Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-03

COrresD0nds7ce Of tie Mornisag Neaos.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Cablegrams pub
lished IN various local newspapers a week
ago Sunday, told of an assault committed
by George E. Rogers, a New Yorker, on
the manager of the st. Stephen's ReUie,C,
a society paper of London. The assault
grew out of an article in the ReUieC en-
titled "The Man from New York." at
which Mr.. Rogers took otfense. Subse-
quent cablegrams detailed that Mr.. Rog-
ers was obliged to give bail to keep the
peace. These kilograms represented Rog-
ers as an agent of Blaine's who had been
sent to England in the interests of the
grand old party. Perhaps he is, but,
while there may be some doubt on this
point, for what use would Blaine have for
an agent i'll England? There is no doubt
of his being most unmitigated crank.
At least you Will come to this conclusion
when you read what have to tell about
him and which l know of my own knOwl-
edge. He used so live at a boarding house
at27 WestTwenty-seVent street, which, by
the way, at that time was much frequent
ed by Southerners. and was a bOarder
there when President Garfield was shot.
From the moment Guiteau fired the fatal
bullet, Rogers became excited to mad
ness. You would have supposed the
wounded President was his dearest and
best friend, if not blood relative, so
heartfelt were his expressions of grief
when unfavOrable symptoms were re-
ported, and those who heard him vituper-
ate the newspapers which first announced
there was no hope considered him craZed
by the sorrow of a personal bereavement.
No sooner had Garfield died than Rogers
transferred all his sympathy and all his
solicitude to Guiteau! He went through
the same programme as before, with
Guiteau substituted for Garfield, and
when he read the account of the assassin's
execution, his face became ashen in color
and he looked as if about to faint. He has
apparently transferred his affection for
Garfield and solicitude for Guiteau to
Blaine. This much is evident, although
L am still incredulOus as to his being an
agent of the tattoOed statesman.
The article in st. Stephens which eX-
cited Rogers ire is rather heavy speci-
men of the always pOnderous British wit.
1t represents Rogers as talking to death
the sub-editOr of the paper, with BlaiEe's
merits as a subject. The article con-
tanning the new and original idea of a
man being talked to death is nearly 1000
words long. Rogers was a great ass to
make a fuss about it, as. had he not done
so, nobody would have known that he was
''The Man from New York" How be
managed to whip the other fellow l can't
imagine, for he is by no means large, and
he never struck me as strOng-never
struck me at all, in fact. The issue of st.
Stephens containing the Rogers article
also contains sketches of Blaine and
Cleveland written by it's New York cor
respondent, which, indeed, were the cause
of Rogers getting mixMl up with the con-
Germ. These sketches are of a character
to do away with the idea that English
men are necessarily friendly to Cleveland.
In fact, the st. Stephens correspondent,
being a Democrat, wrote with that object
in view. The sketch of Blaine,
while it tells about the Mulligan
letters, compliments him on his ability,
manners and personal appearance, and
IN this connection makes OdIous cOmpari-
sons between him and Cleveland. The ac-
count of the latter takes the New York
San view Of his being Sheriff, and finds
fault with him because, as it alleges, his
manners at table are not of Chesterfield
ian character. st. Stephens, l under
stand, is the organ of those members of
the British aristOcracy who are opposed
to Gladstone. The Duke of Norfolk, the
premier Duke in England, heads it's list
of titled subscribers. Hence the cores
pOndent finds it easy to make capital for
Cleveland by representing a hard-wOrklng
American citizen as not enough of a fine
gentleman to please the aristOcratic sub
scrfbers of British society paper. But
this roundabout way of making CleVe-
land capital is a secret. Tell it not in
Gath. The American colony in London.
by the way, is considerably stirred up by
the Presidential sketches in 81. Stephens,
and both Blaine and Cleveland men unite
in denOuncing them, the latter evidently
not reading them in the spirit in which
they were written.
THE LOCAL POLITICAL HORIZON
has not frightened much since l last
wrote, but there IS, nevertheless. a silver
lining to the cloud which oyerhangs us.
The complexion of the Republican ticket
as at first constituted proved so mani
testify the existence of a deal with Tam
many Hall that respectable Republicans
were dlsgusted, as is shown by Col.
Bliss declaration that it would lose
Blaine 10000 votes. By quoting Col.
Bliss on this point, don't mean to assert
that he is a respectable Republican; he
merely voiced those who are. Even as
remOdeled, the ticket is so Objectionable
that many respectable Republicans who
had, with much compunctiOn, forced
themselves to think that the good of the
party required them to vote for Blaine,
and were in hopes that good
bad national one, will not go to
the polls at all next Tuesday. This is
evident from the manifest falling off
in the last days registration as compared
with the figures of the three preceding
days. What is New YOrk's loss, there
fore, is Clevelands gain. The election of
Grant, the Tammany candidate for Mayor,
is conceded by all but the fast friends of
Grace. His calling and election are con-
cid cn
may not consider it necessary to cOnsum-
mate its deal with the Republicans. Even
if the deal should be cOnsummated, it is
doubtful whether more than $4,000 votes
would be transferred thereby, and the
kind of men who will vote as John Kelly
bids them are the very ones who are the
enemies of Cleveland, and who would vote
or. Blaine in any event.
This, of course, is written on the as
sumption that there is deal between the
two Johns-John Kelly and John j.
O'Brien-and that it will be carried out if
necessary. There are those who DENY
that there is any deal, and declare
that Tammany Hall will honestly support
Cleveland. Such place CIevelands ma
jority in this city at upwards of 10000.
This is 25,0C0 more than is conceded by
what may may be considered a far esti-
mate from a Republican point of view. If
Cleveland gets 10000 majority L shall be
surprised, and / hope l shall be. What
ever his majority may be in New York
city, however, a general impression is
prevalent that he will carry the State in
any event. 1t is not evident whether the
impression has any reason OF being, as
the French say, but itnOne the less exists.
cit is in the air." a Cleveland man
will tell you if you ask him why he thinks
the So electoral votes of New York will
be cast for Cleveland. Even Democrats
who are not particularly hopeful are be-
ginning to think that Cleveland will GER
tainly carry this. even if he carries no
other Northern State. AS for the Inde-
pendent Republicans, and their name is
legion, they have never doubted of Cleve-
lands election, and some of them expect
his majority in this State to be nearly
what it was when he ran for Governor.
OF course, their expectations will not be
realized. If he he has tenth part of his
previous majority, moderate estimators
will be content.
ALTHOUGH WHEN WRITING
ON POLITICS
/ have always endeayOred to take a rosy
view of the situation, l never had much
hope of Cleveland's carrying this State
until l saw the parade of the business
men who support Cleveland last Satur-
day. Nothing like it has ever been seen
in New York. Heretofore all parades of
the business men of the metropolis have
been in the interests of the Republican
Never before have men of
the financial and social standing of those
who took part in last Saturdays process
sion turned out under Democratic aus
pices, and l doubt whether large propOr-
tion ever participated in a political pa
rade before. When thought, while view
ing the long procession, that it was the
New York business men who carried New