Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-27
THE NEW YORK REvoIrERs.
Opinions of the Dudes Convention
A Good Turn for Cleveland-Other
Gossip About the Metropolis.


NEW YORK, July 25.-The representa-
tives of the men who are to elect Grover
Cleveland, if he is to be elected, chose
fitting place for their gathering when
they met in the University Club Theatre.
For the University Club, as its name i'm
plies, is composed only Of educated men,
and the Republican revolters against
Blaine are conspicuous-Indeedi it is made
a matter of reproach against them-for
their culture and intelligence. The club
itself, although composed principally OF
Republicans, is, have reason to believe,
Cleveland to the core.
While the Blaine newspapers belittle,
as is natural, the disafection in their
party, and ridicule the s'dudes conyen-
tion," stalwart politician on Tuesday
night gave a more honest opinion on the
subject. Its a tidal wave," he said.
cleveland viii carry this State by $4,000
majority, and he is equally sure OF New
Jersey and Connecticut. / shall of course
work against it, but have no hope"
Blaine's letter is considered here to
possess more of the harmlessness OF the
dove than the wisdom OF the serpent. A
Joker in the Times office saws that Ruther-
ton of fraud, must have written it, and
not the bold, British lions tail twister,
lingo Guano Blainei When one con-
isders the character Of the writer, indeed
one is reminded, without tie AID OF Mast,
of Bottoms promise, when somebody
objected to his playing the part OF the
lion in s'Midsummer's Nights Dream"
on the score that he would roar so
loudly as to brighten the ladies, ito roar
as gently as any sucking dove" Blaine's
fear of frightening the business men has
caused him to roar as gently as two
doves! His aggressive policy is abSurdly
conspicuous by its absence from the
letter.
THE ''TRIBUNE" DID CLEVELAND
GOOD TURN
the other day when trying to lnJure
him. The objection made to Cleveland
bv many Democrats is that he is too
much of a Republican. 1t is cited against
him that he never signed or acted on
BROOKLYN bill without first consulting
with the Republican Mayor of the city.
To men who are good citizens before they
are partisans, this may seem feather IN
ais cap; but among politicians, TO nave
intercourse with a political enemy, even
when the good of the community Is con-
cerned, is considefed a crime. The
Tribune, however, has set all this straight.
1t showed in detail that Cleveland was
Democrat of the Democrats; that he had
voted for HoratiO Seymour tor Governor
in 1862: for Mcclellan and PendletOn IN
1864: in short, that he never voted for
Republican except when Horace
Greeley was the Democratic candidatel
DR.. johnson used to say that ship was
a prison with a chance of being drowned.
To the business man whose affairs re-
quire his continual presence, New ork,
in summer, is a prison, with the certainty
of being more or less roasted. In fact,
such a man would be practically more
comfortable, il not happier, were he SEN
fenced, about June 10, to three months
soiourn on BlackwelPs Island. On the
island he would, at any rate, be compare
lively cool, and he would have quite as
much to arouse him there as on the
larger island of Manhattan in midsum-
mer. For after one has seen 'FOlka" and
ssMay Blossomr he has ordinarily eX-
hausted theatrical amusements, and moth
ing remains but eating and drinking, va
ried by the mOnotOny of club life. Here
again. so far as heat IS concerned, BLACK
Wells Island has an advantage over Man
haitian; for, although the average club
cuisine Is doubtless superior to the fare OF
either the city's prisoners or paupers, yet
what club house is so cool as the peniten-
tiary?
indeed. why the most charming spots any
where near New York should be devoted
to tramps and criminals. Strangers when
passing Blackwelps Island in steamboats,
always admire its tall trees and luXuriant
verdure. When they see the fOrbidding
stone walls of the penitentiary and are
told to what uses the island is put, their
establishment knows no bounds. How
much better would it be if WOrkingmen
a Yal1 m
apart for scampS and tramps If the
penitentiary and workhouse were in a
less cool locality, too, it would be more of
punishment, as it ought to be, to be sent
there. Now, indeed, all tramps, and the
average criminal, is happier on the island
than at liberty.
There is more reason for the city's use
of Wards. RandalPs and Harris islands,
not to speak of the others, 1t is certainly
wise to have the hospital for contagious
diseases at a distance from the city, and
isolated from the population, while the
insane and sick poor, both native and
foreign. are best treated in asylums and
hospitals which have TIC benefit OF the
cool breezes of the river. But all these
have more space than they require, and
some one of the above named islands could
have been utilized for penitentiary pur-
poses, leaving Blackwelps Island for the
habitatiOn of the honest and deserving.
IN WHAT BLIssFUL IGNORANCE
of comparatively contemporaneous events
people do manage to live, to be sure.
While dining at an Italian restaurant the
other day, / heard a well dressed young
fellow ask, ''Who is that?' as he pointed
to the portrait of man with immense
moustaches, whose military uniform was
covered with decorations. "VictOr En-
manuel" his companion replied. "WhO's
he?' was the next question. The other
man proceeded to tell the benighted youth
what he knew about the late King of
Italy. Now consider the marvellous ignO-
rance displayed by the question, ''Who's
he,1 when applied to Victor Emmanuel
Had the person who asked it ever read
the newspapers he should certainly have
known the name of the man under whom
Italy first became kingdom. 1t is but
few years since Victor Emmanuel died,
and more recently the obituary of Carl
baldi furnished facts of the lie of him
whom Garibaldi was instrumental in
making King Of kingdom worthy of the
name.
A somewhat curious coincidence hap
pened in my way on Sunday evening.
When going up Broadway shortly after
O'Clock / noticed the words est. Nicholas
in large letters on the side of a second
class hotel at Washington Place. The
letters had probably been there ever since
the real st. Nicholas Hotel was torn down
to make room for stores, but this was the
first time / had seen them, and / natu-
rally wondered how many people, igno-
rant of the distinction of the real st.
Nicholas, went to its cheap successor be-
fore they discovered their mistake. About
an hour and q half later / sat down on a
bench in Union Square to take my after
dinner smoke and fell almost Immediately
into conversation with a gentleman next
to me who proved to be from Savannah.
Before long he told me that when he ar
rived in New York, few weeks ago, he
told the hackman, to whose tender mer-
,;ies he confided himself, to drive him to
the st. Nicholas Hotel.
Imagine his astonishment when he
presently found himself in frOHt of
caravansery but twenty feet wide, the
lower floor of which was devoted to an
anatomical museum, by way of rendering
it disreputable as well as cheap and
nasty.
"This is not the st. Nicholas" Mr.
demonstrated. l won't tell his name, as
the story conveys a lesson without yio-
lating priYacy)
s'IDs the only st. Nicholas Hotel there
is, SIR" the hackman insisted.
THAT may be-" said the gentleman
from Savannah, Shut it's not the st.
Nicholas Hotel that 1 have been accus-
toned to stop at. That was further down