Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-26
NEW YoRK's spNAToRsHIp.
The Swirl at it's hei2ht-Some of the
Candidates.


NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-The Senatorial
swirl is at it's height. The Republican
waters are very muddy. Politicians great
and small are engul(ed in the depths. The
public interest Is great. Men are betting
on tie result as eagerly as they would bet
on great horse race, Warner Miller is
moving heaven and earth to save his
chair in the United States Senate cham
Der. Two strings are tied to the seat, and
Levi 2. Morton and Frank Hiscock are
trying to yank IL from under Miller.
Morton seems TO have the strongest
string. Hlscock's is 80 weak tnat
strong pun would break it. The only
way TO get rid of Morton is to cut
his string, and neither Miller nnr Morton
have the tools to do it. The Legis.
lature meets on Jan. 3, aud elects Sena-
tor under the law on Jan. Is. All three
candidates have headquarters in this
city. Hiscock aud Miller have hung out
their banners at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
while the music OF the Morton bugle re-
sounds through the tesselated halls of
the Morton House. Hiscock is man
of the Reuben E. Fenton type. OF dark
complexion, he is sturdy apd well-knit,
and has refined and intellectual cast OF
couuteuance. He has a pointed beard,
big feet, and dignitled presence. He
looks like cross between COngrega-
tIonal clergyman ana the proprietor OF a
country cheese factory. HIS lieutenant
Ia Old Lo Sessions, who won imperisha-
BILE renown in the Conklng Garfield
light OF 1881 by avoiding State prison on
charge OF bribery. Lo also mas minis
terial look. When excited, however, he
is as calm as a Mississippi gambler. He
moves with the grace OF q man scalding
ard ha - yp q ia vvO no f,t,u ,r,tl
as a back woods settler. He is grooming
Hiseock very carefully, but Frank seems
To carry too high hook to win big race
Lo hopes to clip him into the Senate as
Hugh Hastings slipped in Ira Harris In
1861, when EVarts and Greeley were tilt
ing for the prize. How he is to do this on
a leverage of from seven to nine votes ia
poser.
Warner Miller does his own work. He
has the frame but not the brain OF a Web
ster. He lacks personal magnetism. On
first rubbing against him you get an un-
favorable impress on, but remain with
him a week and you find him one OF the
most charming and agreeable of men. He
is hardly fitted for personal canvass !;
yet he Is making most determined one
Ii is safe to say that be has had an inter
view with nearly every Senator and
Assemhlyman-elect. He failed, however
to be admitted to the redoubtable presence
If the renowned Jakey Worth, of Brook
lyn. Jakey plead the privacy of
sick bed, and escaped his impOr-
tuuities. He is claimed by the Morton
men, While working the worldly minded
| members, Miller keeps his eyes on those
imbued with the spirit OF godliness. He
is an esteemed member OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and Methodists are as
plentiful in the rural districts as grass.
hoppers in haying time. The brethren
warm nightly in the corridors OF the
Fifth Avenue hotel, and burn incense IN
honor of brother Miller" Once In a
while, however. a brothers. curiosity gets
the best OF him. He lis ems TO The seduc
tive tales Of Beelzebub's scouts, let's go
of himself, wanders into the domain of the
elephant, and is shocked at the depth OF
moral depravity IN New York.
never look at Lew z. Morton without
thinking of a picture on postage stamp.
He has a smooth face and massive fea-
lures, and he looks like statesman OF
the old school. The man has many friends
and very few enemies No man is a.
popular among the Republicans of New
York city, ard no millionaire is more
amiable or more generous. He carries
the fundamental elements OF popularity
In his heart and in his pockets, and he
knows how TO use them. On the score OF
personal presence, ne will be an orna
ment to the Senate chamber that will cast
in the shade such antiquities as Hoar and
Morrill,. Morton's- canvass is con
Quoted by She'd Shook, probably the
shrewdest Republican politician in the
Srate. shed Sis in the cafe OF the Morton
House every evening, wearing BLACK
slOucned hat, a ten-carat diamond stud,
and big seal ring. Occasionally he leans
forward, witt hands crossed on genuine
Irish blackthorn, adorned with silver
band, and listens to reports from trusil
henchmen. He is a great listener and no
talker. The reporter VINO is TO interview
him is yet TO be born. He has list Of
members elect to the Assem- bly,, which ht
frequently studies. Everything seems 10
be moving to his entire salts action.
.sHow does she head Y' | asked last ni2ht.
"All right" was the reply. "Morton Is
a dead winner. Pll bet $1,000 even that
ne is nominated on the first ballot"
ZIsKA.