New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-18
CHANCES At CITY TOPICS.

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An Englishman visiting this country was talking
upon Industrial subjects recently with Ernest Mitchell,
Of the dry goods firm OF Leavitt q Mitchell Brothers.
He made this remark: DO what you please, We
can sell our goods In this market until you reduce
your scale OF wages This is the whole in a
nutshell And, whether he knows 1t or not, whether
he admits 1t or not. whether he thinks or cares
about 1t not, the voter this year is
casting his ballot for against lower
our markets by foreign goods He may deceive him
self in thousand ways, but the result is not changed
| 1t is question of the scale upon which American
labor is to be valued.
The Diss Debar, whose personality will be easily
recalled the public mind does like her present
quarters on Blackwells Island. Being the daughter
! OF King, she is bound TO think them unsuted
| to her fancy, albeit they not unfamiliar. The
| Dss Debar has had her share of prison life, not
the share 10 which her crimes have entitled her,
but enough to famllIarize her mind with hard bread
strong butter, rough towels and hard beds But
she thinks her lot sad ono. She was having such
! a nice time I'm Mr. Marsh's house, wearing the fam
| fly jewels, plowed upon luxury, driven about in
the family coach and supplied In her every want
by an ample purse and retnue Of obsequious ser
wants She enjoyed that sort of thing hugely. 1t
was meet for the daughter Of Lola Montez that she
should lie in prosperity's soft lap and, coming in
sudden contrast with all this, she finds the Island
| fatiguing She has petioned tho Governor for a
PARDON and, with Characteristic efronery, she has
asked Howe q Hummel, who prosecuted her so Of
fciently, sign the pardon papers. The forgiving
Howe in favor of doing 1t. Poor wretch ~ he
said, what's the harm of giving her show, Abey ?"
But the just and conscientious Hummel said no.
We must not temporize with crime, William he
commended; the eternal rights of justice must be
satisfied How they have settled IL, don't know,
for when william and Abey get into dispute about
shat
viii come OF It.
l asked ex-Mayor Grace yesterday II he thought
Joel Il. Erhartt had a chance in the Mayoralty fight
of course he has he replied. The contest has
not yet defined itself clearly, but Mr. Erhardt has
good chance. 1t all depends on the measure OF party
loyalty accorded him. The Republicans have often
thrown away excellent local opportunities, because
they did not appreciate them say this without
any reflection on Mr.. Hewitt's record Mr. Grants
ability. Hewitt has made good Mayor Grant Is
clever, honest fellow, above temptation and po-
lltlcal trickery But II the Democratic factions Will
squabbe and tusse together, with two such strong
men to rally about, they offer the Republicans an
opportunity. Erhardt is good politician as well
as an excellent 1 guess he knows what 10
do.n
william r. Grace is curious combination. His
biterest enemies cannot deny his courage He makes
no secret of his opposition to Hill, whom he docs
thinks Cleveland will carry New-York and will be
elected.
State Senator Eugene s Ives made almost precisely
the same remark that Mayor Grace had made about the
probable result Of the Mayoralty struggle. He put
II this way. "The result of Republicans voting for
Hewitt Will be TO make Grants election certain II
Erhardt could hold the vote that Harrison Will receive
In NewYOrk City, he would have handsome plurality
over the Democratic candidates. But Of course he
can't hold his party. Many Republicans Will vote for
Hewitt, enough to pull Erhsrdt down below Grant,
but enough to give Hewitt any chance of election
think there is now reasonable doubt Of Grants
victory" This Is plain talk and its meaning Is clear
II means that If the "brownsone' Republican vote
is true TO its party candidate as the vote generally
characterized as the machine vote" Colonel Erhardt
will be the next Mayor There be doubt Of
this The lesson of every three-cornered fight has
been the same-that the votes given by up town Ro-
publicans TO the County Democracy candidate have
invariably beaten their party.
The speech delivered by Candidate Grant, accept
Ing the Tammany Hail nomination, which one
Of the most brilliant and effective addresses Of the
kind heard recently, written by BOurke Cochran.
Cochran bytheway, is suing his late Doodle client,
Kerr, for balance of $4,000 due for his services
In saving Kerr from Sing Sing. ! cannot sympahize |
with the object for which he rendered the services,
but all the IT is shabby of Kerr 10 dispute the |
claim. He paid Cochran $4,000 down, and agreed |
to pay this balance Of $4,000. There IS not the |
slightest doubt about that, and hc of all men, should
believe that the money fully earned The case
against Kerr exceedingly strong, and he ought
10 consider himself we'll out of the scrape, and cheap
y out, at $4,000, too.
L. Bradford Prince who for so many years, as
Republican, represented Democratic Long Island
n the Legislature and afterward became Chief JUS
ice Of NewMexco, has returned from the West
where he has been making speeches for Harrison and
will conclude his campaign labors In this State
Judge Prince IS strong, ready speaker
II II bo true that Americans adapt themselves to
lew conditions readily than any other people
IN earth, why is It that folks who live in Wescheser
county cannot get used TO riding the left track
If the Harlem Railroad Day after day they go TO
he stations in multitudes and stand on the wrong
Tide of the road while waiting for thor trains
ew seconds before the arrival of each train, the
station master shouts " All overr A STAN
oede follows, each person suddenly rccOlecfng that
IFS train is on the other track The sensation caused
" two trains passing 10 the left of each other IN
tead Of 10 the right Is indescribable The passen-
long accustomed 10 passing TO the right cannot
elp feeling that something Is out OF gear Engineers
N the Harlem road like the change, and the man
gement Is entirely satisfied with the result Of the
Experiment Before the close Of another year. the
DAD will be sunk between two walls Of admirable
Masonry, and by that time It's patrons may have
aiken fancy to the English method Of driving TO