New-York tribune., 1885-07-12
CAUGHT WHERE MEN MEET.
WHAT MIDSUMMER VISITORS TO NEW-YORK
ARE TALKING ABOUT

President Cleveland Said no: The most that can DO
said of President Cleveland that he has not done as
badly as was to be expected Of Democrat"
Senator Sherman bears his advancing years we'll It
has always been said OF him that ne IA ccle OF polite
ness and that he freezes young who approach him.
have found him cool In his reception OF men
unless they unworthy The rcputed frigidity
is pure Imagination. else Mr. Sherman has begun to
unbend in his latter years. met him here after his
return from the Woodstock Fourth OF July celebration
He said OF Henry c. Bowens efforts: 1t aston
ished to told that Mr. Bowen has kept up this old
fashioned celebration for fifteen years II must cost
him great deal OF money The people about WOODSTOCK
farmers. They with their families in the farm
wagons and form an audience Of great intelligence
surprised at the frequency OF certain names among
them. The old families have In and in for century
Or two. I found the names that streak Northern
Ohio and especially the Western Reserve"
Senator shcrmans visit to the Pacific coast this year
gave him opportunity to study the Chinese question
closely On that subject he sad They are all OF one
mind out there about the Chinese talked with mep
In every station In fe from the contractors who hire the
Chinese to tho capitalists who are said 10 oeneht py
their cheap labor Except few men who want them Tor
servants, the voice sll way. that the Chinese
must go. went all the State and made inquiry
wherever The opposition to the Chinese Is on the
ground that they aliens forever They do not become
part OF our population They wear Chinese clothes the
cotton goods OF Chinese cut being retained even by the
railroad labores They live on rice and fish, They Duy
nothing. They invest in nothing. They are not con
OF any OF our products They simply sell ana
make profit, with which they intend to return to China
They do not marry and form families that will bind them
here but gather In ou brOods They do not learn our
language adopt any OF ways There is opposition
from other sources on the broader gr0ud that their
presence n this country the cheapDess with which they
live and the cheapness with which they work. Is degrad
ing to our labor The opposition does not exist 10
emigration from the other direction. The people VINO
from Europe learn to speak English, marry and
settle among u.s. and become part OF u.s. The resrc-
ton emigration from China is not entering wedge
tho rcsction OF other emigration. because we do
that already We do not permit paupers to come here
from any quarter Of the globe"
When spoke OF a'predlcton In The Philadelphia Times
that Ohio would elect Republican Governor and
Democratic Legislature, Mr. Sherman sad That IA an
erroneous diagnosis. Tho Legislature VIII be more
likely be overwhelmingly Republican tnan the State
This grows OF the absurd talk that Mr. Foraker and
Mr.. Mclean have made coalition to that effect The
local issues which the Legislature is mostly elected
oil with The Scott law matter alone onght TO- be
sufficient TO give US the Legislature"
In company OF gentlemen at the st. James Hotel
yesterday comment started on the gradual decad'
ence OF Fourth OF July. One gentleman said: The fault
Is with what Is known as the better class They set
the example, top OF one Of the highest build
ngs the city the night OF the Fourth to the fire.
works. IL In Twenty hrd-st. South and east the
city seemed 70 be In constant blaze OF light That s
over the tencment house quarter Further up on the
East side displays generous but not general
Along the West side there little. Up through the
heart OF the best residence portion OF the city. lying
alongside OF Fifthaye only occasional skyrocket or
Ronan candle lit the gloom" Colonel Gabriel Wharton.
of Kentucky spoke up Bacon never said truer thing
than that A poor aud economical people tho bull
wark pt nation In the patriotism Of tho poor people
OF NewYork OF which you evidences, there Is tho
best assurance Of their faith In the government Do you
know am In favor OF purchasing all We can get OF
Mexico JUS, the that have been down there
and found tho people industrious and hardworking
Every bit OF ground is TILED or utilized.
lam reminded by this aluson to sMcIican acccssions
that was recently told that It Is part Of the secret
history OF one OF tue negotiations OF the United States
with that country growing out OF our Southwestern
acquisitions that II 100000 offered as bonus and
refused for commercial treaty guaranteeing 70 this
Government the right OF transit at the Isthmus OF
Tehuantepec. This seems to be wholly incre lible.
saunterng down Broadway yesterday below the Post
Office passed n short dressed with great care
whose large nord face and white whiskers and hair made
him prominent among pedestrians. He was evidently
we'll preserved OF not over sixty. friend who
was with me, answering my Inquiries, said; That Is
Mr. Berle. nanyyears ago president OF tho Eric road
lilo had an episode IN his life that was enough to shake
any mans nerves. but you it has apparently not
affected him In the least He shot and killed. wisner
Murray In Orange County. wos tried for murder and
acquitted. knew Murray well. lie was wild young
man. N ever there was He and Bcriel
married ss,crA IL came To Berders ears that
Murray was paying attentions to the wrong sister and
he made remirks which Murray and his brother resented
violently Berlel had been at his office In New York all
day and took tho afternoon train for his place up In
Orange he got OH the train and passed through the
station building his arms pinonei from behind by
wisncr Murrays brother who wsner struck him across
tho face with whip. saw tho marks there tho next
aay Boriclrs forearms aud hands free to Io
mana god pail revolver from hip pocket Wsner
Murray started run bat with tho disadvantages
OF his position Beriell brought him down. On his trial.
ono of the things relied npon him tally kept
by a servant OF Wisner Murray's visits 10 tho Bcrde
hou.e during Berlolls absence. She had q blackboard
and piece OF chalk AMI kept which showed more
visits than there were days In the year"
There Ia great deal of quiet talk going on about Presi
dent Cleveland. | am told that Mr.. Cleveland has
become 80 infatuated with his greatness that dare
crtlclse any OF his actions. Hc will not brook auy
criticism however honest sound. He has around him
a little crowd OF latt srers who are ulling his mind with
the idea that no Is Tho Man of Destiny" His old
friends arc forgotten. when he went from Albany 10
Washington not sin glo citizen OF Buffalo was invited TO
co with him or 10 meet him there. 10 Mas IA II they
were dead or forgotten No President has yet occupied
te chair OF wast In gon aud Jefferson who has not found
I'm his home city some who III 10 MI position OF
high honor. There were only four delegates from
I,uf,ao IN the State Convention that nominated Glove
land t0r Governor who original oyeland men.
They begged pleaded. argued ana brought the others
over They have their reward IN thls, that AIR. Cleveland
kindly ignores their existence.
Ex- Assistant Postmaster- General Lyman. who
mnglcs u great deal with people mud has excellent
means OF knowing tho drift of public thought and
opiulon said to mo- after the NewYofk appointments:
Clcyeands opportunity has gone. lie has thrown II
away What ho might have done was 10 break up both
the old parties. Tho Democratic party onght To be
broken up The Republican Iarty could have been
broken I'D nj the same time II Mr. Cleveland had stood
m In aerxlcc refnrm aMerYIng neither rtx.t