Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-06
NEW YORK LETTER.
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ffSsern<uoDdeEcc OF tbo NV -.
Nsw YORK, June b. 1885.
- A..,h "a John Kelly Richard
~ W ,..ec,oss the leader OF Tammany
ss ivsv Croker il yeritabie political Carrot.
~ III noe = rood brnin, clear conceptions, ana
ns.s"ar,l;nary executive force. lie II
81 ,udgc Of men. Hc keeps his own
s'nn.sI and n extremely reticent. lie
sssrss NO speeches aud very lew promises.
Tho.c few. however, are fulfilled 10 the ie'.
ssr lie has the strongest oil friends ano
80 Interest OF enemies. lie Is Us POSITIVE
mi nat ss obstinate a. was Mr. Kelly.
ne Kelly, he was not born With silver
ssson In hts mouth. lie carie IRON the
hn,,blest source, and hard stories are
told az him In his youth. Bu', IKE
loan Morrissey, he has won t'ie cohu-
dsuce Of the people, aud developed ,ne
ouslissts Of great political ,eloer.
Tammauy will hare few defeats under ms
rpIc- HE'S so strongly iutrenched IN Toe
TsnmaDy society, which Is the fortress Oh
Che nsrty. that he could hardly be blown
ont ~ II hy the use Of dynamite. His fore
ssssa T. scrn,tbipg remarkable. Huen y.
Crsni. now sheriff, Is one OF his prottges:
~ ssas Croker who put him in the Bosrd
"a Aldermen Of 1884. He advised
Grant and other Tammany aldermen
moi 10 vote for the broadway sur
Ssce.raiIroad scheme. In Grants case
The advice was entirely unnecessary.
The others wish that they had taken his adj
vice. Before the bill was passed Croker. IN
INV bearing, predicted that every man who
voted for Il would land In the State prison.
They are going there, one oy one as last
possible.
Croker. like Kelly, Is thoroughly honest.
II he once gains mans confidence ne
never loses II. Under his rule Tammany
win probably regain much OF her old glory.
He excifes no ennlties, ana uies 10 hiiy
all jealousies among the leaders; lie worSs
silently and increasingly. He has already
eansurcd the patronage OF the De-
nartmenf OF Public Works, and he
has secured the strongest pull in the
executive Chamber at Albany. The County
Democraey is becoming disintegrated
under his mining and sipping. They
have nothing but Federal patronage let,
and that Is divided With the Republicans.
Already there are whispers that Ed. hea.
ney. Andrew ID. White, and even District
Attorney MARITIME, are ready TO reenter
Temmany Hall. Croker's warm personal
frieac, Henry n. Purroy, Is chairman OF
the County Democracy's Executive Com-
mittee. and Mayor Grace has virtually been
driven 10 the wall. His record Is 80 bad
that II Is doubtful whether he could get
respectable.sized Citizens Committee TO re-
nominate him this fall.
OF course the aidermanic exposures
have injured all The political machlnes-
Tamfnany, however, the least OF all.
sbrewd politicians have already organized
n reform movement. All are persistent
of,lcs.seekers. The play is 10 fuse with
the Republicans IN making nominations
for MAYOR. register. and other fat offices.
Al the proper time eX.Sherif O'Brien and
similar lndependent leaders. with strong
persoual followipgs, viii turn IN and help
things along. The leaders IN tins move
nent and The kid-glOye Republican Gle
msnt fancy that they can easily win.
ptsessary, however. the Democratic Tao
tlons viii uni.e. The County Democracy,
AS things now stand, can't afford to make
an independent fight, rs IL would show
their weakness. They have lost so much
In losing patronage that they could hardly
Ioll 10000 votes II an election were held
10 DAY.
Croker is about five feet eight inches high.
Tie has frame OF iron and grip OF steel
He Is ean.shhveD, has regular features, a
grim mouth, and eyes like falcon. lie
rarely smiles, and seems ever TO be lost IN
thought. he conyerses In low tones, and
Isextremely scuteutious. lie dresses plainly
and wears no diamonds. In his movements
he recalls General Mcclellan. Always calm
aud dlgni6ed, be is urbane but not over
courteous, aud be listens patiently 10 what
his visitors have 10 say. When his mind Is
made up, however, nothing In the world
will change II.
AN INFREQUENCY IL PICTURE AUCTIONS.
During the past season-for II may be re-
gardtd as closed with the beginning OF
summer--co transactions in art
assumed larger Importance than ut any
previous time In the history OF New York.
The money paid for pictures In this one
city during the last six months can only be
r,ckoned In millions OF dollars for the great
Morgan sale was but one OF many, and the
receipts at the Academy, the Water Color,
the Saimagundi, the American Artists, the
Prize, and other exhibitions, though
mounting handsomely into the thousands,
did NOT equal those OF the scores OF auctions
held here. Wealthy gentlemen developed
a sort OF mania for breaking up their
art collections, and the auctioneer waxed
fat and reioiced over his percentages. But
the boom Is over, and the man who now
PUSHES into an auction room to dispose or
his pictorial assets acts less wisely than he
would 10 go 10 the paw nbroker's with them.
Those who sold late in theseason Will never
get their pictures back for any such money
rs tLey received for thom. The artists, too,
are disalleeled, and professional iobbers are
having hard time OF It IN conse-
u,ence, Times being hard aud the
market oyerstoeked, the small buyer
wants little and offers low prices for VIVA
he wants. The artist. realizing next 4
nothing for the pictures that he puts Int
these sajes, returns to the Exhibitions ant
10 tbe shop-keepers Of repute to furnbi
him with a source OF income. The lobber
desperate NJ the estrangement OF The arts
ana the fickleness OF tue public, fills hi
auetiop.room with spot boilers" th'
scourinps OF studios, and the work OF thos'
unhsppy fellows who make "real oft-palnt
ings1 Tor such emergencies, being PAID
two dollars square yard for doing II
and when Il comes 10 this the public
stays out entirely, having no none,
to invest in trash. This Is the usua
result OF trying 10 force things
TIE excellent works In the Morgan col
lection brought large prices at auction, but
score Of little men rushing along the
same road to success, as they supposed
were brought 10 grief because the works
they offered nj auction were not excellent
Many collectors have repented the dis
psrsal q their treasures, among them Mr.
George I. Seney. the Brooklyn phillnthr0
p,st and iinancier, whose pictures sold 10
The largest prices that had been realized II
America up 10 the time OF the Morgan sale
He Is industriously buying works Of ar
again, and local as well es foreign artist
share his patronage this time,
MISS FOLSOM IN NEW YORK.
TIE romantic marriage OF the Presiden
and Miss frankie Folsom has 10 absorDe'
society as 10 throw all other events quit
into the shade. One or two weddings hay
occurred, but they sank into insight
canoe beside the great national wedding.
The first day thai Miss Folsom went ou
riding I happened TO be making a call
the sturtevunt House, which Is directly Of
postc the Gilsey House, at which she wi
stoppinS She did not pass out OF u
regular ladies' entrance OF the hotel, b
= throughh Mr.. Breslin's private house, Whit
connects With the Gilsey House. She pas
ed 80 quickly down the front steps into /,
a carriage that only glance could be ha
and might not have known at ell thai
Was gazing at the future mistress OF I
white House but for the resemblance
her pretty cousin, Agnes Folsom, who fro
church singer took up comic ope
and Is now filing an engagement at u
Casino as the pretty waitress OF q
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