Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-02
NEW YORK NOTES.
What n Being Talked About and Though {
About In the Metropolis.

About In the Metropolis.
TIE POLITICAL DECISION At ALBANY AND HOW
REPUBLICANS vIEwrT-MR. GRACE AND CHILLI
THE PERSONALITY OF THE MILLIONAIRE TX
hAro1-THE BusTLlyo LIFE OF CLERGYMAN.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. 81, 1891.
HAvE WE AT LAST SOME SOUTHERN
IL outragos" on the ballot at home? So the
republican papers Of the state would have us
believe. There is q storm of words over the
outcome at Albany, and for the moment the
vanquished republicans are threatening to fill
buster out the session rather than let the dem
ocrats reap the benefit Of their judicial victory
1t was unfortunate that tho court Of appeals
divided on party lines much in the style of tho
immortal "eight to seven" and We may be sure
that the party organs will make the most Of it.
The papers, however, are far moro historical
than the public. II the state has been .'stolen"
few seem to know or care about it. People in
New York city should be interested. to be sure.
for with unitedly democratic administration
at Albany city affairs will be much affected.
From . republican standpoint the Hon. Farmer
Hayseed knows much better what New York
city ought to want than the city itself does, and
,
branch OF the legislature we were supposed to
be properly chaperoned. But with no such
curb at hand We are now left quite at the tiger
mercy.
Another item which disquiets republicans is
the real estate news that Senator Hill has
rented house In Albany and intends to make
that city rather than Washington his base line.
This Is another proof that the ex-governor
intends to keep tight rein on state politics
1t remains to DO seen how Governor Flower
Will relish this arrangement.
Mr.. GRACE AND CHILE.
Washington is talking just now about one Of
the extraordinary mon Of the age, ex-Mayor
William r. Grace, and on that account a few
words on that interesting personality will not
De amlss MIR. Grace il as much typical of our
epoch In history Ms Sebastian Cabot was of his.
no represents the spirit Of conquest He is
lmbued with that plus power" upon which
Emerson laid such stress. Great enterprises
are natural and simple to him. and by the
very necessity Of his nature be is involved in a
multitude of labors, any one of which would
crush an ordinary man. His pecuniary inter-
ests IN South America arc gigantic, and necessa-
rliv ne ls deeply concerned with the political
conVuislons which have been marking that re-
politlcan and hence IL in his element in the
iaoyrlnthine complications Of diplomacy.
ALWAYS IN IT.
And underneath everything else ia his love
for life on large scale, his spontaneous and
insatiabie eagerness to be in the midst of
things, his delight in battle, not the barbarous
warfare of the soldiers. but the contention of
great intellectual forces. mind Of this energy
Will partly shape the age, but is more apt to re-
meet Its genius. II it operates in one set Of
circumstances it gives the world o famous
smuggier, or in the other conditions an I'M
paralleled double somersault thrown over five
| elephants. At this age Of the world and in this
country 1t produces the millionaire, and ap-
parently Will soon produce the Millionaire
you cannot throttle these energies by act Of
Congress, nor will they adopt the ideas of
Henry George or Edward Bellamy. And
| rightly estimated they are no more out of place
In the world than ChimboraZo or Niagara.
There is something indescribably winning
about r,ost Of these great human beings.
| don't think 1t is mere snobbishness which
| attaches commoner men to them SO closely.
AS lacltus said long ago, speaking of the
heroes OF his age, THE chiefs battle for
| victory, the youths for their chief"
ME. GRAcEs PERSONALITY.
In the case Of Mr.. Grace this fascina ton
which he exerts upon those about him is very
| noticeable. He is not what would be called a
pleasing man, either in appearance or man.
| ners He looks more like plodding German
professor than q keen merchant or a great
| politician. His speech also is brusque and his
|
something about him that rivets attention first
and then allegiance. Just.w he is up to in his
| recent negotiations with Secretary Blaine very
few outside Of the immediate circle have any
clear idea. But the public may depend upon
1t that anything into which Mr.. Grace throws
MS full force will be pretty apt to come out
| about where he means it shall.
KEEPING THEIR EYE ON THE PUBLIC
Most people we're surprised to read a day or
| two ago Of the annual meeting Of the American
Copyright League and the reelection Of Off
GERS and executive committee, because 1t was
| generally supposed that their work was over
when the copyright bill was passed, but that is
not the case. The league has several very good
reasons for still existing. In the first place the
present law Is merely experimental, being con-
tingent on the favor Of foreign powers to some
extent and to large extent on its popularity
when seen in practical operation by our own
citizens No doubt it will require amendment,
and for aught any one knows somebody NAV
come along and demand its repeal. Then there
are allied interests to which the league wishes
to lend helping hand, and finally it's not a
bad thing to have the authors of the country
banded together, with one eye upon the literary
interests Of the day. The meeting referred to
Drought to public view one item which en-
listed quick and general sympathy. to wit, the
serious illness Of Mr.. Robert Underwood John
son, the indefatigable secretary Of the league
Mr.. johnson has been FRUSTRATED with a dam
gerous attack OF typhoid fever, but is now hap
PLY convalescent.
TOO BUSY TO BE A HERETO.
Another convalescent in whose recovery the
good citizens Of New York rejoice is the Rev.
DIR. Heber Newton. In spite of his yagaries
perhaps because of them, DR.. Newton is a man
who could not we'll be spared. His diligence is
phenomenal, and if We hear less than usual of
pulpit crotchets from him it is perhaps because
he has no time for heresy. There are those
who even still imagine that the prominent
metropolitan clergyman lives a life Of pam
pered ease. Such critics Of fashionable min
listers" should 60 with them through ono
weeks routine. / venture to say that there
are few business men in a large city who are
buster than its leading clergymen. This ia
certainly true Of New York, where the big
preachers live in very fury o. engage
ments. Through the week they 60 at racing
pace-a sort Of six-day go as yo please pedes-
trian match-and wind up with a seventh-day
sprinting race, which leaves them often in u
state Of collapse. Nothing illustrates better
that same 'plus power" than this fierce energy
which We may see in the strong religious Lead
ers OF the day. Such mea as Bishop Potter
DR.. Briggs DR.. Fulton, DR.. Day and a score Of
Others that might be named are as driven with
work as the hardest worked banker or mer-
chant in town.
The calendars will have to print particu-
larly big number one to start off with or we
| shall soon forget that there is any LIST Of Jam
| uary. The observance Of the day has fallen
into complete desuetude. No dude il now SO
poor as to do it reverence As for the pr
Rlly fashionable it il " the tbipo