Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-02
CHICAGO LETTER.
Our Weekly Budget from the Ccnven.
tion City.
Music, Murder and Politics, Booms and
Boomerangs.

| SHtCAVo, May .S.-The second hi.
enniai May festival proves notable
success and marks a musical epoch In
the history OF the "city by the lake. .
We have been given the reputation OF
being "too beastly prosperous to pay
any attention to anything above pork
and lard and real estate. There Is a
great deal OF nun poked at Chicago by
Jealous. drowsy rivals about her head.
long race for wealth and influence,
aud five years ago the place was
thought and talked of only as
striving, struggling, money!
getting city. Aud, indeed, II was not
much more; only the business side,
tue dollar and bread and butter foun.
dalton was being laid. 1t was a struy.
gle to gain commercial strength, and
those Of older and slower aud more re.
fined cities knew us chiefly through
our commercial relations. Chicago
was not known rs city of music rs a
place of education OF art or science, but
as the Young commercial giant-the
largest live stock market of the world
the twin speculative metropolis of the
country. But let IL be remembered
that the city Is one of the youngest on
the continent. Let II aIsn be borne
IN mind that the power which
first makes civilization possible is
gold. IL projects railroads, the great
est of civilizing influences, into the
wilderness; IL causes the clouds to fol-
low the pillow shares over the hitherto
rainless prairies. There must be n
solid commercial foundation before
much attention can be paid to the
higher, better things of this life. We
must work before we can rest. Music
and art, from the patrons standpoint,
do not produce bread and potatoes for
wife and babies, and until the latter
baser essentials are provided there Is
no room for the former to flourish.
But Chicago Is not en-
crossed with the desire for wealth
and influence. II IL true that the fine
arts do not receive very much encour-
aRement. That Is many young artists
fine ability fail TO make n living. IL
is somewhat on the principle that IA
prophet Ia not without renown save in
his own country There are some
very notable works of art In this city,
but they are chiefly from abroad, and
many very able artists have been dis
covered by the general indisposition to
work for merit at home.
Music Is resolving more attention
than the fine arts and Ia more generally
patronized here now than at Cincinnati.
The opening night of the May festi-
val was au artistic IA well IA a finnr
cial success. The audience numbered
about 1000. notwithstanding the fact
that the north wind was cold enough
for winter wraps and the fact that the
programme was not the most desirable.
Then, too, there is generally an inn
preston that the first Performance
cannot equal in artistic merit and
technical effect the later performances
but the initial programme OF the May
festival was above criticism. The
soloists, the immense orchestra and
the chorus of 800 voices which has
been rehearsing since last September
were apparently at their best.
Mr.. Chas. A. Dana of the New York
sun is talking and writing too much
for his own good. He does not seem
really does think. In recent inter.
most any man the Republicans might
nominate could carry New York, and
seemed to express no hope that the
Democracy would be victorious IN the
coming campaign Mr.. Dana doomed
Tilden, then Holman, then Tilden
again, and now he comes out
aud declares that Henry Ii
Payne of Ohio Is likely /, be the sue
cessor to Tilden as the Democratic eau
'didate. He refers TO the weakness oil
Mr.. Payne by reason of his STANDARD
Oil connection, by saying that tina,
company was on the ragged edge ol
bankruptcy during the black Wednes
day in Wall street. He thinks If tina
concern should collapse before tn,
nomination that Mr.. Payne would
stand an excellent chance o
securing the nomination. Thu
Democratic party may 20 standing
with its hands In its pockets waiting
for some monopoly TO fail In order u
turn out suitable candidate, but there
are not many people outside of Mr.
Dana's sanctum who think 40. II
has apparently been the policy Of tina
gentleman to boom most anybody tina
he did not consider at all eligible as /
candidate, but these Holman anc
Payne booms are In no danger OF turn
ing into boomerangs.
Ben Butler the candidate of the
anti-mOnopolists Ben Butler the can
didate of the Greenbacker,; Ben But
Ter the candidate OF the labor party.
If there are any other parties which
wish to put tickets In the field and are
In search of martyr, Mr.. Butler II
still eligible, though he Is pretty busy
managing his various bOoInlets and In
arranging to attend the July conven
tlon ms 1 delegate. He Is already
the candidate Of the two parties and
IL ready to sacrifice himself on another
altar. The hero OF Tewksbury IL like
Banqu0's ghost, he will not down.
There is probably one man In Massa'
chusetis who Is thankful for the re-
turn of spring-the fellow who at the
last election in that state put on a
straw hat to wear until Ben Butler
should again be governor OF the state,
The Chicago Tribune bOOms Blaine
and the Inter Ocean bOoms Arthur. II
one Of these papers declared come,
thing to be black, the other would feel
in duty-bound to call II white. But oil
other bo0ms have faded into insignia
canoe. tits Blaine or Arthur or q
dark horse. according to present indi
cations. The contest will be bitter
and 1t Ia not at all unlikely that these
two leaders will each he strong enough
to defeat the other. Each Will be q
kind OF dog In the manger. II VIII bt
a great struggle on the part OF ths
Blaine leaders and by some II IL
thought there will be q stubborn
ness on their part equal 70 ths
stand OF the famous 300 for Grant In
1850. II Is not at all likely that
BIaine's supporters, In case they can