New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-09
HEARD AND SEEN IN UPTOWN RESORTS


MEN NET BY STROLLER ON MOIST DAY-soME
THINGS WHICH THEY SAID.
In misty, mostly weather like that of Saturday you
may stroll into any of . round hundred Of uptown
places of common resort and find prominent Ncw-York-
ers or others engaged Colonel "Gabe" Wharton,
OF Kentucky. used TO say, In swapping lies" The
poor Colonel, with his wit and sarcasm, Is food for
worms, but the storytelling, the gossip about busi-
and politics and social life, goes unendingly.
The average Ncw-Yorler is q born gossip. He meets
you always with tho stercotyped inquiry on his tongue
"what do you known Before you have time to an
him, assuming that you could answer by telling
all you know In sentence, ne Will have started in
at break neck speed to tell you all about the escapade
Of mutual friend, to give you tip on some
stock that he just heard of, q pointer on the
next horse race story about some pretty ballet
girl who has turned his head while she laughs In her
sleeve TO know what fool she ~ making VI him.
THE TRIBUNE stroller punging into this maestrom
OF goss on Saturday encountered first Joe" Hickey,
of Missouri, who predicting a big slump in the
stock market general principles, and Offering to
bet 81 900 to $500 five times that Grover Cleveland
barring death-will he the of Grover Cevc
land in the white House. Riclcy has tho same kind
of reput alton for successful betting that Billy
wyse had in 1884 and 1885, when he cleaned up
s15OOOO by backing Cleveland and HILL by the way,
II is said that wyse has invested his wealth in a bo
nanza gold mino out in California and Is living In San
Francisco whlle awaiting Its development "Joe'
Hickey, by way Of supporting his opinion Of the ten
dcncy OF the times, says: l live in county whose
interests are greatly diversified but largely agricult
ural. I a director In the local bank and have
opportunities fer talking with the farmers As they come
in. I tell you that not one Of them has made a dol
lar in three years. They have boon selling oil this
thing and that thing until they have got down where
there Is nothing else to sell OF They don't make
ends meet unless they do sell something. Now, there
is the situation of the whole country In nutshell.
say that 1t means that everything must 60 down until
get to hard pan"
ExCongressman S. u. Dick, OF MeadvIlle, and cx
Senator T. c. Plat chatting together in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel corridor when IL comes out that while
he was III last year. the Senator, being confined to his
bed, called In senographer and committed to manu-
script his story Of the events of Gareds Inaugural
ton and Administration but decided 10 put 1t away
Mr. Dick knew something OF tho affairs Of that day.
as he the Intermediary through whom General
Garfield communicated with Senator Dom Cameron
Seveial interesting "reminiscences are interchanged
when the remark is made with philosophical laugh
all around Well. its more important to elect another
Republican President than discuss how the last one
was elected or " hat he did"
W. b. Proctor the millionaire vlce-prcsident OF the
Singer Sewing Machine Con- pany, has hobby In the
genuine admiration he bestOws on the product OF inc
brush OF his son, c. l. Proctor, who has chosen the
profession of an artist The latest effort OF the artist
is the reproduction of twodollar bin so accurately
that tempted TO pluck 1t out OF the franc In
which it is shown by the CIDER Proctor to all his &C
quaintsncos.
In stree-car the Stroller runs across exspeahcr
Titus sheard, who is manufacturer of knit goods at
Little Falls His broad Scotch face IS covered with
a brisfy growth of reddish gray whskcrs. lie gives
me a pointer about the effect OF the Presidents mes
sage, saying: "A friend OF mine now at the sturte-
want House iartcd for England three days before Mr.
Cleveland sent has message to Congress. LIS MS
sion abroad to buy large quantity OF cotton
waste. When he reached London he found that every
body there had accepted inc message as an earnest
that this country would at adopt free trade Cot
waste had gone up penny pound ON The strength
of that belief lie waited three four days TO see
If the craze would subside but showed no signs
of passing away he turned around ana came nome
without buying
In corner of the Hoffman Louise cafe General
Ben" Le Fevre, of Ohio. and Colonel " Tom' ochlI
tree of Texas noted eXCrDgressmen, are engaged
In discussing the composition oi committees at WASH
ington They both agree upon one thing, that, py
Committee is a mOrguo a..d the Appropriations Com
mttee the actual seat of American government DO
you know who really rules this country ~ asks The
Colonel. "Nhy, 1t is ruled by three men, They are
SAM Randall, as chairman of the Appropriations
Committee in the House and Beck and Allison, OF the
ApprO OPERATIONS Committee of he Senate IL you stand
close TO those three men IN the closing days OF Ooh
gress you can get any fair measure through on the
Appropriations bill. The time 10 40 Il j. amer the
conferences between the Houses have begun. AS
things stand to-day. Randall Is the biggest man In TINS
not remember how forced the House TO pass that blu
TO put General Grant on the retired list' saw nm
while he doing II. lie stopped everything, ana
he was like a gone mad while he threatened ihe
Southern members that other piece OF legislation
should be transacted until they passed that BILL even
# Congress expired without passing the appropria-