New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-06
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PHASES OF LIFE IN TIE GREAT CITY.

Timothy j. Campbell Ia still pretty over the
hard fight he had with the silver tongued Grady III
the With Congressional District. "1im" had been
Endorsed by every known political faction on the
East Side and made liberal contributions all around
yet he won by only few paltry hundreds Inc
Fast Side statesman q flannel rag about ms
throat the other night at the dinner given him by inc
Oriental Club and could scarcely make his ackno"l
edEments above VIII sper. but When he came 10 'aA
about the way be had been cheated and sold out oy
traitors In his own camp, bis voice sounded Ike
wheezy fog-horn down tho East River. Tin
Is apt to strain his throat whom he speaks and MS
eloquence. though pungent. overleaps good many
rules OF rhetoric and grammar. he Ia al MS o.1'
when he ats blandly among his admrine Constituents
with a twenty four carat dsmond on his shirt BOSOM
and equally lustrous and expansive smile on hi'
smooth shaver face. Then his amiahle sclf-csteoM
will blossom out luxuran'ly and he imagines b msen
q bigger than Cleveland ME and the Pres
ident" he will tell you "had hard luck this fan WIN
the blan1ed newspapers. They lied about me out.
rareously. But I'll let that pass now. know ],
was all on account OF me position on tho tar1n Anu
this IL place discuss tariff" adds the states
"Tlmr may be a buroon. but he Is not altogether
devoid OF the arts Of the politician He viii ten
you himself that he has unusually good pun
on the Brooklyn Navy Yari. and he has put more
OF his constituents In places under the Cleveland
Administration than almost any other New-foh
Congressman. he was once prcssman In new>
paper Office and worked up to his present position
solely by bis efforts. And a man whose election
expenses put at must havo rather elastic
resources. Senator Reilly, who IL no great frena
OF "Tm's" says that Campbell II a hard man TO beat
Tho Senator finds great satisfaction In tho ION
gressmans re election. He thinks 1t establishes
good precedent that the Representative from tno
nth District must actually live among his con
'tituents. Senator Reilly made vigorous war on
carpetbagrers at the Oriental Club dinner and tnero
Is q suspicion abroad that no may try some Gay 7"
succeed the redoubtabls "Tim."
President John Newell. Of the Lake shore road
often drops into the Grand Central station on bust
ness connected with the Vanderbilt systom. He mas
pleasant word for everybody. but ne L, particularly
rcticent whom asked about n coming dividend on
Lake Shore. He laughs at any query. and says tnat
the directors have to meet TO determine the ques
ton but he Ia willing to say that the earnings OF the
company increasing at most gratifying rate
SIR. Newell TO be a believer In Lake Shore
but he will not say anything TO q newspaper man
hat looks lke "hul ne" tho market. "Our earn
ngs are good" he remarks, "and the pool arrange
ments arc working we'll. but don't know that those
things are what please people who on tho watch
for speculative movements. / leave those
alone"
General T. NJ. Logan. Of Richmond. w.. who had
n handsome interest in the combinato on by which
Richmond Terminal was carried up from % to ~ IN
the stock market. is slender man of small stature
with a small but finely formed head, large forehead
and square cut brown whi-kers. He lives with his
family at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. His profits Ia tho
Terminal 80 are said u have been rceQuiroers
Of million dollars.
Collector Magone saturday received persist
ent applicant-not for apo ntment but for encour-
agcment TO the suffrage movement. Tho
visitor was Mrs Twitchell. prom nent in the wOmans
rights movement for many years, and as the Col
Iector believes that duties in his Office should DO
official rather than sOco pOlit cal he was consider
,iby rel eyed when the agitatOr had gone. She sat
close to the Collector and began whispering in his
Ear. and the Collector moved his chair back Inch
iiy- inch closed the space. The first audible eI-
,ression heard was. "Dont YOU think Mr.. Col
lectorl" MIR. Magone tried to look pleased and re-
spondcd: 81 think, madame that an intelligent
woman Is more entitled 10 vote than All Ignorant
man" This seemed t. encourage Mrs. Twtchel,
who. with considerable earnestness. replied: I'VE
have fifty eight lawyers on our side. and wo are
suPe to win. Good day Mr.. Collector"