Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-19
CHICAGO LETTER.
The May Festival and Music Other Notes
Of the Day.
Special Correspondence OF tho Gazette.

80
'pee'm correspondence OF the Gazette.
CHICAGO, May IA - The May festival !
tickets are selling as fast as the man. |
ayers could wish N wm l.. . -.
,,,.,,o, go, e'."'
'nuS'0"' even. ior Shicago' by the
way, we may in time rival Cincinnati
as musical city, but lust now we are
too husv ,,;,,;nr hors "a tra..,
-. $50 Ae-N"s '"'''e'
as MI Arhoio says we are TOO
beastiy prosperous The chorus for
the Nav festival has been rebearsinp
evary vocal, s;,,. lac, c,,
Sep'en"ei'
Nerny, there Is mo excellence without
great labor
The exposition at New Orleans In
December will be a big thing for the
whole South and Southwest. Such
displays nearly always pay hand
somely in the main. The mineral dis
play OF North Carolina at the Boston
exposition cost that state about SIS 900,
but ii Is estimated that the sum has
been returned to the state many times
over by the investments that were
atttacted by the display. No state can
afford to let her light shine under n
bushel.
There has been a good deal said
about the senility of Tilden, but he Is
to-day the foremost man of his party
and about the only one that would
have any assurance of marching on to
victory Old as he IL, no could rally
the largest number of followers of any
Democrat. There is not any great
danger, but even suppose he might
not live to do more than inaugurate
his administration, the victory would
still be with the party, and good
man in the second place could rise rs
he not otherwise might to the first,
and assume the reigns of government
This seems like a cold blooded way of
viewing the aspect, but that makes it
none the less true. If Tilien is nomi-
mated the next best man for the place
should be put with him, because he
might be needed. The vice-presidcot
should always be perfectly qualified Ia
fill the presidency. as bitter experience
has generally shown in The past. Col.
w. II. Morrison would be splendid
man for the first place IL he could get
it, which is yet very doubtful. But
what team Tilden and Morrison
1
The bill of Representative Stewart o.
Texas providing for The appointment
of two commissioners to investigat,
the feasibility of constructing n rail
road TO connect the United States will
the countries of South America IL
little startling in the vastness of tn,
undertaking which It contemplates
A railroad more than 5000 miles long
Direct all-rail communication between
America and the Argentine republic
1t sounds like fairy tale. 1t is almos
necessary for enc to pinch himself {,
be sere that he is not asleep and dream
ing about some of Jules Nerne's will,
conceptions. The undertaking of sucl
railroad would be an immense one
of course. but it would scarcely equa
in magnitude now orat least would no
excel the hugeness of the building q
the first transcontinental rail way. w
have grown immensely, and wha
once seemed great undertakings coul,
now be carried forward without an,
great effort. The benefits that woul,
accrue To this nation from direct con
nection with the great continent to til
South are manifold. We could hay
almost exclusive control over the trad
of the South American countries, an,
those countries in return would receiv
the greatest benefits imaginable iron
the ciyilizing and settling influence
which such railroad would exert
: There is plenty of time for this grea
scheme to be consummated. We hav
gotten along famously for good Will
without any such connection, an
, could prosper without II, but IL is on
of those great strides of civilizatio
and commerce which will be taken /
! good time. The central depot of Fol
Worth will not ring this year or mex
with the stentorian voice of the trair
caller CRYING, "All sboard .-Passer
gers going South - Yucatan, Limi
Buenos Ayres and intermediate point
/ will take the train ON the elevent
! track u Int the Fort Worth Il Ri
q Grande will he one important step i
j bringing about n modified edition
: that pleasant fancy.
a The Republican fight settles down [
blaine and Arthur, and 1t looks littl
as If each would hold a sufficient 70
Z lowing to thwcrt the other. The ma
], from Maine is surely ahead of any Or,
9 vions record. and will make "a briliar
6aht Perhans the delegates will ne
: deasis often done by a plucky an
!. nsrsistent solicitor. give it TO him [
i. pet ia If him hnt nobody can charp
: Sir Rlaine with not knowing what h
). wants or not working for il with con
= mendabIe zeal and persistence. 1T
n thought by some that il defeated TIL
d time he surely never will make al
s. o,her atIamnt hut he wants the pres
ia ,a a,,ar giva n IN r.