The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-19
TALK OF THE WEEK.

Representative Kerr, Chairman of the Penn
sylvania State Democratic Committee, was in
town on flying visit during the week to see
his family, who are still here. He spoke of the
outlook for Democratic success in Pennsyl-
vania in tone of quiet but absolute confidence
Gas matters stand today" he said, "Quay
and Delamater are already beaten. We know
that and they know it. Quay is in the position
of not knowing whom to trust or to depend on.
There is dsaffection in his forces all the way
from the rear ranks clear up to the headquarters
In Philadelphia. He doesn't know which way
to turn or where to place his money. We have
been working pretty hard, but as the wave of
anti-Quaysm has been rising steadily of its own
accord we have not thought it best to exhaust
ourselves while there was no need of 1t. From
this on to the end of the campaign we will
throw all the energy at our command into help
ing it along, and when it reaches its full height
at election time Quay and Delamater will be
swept out of sight by it. | am absolutely con-
fident that Pattison will be elected, and by
majority that will surprise good many Demo
crats.n
There was no doubt about Mr.. Kerr's sincerity.
He really believes there will be revolution in
Pennsylvania politics this year. He says the
Democratic committee receives on an average a
hundred letters day from Republicans who de-
clare they mean to vote for Pattison. But 1t
must be said Mr.. Kerr's confidence is not shared
by other Democrats in Pennsylvania. They ex-
pect to see the usual Republican majority seri-
ously cut down, but they have no faith in the
claims that Pattison will be elected. True there
are few in a position to know as well as Mr..
Kerr the extent of the Republican disaffection,
but still they can't believe that Quay will allow
his candidate for Governor to be defeated when
he has as much personally ut stake as he has this
year. One of Quay's lieutenants admitted the
other night that in his own county, in the west
ern part of the State, the disaffection was great
couple of weeks ago, and If the election had
| been held then Delamater would have been
showed under But an immense amount ofwork
| has been done recently to bring the malcontents
into line, and the gentleman said that now every
thing looked lovely All in all, it is the most
in any other State, for that matter, and before
| its close an immense amount of money will be
spent
The newspaper boys who went over to New
York on the Baltimore and Ohio "Blue Line''
excursion last week had great time. They
were treated like princes from start to finish,
and can't say too much in praise Of the way the
affair was managed by the Baltimore and Ohio
officials. In New York Dave Towers, a Wash
ington boy, now manager for Neil Burgess, ex-
tended the courteses Of the Union Square Thea
tire to all the members of the party who wanted
to see "The County Fair" and large number
attended. Others of the party were extended
similar courtesies at other theatres. Some took
in the sights at the Eden Musee, and a practical
joker in the party greatly disturbed the COM
| plasance of the proprietors of that famous re-
sort by his criticism on the representation of the
| Kemmler execution. The newspaper man
scanned the Kemmler group with keen and
analytic eye, and said he didn't like it. 1t was
incomplete. 1t was fraud on the public, be-
cause it omitted one of the most remarkable and
| thati of hp historic irst "a
tion. Kemmler was there all right writhing in
his chair of death. The sponges were there,
so were the electrodes, the death cap, the straps
Warden DgrstSn and the gFogP Of doctors
tendant of the critical newspaper man: The
matter ?" answered the latter. ''Why, the thing
isn't half complete. l wonder that you have
the cheek to exhibit it. This representation
of the Kemmer execution, indeed, and not
sign of the tenderhearted reporter in his great
emotional act of fainting-not even his feet ~
The attendant admitted this was a serious
omission, and said they would see about having
the figure of the fainting reporter put in.
4 4 4
News comes from Pennsylvania that DR..
Atkinson, author of the Railroad bill which the
Star in its courses fought against with such
vigor, is in some danger of defeat. DR.. Atkin-
sons constituents are said to be disgruntled
because he devoted himself too exclusively to
his Railroad bill, in which they were not at
all interested, while he neglected the Pennsyl-
vania Border Raids Claim bill, which interested
them very deeply in their pockets The Doctors
Democratic antagonist is Capt Skinner, who is
member of the Pennsylvania border raids
commission, and has become well-known in
Washington through his frequent visits here to
look after the border raids claims before Con-
gress. Capt. Skinneris good deal of hustler,
a keen politician, and all-around
Atkinson ma lively fight, The latter latter can't mt
the Captain, and although the Doctors smile is
expansive and diffusive it will hardly reach
across his district.
A coy and much-frequented dispensary
of liquid creature comforts on the Ave
nue. is specially famous for the sooth-
ing and seductive quality OF Its mixed
drinks. They are works of art in q
way, with delicate, elusive, subtle, su-
premely satisfying touch-the-right-sp spotatiyeness
about them that many connoisseurs
maintain the symphonies of syrups
SptrttuS Jrumenti, and wines concocted else
where somehow never possess. Among
the most recent conceptions of the
, artist who dallies with the decanters
at the noted Avenue snuggery is a cocktail
! served in a glass whose dampened lips are
dipped in powdered sugar before the delicate
decoction is strained into it. Then when
the sugared lips of the glass touch the fevered
lips of the patient the latter feels as if stream
of the nectar of Olympus was flow
ing into him over a bed OF the honey
Of Hymettus, or words to that