New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-11
ABOUT MEN AND AFFAIRS.
OPINIONS, HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS CAUGHT
IN PUBLIC PLACES.

He was here for several days last week and had chat
with him about the turf II began by remarS he made
that he did not believe the Dryers had bought tho
best OF Mr. Lorillards horses solely their own re-
sponsibiiity lie added: The Dryers perhaIs =,
acked by a stock company olso by Mr. Lorillard III
Is not probable that they invested their own money In
that way They have got elephant on their b"ncs'
Why, II I wanted to play the Dryer cards would DO
better OF than they and not own horse Ihey can
only figure up purses that they win II they win all
they oxlect to- to the $4,000 less than their
expenses will DO for the The rest they mus.
make up IN betting Now can go right In ana BACK ali
the Dwyer horses. just they must do. would start
even, while they would begin loss OF this $4,000
which they make mp before they get any profit
So would DO better of than they although they own all
stock There Is such thing in this country either
as getting corner on lorses. Animals develop too
rapidly. Then. foo they develop phenomenai'y Tie
horse that is not worth a continental I'm one race may
win the big prize in the next The scrubbest looking
animal in the entries may he the leader nj tho finish
Two years revoutonlze the running track"
incidentally Mr. s,ott said he had been looking over
the horses named for the suburban and WAS in
cned think that Forest who has ninety pounds, viii
win 1t.
While talking the other day with Senator Allison.
Of iowa. the condition of business IN the Land Commits
eoners 0Fce came up Tie Senator has a constituency
which il largely Interested in this oce. lie said to
There is great dissatisfaction with the administration
OF the Land Onice all through the West but It II most
bitter in the Territories am constantly In receipt OF
communications showing the feeling In the Territories to
be intense The Land Commissioner seems TO have gone
into office with an idea that everything that was done
hy any Republican Predecessor was necessarily fraudu
lent AMI should be revoked reversed The result IS
that he has mixed up business OF his office so that
the settler is at 10 what he may do or what he
shall do to protect himself. 10 would have been very
much better tor Mr. Sparks he had started ont with the
theory that everything all right until he could provo
the contrary"
General J. A. williamson. OF Washington the former
of the General Land Oce, was I'm tho city
day or two lie is tall man, to whom the ad-
OF years has brought pretty round and solid
growth OF flesh He standing IN front OF the desk at
the Fifth AvenLe Hotel. when n man several inches
taller than he straight az an Indian and OF compare
lively slender bu H. stepped up behind him. Two long
arms were thrown around the General While the neF
cOiner, who Governor WarmOth Of louisiana
sang ont in tho Generoi's ear: Column riEht. Get
behind the trees" When the General turned about ana
recognized his old army comrade tho Governor sad
say. General you cOullnt get rs much protec ton
from that Lookout Mountain saplDc now you DID the
day OF the fight" The Conceal laughed, he REPLIED
took to wOodple It was. before we got ont 81
that. But have hot grown so much stouter 1t you
who have crown stout" The Governor rej)inei:
Well, might easily get thicker than Was that day.
behind little sapling that was shot all To pieces
stretched myself mp and up the fullest height OF
which able to make myself aud to tho least posi-
nle breadth. tall before since a. was
that day while trying to get much OF my body rs
possible behind that sarling. do remember that you
had n woodple which enved yon. Tho boys were All
grabbing roots about that time"
was taking with Governor Warmotb about Louisiana
matters when he said Business is dull We haze
plenty of but can't sell it at all. The price is 50
low that IL does no. 10 send to market IL politics
there is nothing in Washington recently and
think never amOre unhappy set OF men In my
life than the Democrats They actually dismal"
Writing OF Louisiana reminds ne that heard recently
that Ham Pitt Kellogg proposes to make atcmp
to 90 to Congress from That state this year Tho man
from whom received this Information said t. me:
have the most profound respect fO the accomplishments
Kellogg. lie Is one OF the most remarkable men that
have met known. Why, he has beid Office for
twenty years, drawing in that time aggregate u
$1,000 IN salaries doubt il there is luan IN the
country who can match that record OilcehOldcr"
The Organization OF the Ohio Society of New-Yori
to be making stir in social circles that may be
termed semi political. BY that moan among men OF
both parties who in public lifc in large business
enterprises that Much talked about They say
inc. other things that until this organization
started tLcy had thought New and ireland ros-
seSsrd the biggest end OF Gotham Tie New England
Society has been the most prominent organization In
New York OF its kind and almost the only The Ohio
society is the first organization Of living here who
have drifted Eastward instead of the uf
emI grafton II fact that tho West Is permeatius the
Eas' more ana more every year. WAS chatting Win
General Henry l.. Burnett: who Is OF the
OF he OOans, when he said TO me: We have Thought
and the knickeroockcrs with something substantial
from the heart OF the continent aud to lei the
eOple OF New York know that the and
States beyond her Western borders, where the Nations
brightest men are being developed"
talking the other day with William L. Scott of
Erie, aud Dwight Lawrence when the popular Idea that
men in legislative positions work little and get good ray
mentioned Mr.. Lawrence said: rhcre is
member OF the State Senate at Albany who does not
work harder to keep up with the public business than
ho would in his private affairs. There is not member
who Is not obliged to work constantly all through the
session. do not know harder worked set Of men ia
the country than Just these Senators" Nh Scott spoke
up: It is fact that since became Congressman
have worked harder than ever worked before in my
lie. II any one hal told me two years that woald
life should hay told them they foolish. got to
work every dag that am in washIn -ton at o'clock in
aud my WORK Is not quito done then tell you II Is not
bed OF roses to he IA Congressman"
ran Thomas Mast uptown day or two ago
and fell into conversation with him about the executive
OF the United You men of the
press could easily break them up he said aud show
their utter absur!ity If you would all to tell
things happening In them which never happened and
which wOad make the Senators appear In ridiculous
light. They are not at liberty to deny affirm any
that may lie made about the session
and they would quickly tire Of being gr0csqgey repro.
secuted Miles Oiei!ly had wonderful faculty for that
kind OF thing He used 70 write things that the alleged
participants denied ut once without getting the
public 20 believe tie denials. Every agrees that
the executive sessions should bo abolished"
There is more than little pushing going on with
reference the Arcade undo ground railroad scheme
with whom 1 talking about III yesterday and
who ought % be well posted, said To IL tho
big pecc OF engineering alter the aqueduct Thor
idea let o. Bren clark hnsh their aqueluct work
and then bring their machinery down here FOL the
Arcade"
ran ex-senator Gibbs night or two ago and
asked him what lie thought OF the situation in the
Broadway Surface affair Abiding to the belief OF some
people that there is not sufficient evidence
tho arrests that have been made Senator said:
hardly believe that Byrnes ana MARITIME have gone