Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-01
NEW YORK CITY POLITICS.
a Very Quiet Campaign For the
Republicans.
HEWITT AND THE MAYORAlTY
and the County Democracy
"A Sensation in Art Circles-The
Dome of the Capitol to BE Re
built--ThcatriCal Gossip.
New York Gossip.

| OF THE BEE from their serene heights
| of an assured majority for the ropubli-
can ticket in Nebraska, and full of the
enthusiasm and moral courage which
come from the support OF journalistic
championship which they believe in
and honor, can hardly comprehend how
! respondent and Indifferent we rcpubli-
| cans of the city of New York are feeling
at this present time. We have almost
| all the papers dead against us, and we
| have feeble battery of three guns to
reply in our defGnse--thc Tribune. that
| plainly takes its stand upon national
| politics, and in its agony to save the ma
tion with big apparently cares lit
tie what becomes of the city and county
! of New York; the Mule in Distress
| Mail and EXpress), the organ of that new
saint, Colonel Shepherd, one of William
Vanderbilt sons-in-la who thinks to
bring about the millennium by printing
daily scriptural text at the head
| OF the editorial columns and the carl
| caturist, Weekly Judge, a brilliant peri
| Odical, but conducted by Gillian, who
| formerly belonged to Puck, and made
| that horrible picture of Blaine as the
| tattoed man. His pencil now hits those
whom it formerly battered and tlattcrs
| where it use to sting, so that its arrows
| are bluntcd, and it consoles us less than
| it might.
| We have against us everybody, as it
| were. 50 that we are crowded and have
| less fun than ought to be our portion
| during a heated campaign. Fortunately
| we have some. for the democracy are
| cutting more capers over the nomination
| of the mayor, than IA monkey in lady's
| dressing-room. The chief actor in this
| humorous performance is Abram $.
| Hewitt, the present incumbent, who has
| been Il thorn in the sides of Tammany
ever since they nominated him two
| short years ago. 1t was whispered
about that the mayor openly declared
| his intention to run for a second term if
| Tammany Hall nominated any
one whom he considered unfit,
and the county democracy
| Immediately fastened to assure him
that in that case he should have their
| unialtering support. For they love
each other dearly, these two associa-
| tions, formed for the purpose of assessing
| candidates aud robbing the city. Mayor
! Hewitt is exactly like a chestnut burr.
He is all pricllles on the outside, but
sound and sweet on the inside. He is
| boon to newspaper men, because he is
always willing to be interviewed. and
| dashes his remarks with very much
| cayenne pepper. He has the idiosyn-
crasy of always replying to anyone who
writes him letter, and of printing it
| and his own reply IN all the papers.
| Hence the press consider him pie.
| wont to see him partly for fun,
and partly because | was anxious to
| know what he intended to do, since in a
three-cornered fight a republican would
f,,.. ,l,., 9 1
| found him in his Office in the city
hall, tall, thin, stopping man,
| dressed in black, with a white face
| little white side whiskers, and
| shapely, pointed nose, slightly rod
| dened by the abominably cold weather.
| In his manner there was a curious
mingling of abruptness, arising evil
| IDENTIFY from nervousness, OF pevishness
| born of dyspepsia and insomnia. and of
natural kindness and gentlemanly
| courtesy. | asked him point blank
whether he intended to run again.
THAT depends" he said, ''Mr. Re-
| porter. Now | want you to get this
straight. Mind, do not set myself up
| as the censor of Tammany hall; | do
| not propose myself to wage war
against that body, but will not con-
sent to give up this city to horde of
plunderers under the names of contrac-
DO you allude, Mr.. Mayor, to the ac-
queduct business?"
In part" he answered, "but there is
| far more than that. So that whilst |
disclaim being a crirlc Of the man NOM
mated by Tammany | reserve to myself
| the rights | possess AS an individual to
run again il l consider it will be best
| for the city,
This point was far too subtle for me,
l,.. \ II, a
| thcv nominated Andrew II. Green, who
was made comptroller by the committee
of seventy, in Tweed's time, would you
| run against him.
Certainly not" he replied. "Mr.
| Green is very able and very honest, and
| is endeared to all democrats by his life
long connection with Mr. Tilden.n
"Would you, II continued, run against
Sunset Cox if he should be nominated
by Tammany?n
Il do not believe that Mr. Cox would
| accept the nomination" he said.
Here Mr.. Berry, the secretary, logged
| my elbow as reminder that | had
| taken up as much of the mayors time
as | was entitled to, so that | had to
| leave. This much, however, | am sure
| of, that Mr.. Green will not accept un-
| less Mr.. Hewitt is willing that he
| should, for both belong to the same silk
STOCKING wing OF the democracy, ana
these gentry seldom buck against each
| other. Upon the whole it seemed to me
that what the mayor meant, though he
did not say it, was that if Tammany
hall nominated any one belonging to
| Tammany hall he would fight him to
the death, but if the sachems nomi-
mated some one belonging to the county
democracy he would consider the point.
Now Tammany hall nominated Abram
| Hewitt two years ago for the sake
OF the loaves and fishes, deeming that
his gratitude would be superior to his
antipathy. But it wasn't, therefore
they are furiously hungry, and the
probabilities are they will attempt to
outwit Abram by making compromise
with the county democracy, nominating
a safe man who will deal out the offices
fairly to each of the halls In this case
Hewitt will surely run as an independ-
ent, and we may have republican
mayor as the outcome Of the row.
In matters theatrical it is somewhat