The Washington critic., 1886-02-09

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handed one each to us. My little son
scarcely dozen years of age-was
with us, and frequently during the SO.
cial part Of our conversation Mr.. Cleve-
land picked ut the boy; that Is, he
chuckled him under The chin and
called him pet names till was afraid
the little fellow would make n naughty
rclort." "You liked the President p
Very well" !" was the quick reply;
"but / would like him better If he
didn't act so shy Of the ladies. felt
all the time that he believed we came
to look at him through curiosity. |
don't wonder that he has never mar
ried Why2 Oh, because woman
couldn't corner him long enough to
pop the question"
s~s
There is nothing more said in New
York about sales of stocks for the os-
tate of the late d. p. Morgan. One
who knew him well said to Brooklyn
Times contributor the other day: "I
don't know exactly how much North
west Mr.. Morgan left, but it has been
placed at as high as 80, 900 shares. lie
also owned some Oregon Transconti-
mental Mt the time of his death. think
that the value of his estate has, since
his dccease, increased 5000, ,000." The
obituary notices of d. =. Morgan were
meagre, and yet he was one of Wall
streets interesting characters. In one
respect he was exactly the opposite of
Mr. Cammacl; that Is, he was always
inclined TO take the bull side. He
jumped quick, however, from one side
Of the market to the other; he ran like
deer when he found lie was on the
wrong side of the fence. lie had
wonderfully tenacious memory; he
could remember stock figures as Henry
j. Raymond could election statistics
lie would at times deal in from fifty to
sixty thousand shares of various stocks
in day back and forth, backing and
filling, and never make the smallest
memorandum. Even when so far away
from New York MS London or Paris he
often speculated by cable in from
$1,000 to $4,000 shares of stock in a
single day.
Said q leading Democratic Congress.
man to Carp" of the Cleveland
Leader: at seems to me that the key
of the Presidential campaign of 1888
lies in the State of New York, and
more especially in the lower wards of
New York city. These lower wards
carry the State. With the solid South
and New York the Democratic party
will get enough outside that State to
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New York city. think see COM
bination between Whitney, his father
in law, Payne, and Samuel j. Tildcn,
by which Tilden, If he lives, will
throw his strength to Whitney in 1888.
Tilden's letter of coast defenses was
cotton up to throw, If possible, large
amount of money into Whitney's
hands, and to bring an extensive pa
tronage under his control. Tilden says
we need new navy. He Is certainly
right, and If one is built 1t will be
largely constructed at the Brooklyn
Navy. Yard, where Whitney can so
scatter the work as to largely influence
the vote of New York city. In doing
this by contracts he will be able to get
his fingers upon Wall street as well
as upon the worldngmen, and,
taking into consideration the
| fact that Cleveland has said he would
not take second term, he seems also
the probable candidate upon whom the
Presidents mantle will fall. Payne S
investigation for bribery at Columbus
will hurt Whitney, but he expects to
live this down by the most extravagant
hospitality. That house of his is fur
nished like palace, and his wife is a
second Dolly Madison at entertaining.
She is a very tine-looking woman,
highly cultured, and with nothing OF
The petty snobbishness of the Goldfish
aristocrat. She dresses elegantly, and
would make such figure in the White
House as its mistress as would go down
| 10 history as the brightest of the many
ladies of the Executive Mansion. Whit
ney is, in fact, the only piece OF
Presidential timber in Cleveland's ship
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