New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-11
GOSSIP FROM MANY SOURCES.
CURRENT FACTS AND COMMENTS oN
TOPICS OF INTEREST


as that now approaching. The Administration 10 W..
ouest,ouably committed to tariff revision secretary
Mauuings circulars and the talk about speclhc ""''
and under-vauations are only paving the way ~
excuse The attempt to revise the tarln anu sun
reduce 1t undoubtedly determined upon as an
raon policy. Ii is dangerous crisis. Tue cum
try has Just begun adapt itself to the tarn OIL
Anotbor revision would mean another unsettled conul
ton of things among all tho industries ot INC
country until the new tarH couiu
adopted and adapted. We caunot stand such aho'h''
period at present It would DC ruinOus 10 tie cout9 "
attempt it. The prevailing sentiment among 'Hc
tries Is to let tho present tariff stand 1t is the Oes' o
country has ever had The iron men Of Pttsburg' VINO
opposed it, now acknowledge that it is good tir' III
making it there was theoretical work whatever
old structure was essentially unchanged we mercy
pruned ana regulated inequalities. tarH Is lA'
tree It grows up out OF the necessities OF the coun'r9
with its ROOTS trunk and branclcL 1t has It's HUG
sprouts require Topping oil from time to tiMo 10
permit TIC healthy limbs 20 bear fruit II the Admins
raon attempts to force revision tie country must DC
aroused to tie danger Of such movement.
[ am told that Robert +. Porter the wel'-AHo"h
writer Oh tariff aud labor who also MEMBER oi 'nc
tariff Commission, expects to be secretary OF inc
ccye Tariff League that is in process oil iorlhh'lo
edward Mcpherson, OF Pennsylvania Is also mentioned
From Jones OF Bin ;hamton to " Jones OF PhlIa'e
phia was easy transition the other DAY IN cha'V9
with friend who lives In the Quaker CITY, Inc fhi'"
dclphia Jones publisher the same who Is D'ihHin"
out the unofficial lie OF General Grant lie controls the
chief aycics of the subscription book trade in Pennsy!-
yaua MARYLAND ana Delaware. lie pays Colonel rank
Burr who writing his lfe OF Grant salary OF $lVo
pcr week !urni,c, him scuOgrarher, pay al MS eA
pcn-cs ana gives him bcslGcs royalty OF ten cent? pc.
copy on The aggregate sales Jones said recently that
lie had worked up wide subscription book business III
flo tt,ttu
within TO cultivate until he conceived the idea hat mere
was moncy III IT, His idea that there was 50 niue
literature in thai country that the people VINO were get
ting ON in the accumulation OF wealth would be glad 10
buy The class books generally sold b. subscription
Ills jufs lucnt has already brought him q fortune
Perry Belmont comes about Democratic SAFE Head
quarter. nightly lie the hitllcnt discussions
and the foul atmosphere created ny ms DchocraIc
brethren for tho Of being thought good ie.to"y
the men who control votes Among the stories tof'
q: Hoffman House Is one that to 'ls ca0h1 - uu1
tine rcIuari lpr interview with prominent bihhcI
winch aatout by the Democrats committee eity
last week, wuich tao position was ih.n '''I a..
