Evening star., 1893-09-15
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Westchester county. y. Y, who represents
his county in the upper branch Of the New
York assembly, and who is stopping at the
Shoreham, takes no stock in the talk Of a
breach between Senator Hill and the New
York state democratic machine IF there
II any such condition Of affairs. he said,
| iaughingly. this morning. 'there are no in
dications Of 1t up our way. When Senator
Hill removes his hand from the throttle Of
the machine 1t will be bad day for the
machine. Indeed, 1 don't hesitate to say
that Senator Hill can get along without the
machine better than the machine can get
along without SenatN Hill. The Senator
Is a very bright man, and a very successful
man. and he will undoubtedly continue to
direct democratic state politics for some
years to come Neither is there any ap-
parent foundation for the talk Of a schism
between Senator Hill and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sheehan. or Senator Murphy. Mere
newspaper gossip. No, Senator Hill Is not
dependent on the machine for his political
life; quite the reverse"
Mr.. Michael Kazarin, attache Of the Rus
sian government under the minister Of the
interior. and who also bears the imposing
title OF imperial Russian commissioner and
delegate from the general administration Of
prisons to the Worlds Columbian Exposi-
ton, Is at the Riggs House. The special
object Of Mr.. Kazarin's visit to this country
at this time Is to make a study Of the
Of prison reform. He is a young man Of
fine physique and appearance. and of great
intelligence, and speaks good English.
though with decided foreign accent. He
has paid brief visit to the worlds fair.
but has spent most of his time inspecting the
various prisons Of importance throughout
the country. Strange to say, Of all the in
stitutions Of the kind he has visited. he
bestows the greatest praise upon the New
York State Reformatory at Elmira, N. Y,
and speaks in the highest terms Of Superin-
tendent Brockway. This is the institution
which is now being SO vigorously assailed
by the New York World, which paper
charges Superintendent Brockway with
gross inhumanity to inmates OF the prison.
and with general administration. The
Elmira Reformatory," said Mr.. Kazartn.
prison of the world, and Mr.. Brockway IL
known and esteemed by all students and
devotees Of prison reform. America was
the pioneer in prison reform. and II was In
this country since the close Of your late
war that this great and benefcent work
was started. Your best prisons are models
for all the world to follow, but have been
able to inspect only a few Of them. have
prisons, as / do not think well of the lease
system OF convict labor largely In vogue
there. I have inspected the prisons at
Oakland. Cal; Denver. Col: Columbus.
Ohio; Pittsburg, Pa. and others. in addition
to the Elmira reformatory. All OF these are
splendidly conducted"
Mr.. Kazarin will visit Philadelphia and
New York to finish his prison inspection.
and from the latter city he will sail for
home.
IF the use Of the cable. electricity. and
motor power in street locomotion continues
to increase as at present the vocation OF
the street car horse will soon be gone"
said Mr.. Fulton Embry. livestock deal
er of Cincinnati, at the Ebbitt. In the far
b,,,;, pf liya- raiCfn q
Is almost obsolete. and men who raised ana
sold annually thousands Of horses for street
car service ten years ago are now rapidly
deserting the business. common horse Is
worth nothing in that country now. ! can
best illustrate the matter by an anecdote
A citizen of Nebraska was enumerating the
products of his state. You used to raise
horse thieves, also.' suggested listener
the other. Horses have become 80 cheap
that II a man stole one II ran him In debt
and so all the horse thieves left the coun-
try"
'It would be difficult" said Mr.. Thomas
E. Rogers Of New York at the Metropoli-
tan. ito find a business that is affected
more acutely and promptly by the general
condition Of the country than is mine. My
house manufactures the highest class Of
gold goods. These are. Of course. emphati-
cally luxuries, and the general financial
business brisk with us. We experience
the changes as quickly as Thermometer
denotes changes in the weather. We felt
the depression Of the summer very severely.
but in my recent travels ] note in as pro-
nounced degree the revival Of trade. Bus
mess is improving everywhere 60.
This rainy weather reminds me Of an
adventure / had in Cleveland. O.. a month
or two ago." said Mr.. George H. Justice. a
alo nf
blew smoke rings from his Havana In the
lobby Of the National. Il had but one suit
of clothes with me, and decided to have 1t
cleaned and pressed I bought me one Of
these white flannel suits and took the other
to a tailor. who said he could not do the
Job in less than two days That night
went out for q stroll. / was walking
through a park. when a heavy shower
came up suddenly. I took refuge In a lit
tie summer house in the park. thinking the
rain would soon be over But II WASH {. II
rained for hours. and the longer II ratned
| the harder 1t poured. Finally a park po-
liceman discovered me in my retreat and
said must git / explained the situation.
but to no avail. He said they didn't allow
folks there that time Of night / started
| for my hotel on q run. OF course l got
drenched through. When / reached my
room / sent my white flannel suit down to
| the clerk to have dried. The next morning
he sent it up to me. The sleeves Of the coat
struck me at the elbows and the bottom OF
| the trousers came to my knees. remained
| in bed until the tailor finished my other
| suit and while I waited I swore eternal
| enmity to flannel clothes.
Uncle Jerry Rusk's double Is q familiar
figure about the uptown hotels. and he is
domiciled at the Oxford. The gentleman in
question is Mr.. c. Y. Wilson Of Kentucky
| and his resemblance to the ex-Secretary is
supplemented by the coincidence that he
| was formerly secretary of the Kentucky
| state board Of agriculture under Governor
| Buckner and Is now an applicant for As
| sistant Secretary of Agriculture here, held
| at present by Mr.. Willetts. The flowing
white beard and hair the kindly eye and
| the ruddy complexion of the Wisconsin
agriculturist-statesman are duplicated in
| the features of the gentleman from the
| land of the blue grass. and the latter is
said to tell a good story with all the gusto
| and success which characterize the efforts
| seeds. Mr.. Wilson says If he is not a win
| ner in the race for agricultural honors he
ought to be. Kentucky is midway between
the cotton states of the south and the cereal
states of the west" he remarked, "and as
| the west received the secretaryship the
south should have the other appointment
Kentucky isn't getting very much, any.
how" he added incidentally and refiectively
But as there are thirty-five worthy gentle
men who desire to perform Mr.. Willetts'
duties. at least thirty-four Of them will be
obliged to seek other occupations.
| Three gentlemen Of distinctively military
bearing and foreign aspect attract the atten.