Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-22

| ture. was talking about the trade outlook
| yesterday. "My diagnosis" said he, "is
that We will have an extremely dull summer
and fall in PIttsburg, and, for that matter,
| throughout the country. By midwtnter the
labor problems will be solved for the next
year or two, a good crop will probably have
been harvested and tine political policy Of
the CO untry will be fixed for the next four
years, probably with Cleveland at the head
| Of things. I look for a grand rush next
| spring and a most prosperous period beyond
1 it. This year capital will slumber and only
| the big operators will reach In new direc
lions, at low prices, for future develop
| ments."
| THERE are clubs and rumors of clubs in
the air; not riotous clubs, but social ones.
There is much talk among men who like to
drive good horses of the need Of coun-
try club somew here near the park.
| Several definite schemes have been dis
| cussed and several locations examined, but
| so far nothing has come Of it. 1t Is not un-
| likely that a site of several acres will be Sc
| lected bordering on the park and not far
| from one OF the entrances, and that q house
will be erected with handsome grounds
! about it and ample stables, the club to be
managed by a good caterer. This is sure to
come sooner or later.
SENATOR BATES, of Union county, who
| represents the Twenty-seventh district, was
| in the city yesterday. He is in Homestead
| visiting some Of the soldiers who come from
his part of the State. Senator Bates was one
| Of those who helped the Allegheny county
delegation materially at the last session on
street legislation, and is much liked by the
politicians here He is a shrewd man and
| understands the game which helps to make
life worth the living.
| The reported opposition of Senators
Quay and Cameron to the continuation Of
George Shtras, Jr., as Associate Justice Of
| the Supreme Court of the United States has,
| of course, brought forth great deal of gossip
| of mixed complexion. 1t is recalled by some
| or the older politicians and members of the
bar that 1t Is a matter of record that Penn-
| sylvania appointee to the Supreme Court
| was once turned down by the Senate, and
that q Cameron was the Senator whose hand
moved tho lever.
ONE of the most notable jurists of Penn
| sylvania was George Woodward. whose
| record as q lawyer, Common Pleas Judge,
Justice of the Supreme Court and finally
Chief Justice of that body Is something that
the Pennsylvania bar can be proud Of Mr..
Woodward was brought into prom
inence in the Constitutional Convention
| which this Commonwealth held in 1885,
He was an active member Of that
body, made number of speeches
| and had goodly share Of the results of the
| con vention's deliberations. Mr.. Woodward
was an ardent Democrat and attracted the
attention or President Jackson, who took a
great interest in him. In 1896 jackson ap-
pointed Woodward to q vacancy on the
Supreme Bench and in so doing he riled
number Of those political hornets who were
SO active in the time of that first great
American spokesman. In some way Wood
ward had aroused the animosity of Simon
Cameron. who was then a power in Pennsyl-
vania politics among the Democracy, to
which party he then belonged. Cameron
| succeeded in influencing James Buchanan,
who was at that time one of the Pennsyl-
vania Senators, and with his aid and that Of
Samuel Mexican, the other Pennsylvania
Senator, the nomination of Woodward was
rejected. Cameron used with much force
the fact that the appointee was only 36 years
of age and he misquoted portion of Wood
wards speeches in the Constitutional Con.
vention. The contest was very bitter. but
in spite of all Jackson's efforts to save his
protege the Senate squarely voted him
down.
SOME questions have been raised as to
how the telegraph companies came to send
out a bulletin on Wednesday afternoon that
Mr.. Sbiras had been confirmed and which
they contradicted q few minutes after
it had been posted on the boards
FRANKSTowN avenue, from the gate to
the Homewood track to its junction with
Fifth avenue, bears traces of being a pid
dolo,osa to some of those who buy small
pieces of pasteboard at exorbitant prices.
Holders of pool tickets on the other horse
have apparently united in determination
to pave the avenue with some of the same
material used in Hades-good intentions,
and they give evidence of this by scatter
ing fragments OF torn-up tickets along the
route. The difference between the purchas-
ing and selling price Of these bits is an
illustration of the security Of q life on q
farm or on shipboard.
'TsN'T that Ralph Bagaley?" asked q
Philadelphian the other day as he walked
down Fifth avenue with me. 1 told him he
was correct, and he went on to say: "There
Is the only man who came out ahead on the
famous South Penn deal. He was the first
man to sign the agreement to build the road
and the last one to sign the agreement to
sell It. He brought suit for damages against
their heads until all the other stockh olders
had been closed out. Then he had a SETTLE
ment on a private basis which was very
satisfactory to him. Part of this settlement
was an agreement not to tell anyone about
the terms he received. Go ask him and see
for yourself" asked him, and now am in
the unique position of q man who has been
told the truth by a Philadelphia lawyer.
SOMEBODY cried "Kick himr Some
body else shouted "Hit him with q stoner'
and then about 800 people gathered to see
what was up. 1t waSabout $50 O'Clock last
evening, and 1t occurred beside the old post
office, on Fifth avenue. "What's the natter"
went from lip to lip. "The're beating nom
union man from Homestead" )" declared big
d-headed man. "Oh, it's dreadful" ex-
claimed a frightened woman. just then the
crowd separated and dispersed. Two news
boys-a little one with shoes on and q big
one barefooted-had been fighting. They
are the only persons who have right to
fight on the streets, so as soon as they were
accommodated the affair was over. 1t
shows, however, how quickly crowd can
collect, and how little will gather several
hundreds Of curious Ioungers.
THEY were going to the seashore, and in
tended to leave the house in care OF the
servants, and of course worried about all
sorts of things, while he was aggravatingly
unsympat thetic, "What shall 1 do with tho
small. common silver George7" she de-
manded plaintively. "Have the girls vacci-
nated," he replied calmly. "Whyf" "Then
maybe they won't take it." WALTER.