National Republican., 1884-02-26
ON THE AVENUE.
Small Talk About Men and Measures


ON THE AVENUE.
Small Talk About Men and Measures.
at is worth mans life to attempt to
cross this street." said stout citizen as he
stood putting and painting at the corner of
Fifteenth street and New York avenue, after
running the gauntlet through the stream of
vehicles of all sorts that were laundering by.
"Soe they all drive with headlong careless
ness, utterly regardless of the men, women,
and children who have to use this crossing.
Only fow days ago saw little child struck
down here and, with its little face
crushed and bleeding, it was dragged
from beneath the horses feet. The driver Of
tho carriage was stopped and held for ten
minutes, while several gentlemen looked for
policeman to take him in custody, but rs
none could be found, he was finally released
On Friday last (Washington's birthday a
mounted policeman was stationed here for q
short while, and the effect was marvellous.
at would be an act of humanity for the
district commissioners to withdraw one Of tho
officers who are now forced to perform monial
service before several residences in the West
End and station one here permanently to
protect the lives and limbs of citizens. Let
half dozen of these coachmen in gorgeous
liveries who dash by here utterly
Indifferent to the rights of pedestrians
be arrested and brought before Judge
Smell. We can depend on him to do his duty
in the premises and know he will enforce a
wholesome respect for the law regarding
reckless driving which is now constantly
violated right here"
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| A democrat who halls from Mr.. Hewitt's
district, in New York city, says: If the
house committee ON foreign affairs persists in
trying to let Mr.. Hewitt down easy with
self-applied coat Of whitewash they will
do n great deal more damage than they wot
| of. have always taken an active interest in
the party contests in Now York, and occupy
position where 1 can easily discern the
impulses that govern the rank and file Of the
democracy in my city. These havo
made up their minds that Mr. Hewitt
played fast and loose with an infu-
entisl element that has always
stood by US in the past, and sacrificed his
political responsibility to further his social
ambition. There is no explanation to be
received nor no forgiveness to be accorded
by them for such piece of perfdy, and un-
less the committee desires the democracy of
New York city to so into the presidential
contest so handicapped as to make the re-
suit highly conjeCtural, they will see to it
that Mr.. Belmont is accorded an opportunity
to produce the documentary evidence that
he claims to have, and, if it is conclusively
proven that Mr.. Hewitt acted as has been
charged, he must be banished from the coun-
ellis of the party, or we cannot depend upon
tho fealty of the Irish-Amerioan vote any
where upon Manhattan island. This may
appear harsh, but the democrats of the house
will be forced to choose which they prefer
q democratic victory in New York city or the
son-in-law of the late Peter Cooper"
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"Mr Randall is preparing to again handicap
the democratic party by his cheese paring.so-
called economy" said q southern representa-
tive last evening.
"We have suffered in tho past from his
niggardly method of providing for the public
service, and with the light of that experience
blazing before us we are preparing to sit
with folded hands and permit him to
repeat the performance. In this
era of telegraphs and fast mails the people
any such pretense of saving, and the first
time the we'll appointed machinery slacks up
the cry will go up, Deliver us from this
democratic demagogue who saves at the spigot
and wastes at the bung. No. sir; we are on
trial, SO to speak, before the whole country,
and such gripping at the purse strings where
the convenience of the vast business interests
j of the land are concerned will react upon us
with disastrous effect"
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II have had an example of the effect oil
proximity on prices" said an old theater-
! goer to the Avenue Man last night. 81
started to the opera this evening and on my
way down i found that at the corner Of Fif-
, teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue
J could purchase the libretto for the evening
3 from the regular newsboys for 10 cents
, At Fourteenth street tho charge wai
| Is cents, and opposite the Harris house
the figures were increased to 20 cents. Inside
the theator / was charged tho old regulation
, price of 25 cents. After paying So apiece for
Q seats must economize somewhere, and here
after shall buy my librettos way up town.
. 80
o They're coming in by every train, now,
+ said the member from local option district
s The Avenue Man resolved his countenancC
C into huge interrogation point, and the legis
= lator continued: II mean the whisky men
: The fact that the bonded extension bill ha
o been pulled out Of the ways and means com
IS mittee room by the hair of the head, 80 Il
h speak, is regarded by them as decided
= omen of tho final passage of the measure
= They have a number Of the representative
d of national banks along with them, and thes
+. last have gone to work. I have been button
d holed a dozen times to-day, and bored
IS death with arguments in favor of the bill
r. One or two ex-members of the house hay
IL also been employed by the whisky men, an
" l noticed to-day that they were organzin
TO sympOsiums in the cloak rooms, and talkin