Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-29
COLONEL AND The CROOKS.
pthem is Very Angry With its Dis.
trict Attorney.
HE lMeEclLE OR KNAvE,
u Agree That the Alleged Boodier
"Triais" Have Been Travesties
on Justice - A Pictures
que Pennsylvania.
Life I'm the Metropolis.

# Life I'm the Metropolis.
NEW YORK, July 25.-[Special to THE
bee. l-lmbecile or knavep
This question in some form all the
honest men in Gotham are now asking
Of themselves and one another.
81 All agree that no moro outrageous
farce has ever been enacted in the
Whole long black history of boodleism
. bere than that which has just resulted
X ID the acquittal OF McQuade at Balston.
District Attorney Fellows has covered
X himself with infamy. The New York
Herald which, in its way, made the
"a hardest sort OF fight for him when he
ran against young Del ancey Nichol,
|<tsvirtually accuses him of corruption.
z <Spealing of the acquittal Of McQuade
and the district attorneys refusal to
prosecute Clcary, Mr.. Benefits organ
says:
' When Cleary was tried before Colonel
'W Fellows was suddenly seized with myster-
Ill ious illness, which lasted until the ordeal OF
# his former colleague in the county democ-
"a racy was ended. There were folks to be
X found who hinted that the colonel was not
81 sick at all, but of course nobody believed
# such an ugly thing of the genial prosecutor.
l4 1t Is quite likely, though, that the acquttal
81 of McQuade has saved the district attorney
"a from another attack of sickness by furnish
ing him the grounds for abandoning the trial
Of Cleary.
Colonel Fellows excuses for his failure to
effectively prosecute the actors in the great
n conspiracy that was born in the ranks of the
IA county democracy are childish and evasive.
The simple truth is that he has not shown
any real heart in the work.
The World, which worked tooth and
nail for the election OF Delancey Nichol,
n while refraining from any''I told-you-
81 so's," joins in the general condemna-
IN tion and takes occasion to give one
NJ Grover Cleveland rap. 1t says:
None of the boodlers or bribers Of 1884 Sc
\ cured an acquittal until after their prosecu-
tion was placed in charge OF John X. Fellows:
Since then one OF each class has been tried
and acquitted. The septentious shout of the
combines" organ, after the victory in 1857
Il --'Now for the Boodlers l'-evidently
lacked a word 1t should have been "Im-
\ munity now for the Boodlers." Does Grover
Cleveland still view with considerable per-
sonal satisfaction the result Of his interfer-
ence in our local electonl
n On another page is clever skit from
n which take the following verse:
"A Come back to Gotham, Mavourneen, Ma
VI vourneeh,
81 Come back. aroon, to the town of our pride |
b The good news from Ballston no doubt may
you all stun,
But pracel You may now face the laws
YOU defed
Como back, acusbla, Moloney, De Lacy,
Come back, keenan,, to the land of your
birth;
Dempsey, come home now; Sayles, why need
you roam now!
Come all--Gotham's welkin shall ring with
our mirth!
All the other journals of the metropo-
lis are launching their goose quilts with
more or less vigor In the same direc-
tion. In the maritime the genial col
onel goes cheerfully about his business,
whatever that may be. Many say the
boodlers themselves might tell, but
of course nobody expects them to.
The most picturesque figure in Penn
sylvania's public life since Simon Cam
eron died, and a person Of no small con-
sequence in national life at one time,
was registered at the Victoria hotel
yesterday, as has been his won't for
many years. He is the venerable
Gainsha A. Grow, one of the few promi-
nent spokesmen OF the Pennsylvania
idea in politics, who has succeeded al
ways in keeping the respect Of his fell
low men. Mr.. Grow is very old now,
but his tall, rather gaunt, broad-shoul-
dered figure, dressed all in black broad
cloth and a clerical white tie, gives
still the same activity that animates
the big, thoughtful eye. With Quay
and Magee and the younger Cameron
to the front, the Keystone state seems
to have outgrown men OF the Grow
stamp.
Three wise men sat on a bench in
the lobby of the Fifth Avenue hotel.
They had all lobbied in their time, nc
doubt, and stroked their mustaches Zone
didn't have any) and crossed their
patent feathers and played with the
jeweled tips OF their watch chains, and
talked stocks and railroads and horse
races, and, incidentally the affairs Of
the great party of the people, affairs
supposed to be In their hands for direc
tion. The one furthest from the dool
was tall, wiry, sandy-mustached, ner
vous and fidgety. He is worth $15 900,
OO0. He is a'coal king, railroad mag
nate, a horse racer and a stock plunger
He is democratic leader, from the
great republican state Of Pennsylvania
The little man next him with the bushy
chestnut hair and closely trimmed red
dish beard and sharp acquiline nose ant
restless brown eyes, is also democrati,
leader from the great republican state
OF Ohio, and more latterly from Wal
street. He is worth million and hal
and is q railroad magnate. stool
pluuger and n corporation lawyer. The
third nearest the door was sharp nose(
and bright-eyed like the other two, bu
unlike them had a smooth face. III,
was little heavier IN weight than they
a stock buyer and coal and corpora
tion promoter. But he isn't worth thei
millions yet awhile. The three grea
leaders in the peoples fight against plu
tocracy were none others than thos
famous chieftains, William l.. Scott
Calvin S. Brice and Arthur G. Cor
man. 1t is to be hoped they did not pu
up the price OF coal Mt that meeting.
Henry +. Keenan,, the author of "Tra
jan" 1.-The Aliens" and other novels o
recent period, and who is as well-knowl
In newspaper circles as in the literar
world, has emerged from his lone re
tirement at Scranton, Pa. He latel
purchased a farm near Mamaronsck
Westchester county, this state, wher
he expects TO spend the remainder o
his days. keenan, has been for twent
years In newspaper work east and west
the Chicago Times, Philadelphia Time
and Press, and the New York Star, ,hav
been in succession the fields of his labor
but with hls ventures into fiction, h
abandoned journalism and for some tim
has been almost lost to his old associates
Having now set his stakes an
fastened his cords SO near to the metro