Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-05-16
NEW YORK LETTER.
New YORK,
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The New York World which may be
said to have started a new era III
journalism, that of exposing fraud
and laying bare the corruption, fraud
and robbery of unworthy public oil
Gals, corporations and monopolles,
has created great interest in its ac-
count of how eX-Judge Henry Hilton
obtained control of the millions left
by the late merchant prince, a. L.
Stewart. The World directly charges
Hilton with having robbed A. L.
Stewards widow of the immense for
tune he left her and claims that Hill
tons power over Stewart was founded
in a crime, and that after Stewards
death Hilton used this secret crime as
the means by which he compelled
Stewards widow to sign over to him
Stewards great fortune. A. Il. Stew
art died in 1876, his widow in 1886. In
his will Stewart left Hilton $1,000
but at the end Of those ten years Hill
ton had not only gained control OF all
Stewart left but the widow was nearly
81 600, 600 in debt to Henry Hilton.
While Hilton may have obtained this
within the bounds of the law, the
most fair minded must admit that 1T
could not have been done honestly or
honorably. If all is true as the WOrtd
charges, certainly history does not
record such a gigantic and cowardly
robbery. OF course Hilton had to do
something, so he brought papers
against the World for Hbelling the mem
ory of A. T. .SteUart, but not for libel
ling Henry Hilton. By this clever
move, Hilton escapes being cross
questioned on the witness stand, and
makes it appear as though he were
afraid to let the public know how he
got Stewards money. Hilton Ill max
ing the charges against the W0Hd
stated that the reason he did not sue
them for libel himself was because
"he did not go skunk-huntlng Tor
pleasure, as the capture of the ami
NAL did not repay for the chase.
His language was so severe that Jas.
L. Graham, city editor of the World, is
now suing Hilton for $50, 900 damages
and will likely get it. Interesting
Developments are bound TO come out
of this and even money cannot always
purchase silence, especially from the
press.
The Legislature of this State has
adjourned, but none too soon. Its
rule under Boss Platt and his tools
has made farce of honest legislation,
and corruption and money ruled su-
preme at Albany. The Aqueduct job,
some of their work, Is so well-known
to the public for its political rotten
ness that it does not require special
mention. The last act of the Legisla-
ture was to pass the Brady Gable Rail
way Bill, which turns over to a gang of
spectators, as bad as were ever
Jacob Sharp and his pals, 10 miles Of
the streets of this city for cable rail
ways. 1t is thought that Gov. Hill
will surely veto this. The above are
only samples of the Republican
bosses work in this State.
That very rank partisan sheet, eel
ebrated for narrow-minded editorials
and limited circulation, the New
York Tribune, not content with hound
ing Jefferson Davis to his grave, now
visits its wrath upon Mrs. Davis,
claiming that she would not let her
husband make peace opposition in
1868 and therefore became responsible
for the continuance of the war. Still,
Clarkson, Wanamaker'S official head
man, says that the Republican or
CANS are not read. How long will it
take them to find out that the people
want to read unbiased news and not
the rantings of a party-paid breeder
of sectionalism?
Fifty per cent of the men who
have distinguished themselves at the
New York bar and rs per cent of the
most prominent physicians and sur
geons are Southerners by birth" re-
marked j. f. II. Anderson, of Rich
mond, Va, as he stood upon the
steps of the Fifth Avenue Hotel the
other night. Il could string off their
names by the score, and have no hes
itation in saying that the best brains
in New York have come from Virginia
Maryland, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
Now that we are getting some Of you
northerners to come down South and
invest your money we will show you
what the South can do. The best
blood and brains of the North and
South are now so closely allied in
business and other things that should
we ever have another civil war it
Will be the North and the South
against the West. There is total
divergence between the East and
West, and while | am not expecting
any trouble, should ii come the Mis-
sissippi will be the dividing line"
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