New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26


acknowledged to DO tho leading portrait painter OF
the country. Nearly every eminent man Oh tno ooun
try has bcep among his dtters, ana 20 groas - VIZ
demand for his brush that lac u often monns penino
his oricrp.
big and q heavy SGT man, with o square facs.
r,pddy complexion and brown burnside whiskers VINO
is soen often among the politicians from tho country
uptown nowadays during the senatorshlp contest -
Reuben L. Fox, who was at one time connected WIN
the Office OF Railroad Commissioner He mas pecn
assistant In Republican State Committees for year,
and now has business venture every winter ct Al
bany, which gives him handsome remuno7uon
Mr. Foxs Albany enterprise is tho result Of his care
full observation of the manner In which legislative
business has been transacted there. For years the
largo corporations In this city and throughout the
soate who were likely to be affected by tho legsla-
ton wero obliged to have agents constantly az Al
bany TO poet them the Introduction OF bills which
might have o bearing on their interests Inc OK
penses wore large and buricnsome to each corpora
ton. Mr. Fox conceived tho idea OF doing this Work
there through a single bureau or agency. he mado
q combination OF o large number OF corporauons
which he agreed to servo through the winter on
plan formulated by himself. At the earliest moment
after tho Introduction Of any bill affecting tho In
teres;s Of any subscriber of his bureau full copy OF
the measure IL forwarded directly to the homo Once
Mr. Fox keops tabulated statement Of what Is d0no
with each bin through all subsequent stages Of legis
lation and keeps the homo offices posted as TO inc
status OF bills before the Assembly and before tho
committees, thus enabling them III tncy ucslrc ucor
ing to secure It, and II they desire to amend or TO
defeat the passage of bill to act accordingly In
tho closing hours Of the Legislature, when WORK Is
rapidly disposed OF, Mr.. Fox's work becomes cnor-
nous, as he never let's day go by without making
a complete summary OF all the business OF the Gay
and mailing 1t for their inspection the following
morning. Tho plan has resulted In saving some OF
the largo corporations In New-fQrk thousshos OF
dollars in year. but Is 90 well done under the new
arrangement that Mr.. Fox is likely to make 1t his
business for o lifetime It, of course, requires long
experience at Albany to undertake such Work ana
exceptional facilities for securing advance lnforma-
ton, all Of which Mr.. Fox possesses.
NV attention was called by an uptown hotol clerk,
who goes to his work every morning at O'CLOCK
to tho fact the electric lights are turned out over
the city at such an hour In the morning mat inc
principal thoroughfarcs are shroudcd In darkness Ut
the darkest hour OF the night, which is Just before
dawn MY informant said: my most convenient
way to come to the hotel would be on Seventh ave-
and along Twenty third St. but with the electric
lights turned off both these streets IT Is 30 Dark
that do not risk myself on them against footpads'
On the streets down where gas still used tno
Lights burning at sufficiently late hour 10 ehaoio
ono TO get along. 1t seems to mo as matter VI
ureycnt on of crime and also against fires, the eectc
lights should be kept burning to later hour II
fire should occur on one OF these pHhcipai seoo.
during the last hour before day IL wouin 10 o'ouo
Cor the dremcn TO find the hydrants and the engines
might crash into each other. 1t Is very bad polcy
for the city not to have these streets nghtod az cy
should be-"
Ralph Wagner, ono Of the young publishers OF
New-Yorh, is q square -shouldered man Vi s""iOs
complexion, with large nose, big black mus'acno
and keen black ewes he came to Ncw-York from
Toledo where he was q newspaper publisher. his
father. Clark Wagner, was an old time edi'or' anu
WAS sometimes referred to In Ohio Us the mah VIM
made Rutherford b. Hayes" The circumstances 'na'
are related to back up this title are conhecoeo WIN
the canvass for Governor, which took place In .ao
=
WAGNER who editing "The Toledo CommcroiA'
was a Prcsby tcran the str.ctcst type with stern
New-E England IDEAS. 1ho nomination TOT ooNefnoi
had been ali but conceded to Aphonso Iait' INC Nn
cInnau iurist who was Attorney General uhder ffee
nent Grant and has since been Minister TO kussia'
-, ra.t while on the bench, had delivered uo-
cision adverse to the enforced use OF the buio III w.
