Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-10
SMOOTH sNYpER,s SCHEMES.
How He Raised the wind when
Stranded I'm Los Angeleas

stranded I'm Los Angeles.
General Snyder is Republican politi.
clan of the keystone State. He was
appointed to a high Office under Attorney
General Wayne McVeagh. Snyder is a
pretty good exponent of the politics and
politicians of Pennsylvania which have
ruled there for the past twenty years in
the Republican party. He is worthy
yoke-fellow of the ex. Sheriff of Philadel-
phis, of silent, but slick Matt Quay
Snyder came out to Los Angeles in the
interests of the Pasadena sewer farm,
and later got into the WestEewer schsme.
A Pssadenian, the other day, told re-
porter of the HERALD that the Trustees
of his city had parted to Snyder with
quite block of their sewer bonds, and
had got nothing for it.
A good many people here met General
Snyder during bis sojourn in the semi
tropics. They will all agree that he was
q smooth man. He had a smooth face,
q smooth manner, q smooth address, and
smooth way of developing his schemes.
The General was man of great schemes
and of many schemes. He proposed to
build summer residence for the use of
himself and family in the center of the
Pasadena sewer farm in order to prove
how innocuous is the sewage of a town
when ueed for irrigation. He proposed
to take all the sewage of Los Angeles and
utilize it below the city on a eewage
farm. He did not state that his
winter residence would be in the
center of this. These were the
Generals great schemes. He talked
very fluently and smoothly of these
things and those who heard the Assist
ant Attorney General of the United
States plead, while they thought there
was a good deal Of the special sort of
pleading in the logic, found it hard to re-
sist the bland smile of the smooth
pleader. Anyone who ever laid eyes on
the features of Snyder will never forget
them. They may not be classic, but
profane would call it "mug''-is the
most striking of his features. 1t was
made to root with. Not actually to
furrow the earth for "grub," but
to get deep into any project where fnan-
cial or official trifles might lie buried. 1t
had curl like that of the hook-nosed
salmon of the Columbia, and looked as if
ring ought to be put in it to protect the
rest of the world from its assaults.
But it did not have ring in it, and
certain festive Angelef1os are said to have
suffered from its unprotected force. 1t
got into their pockets to very high
tune. The woods are full of people who
are recovering from the effects. John F.
Finn is the handsome proprietor OF the
stony" Nadeau bar. Snyder's proboscis
got into Finn for 5000. He
holds the political manipulator's note of
hand for the amount, but would proba-
bly, discount it somewhat for epot cash.
The gay duke of Anaheim, Robert J.
Northam, sold Snyder a fine span of
horses. The Philadelphian had no
money, SO he agreed to give a note.
Bob Northam ia not half 80 green as he
looks. if he does come from the rural
districts. He would take Snyder's pa
per, of course-that is, with two good
names duly inscribed on the back. That
WAS all right. Snyder got Captain
A. w. Barrett, the good-na-
tured, big-hearted Gap" of the Iro-
quois Club, to go on the note; and
that most obliging young boomer, G.. ].
Richards, was willing to render the dis
tinguished visitor the same service.
upper lip like that of a hook-nosed Solo
mon. But as Snyder was to make the
note, why palter aboat bagatelle of
few hundred dollars? He preferred to
draw it for round sum, SO he nominated
in the bond 81 500. The Captain of the
Iroquois and the capitalist of the Ca
huenga duly endorsed the paper. The
General got the horses, and certain
ducats too. Northam got the note, and
it looks as if Snyder's friends would get
large mess of "soup."
&c. Munson was another citizen of
the Angelic city into whose good graces
Snyder wormed his upper lip. 1t is not
known how much he lent to Snyder.
The smooth Keystone politician went
East many moons ago, and left not a
lock OF his hair to his friends. But he
did leave the span of horses in the Turf
Club stables, on Los Angeles street, now
owned by Mr.. Bailey, formerly by Nick
Covarrubias. And here is where this
story all came to light. Mr.. Finn was at
the telephone the other day, trying to
talk to some one. The wires became
crossed SO he could not understand what
his friend was saying; but distinct as the
tollipg of funeral bell came a conversa-
tion like this:
"Hello! Is that Mr.. Bailey"
"Hello! Yes. Who is that?
"I an Mr.. Munson. l want to know
if that team OF General Snyder's is yet
in your stable?"
Eyes; the horses are here. What do
you want ?"
ooh, only want to attach them for a
debtr'
Finn did not stop to get shaved OF
change his linen. He went rs fast as he
could and got out an attachment on the
team, which he clapped on them fotth.
with. The thing had not been done fifteen
minutes when along came Munson and
covered the nags with a second mortgage
Now it is reported that Barrett and
Richards claim to have some hold on the
team. and thereat ends the tale. There
will in all probability be seqnal to il
later on, as the affair is likely to get into
the courts