Telegram-herald., 1890-06-13

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So YORK Cltv he Is t1s 2sw bees of
Iaumany Hall Msgef of-1t VII ee
cspess1 IS soou ss lis tef- @a Mayor
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inx st tAs Gsrmaa Baths DE sa1ess-
cor. ths actual leaisE % tle sre-l -rag
thas I4muany Hall controls. is tals
n4a she attracts 20 attention to-day
in the 1asy throng IL Is -4o1.as z.
Gllrsy. C9uulIssloner ~ f4p-lc " oEks
st present ia a. pearaaee he IS . ilttls
above the average helsAt -4t his
shoulders stoop and be seems - hsYs
preoceupls3 air HIS face Is cle4nly
shaver. except for a. area gray nus
tacAs His cheeks are pinAy white. lie
has laughing Irish blas eyes 2n4 sandy
hAir His hand grasp : warm an1
there Is much u personal magnetism
about him lie IS product of Ne" 1 ora
.ity, about hfty years OF age, and
comes OF Irish pareltsse. lie las been
Ia Tammany Hall al his life Like
alost Irishmsn. hs began Ills political
career ia the ranks tie Is q student OF
sociology Gnd State craft. he has tray
sled much, Is al attentive reader, IN
leFstands how 70 msnlpulats men,
plays politics not At haphazard, bat as
an exact science. And thus IL comes
hat he hnds himself al the head OF the
greatest political organization In the
world Whatever he says is law. Tho
naa whom he selects Will be Iammany
Halls candidate for Mayor, and be
elected too, for Tammany Hall controls
he city OF New York to-day Gllroy Is
good listener lie seldom or never
makes a political speech, but he IS
thinking all che time. His friends say
hat heis warmhearted and generous, and
,bove suspicion. His leap from the
,anks TO the leadership within a few
months, ana the vast power that goes
Sith that leadership shows anew the
wonderful changes made by the whirli-
zig OF politics. Gilroy Will bear watch
ng tie has future.
Beecher Whose statue was really cast
in bronze recently, only three years and
three months after his departure used
frequently 20 lift upon Us the light Of
MS ever radiant countenance. Can |
ever forget that last speech Of his at
CLickering Hall three weeks before 10
died AMI the remark made 20 me by a
lazy as we studied him after the meet
,ng had closed, He looks rs if he
would die of apoplexy any day Beecher
was a great personality, and Talmage
is a great talker We want more Of the
former and less of the latter element
here in New York But Talmage Is
.alker TO hear, and l went. ~aH
Never mind where, or what he talked
about 4 good place and object, %
course. A striking uniqueness about
that head of his, with its elongated
strands dragged over from the
right side 10 the wrong in
hopeless effort TO conceal honest
badness They shake loose when
steam is up and let the cat out
Of the bag But we all have our little
weaknesses, with this differ ence, his is
On the outside of his pate, ours
are mostly inside. An oration
Well, scarcely. The Talmage sermon is
as much of a stump-speech as his
speeches are Of the sermonic stamp,
which is saying good deal There was
no creased lightning in it this time. 1t
rumbled and jerked ont with the melli-
duOusness of a hay wagon going along
an unpaved country road. 4 reverend
doctor pointedly prayed that the m eet.
ing might be ''enthused that was the
|. word-but even TalmGge failed to ''en-
thuse' US or himself The fireworks
were brilliant, but not the preachment.
But there was a cause Talmage was
addressing the National Temperance
Society at its twenty fifth anniversary,
and he came grimly determined TO tell
them that they had gone wrong in ex-
changing moral suasion for legis-
lative efforts. lie told them they had
: let the oldfashioned temperance m~et
ing die Of delirium tremens through
letting it get into the hands Of drunken
lecturers, but they would have TO re
. vive it IL tho cause is TO succeed Tn,
F.. candid friend should not be disappointed
: Il his eloquence Is sometimes received
7 with thunderclaps OF solemn silence.
+. One of the most juvenile OF veterans
@ is rare old Theodore Cuvler. perennial
president Of the national organization
q ,forensmed. He has retired from reg
i, 1lar pulpit work that he may renew hi,
! eagle youth with redoubled toll in gen
, ,rsl Where are the young men in our
. oulpits of the Cuyler Talmage Beechel
p stamp Is the breed dying out Youth
O iul curled dsrlings Of the cushione,
= pulpit We have with ~ ever, like tn
! poor, which OF course includes poo
j. preachers as well "a poor pocket-boo
O bearers. Is mustaehe-culture reall
= and truly an article Of faith as well a
n practice in the modern ministry Ism
Q IL rather mean in fuJl blown q ivine g
o TO disguise himself In lay fashion ths
n She wayfaring sinner is thrown of hi
q guard N ordering his conversation al
s wrong. when. IL he knew his man. b
Y would sweat ha-d 20 order il Alright Z
q pulpit rsply il In order
= Literally, Gotham loses one of it
j. most marked figures by the death o
j. oliver Bell Bnnce The marvel VA
a now one 80 hopeIessly gone in cons-mp
o tion had the Plurk 90 sti-k to BE dali
b round ~ foffce duties i1 thatcraupei an
l. sunless lttie room he occup .ea Sra At
plston's house he wee sixty-t~o year
q cf age. worn 90 uers skeleton. ar
q Lis hacking cough would break 1t