Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15
SOME Personal GOSSIP.
What Has Become Of Gen. Brady-Bris-
tow Revivsd-Wayne MacVeagh.


Fyon. he Philade'OAta Times.
NEW YORK, Jan. l2.-lt is singular how
men who have held nigh places in lite fall
by the roadside. saw Gen. Tom Brady
to-day at the Astor House. A friend Of
his tells me that be has been poor ever
since the star route trials, in which he
was prominent figure. lie mas been at
the downtown hotel ever since last july,
hanging on by the eyel0s, waiting Tor
something TO turn up. II has been a
marvel to many of his friends how be
lived, yet in this metropolis IL II easier
Tor man to yet enough to eat ana
drink than in any other place | ever knew.
For nearly year Brady has stayed al
this hotel and got loaded with rum IN
genteel way every DAY until people have
begun to wonder whether or no he had
/ entirely lost his grip on business. his
/ friends tell me that he is upon his feet
again ana mas Just sold his interest IN
railroad franchise running from Lanes-
Vile TO the OHIO river. The same people
who are interested 10 him say that he is
now going TO leave New York and 80
down to Westmorelsnd county, Virginia,
where he has a 40O-acre farm stretched
along the cast coast. Here Gen. Brady
who was a good soldier and successful
p0iitician-is expected to forget the IN
justice Of men and the history Of specu-
latlon that followed the war OF which he
was part.
TEE FALL or BRADY.
The star route trials and The romance OF
politicians which they revived are he
coming ancient history. Whether Brady
was guilty or not is not question for dis
cusslOu now. If he was, other men who
shared the same view ofpOlItics as him
self were accessories before and after the
fact. Brady was a power in the very
heart Of the speculative era, and he grew
very rich IN playing stocks. once he was
large holder of Bell Telephone securities
and one Of the bOldest operators on the
street. 1t cost him all that he had
made IN the past to keep out Of the penn
| Tertiary, and when he was declared by
/ jury not guilty be was comparatively
/ poor man. If he mas made a few thousand
| dollars and Will 20 down IN Virginia and
/ become a quiet citizen the country Will
| sOon forgetthe scandal that is attached to
| his name. Brady has grown gross within
the last few years, ana MS face IS so broad
and tiabby that il rs almost forbidding.
/ Here is q man with facilities and great
/ opportunity who mas been destroyed by
/ the business methods Of the present era.
| How lonesome he viii be down on the
( Virginia shore, spending most of his time
gathering clans.
ANOTHER INTERESTING RENuNIsCENCE,
Coming up from down town today on
! the elevated railroad / saw eX-SecTetary
! BristoW. lie is growing older and better
| looking. Like all men who think much
! he does not pay great attention to his
/ dress, ana his clothes are not new or Of
/ the freshest pattern. But BristOw is a
| natural lawyer. ana like al men OF Orlgi-
| nallty is commanding men who have
money and less brains than him
self He is the attorney of Ad
| Cammack, the great speculator, and
| Othes men of high financial standing.
| There are few men like BristOw. He is
| so full of forcefulness that it takes man
| of distinction to reach his ear and arouse
his best impulses. He is fond of money,
/ and it is said of him that a friend can do
/ him no higher service than to tell him
where he can spend dollar. Yet with
all Bristow's talents and mis- leading po-
sition az an attorney bere, almost every
| one looks upon him with suspicion.
MVEAGH on BRIsTow.
He can never get rid Of the prejudice
! that he did not do the fair thing while
! Secretary Of the Treasury In Grants Cab
met. | was talking with Wayne Mac
/ Neagh- the other day about this phase in
/ Bristew's life. lie said:
! 1.-The world is unjust. Public opinion
! is toe often formed outside of the fact. "
/ is not true that BristoW was untaithfukf6
/ Grant and used his position as~Secret5fy
| of the Treasury to boom his candidacy for
/ the Presidency. He dealt in good taith with
1 his chief and every day Eept him advised
/ OF the steps he was taking IN the prosecu-
ton OF the whisky ring. Yet it viii be
/ impossible 90 make large mass Of the
!. American people believe this fact. The
/ Americans hate an migrate and an un.
I faithful friend worse than any other peO-
| pie in the world. The newspapers pla-
! cardod BristOw IS holding a position in
I Gen. Grants political household while be
! was secretly undermining his chief.
! Though this is not true, yet large share
/ Of the public belieyRit, and Mr.. Bristow
Will be Obliged 10 suher in the mist OF
misrepresentation, the same as many 9th
| or men have had to do before him. 1t is
not right, but public opinion is loaded
/ with caprice
Mr.. MacYeagh's Judgment is worthy Of
consideration, for he bad exceptional
means Of knowing the facts hut it will be
hard to convince the American people
/ that his position 10 right, and Mr.. Brst0w
/ VIII doubtless never yet over the impress
sion the people formed OF HIM and mis-
I acts when be was Secretary OF the Treas
ury.
GRANT AND NV EAGa,