Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-25
DETER B. swEENY TALKS.
what He Thinks of Local Politics IN
Gotham.

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>-w YORK, July 81. - Peter b.
.a,.onv who sailed for Europe
,soak. assured ne, shortly before his
I 'ND.rtrre. that ne would return to this
,.,,in tine fall. He told me that he mad
or,b,tiou for himself, but that all his
I-,nas are centred in his SON and heir,
-,iom ne is carefully educating for the
,arr his old profession in the old days.
viii not talk on public affairs II
,,sod but IL allowed to chat in his
l;',ran,matic way he freely expresses
t!-,iaws IL am out of public Ife," he
VA l93 mo. circumstances not of my own
lV'u ,n led me into public life. MY
cN.,to has much deprecated, but shall
57,ye nv son we'll provided for" The
f5tnre OF his son really seems to be his
only care. r.ol
coyarnment are in the same condition
s5s,tbout leader, and comparison Is
inevitable. The French VIII MAKE martyrs
~ tha Princes by expatriating them;
ybongh neither one If them is qualified to
to a leader. but their cause will be es-
FUSED. A leader is needed in local
Potit,cs. Cleveland will receive a re-
Ppom,nation, and will accept, and prob
a6iv he reelected Tilden, very strong
Con ia too old. Blame will unquestiOn-
obIy receive the Republican nomination.
lie is a very strorg and able man, but he
is TOO much of a Oliticlan. only
those who have ben abroad can fully op-
rreciate our OwT country, our own great
rcountrv. The common energy of the
masses will always prevail in this coun-
try and preserVe It's institutions. New
YORK is a great dty, with q future that
viii make it in tine the greatest city in
tho world. With the concentrated
wealth of the world, the growth and
snlepdor of New York is not calculable.
ia situation il peculiarly salubrIous,
located between two rivers and sur
rounded by hellth-giying country; aud
while it experiences in the year the
climates of the world, it is coy, and com
Portable no matte how severe the weather.
In time the travelling facilities of this city
will be a model br the world. 1t is only a
question of time when New York and all
the surrounding cities will be inCOrpO-
rated. The bridge has united New York
and Brooklyn. There should be more
bridges or tunnels each side. The tariff
question is the great question of this
country. The silver question VIII adj
lust itself in tine, and 50 the labor prof.
lean a vital Oneh as the common sense
of the masses will prevail in ascertain
ING the right ARD best pro bono pubhcO.
The old party lines are down, and the
new issues viii animate the two parties
in the future, though probably the pres
ent designations OF Democrats and Re
pubcans willcontinue and absorb the
issue, such as prohibition and the like,
which are too strong TO be ignored. There
is period OF great general prosperity
coming now that the wreck OF the past
few years is being cleared away. The
trouble Will always be a tendency 10 infia-
ton, and the consequent reaction, but it
Is in these times that fortunes are made.
tell YOU, sir, this is great country and
great people, ana it is time, as Gen.
Grant said, we spelled nation with big
n, and mad proper coast detenses and
asked no tavOrs OF any one, while well
coming all to our shores in the spirit of
the founders of the government. AS |
said, the people can always be trusted
10 keep an even keel, however i'm
modest, sometimes, the Captain OF the
craft may be-"
The education OF his son will be COM
peted In Paris. He is a bright, round
faced lad, now some IL years old, and not
at all like his father in appearance and
H temperament, but more like his mother,
4 who was the second divorced wife OF Page
4 the artist. Sweeny maintained his habits
1 of secretiVeness to the extent that for
years only his intimates knew he was
married to the beautiful and accom-
/ plished lady who accompanied him
in his exile and from whom
he has been alienated to the extent that
they no longer live together because, it Is
hhted. OF her conversion to SpirituaIism,
! i9r which he has a profound horror.
While in this city Mr.. Sweeny seldom ap-
peared down town, but was to he seen
frequently taking a stroll in Central
Hk, where he was very rarely recog-
nized. lie was very often visited by IN
ilential men in municipal politics for
suggestions. JOHN D'ARME.