Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-23

| INV hAhoR GRANT ENrRcATfD HIMSELF.
oorresponaence Of TEE EvrxrSe STAN.
NEW YORK. November %.
Rarely has there been more amusing bur
lesque in the shape OF a congressional contest
than has diverted the town during the week.
The CONFLICT has attained such vide celebrity
that scarcely need go into details Turner.
the ieeman by summer and the Salvation Army
shouter in the winter. and Tom Murrey the
reporter and cook, have suddenly become ma
tional characters When TAmmany found out
/ Turner's cold weather occupation they were
disposed 10 drop him like a hot potato,
yet why active piety should not be en-
couraged among icemen the average GUS
toner cannot understand. As for "Terrapin
/ Tom" Murrey, he is one OF the most rollick ing
| good fellows in the business whether that be
the sanctum or the kitchen. He ornaments
| either tripod Murrey Is a handsome, joyial
| hustler with a wide acquaintance, as bright and
| sharp one of his best csrvcrs and with as
fine favor as any OF his fifty soups" He 10
| by no means a chicken IN politics. having taken
| an active part in several campaigns and being
| depended on by tine Eu,piing .>,u for its city
| hall political news and gossip. He worked hard
| for Amos Cummings when he was running for
Congress in this district. and II would bc rather
singular ii the reporter should follow his chief
| into the House of Representatives as Cummings,
/ l. returned from another district IL elected
! Murrey will be immensely popular at Washing
ton. Without knowing much about the tarif
! or being high authority on silver coinage he
has an exhaustless fund of good stories and
| would see to II that the House restaurant was
conducted on principles OF the highest CASTRO
monte art even II he had to roast the joints and
cool the tea himself.
! MAYOR GRANT AND THE WOMAN TRUSTEES.
Mayor Grant has been harassed this week
with one of the most perplo king questions that
! POuln aunpv n nolsfisinn MI -
be evorybody's friend. The terms OF the two
lady members OF the board OF school commits
sloners expired On Wednesday and il became
necessary for HIM either 10 rrappoint them or
| to DO something e.=e. and whatever be did he
/ was sure 70 give ohcusU. rs "a political ma
/ chine Iammany had no use for the two women
and 1t brought great pressure on the mayor TO
I'LL their places with men whose influence was
/ valuable. AID from quite another source
there came a tremendous pressure on the
mayor adverse 10 the continuance IN Office OF
! the two ladies. or more particularly against
Miss Dodge. This opposition WAS based on the
dislike of very many OF the teachers Tor Miss
! 0Ige personally on account OF her manner,
? her lack Of tact ana her policy On the other
hand Miss Dodge was backed up by all the in
hGtnce of stylish benevolence The wealthy
and fashionable and cultured who are inter-
ested IN good work and like to go Summing
made her denomination personal issue with
the mayor, and the mayor happens 10 be anx-
lous TO get IN with the swell set too. The out
/ come was awaited by the whole city with an
| anxious and yet hall amused expectancy.
| The result testified 10 Grants adroitness. lie
compromised with the various elements about
as shrewdly as any one could have done. He
reappointed Mrs. Agnew, woman Of high
] standing and large experience who had made
/ no enemies in Office and who had shown a
marked capacity. Miss Dodge lac declined to
/ reappolnt bat an her place he named Mrs.
/ Clara VI. Williams. who 10 a lady well known in
the school life Of the city. having come up
! from the ranks. so to speak. and been identi-
he'd with educational work AL her lie. These
| appointments, while they dIsappOint the hack
politicians on one side and the amateur phil
anthropists among the four hundred on the
other satisfy the body Of intelligent citizens.
The effect, 30 far as practical results go, will
I be beneficial 10 the public schools and on that
account wall strengthen the mayor with the
! masses.
MRS. CLEVELAND LOST IN THE CROWD.
Pretty Mrs. Cleveland does not attract so
much attention in New York a. she did in WASH
Ington, where everybody knew and admired
her. 1 her yesterday crossing the big
| bright rotunda at DonuIngs, ana, n spite Of
the tales of her looking haggard ana worn;
thought she was as pretty as ever. Her street
costumes are not always Ia the best taste aud
sometimes a littl3 schoolglrilsh bun yesterday
| she dIcnided and graceful IN "a black toilet
with a high colared seal skin shoulder cape
! and a little lace veal drawn over her pIquant
face. But not "a head turned to look az her and
! / fancied il must be rather refreshing change
to her to be lost in the crowd.
THE HOLIDAY cRCsH AT HAND.
No one need have any difficulty IN being lost
in the crowds that are even now beginning 10
swarm into the big shops for holiday pur-
chases Macy has already mounted the elabO-
rate panorama IN the window which marhs the
approach OF Christmas. and from daylight to
| dark his corner Is practically Imrass-
able. dense throng blocks the pavement TO
the gutter, composed hot mainly of children
but of women laden with bundles and cum
| bered with the cares Of much shop
ping and an equal number of abe-bodIed
men, who all hang spellbOund upon the
monotOnOus movements of few stuff
puppets. The entire stairway and plat
| form of the elevated station at that
corner are carefully screened with canvas to
| prevent the gazing thrUng from blocking them
| ALSO Inside the store is a bowling pandemo-
| mum which will grow steadily worse uil Christ
| mas Dear TO the heart OF the suburban woman
is Macy's. 1t il accessible from all the ferries
| and trains, and she can get everything, includ-
| ing lunch. without going outside. At least she
can If she has the lnylnclble patience to wait in
| pushing mob for her turn and the iron de-
| termination necessary TO cope with the naughty
| attendants when she gets II. SO the crowd OF
| women is very largely armed with shawl straps
| and satchels which compllcate matters cOnsld-
erably they battle around the bargain coun-
| ter, MASKING each others bcnnets and tramp
| ling on each others toes and engage IN hand
| to-hand conflicts over some specially worthless
article of gimcrackery which has been re
| duced."
WHY NEW YORK Is RESIGNED.
Yesterday Mr.. w. E. ID. Stokes, the secretary
of the committee on legislation Of the worlds
fair sent out a very digniied manifesto pro-
| claiming to the world that New York would not
! indulge in any scramble for the fair. lie an
nounced that this city would make no effort 70
secure pledges from Congressman or resort 10
any other electioneering devices. IL the
country thought New York the place. very
WELL If not, the fair could 60 wherever the
public appetite strongest. This is in a
very noble and lofty strain, but the real inside
explanation is that the committee. after a care
/ full survey of the field, realize that the other
cities have already secured large majority Of
the Congressman and that any campaign on
the present basis would be hopeless. Hence
this impressive decorum all of a sudden.
New York's disdain of electioneering arts re-
minds one very much of the good old story of
| the German widower. This phlosophic per-
son was asked by sympathizing friends who
attended his wife's funeral. if the poor woman
was resigned to going.
Resigned" exclaimed the widower. "mein
Gott she had to be resignedr'
New Yorks dignitied resignation is OF much
the same assisted character. Its calmness of
shirt ia wonderfully helped also nv its in