The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-06

circus. Hoyt's frisky but muscular bovine
landed a large audience at the Academ,
last evening. There were many promi
nent politicians present who witnessed
its antics. Among others were Mayor
Cleveland. Sheriff Davis, President Som.
ers of the Street and Water Board, Mi
chaeI O'Donnell and Clerk James f
Connolly of the Tax Board, Fire Com
missioner John Brown and Dr.. Leonard 4.
Gordon. deacon" George Richards OF
Hoyt's midnight Bell" Company, occu-
pied one of the boxes.
Nh. Hoyt, the author, very modestly
says that he does not claim that his treat
ment of the subject is exhaustive and
profound, nor altogether t~ruthful-yet in
demonstrating the extraordinary proba-
bilitief OF American politics, it is possible
that Mr.. Hoyt has struck q vein that will
render his Texas Steer'' as famous as
the Almighty Dollar" and Mr.. Tim
Murphy's Maverick Brander is in every
respect equal to Florence's Hon. Bard
well Slote. Mr.. Hoyt was called before
the curtain and rendered an ovation
While the Cattle King is away from
his home the political bosses run him for
Congress. His election is engineered by
Colonel Yell aud two associates, Bragg
and Blow. three glorious products OF
Texas, who initiate the mind of Christie
pher Columbus, Jr., Fishback with the
idea that he will be appointed a minister.
He controls the back votes, which together
with those purchased of .'greasers,
Indians and the general riff-raff of a
frontier town at S. apiece, tri~umphantly
elect the ranchman, and a typical South
ern torchlight procession is given in his
honor. "Bossy, the ranchman's daugh-
ter, inc around whom all the sentiment
of the play revolves, does some enthsus-
iastic e-lectioneering, assisted by a young
army captain.
The second scene opens in the Airing
ton Hotel, Washington, and the ludicrous
attempts of the ranchman's wife and
daughter to familiarize themselves with
the fad of Washington society are adj
mirably depicted, eventually resulting in
an estrangement between BoSsy and the
young Captain. The wild Texan fails a
victim to the snares of subtitle political
and other kind of schemers, and advo-
Gates q railroad land grant bill increasing
the value of his W property. This
brings his constituents down upon him,
and a committee consisting of Messrs.
Yell, Brag n Bow are sent to investi-
gate before endorsing the rachman
Tor a second term. They reach
his apartments in the Arlington
Hotel just as the family, non-accus-
toned TO Washington society, are about
to dine a distinguished Judicial and
senatorial party. The ranchman is per-
picked. His wife makes matters worse
by sending the private secretary off with
the three wild Texans to get them drunk,
but the Texans show up on time. They
are accorded places at the table. The
ranchman is suddenly summoned to the
House to vote upon an important meas
ure. His friend Brassy Gall takes adj
vantage of the incident to impress upon
the minds of the committee what an i'm
portant factor their representative has
become in American politics. The com
mittee grows hilarious; cheers are not
strong enough. They draw their shoot
ing irons and commence firing.
Bassy and her mother become leaders
in society, the ranchman's millions atom
ing for culture, and their lawful breaks
set down as charming ecoentricities.
The characters are admirably portrayed
by Miss Flora Walsh and Mrs. Alice
Walsh. Mr.. George +. Marion, as the
disappointed colored Office seeker. is just
immense.