The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-02

tions of John Sherman, who shook the bush
so vigorously for Gen. Harrison to catch
| the bird.
Roswell p Flower is another Wall street
man who has entered politics; that is, ne
has tried to enter, but he has got no furtner
than lining the pockets of the politicians with
fine steel engravings issued by the govern
ment and termed legal tenders. He has
short, stocky figure, a commonplace face,
and an air of wisdom that would shame an
owl at midnight He always has three or
| four financial schemes on hand when he Is
| not intriguing for a nomination Tor the
! presidency or considering the advlsabIiJy
of accepting a nomination for lieutenant
| governor of this State, and these schemes
! do not always excite enthusiastic commend
| alton from the stockholders. He and ms
friends "boomedn the stock and bonds of
the Minneapolis and St Louis railroad
! company; it was to be big thing; the part
! of wisdom was to get on board at once.
! But somehow, a few weeks ago the road de
faulted on its interest. Mr.. Flower has
one or two other little speculative forget
| me-notS in his financial bouquet whose per
| fume has produced a certain glddlnesS
among shortwaisted and lightheaded invest
| Ors.
Gen. Horace Porter who was once Gen.
| Grants private secretary, is a familiar fig
ure on Wall street, being the vice president
of the Pullman palace car company.
Though not seeker after office he takes
| deep interest in politics, and will be heard
on the stump this fall.
August Belmont, the millionaire banker
| and representative or the Rothschilds in
this country, as he limps along Wall street,
\ recalls the time when he was power in the
| New York democracy He fought a duel
| in the early days of his residence here with
| II lOafer in fine clothes who lnsulted a lady
at the theatre. The lady was a stranger to
| the fiery Young German, but he espoused
| her cause; duel followed, and the bankers
| limp still tells of youthful chivalry. He is
| however, one of the least popular OF Wall
| street men, being too ardent a devotee in
that temple dedicated to the worship of
| gold; he is considered purse proud and
| snobbish, aud his enemies charge that at one
| time during the war be advised the Roths-
! childs not to buy the Federal bonds.
His son, Perry Belmont, became rather
widely known some years ago by violent
alteration in one of the committee rooms
| of congress with james G. Blaine. He is a
| young man of large wealth who devotes his
time to study of politics and craftsmanship
rather than to the study of barrOOm mir
| rors, the green room or the ballet from the
| front row.
Henry Clews is more or less identified
with politics, though he has never held
| office The nomination for Mayor of New
| York has been twice rendered to him, and
twice he might have been Secretary of the
| Treasury. He was one OF the leading spr-
| its in organizing the famous committee of
seventy.
Russell Sage was elected to congress from
| Troy many years ago He would get quite
as large a constituency in ancient Troy as
he would anywhere else to-day.
Sam Sloan, president of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad, was once
| elected to the state senate from Brooklyn,
but it was great many years ago
Levi p. Morton, the candidate for vice
| president, is banker well known in finan-
| cial circles 1t is unnecessary to discuss his
! political merits. He is an honorary member
of the New York press club and one of the
men who are known as good fellows
| with no Ostentation founded on money bags
| Both candidates for president are pop
ular among newspaper men.
Theodore Myers the present comptroller
of New York city, is Wall street man,
| Whether he paid a political assessment of
| thirty five thousand dollars or not, he is
| there enjoying the honor, and part at least,
| of the salary.
| Clinton B. Fisk is another Wall street
man. He is the prohibition candidate for
president. He has an Office in the Mills
building, and is at the head of a firm that
| floats bonds, mining stocks, etc. OF a
ma jority of the firms that place mining
stocks the less said the better There is a
short Saxon word that rudely but correctly
designates the majority of the men engaged
| in such business
| ChaunCey NJ. Depew, who was sent to
( the rear because he was railroad president
is not a typical financier; he is too much of
a man. He is not wealthy in the New York
sense of that term; his mind does not follow
| the groove that leads to financial acquire
| In is ha viz i'm Of hA ,l.,,
wrath long growing because of the raScali-
ties Of the other railroad men; he is q better
| Louis XVI. going to the scaffold for the
sins of his financial predecessors.
Thomas &. Hillhouse, president of the
Metropolitan trust company, was formerly
assistant treasurer of the United States.
Thomas G. Acton, a heroic metropolitan
| figure, formerly at the head Of the sub
treasury here, is president of the New Am
| sterdam bank.
Colonel George Bliss, of Star Route and
Morey letter celebrity, well known in poll
tics and partner of the present republican
candidate for vice-presldent, is vice-presi-
dent of the United States trust company,
and is identified with other large corporate
| interests.
Conrad l.. Jordon and Chas j. Canda
once Federal Office holders, are now bank
presidents.
Eugene Kelly, the Irish banker, is a pow
or in Tammany Hail. He is a redfaced
man who is temperate, ) feet 10 inches IN
height, with typical Irish features, qulet
| aud unaSsuming manners and popular He
is worth about ten million dollars, and is
probably the wealthiest Irishman engaged
! exclusively in banking i'll the world He
began his career many years ago in this
| State, tramplng from town to town as a
peldler, selling needles, thread and buttons.
In 1910 he caught the gold fever and went
| to San Francisco. He became millionaire
dry goods merchant there, and returned to
| New York about twenty years ago after
having sold his business TO Murphy, Grant
* Co., the former of whom was ennobled bv
the Pope some years ago. Mr.. Kelly is
large owner OF New York real estate, in
Guiding the palatal temple court building
| on Beekman street He has never sought
Office, but is liberal in his contributions to
the democratic campaign fund.
John j. Herman, q well-llnown figure in
Wall street served four years in the state
| senate.
| Ex-Postmaster-G General Thomas l.. James
is now president of the Lincoln bank.
CALVIN 5. Brce, vice-president of the
| East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail
| road, was a delegate TO the recent demo
| cratic national convention
jay Gould is in politics, but he is a friend
OF the side that wins. In old days he said
when pushing tho Erie schemes 81 was a
democrat in one town and "A republican in
another, but All Erie man all the time"
NJ D.