The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-09-27
METROPOLITAN GOSSIP.
THE NEW YORK STAR SYNDICATE
LETTER TO THE SENTINEL.

THE NEW YORK STAR SYNDICATE
LETTER TO THE SENTINEL
The Dem ocratic Situation Hopeful. Great
Excitement in the New York Post office.
Flirting a Little With the Republicans.
New YORK, Sept. 25.-The tru-
ly good Deacon Elliot F. Shepard
has been making local tongues wag
again. The Deacon is one of the
characters of the Metropolis. His
wife is the daughter of the late COM
modore Vanderbilt and between
them they count their dollars by the
million. Some time since that shrewd
old financier, Uncle Cyrus w. Field
saw good chance to unload his
newspaper burden, the Maa and
Erpress, on the guileless Deacon,
and your Uncle never misses a
chance to turn an honest penny. He
is said to have pocketed something
more than half million dollars out
of the deal for newspaper that for
years has been run at loss.
When the truly good man got
firmly planted ON the tripod, he
started in to revolntionize the man
ner of conducting newspapers. The
most unique feature of his innova-
ton has been a reproduc ton of the
Bible on the installment plan, SO
that it is an everyday occurrence to
see Scripture passage sandwiched
between blood-curdling prize fight
and the latest Republican invention
of differences at Democratic head
quarters. The truly good man has
all along in mild sort of way dep
recated the use of money in cleo
tions, but it appears that the influ-
ence of the wicked Quay has at last
swept away those scruples. The
town was startled yesterday at the
announcement that the Deacon had
left check for $4,000 for the Re-
publican National Committee and
one of like amount for the Republi-
can County Committee. For some
unexplained reason Warner Miller
and the State Committee were left
out in the cold.
An unusual number of visitors
called at the Democratic headquar-
ters yesterday from various sections
of the country. National Commit
teeman Richardson, of Iowa, brought
%9rd &yre that ... ttH ,9o sitpatiQn .yas very
State. The campaign of education
which is being carried on by the
Democrats, he was convinced, would
convert thousands of farmers in his
section who have all to gain and
nothing to lose by a reduction of
tariff taxes. Ex-senator Wallace
of Pennsylvania also told about the
excellent prospects of democratic
success in the northwestern states,
which he has just returned from.
| Mr.. Mills made another grand
speech in Brooklyn the other night.
It is the third he has made here
during the campaign, and it is moi
unlikely that he may be here again
One occasionally sees a man or
the streets with patch of black
three inches square sewed on hi.
coat sleeve. Curious to know wha
it meant, 1 learned that he was O
the New York yellow fever relic
committee. This body is composed
chiefly of former residents of Jack
sonville, refugees from that city ant
those intimately connected with tn
! stricken district by personal ant
business ties. The citizens of New
, York generally have responded no
!. bly, to the appeal of assistance. Nor
than $4,000 have been receives
and dispatched through the Mayo
alone. Nearly as much more ha
been collected by newspapers an
2 individually contributed.
: There is great excitement in tn
, New York Postoffice. 1t all come
from the dismissal of Superintend
, ent of the Mail Service jackson
3 He had direction of more than
r thousand subordinates. just wha
the nature of the charge against hir
has not been divulged, but in poll
tics he is pronounced Republica
and most Democrats think that tina
is sufficient good reason.
The poor old remnant of tn
Labor party in State Conventio
here, has been doing a little firth
with the Republican leaders and ha
: succeeded in getting itself laughed q
: very heartily. The pitifnl shown
a of the followers of McGlynn an
= McMackin is something remarkabl
: when we remember that this sam
organization cast nearly 5000
: votes in New York City alone tw
a years ago. But that was when the
e had brainy Henry George as
: leader, and George with the gres
i majority of his old followers al
j now safely back in the Democrat
i. camp FRANK E. VAUGHAN. :
O Hon AdIia r. Stovansou Fir