New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-03
SOME MEN ABOUT TOWN.

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Stephen Flanagan is wealthy steamboat owner
siding in Philadelphia. Ho many boats and barges
on the Delaware River, and number plying in this
harbor and employs many laborers lightormen and
stovedores lie reports the enthusiasm among the
Pennsylvania Tish Americans for Blaine and Logan
that which exists in marked degree in this city lie
thinks Pennsylvania is TO give 100000 majority for
| the Republican electors.
Rufus Hatch tells mo that he f. sadly afflicted with
financial malaria" lie claims patent for this now
and expressive slang term. and credit for ts application
not only to his condition but that OF" the street
generally.
Mr. Hatch, by the way claims TO have originated
many Of the mos, useful and ornamental OF the terms In
common use in Wall street He Is probably entitled 10
recognition the author Of some OF them. He ala add
lambs to the category of the bulls and bears Hatch
has always had fancy for writing. and when he could
get his work published In other way he paid for is
Insertion In newspapers reading matter at advertising
rates He started daily paper In the days Of his
prosperity but after losing largely It away TO his
editor when he found the latter preferred to print stats
ties ana tables Of stock fluctuations rather than atcbs
slangy and generally amusing interviews with himself
on the phases Of tho market. lie has epgrammauc
style, and says smart things In bright way His
present attack of financial malaria has somewhat
sourcd him. and he talks In a cynical and satrca vein.
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from the mere force OF habit, suppose found him
satir2ng himself the other day as the contour aedest
! fool mhung"
| Z asked Hatch about hla Yellowstone Park scheme
He says the hotel there IA open bat In the hands ~
revcr and that receiver appointed In the interest o hs
enemcs, who have only 80 900, while he has sl00OOO,
~ the chi smos representing stock II am waiting he
sald. to soc II $4,000 can get away with Sl0G00O"
told him that had 10 the conclusion from my oh
srrvoton FOR years past that receiver could and
| ally does, get away with almost anything
We talking Of the nnkctlng tiIp7 ~ nohpmen aud
journalistic as spring over tho Northern Pacific liafUai
aud that ~ liatch's own putty to the Yellowstone
region. II will bp remembered that both Willard ad
iinloh had pfarrall, fal,d AZ tho tNr they Neto civ
Ing ihnap rthua and the fhpta unl nIin hplt
! frutn from hom. e. had railroad raaara aud special
! uana" nnd ttateh, mr al nv party, hnth HainH aud
! coming, at that TIN eost me fi7unh aunt ol tho
hola Hpun cont avid you can gam 10 hat Thea dhl not
! urge mr To lot them"
Hatch tells inc that he once hcforo arranged such
! imkeling up At a heavy expense and mel The same
fate getting notice nooliey OF value ont of H. II
was when lac managing director Of Pacific Mail, and
the trip Of the oumpauys vessels BE
foo ho could get back the market broke and the stock Of
! the company which Hatch was bung" away of.
! Thon resigned" he SAID. drca lfuy scasick
ON the trip" no added, aud shipboari threw mp
every thiug and as safely landed threw
! up the presidency Of tho company also"
seldom hear of ex-Judge william j. Fullerton in the
| courts now Active practice to have last In him
of the brightest quickest and shrewdcst OF cross
examiners. lie never made great display IN any other
branch OF practice but IN his contests with adverse Wit
nesscs he was Immensely clever His two days mental
fencing with Henry Ward Bee her during the rton suit
maryclously brilliant and ab,orbtngy interesting
Thoy foemeu worthy OF each others steel When
he had finished with Beecher Fullerton enthusiastically
said to an associate Guilty not he IL great man"
Fullerton labored very hard with another witness In
that famous casc-the girl-comp.non OF Mrs. Titon.
Miss Bessie Turner His closing question WAS long ana
ia her complicated aud she asked him to repeat IT, After
he stenographcr read It. tho girl evidently more
confused than ever and shaking her head. said cant
answer that; am afraid you too much for me this
ume Mr. Fullerton" And know you are too much for
me- Madame" responded Fullerton he took his seat
and closed tho crOss-cNamn atom. understand Mr..
Fullerton is doing large Office consulting business.
and for this appears court only in very mpor-
tant
tried yalny at O'Clock the evening 10 get into
Chckcring Hall. where the Irshmen ollng Re
publican meeting last week had never expected to see
such sight in New-York city, AS an hish
Republican meeting ana | went t. satisfy my
self whether or not it a genuine demonstration.
could obtain seat nowhere and stood in the hallway
pcerng through the the head, Of the people
who were compelled to stand. could catch only "a
glimpse the stage and the speakers and could not hear
much of what was said observed, however TINT the
names Blaine ana Logan loudly chcercd and II at
of Cleveland was occasionally hisscd but the hsscs
we're not IA general the cheering I thought de
tectcd IN this the presence ~ class of workngncn who
have no patience with Governor and express their
feelings freely and on every occasion.
Tho general enthusiasm among Grishmcn over tho Re
publican ticket IL one OF the singular features of
this strange campaign II h only few years ago Tint
the public ayowal Of Republican principles by any prom
ncnt freshman was uncommon IA to create general
comment in the newspapers And the connection Ola
Catholic irishmau with tho Republican party until
lately regarded "a both religions and political apo'tay
lThrrc was another irish Republican meeting IN thls
city on tho night the Chloong Halt gathering which
I'm, not received the notice which IT, Significance de
,erycd was 1T the Republican national Headquarters
carly ON THAI evening. aud who WA talking with Mr.
rr..cnden of the committee amosscnger chne In with
a noo from the proprietor OF 80. iSl ScVcuih-nycr
stating that there wnsa gatherings h' place OF 400 Irish
mon lint tho speaker promised had disappointed them
and they wanted Others, Mr. Fc.srndcn ~ once sent
John Grow laWyor Of No II Park Row, An old artil
lrry nnccr I'm the war and an effective speaker met
Mr. lirnw the next day and he was telling me ~ h" cam
plgning of the night previous Tho place u Deer
garden" he aaid formed the vacant lots In the
roar OF two housr4 covered with An awning only ANA
rntahcd with few scorc. NJ chairs, around dozen or
mora table,. Mo. of the audience had to stand and they
etnod thcro very patiently for twn hours listening 7"
rrsi,o of niainc aud criticism of cleveland They were
| largely worduguou. and were all lrlshmrn. although
nc, had mot IN "a bee. garden Clcychmd's namo was
nruucntly hl,ard found that the illusions to NlilnoS
record on the question Of the rights NJ Americans abroad
tItJ tbc uo.i npplnu,r Tho illusions 90 the tarin