick ola sky rocket. The
only one who is holding his own is
Pattfson. He is not by any means a
statesman, but he is % clear headed
man and he is working and studying
hard to be one. ] think that he will
be the only dangerous candidate the
Democratsanay bring up against US.
He started out to be a peoples Co..
ernor and he is sticking to his pro.
gramme. His message to the Legis-
lature recently requiring employers
to give workingmen two weeks no.
tice in case of dismissal, has made
him strong with the working classes,
and several other similar deeds have
added to his strength. He is not a
Democratic "war horse" of the stand.
ard type, and if his staying power is
equal to his speed as the Kentucky
horseman says, he will be very dam
gerous in time"
The Democratic Legislature in AL
bany having things all its own way
is dong nothing, which is perhaps
very sensible, but brings up the ques-
ton whether we media legislature at
all. Under the circumstances the cry
of several Democratic papers to come
home is very sensible.
The new five cent pieces are as yet
comparative scarcity in town, and
for this reason enterprising bar room
keepers and cigar dealers make good
use of them. On the first day on
which they were to appear. not fifty
dollars worth were received at the
Sub-Treasury from the Mint. An
enterprising hotel man at once sent
to Philadelphia and purchased $50
worth. In the evening his place was
thronged, everybody wanted one of
the pieces in change. The next day
a cigar dealer in Broadway who man.
ages to extract advertisement out of
almost anything did the same, and
now as they are more plentiful num-
Der of cheap resorts on the Bowery
have signs in the windows announc-
ing that change will be given in new
coin.