Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-08

DocroRs-BuL NYE AND HIS POET PARTNER.
| Correspondence Of The EVENING STAR
New YORK. February Z.
The merry cowboys have q way Of stringing
up an obnoxious person and then cutting him
down and letting him regain consciousness only
to string him up again, and so on till finally
they leave the victim of their humor perma-
nently in the air. New York il manipulating its
worlds fair bill in much the same way. One
day it is hung up and the next day resuscitated
only to be killed again. And it looks now - il
the legislative cowboys were firing Of their
sport and were about ready to complete their
work and quit the scene with the corpse dang
ling in the air for the crowd to peep at
The king Of the cowboys" in this instance is
Tom Platt From being me Too he is now
like Louis XIV, ''the state" His power is ire
slstible. Even such man as Chauncey M.
Depew has to stand out OF the way and accept
the situation as the boss DEGREES it. But there
may be hereafter. There certainly would be if
New York was really in earnest about the fair
AS 1t Is there will be good many quiet mes
sages OF thanks from persons who publicly feel
1t their duty to help along the boom. The
hotel men. for instance, while they have been
dragooned into subscribing for the fair would
much mus rather escape it. All the good hotels are
fuil, anyway, and great exposition would mean
mob and lot Of linen-duster custom which
would simply be more bother than it was
worth. Then, again, whole raft of new hotels
would spring up to cope with the fair patronage
and remain as disturbing element Of
rivalry after the fair closed. II the project
goes away al this stage it will add
another proof to many which might be cited of
the curious lack of influence of the metropoli-
tan press. The New York papers are never
we constantly have examples Of their feeble
ness Here, for example, they have all been
making great how-dye-do about the fair-if
we except the EVENING POst-and, without dis
tinction OF party, have been furious with the
distractions at Albany. And vet one strong
politician turns the whole project down as
cody as he would turn away a beggar from his
Office.
THE DOCTORS AND THE GRIP
Now that the grip is over the health authori.
ties are counting up the killed and wounded
with some curious results. am told that the
homeopathists are very much gratified at the
showing they make and hear similar stories
from representatives of the same school in
washington. Their remedies appear to be
very efhcaclous In cases of pneumonia, bron.
chisls and influenza. One homeopathic doctor
OF my acquaintance says that Of two hundred
cases In his practice he did not lose one If the
health reports are tabulated, as I understand
they are to be in Washington. the public will
be given some very interesting data. though it
Is doubtful il any statistics OF this sort, es-
peciaiiy II ex parte, will make many converts.
LELAND WHIPPED BACK INTO HARNESS.
Very rarely has the city been so stirred bv a
purely financial sensation as by the adventures
OF the Sixth national bank and its two state
satellites. The final disposition OF the matter
SHOWS the irresistible authority of public
opinion. Ii Leland had not made full restitu-
ton he would have been ruined man, and
TINS Is true, although legally he had a perfect
YlQht no h.
what people do not often appreciate fully, and
that Is that there are prisoners of wealth as
well as prisoners of poverty. Leland
said in his first explanation that
ne sold out because he was
portunity to rid himself Of them. But public
opinion steps in here and says, "You had no
right TO purchase ease at the expense of inpo-
cent stock holders, and you must make good
tneir loss and resume your burdens or be
treated as an outlaw and public enemy"
As matter Of fact there are thousands of
rich men in this city today who would be only
TOO glad to lay down their burdens but who are
enmeshed by their very success and cannot be
lele II they would. This is true Of the profess
sions and of business alike
POLITICAL PACE THAT KILLS.
Politics is as hard work as making money
rms Boss Croker has found out in the full
Hush OF his power; he has been forced to re-
though he has the frame and Constitution Of a
giant. Croker makes the third democratic
chief who. within a few years, has succumbed
to the drudgery Of running a local machine.
only two or three years ago Hubert O. Thomp-
son broke down under the strain and
before him John Kelly found the burden too
great for his broad shoulders to bear. And
those the Office doesn't kill 1t cripples IL
about nnlshed up Father Hewitt and long list
OF physlcai and moral shipwrecks could easily
hnG 0xrho h.,
the city's interests. And it is hard to see where
the glory comes IN. more becursed set of
men than our municipal officers it would be
hard to lind anywhere. No matter what thev do
or leave undone they are scolded and abused
on all Sides believe, for instance. that Street
Commissioner Coleman. though he was so
rudely pitched out of Office as incapable or
worse, really did about as well with our horri
PIE streets as any man could. And see that
MS successor, Mr.. LOOMS, who was supposed to
be such lucky find on Mayor Grants part. ia
already being rOundly denounced by the ma
pers as harmonious composition OF fool and
knave. ~
THE UNFORTUNATE NYE-RILEY RUPTURE.
most distressing literary sensation was the
split between Nye and Riley Both have manv
friends here and the rupture between the part
ners and the harsh accusations which il has
bred are much deplored. The general feeling
IN literary circles is that Nye has been too se,
'oie' nHey iuHrnltv IL known and mOurned
by his friends, but he has made of late wears a
splendid tight against it, and he should find in
temptation strong and wise friend in one 40
intimate with him as Nye. No doubt il ia irri
tatlng TO have an important series of engage
nents interrupted and it would not be strange
II some OF the sharp statements were insured
by disappointed manager. That is one inter
probation given to them here. But however
bad the break, Riley's multitude of personal
friends and admirers hope he will brace up and
start afresh.
THE EFFECT OF THE TRACY HORROR.
The Tracy tragedy made a great impression
here, as the Secretary and his family were well
known both in this city and in Brooklyn, The
peculiarly OF the sensation was the neryous-
ness 1t has occasiOned in the mansions of the
city. We are not unfamiliar with an occasional
tenement house holocaust as last wear. he.
lleve, there were at least three fires in crowded
flats which resulted in sad loss of life. But
well-to-do people have rather taken il for
granted that if they slept IN their own bed
rooms on the second floor Of a carefully built
private house they could not very well be
roasted in their BEDS The Tracy FIRE
has interrupted this complacent feeling
OF security, and if the subject were not
SO serious q one it would be rather
amusing to note the novel precautions which
the ingenious American mind has devised to
cope with this newly appreciated danger The
feeling here is that Gen. Tracy will hardly be
disposed to continue in public life. It is also
believed that the repeated Affections in the
Blaine family will take away what little relish
Gfaft IN hau 4.