Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-27
METROPOLITAN LIFE,
True Inwnrdness Of the Cleveland Dana.
Puliizer Row-A Sensible City Dog
How Tom Ochilfree Kesps Himself
Before the Pubiic-slor Machine Rob.

Puliizer Row-A Sensible City Dog
How Tom Ochilfreo Keeps Himself
Before the Pubiic-sIor Machine Rob.
bery-A Wrecked Minstrel.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH,
NEW YORK, April 28-The recent row of the
Sun and Mr.. Cleveland presents a curious
feature not Immediately ON the surface. If it
were not for the fact that it is the outcome of
what is now an o Id political quarrel. and is
likely to still bear fruit of national character.
it would be worth only passing notice. In
short. it would be but personal squabble hav-
ing public interest alone in the prominence of
the principals. But there is beneath the
surface motives in which the whole
country is interested. In spite of the
bitter hostility to Mr.. Cleveland in the
rank and file Of his own party he looms up at
this time as the probable choice Of the next
National Democratic Convention for the Pres
idental nomination. To say this prominence
alarms the political jobbers who are opposed to
him is putting it mildly. They are literally
torn with secret rage. They will leave no
stone unturned to insure his permanent retire.
ment. Mr.. Dana has made it a personal mat
ter with Mr.. Cleveland for a long time. though
Dana represents only the small body of his
party who work openly and aboye-board i'll
their ostiltty. 1t is the covert stabs, such as
the World deals Mr. Cleveland in the exagger-
ated and venomous interviews in which the ex-
President is represented as indulging in Mott
street blllingsgate that the friends of Mr..
Cleveland most detest. Although the World
retracts editorially and throws the responsible
ity for the malicious Misrepresentation upon a
reporter the singer remains in the flesh not
less effective for being apologized for.
In the publication the World made double
play striking two enemies out. There is no
damage done Mr.. Cleveland in New York be-
cause of these attacks, open or covert. There
is no city in the U nion in which the big news
papers have SO little influence on the local
com munity, politically. Whether they are for
Cleveland or against him. as all of them have
been, except the Sun. which alone has been
consistently antagonist,c, it seems 70 make no
tact, he seems to have done better politically
when every Democratic newspaper in New
York was trying to rip him up front and rear.
When they turned in for the first time and ex-
cept Dana unanimously whooped him up he
got left for the first time. After that ex-
perienco 1t is matter of some Curl
Esity .h as to .on'n what they are going e to do
exhibition indicates that SO far as Mr.. Cleve-
land is concerned the World will join with the
Sun against him. Perhaps this will injure Mr..
not. The fact Of the combination indicates the
chances are supposed to exist.
Business ut Both Ends.
ONE OF the happiest strokes in journalism
from the box-oflce point Of view was the
Worlds prize for the best idea Plenty of men
can be hired to write who can write well, but
the demand for new ideas is increasing and e1-
hausting. The wear and tear on the editorial
mind comes in at this point. am told that of
the 10000 ideas of how to make paper sell
which flooded the World office, that paper got
nearly a thousand clever schemes several hun
dred Of which are practical. The paper paid
for two-the rest 1t got for nothing
They were laid aside carefully, scheduled
for future use. Its readers will be
fed on them from time to time
as they can stand it. Another similar scheme
is to be worked in the prize offered by the same
paper for the best play. The prize Is the ex-
pense of bringing 1t out at a prominent theater
here: No doubt number of good plays will
be submitted, which will be worth good deal
of money to a machine playwright Only one
will be paid for. This is what the other papers
call prize Package Journalism" and it makes
them turn green with envy to think they missed
such glorious scheme to get something for
nothing.
A Metropolitan Dog Story.
a T the corner of Broadway and Thirty-third
street man and a dog sit some days and
beg. The man is blind-the dog is very much
awake. Sometimes the man has something to
sell ranged on the little tray on his lap.
The man can't see what you take |
but the dogs business comes in here. He not |
only looks after his helpless masters stock. but
watches very sharply after the change. There
are good many loafers usually hanging around
that corner, and the other day few of these
young hoodlums thought they d have some fun.
They'd fool that dog. Some Of them undertook
to exchange button for pencil instead Of the
usual nickel, while the rest looked on and
laughed. Well, they had some fun; for the dog
grabbed the fellow by the arm SO quickly, and
with such an evidently business grip, that he
was scared half to death. The pencil dropped
from his hand the shaggy cashier dropped his
hold picked it up and laid it on the tray again,
all the time looking daggers at the grinning |
gang. was very much amused at the way the
blind mans companion took his revenge out OF |
the first dog that came along. 1t happened to |
be little skye terrier, with blue ribbon |
around its neck, and 9O-year-old girl at the
end OF the ribbon. Poor, innocent little doggy |
His mistress probably has his back in soak yet. |
Tom Ochiltree's Great Nerve.
TT Is formally announced by Colonel Tom |
Ochiltree that he will stand for Congress |
in the Spinola district this city. If that isn't
the very essence of gall, l don't know where to |
look for it. Perhaps this is another Texas |
joke like that which sent Tom to Congress !
from the Lone Star State. A well known Texan |
told me recently that 1t is fact that Ochiltree
was put up as the worst pill his constituents |
could swallow as joke to get even with party |
managers who were at the time running the |
Galveston campaign. The latter had divided |
the opposition and were so confident of win-
nIng that they considered Tom in the same
light as the lady did her pet monkey. They
thought they d have little sport out of him |
before they gave him away. But, bless you, !
Tom took it in dead earnest and made the can
vass, and got there. too.
In Congress he had one solitary streak Of
was shown in keeping his mouth
shut. something that many other Cohgressmen
with some brains might with credit learn to
initiate. But Tom had the knack Of Frank
Lawler, John ONeill and other Congressional
Of keeping his name before the
public. All ths ridicule piled on him by the
newspaper correspondents ran of of him like
wanted father for tough yarn they chose
Tom Ochiltree. In that way he got the repu-
tation at once Of being great story-teller and
= great liar. He gracefully accepted the role
back to Texas where they knew him in the one
character. This reputation followed here and
IS his bank account. 1t has put him in
line with many good club dinner along with
he brightest of wits and noblest of men in
politics and literature. On these occasions he
follows the rule laid down for himself in Con-
yreSS. he keeps quiet anu nes as low as -brer |
Rabbit" In almost every other city except
New York gambling tout and champagne
,orker of this character would be too ridiculous
figure to even mention for Congress, but here
heavens! think of the Tim Campbells and
who have represented New York at
Washingtoni Heretofore however, they have |
represented Democratic constituencies.
The Woman and the Slot Machine.
IN front of the grocery on Ninth avenue
where I trade the coin of the realm for
ugar and greens. stands machine like those
.round Central Park that will weigh you for
,enny in the slot 1t has no connection |