Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-04

and received therefor the miserable little
plum OF register plum shriyelled by
the action Of Republican Legislature,
who had knocked of the fees and made
il sslaried Office.
HEwITr's WORK.
f, The fact that q mayor Is 10 DO elected
this fall makes the fight q necessity for
Tammany. The stake Is too great She
cannot afford 10 trust 1t 10 the whims OF
Mayor Hewitt No union with the
County Democracy was possible without
Mr.. Hewitt's sanction. He blocked the
way. He insisted upon debating the
candidate. The County Democracy
brooked his insolence, but Tammauy
could not do 40. She accepted the fight
thus forced upon her, and she Is making
Il hot ali along the line, the roar OF artil-
lery, the screams of shells, and the rattle
OF musketry are incessAnt. The battle
field is hidden in smoke. Squsdrons are
charging here anil there, and the shrieks
of the combstants fill the air. Meantime
only a thin line Of battle remains on
Round Top, Cemetery Ridge, and
Culps Hill 10 repel the common enemy.
Let no one be astounded If the Repub-
licans pierce the line and turn the Demo-
cratic flank
The result would surely be the rout OF
the National Democracy. and quarter
of a century more Of Democratic wan
behring's in the Federal wilderness with
no showers OF mamma.
The dismissal OF the British Minister,
however, may arouse sn enthusiasm that
will re-elect President Cleveland despite
all treschery, but the facts remain as
stated
A TALE OF TWO TOWERS.
The magnificent new building Of the
Times is 40 far advanced toward compile
ton that the roof is on and being covered
with metal There is no other CONNER
cial building in New York 80 tall as this
one-i. e., not counting towers and
other adornments or disfgnrements
above the roofs BY accurate levellIng
measurement engineers have determined
that the top OF its wall is but two feet
below that OF the New York tower OF the
East River bridge. Its upper story
the thirteenth-will be the composing
room Of the paper
A curious story is told as in some way
explanatory of the astonishing height
10 which it has been thrust up into the
sky. When tue Hon. o. b. Potter WAS
about putting mp his present building,
adjoining that Of the Times. GU the
site where his former tinder-boX WAS
burned, Mr.. George Jones, proprietor
Of the Times, went 10 him and sug-
gested the propriety of constructing
party wall OF great strength.
POTTER VS.. JONES.
Mr.. Potter is an august and naughty
parsonage, and on this occasion was more
40 than usual. With a sort OF a tolerant
scorn he listened to Mr. Jones, and re-
piled that he was going to bulld bis
house in bis own way; that the walls
were going TO be strong enough TO suit
HIM, aud he proposed to he the Judge of
what they should be, in view OF the num-
Der Of stories be should see fit
TO order. Party wall Pooh He
was going to build into the
sky, and il the effect would be 10 dwarf
the Times building, he did not see how
that concerned him. 10 short, he
snubbed Mr.. Jones, who is a somewhat
peppery person, and who thereupon re-
solved to see Mr.. Potter's two stories and
90 two better. In grim silence Mr..
Jones went TO work. Months went by
du1ng which people wondered at the
masses OF earth constantly coming out
of the Times cellars, aud the enormous
quantities Of sand, mortar, and hugo
stones going down there.
BUILDING IN THE SKY.
Eventually it leaked out that Mr..
Jones was establishing foundations for a
building that would exceed in height
and beauty any other in downtown
New York that he would put it on the
site Of bis old building, and that he
would go steadily on with the pnblica-
ton of the Times, right there, all the
while. The curious interest Of every
body who beard of 1t was awakened, but
TO no one did the news bring such con-
Germ rs TO the Hon. O. Is. Potter. for he
was privileged to know that the new
Times building would not only be more
handsome than his, but would overtop it
by two stories His building would be
dwarfed Indignation at Mr. Jones's
presumption almost choked him. In
angry haste he sought the rash nan who
proposed to do such an outrageous
thing.
ANGRY Dir. POTTER.
"See here. Jones, he exclaimed, i'm
1Anlnnualr 20 hnnr that Won IA OOlnO 10