Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-30

SPECIAL Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
New YoRK, Jan. %, 1881
The bold push which Senator Hill il making
TO capture the state delegation in the demo-
cratic convention 10 the leading topic among
the politically inclined here to the exclusion
even OF the Chilean embroglio. Rarely, if ever,
mas there been such An open and defiant effort
made by the candidate to crush down all oppo-
sition and even discussion However We may
regard the merits Of the Senator'S candidacy
we have to acknowledge the extraordinary
ability he shows as an organizer and leader.
The most astute and powerful democratic poll
ticians of the state find it impossible to make
headway against him. and perforce do his bid
ding. There is q great amount OF courses, not
loud but deep" bat these, probably. Mr.. Hill
would regard simply as complimentary and
would not be annoyed by ther1, unless they be-
Tuesday night at the Manhattan Club proved
Hill strength, while at the same time it dis
closed certain elements Of weakness which may
make themselves felt later on. The absentees
were almost as significant as the company pres
ent All the Cleveland element, with very few
exceptions, stayed away, but it is question
how much this lack Of attention and failure to
90 obeisance on thcirapart really means. III
the Cleveland men bis state have genuine
political strength the! eertainly are effectually
CLEVELAND MEN LACK eUMPTIoN.
As Butler said Of the Knight hudibras,
I'VE grant. although he had much Wit,
He was very shy Of using it,"
II may be that the Cleveland managers will
get over their invinciale shyness and do some
thing despite Hills g2us but they have not a
moments time to lobe, and they must show
more 'gumption" than heretofore or their
efforts will come to naught. They must real
"a Y rs haf thav have aafSh he,
subtle and audacIous opponents which political
warfare has ever developed. 1t looks now as
If Hill would 60 before the convention with
the support of the New York state delegation.
The state convention meets in three weeks, and
the Cleveland forces are still unorganized,
while Hills machinery is in perfect working
order.
THE CHILEAN INCIDENT.
The peaceable outlook in the Chilean matter
is accepted here as practically closing the ''in-
cident-" As wrote fortnight ago, no one
here has really talked war or believed that
hostillties were imminent A few hot heads
have tried to int1ame public sentiment, but
with a complete lack OF success. l have vet to
hear single man say that he wanted war with
Chile, and am sure that any such war would
be profoundly unpopular. The universal ex-
preston is that Chile has taken a line of con-
duct which we must respect, and which puts
her before the world in fully ~ satisfactory Q
light as our own government
AccELERATINa PASSENGER SCHEDULED
Two or three weeks ago spoke of the prep
arations which the Trunk lines were making
for accelerating their passenger schedules.
The latest development. in this line came to
the surface today In a dispatch from Washing
ton, saying that Vice President Webb had
called upon Mr.. Bell to say that the Central
were willing to put on mail train which
should make the time between New York and
Chicago In seventeen and one-haif hours
Practically. this would re to extend the present
time schedule from Buffalo westward. 1t would
mean an average speed of ifty-two miles an
hour, not counting stoppages, and would push
the record ahead of anything done yet. The
only thing to compare with 1t would be
that short squirt over the Pennsylvania
system. to which l referred in my
previous letter: The fast express service
between New York and Buffalo has proved
completely successful. There has not been an
accident of any sort. and the motion is not dis
agreeable. The service is well patronized
and evidently the schedule is popular and
destined to become permanent feature. We
may, therefore, regard ourselves as within the
epoch when a mile q minute is the standard
rate for the best express service. As l re-
marked in the previous letter this is by no
means regarded as the acme of speed, as all
the Great Trunk lines are considering seriously
the practicabiiity Of an eighty-mile armour
longer regarded AS absolutely absurd
ROMANCE ON A MUD scow.
We do not look for much romance on a mud
scow, but the adventures of the poor wretches
who were blown out to sea in last Tuesday 8
gale on the Dumps" were as thrilling as any
thing which Clark Russell could imagine. The
rescue of some of these poor fellows made the
whole town happy today, but there is the great
est anxiety to know about those who are still
missing. The probability is that some, if not
all, are lost. Even if they are finally recov-
cred, their sufferings will long remain a tradi-
ton of horror. A leeshore is supposed to be
the most dreaded danger to the seaiaring man,
but it now appears that an off-shore gale has
its victims as well as one that filings the sailors
on the rocks.
LABOR OASIS IN THE NORTH WOODS.
Quite group of capitalists, newspaper men
and others leave tomorrow night for DolgeviIle,
the picturesque little village on the south face
of the Adirondack wilderness, where Alfred
Dodge has developed his wool-felt industry and
put into practice his famous views on the dis
tribution of surplus wages. Every year about
this time there is a notable gathering at which
Mr.. Dodge announces the result of the year and
distributes his awards with kind but discrim-
mating hand. For it is The very foundation of