I elected IN order 10 sustain tae ifc7idcAJ III
lis dccltationo OF war silver
virsalan With whom was talking vest rlay said to
me: "ItIs little thing, yet yoa may think 1t worthy
ofEoc that John WISE, tho Republican candidate ioF
Governor Of state. born at Rio Janeiro' Brazil
an Cnrstuas Day | tLn& IL was IN 1917 thlt he was
born. His father Ex-Governor Horny Wise was
serving this country there Is Minister It a sort OF
banI,.icn; consequent the Grdyes-Cilley dnci.in
which Vi,c acted a. second Cor Mr.. Graves, who killed
Crcv Tho Inter from Maine. amt though this NJ
fIr occurred 80 WISE Was m aucn "r that he dc
Ui,s not TIL 1912 that he hal the opportunity. He
wa, first nominated a. Minister TO iIIAcc, pug
r, ectcd by the the senate On Dcin: nominated -
,rIpt.,cr 10 Erllfl he Va, confirmed lie lived IA Ro
Jancro three four years and there John ST 81" the
l-ht Of diA'
!ohn \. Grow. q br.tAcr-n-lIw OF the late Emery
,.torr, wa. lastly indignant Few days overa pdb
l.,nrd report tat the ajje brilliant orator hal been
r,li, duus the clmptsp ot $50 OF gross plagiarism
in Li. spc-chc. rom tho allrc-s', Of Henry Ward
Hccchcr ln,cr'o. and Talml-e. and ia" fact being
cyio,rd 10 bal D" suddenly snb'acd ~ = campai ;n
orator" Mr Grow sail T. mc: was actively engaged
In IA. c.irpaign WITH M ,torrs aud can deny every
yr.,s ~ ~, STORY. TL,r' r,ycr hJs been pGH!ic
,p,1s'r :'ec' irom Inc 'nar- ., +aI'l' , . i"'tI
forum Ip,t-rr.utLh or on the hastings. were Ia
rcii9r, cole dr:rcc aD',s; anl To H. any o,her
sirA.cr', word. i"I- lnN"INci l!n ~ iu"riij'hS
fllltc \, fJI auIuIlulng tic campaign. know tn't
D." .3o,r the nl-,. arlur. cs.t,n IN Ncwlosk aud at
10, o home 90 vote. itia, also boon stated tHst Do. VS.
lat lie hcyr. was a.. Tie state IN any capacity
state Railroad Commissioner John ". o Donrc, has
been u Ga, cy foy several days The Commission are
NAL ,nsan cnp.t with the aid OF The puJi: prytcr- 1T
1au 20 get their annual repor, ready for publication
vihuuyc or ten days % itS final completion and PR.
scntuoL To the Goveraur. 1his will make II IL valuable
and mrcu sourhf document Instead Of material for
the iuna shop The COmui',oner was a member OF the
stat, senate rom 1865 10 l-G,. looking out OF the
BROADWAY Strc"t-cArs the other dag, hs remarked:
Evcryuody tell. me that tho Broadway line =
a big ard popular success G.,o riwayS predlcte
,r-r u volt BE- They wcrc al 1t In the Assembly way
back In my tiue there Votes IN its favor were worth IN
those days from $4,000 TO 100000 each While
never voted FOR it, always in favor 81 the project
atts-F ar
was FOR securing ti-ht OF way on lhc petition ot
majority OF the property fcd TO yen sharr that he
enough lhe sole.kocprra who opposed 1t most Strcnu-
ousy are. am told nov u" mos, 'n'nu,asnG IN IT.
share " verse rlci'm Is the Arcade Railroad Is
tie best thing that has d. On conceived 81 presented IN
NV tIc Tor INC relief OF overcoming In tho lower part
of Nev.Yurk. AN toId mat ~ to De proceeded Win
IN a short time under tho Old charter
j. H. Cheney. OF Bloomington, H.. whose position as
the Lake Erie ard Western Railroad brings him
often To this city told yesterday that the crop
of his ate VIII be enormous and for all
the trunk lines OF railroad FOR long time II there "a any
Kind Of demand for the IaLcd Nr. Cheney about
his ueghbor JudS' David Davis and WIS told that the
former ho,yy weight OF the Cn.cd states senate has
been 50 reduced in llcsh that his old assucatcs would
scale, at over hrcc hundred lounds. lie tips the beam
now at only about two hundred.
Yahc, enterprise Is well illustrated 10y Foot & Tinker
in their Last publication which is well cXccutcd Tlate
of nccrn rel lcscnttI,o Partisan journalists" Mr..
mixer showed autograph letters from many Of these
noted men commenting the lahfulno.s oi the portraits
American publishers have heretofore rciraincd from
attending 10 compete with French and English pub
fishers on their ground but Mr. Tinker tells ne |
that their plate OF representative English Journalists
has met with large sale Ia Anglani. while for their
French plate large order, have already been obtained in
france Tho scheme OF this series is to give good por-
traits editors with fac SMILES Of their sUaprrs
rrC central figure I'm the French grOuf Is Eulle tic
Cirarlln who was the first to make the icuilctun
no vel continued from day 20 dag feature OF French
Journalism. lnnri Escotler. OF the Ittt JOUiHd Who