Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-24
HILL TO THE FRONT.
Nothing in the Senator's Conduct In
dicates a Waiting Policy.
MAYoR GRANT FOR THE ToaA,
The Successor to>Robert Elsmere Is Very
Different Sort Of Book
BRIsBANrs GOSSIP FROM NEW YORK

man In washington is undoubtedly Senate
Hill, the new man from New York. Who
ever had nothing else to do in that town o
statesmen could usually be found hard q
work trying to persuade somebody else tina
he knew exactly what Senator Hill wa
after. The plan which seems to be generally
mapped out for the new Senator by those WHIT
think they know is that he shall not struggle
for the coming nomination, but play hi
cards wisely and unselfshly, and then ir
1896, when his term as Senator shall have
almost expired, reap the reward Of hi
patience by moving into the White House
Senator Hill, however, when I talked tt
him on Tuesday, did not seem like mar
who had settled down to four or five years
of patient waiting. Not dressmaking
concern or Western delegation seemed more
business-like than he did. His large recep.
tion-room was crowded with men from all
over the country, and he did not conceal the
pleasure which it afforded him to find him.
self q sort of little Democratic Mecca His
evident desire to avoid any expression Of
preference as to the location of the conven-
tion proved the interest which he felt in the
inhabitants of the Western country whose
representatives. had come to town.
Bill Knows How to Keep Forward.
His knowledge of what was going on in
Washington and of what q Senator might
do to make himself important is looked
upon by the men who have just made his
acquaintance as something wonderful and
unusual 1t is certain that Senator Hill
has not sunk out of sight in his new sur
roundings. Every inch of him is high and
dry and thoroughly visible above water.
The expense at which the new Senator is
living, which is rendered necessary by the
great number of those who call upon him,
shows how important he considers the work
that he has before him in the next few
precious months. It is not likely that
Senator'S salary would pay for the bills
which Senator Hill gets from his hotel alone.
He said to me that he was resigned to rather
slow-going in Washington, as that seemed
the habit of the place. He looked, however,
like man who is making the best of slow
track, and whoever is interested may by
closely following the new Senator find be-
fore long thas he has organized little kite
shaped affair of his own among the slow and
esatcly OeHatolh
Mayor Grant for the Senate.
The interesting question to ambitious
men in New York just now is: Who is to
get the Senatorship which the Democratic
Legislature will be able to give away. The
two men NEST prominently named thus far
are Edward Murphy, Jr., and Bourke
Cochran. Murphy is supposed to have
given up some mystic claim on the Senator
q ~ nf a..
mighty big and growing man, with Richard
Croker and Tammany to back him. No
public utterance has been made by Croker
as yet But there is a certain gentleman
who has brown whiskers parted in the mid
die; that is to say Mayor Grant, of New
York, who is very much in the Senatorial
race, although he has not been talked about.
Many men believe he is the man actually
slated for the position, and, although 1 do
not pretend to give to this the Importance
of a solemn prophecy, I think it very likely
that Mr.. Grant may follow his friends,
Cochran and Hill, to Washington before
very long.
If the Democratic Convention wills il so
Senator Hill may find an engagement on his
hands such as will leave his seat in the Sem
ate open to some other New York man. In
that case it is Just within the bounds of
human possibility that Grant and Cochran
would find themselves prancing arm in arm
to and from the Senate each day under the
smiles of the Tammany Tiger, proud of its
distinguished children. It is not at all
likely that such thing will occur, but if it
could it would be very fine thing and an
amusing one to listen to the cries that would
be pushed, as the French have it, by the
enemies of Tammany.
Cruelty to Stage Horses.
The action of the Society for the Preyeu-
tion of Cruelty to Animals in stopping the
running of stage coaches on Fifth avenue
because of the abominable cruelty which
the stage horses were subject to has aroused
the warmest approval. As a rule the vari-
GUS private societies for the suppression of
vice, cruelty to animals, children, etc., do
not enjoy the sympathy of the general pub |
lie of New York. This may be partly due
to lack Of appreciation in the public but 1t
is also unquestionably due in part to the
tendency which the agents of the society
shew to take up such eases as will adver-
tise themselves or their societies rather than
those to which real desire to do good
would point.
Everybody in New York, however. has
been witness to the heartless brutality in
ficted on the Fifth avenue stage horses, and
in addition to that all those who have rid |
den in the stages have been the victims of
the mismanagement of the concern. When l
q stage driver has cold hands, and is bitterly
rejecting on the smallness of his nav. the
great New York public is at his mercy, and
It has long been his habit to punish that 1
great public for the i'll that is done him.
The stage door is fastened by strap that
passes under his foot, and when the world |
has looked gloomy to him he has made it a |
habit to keep passengers outside from get
ting in, and to carry those inside block or |
two beyond their destination by putting his
foot down hard.
Phllanthropist a Prisoner. a,
Only few days ago Mr.. Oliver Sumner |
Teall, well known as a philanthropist and |
statesman both here and abroad nut his face |
up to the little hole through which the |
stage driver gives change and chided the |
driver of the stage in which he was for his |
treatment of lady. When Mr.. Teall |
wanted to get out the driver pressed firmly |
down upon the strap and carried Mr.. Teali. |
one of our most influential citizens, almost
three blocks against his will
Mr. Teall is remarkably athletic man.
On getting free from his cage he might
easily have hurled to the ground the driver
and the twin horses, and, being man
with mighty pull, he could have had the
driver discharged without any trouble.
'Once a philanthropist, always q philan-
thropist' is Mr.. Teall's motto, however.
In his mind he saw the stage drivers chill
dren wringing their hands at home. 30 he
let the driver 60. He nevertheless is prob
lbly glad, like all the rest of us. that the
stages were stopped as lesson to the man
agement.
Successor to Robert EIsmere.
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