nublic schools. It was abhorrcnt 10 inc su'in ,
tan nature of the Toledo editor, ana no Nhoi 80.
amused Judge Tafts nomination, put LOT u ions IN
W ono couM he found to make the race against he
Judge 1t was reported that Mr. hayes, VINO w"s
living I'm retirement at Fremont which Is Ic" nn s
from Toledo had given some kind OF plcdgo .n'' no
orId mot no a candle ate against Judge Iatt VI uio
dav OF the con,c ntion Mr. Wagner appsaicu -
delegate, and Mr. Hayess name was pios.n .od
candidate The of Judge Tart lmnediuoiy e"
go. ne waa authorized to say that Mr.. Hayes was
not a candidate against his fathcr wnofvup"n u
editor produced and read with dramauc cnco' "a. s
a,ch from Mr. HAYES. In which the Fremont states
M ,aoIarcd that he was in the bands of his friends
" had been the work Of weeks ior MI. p'o, md
procure this Letter. Mr.. Hayes Was hoinii To- D.
elected and stepped from that office 70 uo rrcs
hcncy
c,.,or Warmer Miller was met Friday at the
,,t,h Avenue Hotel and asked about his intended
movements, and he replied that he was gong "
Washington that night. 81 am not gomg W ms
nv christmas fight or fight" was MS lauehihs
remark 81 will be back to inc cohecs' "i'oi N'0
babies get their presents
co,one, George W. Hooker of Vermont has been
an, 20 Depver and come back through the west Win
fr,ouent stop overs to old friends ana I' apo"'
public anars. The Colonel said that ne mao soho'o
in mind which would save the Rcpublican parry, anu
when asked PROFOUND it, declared that IL couu 20
done by taking the tariff off sugar lie aoaeu
aWhiIe ont West | learned that the reason why the
Knights of Labor threw their forces against the he
publcans In the Congressional eccuohs Two yo"io
ago was because of the refusal OIL ue hepuoh0un
House to take the duty of sugar, tho aggregate
amount of which Is something like S4o,0Oo'ooo vi
s4s OO0 900 annually, although the same House h'ca
slA,OO0,OOO tax of the National BANKS IL We nau
reversed this operation the Republican parry wouu
stiIl be In power. IL Is not too late for inc party
to 20 back and begin over again III hepuohcah
leaders direct their energies to formulating measures
for the welfare Of the entire people regardless Oh the
CORPORATIONS and mOnopolcs, the party can easily
secure new lease OF life and new hold IN pubic
confidence II Is the stralght road"
Two ex-Governors Of Vermont who have been In
Now York the last week. are notable types Of New
England men and represent the two leading IN
dustrcs OF their State. Ex-Governor Redfeh Proc
tor ia at the head the great marble producing In
,ustry which Il centred at Rutland 1t was through
him that all the leading marble Qarres OF the state
were brought into pool some years ago, and have
snce been operated with a common purpose. The
Governor has grown rich and Is accounted million
afro He is a tail man and somewhat slender, with
broad shouldes large head, brown whlskers ana
smooth shaver broad upper lip. Ex -Governor Hor-
Acc Fair anls, whose Is associated with the
scale industry Of the country lives at st. Johnsbury,
which might be Named after the family Of which he
il known to be the head, since its prosperity and
principal institutions ali due to the fostering care
NJ the Fairbankses Vermont Is the principal centre
OF the scale manufacturing industry Of tho entire
country the Howe scale works being located at Rut
land Governor Fairbanks Is small man, with long
gray whskcrs. He dresses with exceeding ncatncss,
i'm black broalcloth, and a carefully brushed
siux hat, In talk with him at the Fifth Avenue