New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-08
CAUGHT FROM MANY LIPS.
BITS OF CHAT SHOWING PERSONAL. TRAITS
AND FEATURES.


fve who is frequently in New-York on business He
has a smooth white face adorned By largo brown
mustache In his attire he might pass as New Yorker,
but that Is coming to be true Of most bright young
Chcagoans II Is the thing in the Lake City to copy
NewYork styles just 1t is here the correct thing
to copy the modes that are English, you Know MT
Beale has great admiration for hs partner. which no
f0s to express but the thing he admres most Is
Mr. Lncons persistent refusal to take part In politics.
Speaking that subject recently he said The mention
OF Mr. Lncons for President and for Governor OF
Illinois is alike disaseful and without his consent He
is welded to his profession with which he Is thoroughly
and enthusiastically in love- Tho recent mention Of his
name for Governor started In newspaper, and
when brought 70 his notice Immediately discounte-
nanced by him. Our Gubernatoria fght," continued
Mr. Beae, changing the subject. is quite hot one,
with five candidates for the Republican nomination.
which IL equivalent TO an election. As Cook County has
about onch of the entire representation Of the State
Convention we great deal Of the candidates In
Chicago Tho vote OF the Cook County delegates usually
decides the contest although is possible to defeat the
wishes OF Cook County by outside combinations"
Grant squires has been taking Mugwump census on
the free-trade ISSUE He 10 young lawyer who was
formerly newspaper writer is member OF the Union
League Club stanch Republican. In discussing
the tariff question recently he became imI ressed with
the fact that whenever he came a weak kneed
Republican of the Mugwump order he found him Free
Trader He started out to make list Of every Mug
wump with whom he talked the subject, and after It
up TO hundred he found that in all that
her there was not a single Protective Tariff man.
think see through the milestone Of 1884" said MI
Squres yesterday 1 don't think they can hang II
around necks again any false issue OF personal
vengeance"
slender young man. with n lean face somewhat Of
the Ratchet sort the upper lip OF which small mus
tache has boon cultivated, Is often in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel corridors. He is W. n. Crane Of Dalton,
who with his brother recently succeeded to the prcpr
etorshp of one of the largest paper making concerns in
the country. The elder Crane who died about year
ago, was the only man in this country In 1s6O'6l VINO
knew how to make such bond paper was wanted by
the Secretary of the Treasury for Government securities
both bonds and greepbacks Naturally there money
in the possession of the ability and knowledge to make
such paper, and the mills OF Dalton, Mass have since
enormous business was built up and the prestige OF
Deilg in the lead in making bond paper has never de-
IN direct personal contrast to the old head VINO was
S r. d n ts s hS
of the New Highlander of to-day.
Everybody OF the Southwest knows or has heard of
Colonel "Zcb" Ward, of Arkansas He Is one of the
typical characters OF that State six footer Of heavy
mould. with head much like that of General Grant
He originally Kentuckian, and although Demo
crat was a stanch Union lie remained Demo-
in spite Of the and settled down at Little Rock.
where he is prosporo ID contractor. He has held
numerous public positions in his day For several days
he has been guest at the Fifth Avenue Hotel In chat
ern men who go South to live he said among other
things There Is no trouble about any man voting in
Arkansas II he wants to vote, whet er he Is Dlac or
white. We have divisions in politics there as well rs
anywhere else nut whether man comes from the North
South born IN Arkansas is not even considered
in the elections We look for the tit men. Why. We
have elected Northern man as Mayor of Little Rock
again and again. What we want Is TO sec Arkansas
grow ami blossom with prosperity and Northern man
can help this growth equally with Southern man"
Trusts are the order day in almost every line of
business. In group OF men at the Gsey House night
two ago. the attempt male TO cnumerac some OF
the many trusts, pools combinations that are now III
operation Here is the result OIL cattle, iron, cotton
seed OIL sugar paper bags. anthracite COAL coke,
matches envelopes stoves electric light, rubber goods
gas aud This probably only the beginning
of the list The character OF the Standard on Trust has
always been mystery TO the public and re main; so to
It Is organization which all the
others copy because 1t has been so profitable anu
within the scope of law the statute book OF any
State in which 1t operates and il Is now generally be-
eycd to be a mere partnership
The gallantry OF Colonel Ochiltrce is proverbal but
occasionally Some story is heard which finds willing
listeners among the thousands who know him. 1t Is sald
for instance that Saratoga last summer he was one OF
a party of ladies aud gentlemen in which be was
assigned the special duty OF escortng and caring Tor
lady uncertain years and solemn visage who was act
ing as chaperone OF the young ladies. During
the DAY she lost her red parasO IL was found after
much search and her Ivy the gallant Colonel
She examined sufficiently to discover the absence OF
red silk which had been tied in the handle ana I'M
mediutely announced the loss. have lost my red how
she exclaimed What a ply! what a my!
Coloe ron came TO :ne rescue promptly by wn IAN an
ing: d" I beg your pardon madame; you nave nor 1si
your red beau. am your red bean-yonf red headed
beau"
recont arrival from Europe was George Pnney, who
was at one time Collector OF the Port of san Francisco
where he had several notable controversies He is now
specuator. capitalist and promoter In New-iork He
Is OF perhaps fifty years OF age III the prime Oh
health and vgor. with smooth ford face anu white
mustache His mission abroad the sale of Western
coal mine which he accomplished lie has been inter-
ested IN coal ever since he left the Collectors Office lie
prospeced and developed TIE Arlington coa ncis from
pIy He IL engaged with syndicate In buildings
railroad in Montana to tap what Is known a. tae Roc
Fork coal field to supply the Northern Pacihc RAILROAD
He expects to 81 art for Montana TINS week
The pernaCity OF ". G. Andrews. who Is at the head
of the Ncw-York Steam Company. has become well
known in New-York. He has carried his steam system
into extensive IN spite Of obstacles and opposition
That would have daunted any fainthearted man. Talk
ing about the system he said We have now reached
poInt where obliged to refuse customers. we
couldn't take another aud do Justice to those we
have We shall be obliged to exend the system down
town next season and build central stations up
town We shall also build another station to meet the
growing demand" Mr.. Andrews mas been a lifelong
Renublican lie imbibed his RepuDcanism on the
western Reserve OF Ohio. from Benjamin Wade Joshua
r. Giddngs and General Garfield. lie made renarR
M
ness sentiment in Nou-York said he: A year ago
had made up my mind that the Republican party had
outIyed its day. thought it would go to pieces anu
that the Den Gratis would elect Mr. Cleveland nave
entirely revised that opinion think now that we shall
carry the next Presidential election The country can
not stand Democratic iiDanciering."
Tho number of sporting men," principally gamblers
who have gathered in the hotel region in the neghbor
hood of Madison Square within year Is simply legion
In the cafes that vicinity they have become so numer
GUS in the late hours of the afternoon and the carry
hours of the evening that other patrons are nearly
driven out. 1t ia said that big games or Daceara.,
roulette poker and faro have been In progress ,or
months in club houses In Twenty fourth ana Tweh
fifth srs and that the stakes have run lar up i'll 'ne
thousands at times.
Many complaints made by New Workers. who nave
friends I'm the south the insuciency OF the man
san q Florida and GeOrga,