New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-15
AMONG THE POLITICIANS.
GLMPsES OF MEN OF INFLUENCE IN TWO
GREAT PARTIES

One Of the prominent business men OF ol" y d. n
Long lie Is secretary and treasurer Of one oil tho
largest iron manufactures in that state vita brahehe'
both in tho Tiscsrawas and Hooking Valleys MI
Long has al times taken great lntcres, in politics.
Fer number OF years he has served on the ONO hc-
publican Committee lie has been IN Nc"-i orA wv
weeks, and in that time he has made som' inquiries
about politics which led him 10 say yesterday IN
my judgment tho entire business interests oil
viii be turned against Mr Cleveland before this cam
paigu IS over l refer OF course to that portion OF
the business element which huctuatei between 'ho
parties In my conversation with business men they
tell me that business has been poor. In wan Str'p'
the brokers simply eating each other up ann
ing death at that They have begin 10 hh' uN' 'n'
1t IS the agitation of the tariff question thar mshe
business bad for them and everybody else II ''o NINA
bill passes they VIII be plunged into even deeper us
tress They will be obliged this fall TO face THIS SIT
ustion that IL Mr. Cleveland IS reelected ana tue MILLS
bill becomes Law, revision and readlustho" VI
finances must go for tho next two to iour yeas ~
soluiely during all Of which period the wall eticc' o"
and the business men generally would be grouhu in'o
the dust think when they come TO consider u 'hoJ
will decide that they can't stand even another year
of reorganization such they have been going
through because of tho tariff agtaton'
Samuel Fessendcn of Connecticut who was secretary
Of the last Republican National Committee ana ID sun
the member Of that organization for his state tens
some odd stories about letters he has TeceVeu sioo
the adjournment of the National Convention The men
with propositions nnumerable in every campaign
but they seem to have begun early this year. ITO
was offered by cranss whole states for merely nomihai
sums, while number OF countrymen Who see"ou "
have been dazed by the cry that money IS all thoIo
IS in politics. demanded small fortunes Tor oaIS'nls
towns with less than 300 voters all told MI fesse
den says he also received 100 letters from per-
sons applying for work at the National headluareTs
where less than twenty men ordinary conPuSJ
&c fflV mar
,enses be maid To go 10 England and ferret out tho
country to English Free Traders This was not con-
sidered a bad idea from young head
Congressman W l. scott IS gaining a reputation
both for facctousncss and facousness, the latter per
haps sometimes promoted by dyspepsia. "heh MI
scotts liver is OF order he IS cross grained as
Kentucky crab tree lie is as likely as not 10 zen
any one who then approaches him to go TO Hades'
when he is in good nature be Is inclined 10 answer
his inqulrers in humorous strains some ono a'Aeu
him the other day about tho opening Of the Demo-
cratic National Headquarters. 50! don't Eno" any
thing about IT. said he We don't need any head
quarters anyway Cleveland is sure to be elected
Headquarters are merely for tho look of things"
In the formation OF the Republican National Com
mittee four colorcd represent their race Ihey
are James IIlu. OF Mississippi Ex-Governor /. b. :.
,pinchback OF Louisiana; y W. Quincy OF Texas anu
Perry H. Carson, of the District OF COLUMBIA 4He
most notable man OF this number IN physical appear
ancc IS Perry Carson He Is much above SIX icet IN
stature, with enormous frame and very DARK sAn'
fail negro features gray hair and side whlshers lie
Is Just passing his prime and must be as strong d. al
OK. He was slave In bis younger days Dul Is h""
a man Of means ant owner OF properly IN "anins-
ton. The hold which he maintains on the kcpuDl!cah
voters Of the District OF Columbia Is someWha, r.
markable. OF course there sreat many colofcd
It Ia u
Der Of contests against prominent and Influential Nne
men and has come OF victorious t'ls 80 III ulI
National Convention this wear was conle,lq hy ~ y
sheabarcer formerly OF Ohi0 who filed Drlci OF scN
erel hundred pages with the committee On
Tbe later merely fled regular credentials without
any brief and demanded 10 be heard before on, ZION ,n
cnltv Ills simple statement went for more than
the lawyers big document. In the COhVeHuo" no
/ ballot Ills explanation OF his action was given III
about this language: made hsht ~ thr ."s ,I TO-
OF Columbia for Mr. Blaine. and Wa' eicctcu Iot 'r,
blaine Although Mr. Blaine has since refused 10 De
a candidate If had voted for anybody else WOMB
have cor black skin I don't propose 10 le' anybody
have chance say that about Perry Carson f 9a
tionaI Convention. where he was associated as
delegate with the son OF senator Cohscti Va
Washington. He and Perry could not agree upon
ANYTHING In the Convention, and the Dsirlc' ni 'o
Whenever Il was called 10 vote one Or the other rose
end announced n solid' his way; The other WouF
!
tbCv would he divided This went nf II nearly 'he
close Of tho session. when the roll call was bcins
called for the announcement o. The National Commit
tco Congrr had stepped out OF the hal for moment
and Carson rravoy announced himself Uem0cr OF
The committee. when Congcr got back the Convention
had ratified the announcement a. made, and ~ mo
Ti-trirf az Cnlunris was .dtd There WIS N" way IN
which Congcr could get the matter readlusied 10
was i'm l-at rage about IT, but Perry only laughed al
him.
FxGoycrncr Pinchback. Of New-Orleari, has been
prominent figure in National politics. He IS llsht
1870. .-L- ~. f.atLlr-s If a Nhitn Man. fll gray