Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-19
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Place Hunters swarming Around
the Republican Headquarters,
Sliskisteve's Trick to Get Rid Of Trouble
scmt Callers Papers and People,
Slight Rise in the Indiana Vote Marke.
The Position of the Tamma-
nyites-Forgotten Facts,
special correspondence OF the Gazette.

NEW YORK, Aug. l0.-Although |
she dog-days are here aud the great
mansions of the Astors, vanderbilts
aud the lesser social and financial
autocrats of Manhattan island are
closed, yet the great hotels that are To
be found on almost every block on
Broadway, from the city hall to Forty
second street, are thronged with peo-
Pile coming from every state in the
Union. The place-hunter, bent on
making hay while the sun shines,
rudely elbows the merchant, and is
readily distinguished from other
guests by his noisy proteststions of
loyalty to the government and his
frequent visits TO the bar, where his
diamonds and extravaganza make the
local habitues Of these resorts turn
green with envy. These pests of society
and leeches on the great body pol.
itic hail from every bailiwick in the
land, are all Of more or les, impor.
lance, and boand TO see Chairman
Jones and lay before him the troubles
besetting the grand old party in their
respective localities. IL there Is any
one thing that each one of these self
appointed guardians of the public in
teres,s is certain about, IL is that his
bailiwick is the pivotal point of tn.
whole campaign. They are the terror
of the committeeman, secretaries. duar-
keepers, and lackeys generally. Chair
man Jones and other Republican man
ayers here were puzzled for some time
to know what to do with these ire
prrssible patriots, but Steve Elkins,
The emergency man in charge OF tn.
Blaine ana Logan boom since ne came
| out Of the star-route troubles badly
| smirched, hit upon the plan OF
having these gentry all invited into
the room used by the delega
ton from Typographical union No I
until they learned the trick }, and told
10 wait until lie (Steve) came in. A.
| the emergency man, however
| always makes his entrance through d
side door into the inner temple, th'
victims generally. after digesting MIR
Mills Tribune, the Irish World, and
taking several looks at their time
| pieces, take their leave for refresh
ments, only to go through the sam,
ordeal the day following The fri
two victims sent to this ''sweat-b *.
as IL was called by the knowing ones
were Tom Keogh of North Caroline
and Manderson of Nebraska, TIA,
latter through mistake. Tom, bein.
a railroader, stood the ordea
| without murmur, but i All
told that Henderson, after re
manning few moments, remarked
"rhe mir and surroundings her
are abominable." and Their, strokin
his imperial. took his departure i
this connection have been very fore
bly, reminded of the great similarii.
there is between the effect these pl ace
seekers have had upon the cholera il
this city and the reputed effect Be
Buffers presence had on the appear
ance of yellow fever in New Orlean
during the summer he commando,
that city. II the Crescent city was no
equal To the task of entertaining Bei
and yellow Jack at the same time
certainly Gotham could not be expect
ed to vote the freedom of the city L
the American place hunter and tn
transatlantic scourage at one and IN
same time.
The nomination of st. John by tn
Prohibitlonists completes the list irou
which the people are to select-wisel.
or un wisely-a chief magistrate In NJ
vember next. IL is generally conceded
that st. Johns nomination is tn
strongest that could have been mad,
and in states like Iowa, Nebraska
Maine, Illinois, Kansas aud Mime
sofa, there aie several congressiOnu
districts they are almost certain I
carry. AT all events, some yer
shrewd politicians believe thut tb
prohibitionists will have
larger representation in the next con
, gree ; than the Greenback party ha
ever had in that body. If the Pro
hibition convention held at PItisbur
does no more good 1t has at least bee
instrumental In unmasking the shall
, low and contemplate hypocrite VIII
dIsgrAces the position held by Greel
" hen the New York Tribune WAS M
known as Mr.. Mill's Tribune" Il
one breath, Mr.. MINIS Tribune In
, been Tor some weeks past IN the hapl
of deriding the Prohibitionists and n
the same time patting the leaders q
the movement on the back and advii
4 ipk iitii W WIN Vht WV
reform "within the lines"
the Republican party. In a r.
cent issue of that paper the ef-ct NJ tn
st. John bomb In the camp the mas
netic star. sman's" managers Is mad
plain. Prohibition" says Mr.. Mills
Tribune, has never been able To holt
its own when national politics wer
in the field AZ its rival" 1.-THE prc
| bibitiouists ~ coufinres the blaine
Logan organ have clearly made
! mistake In deciding to make nationa
campaign, and they have thus put i
jeopardy the moral prestige OF Ia
Ohio victory of last year. They ar
also diverting 10 waste a reforming Ell
ergy which, If applied with equal pei
sistence within party lines, conld NJ
fail to soon produce results.n Just Sc
In "natianal politics" the Biain
mnuthpiece evidently considers tn
loaves and fishes paramount IN impoi
lance to the principles for which tn
Probibitionists are fighting. Thi
the inability Of prohibitio,
to ''hold it, own when nations
politics were In the field as Its rival,
aud it is Just for this reason that tn
Prohibitic nists have appealed from
Janus-f,ced BIaineism to the people
The Blaine managers are not opposes
to forcing cold water on the people II
an "off ,ear," but do not want h
stake the loayes and fishes on tbi
issue in national" contests. If fhi
Is not true, what dos the TribuD
mean when II says las quoted above
"They THE Prohibitionists) are ais
divariinp 4, waste n reforming euerR