The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-13
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
What the Tammany Men Will Do
In Congress,
Young Mcolellan's Decision - The
Shepard Heir and His Doings.

Shepard Heir ana his Doings.
Miss Lula Morris and Her Suitors.
Copyrighted 1881
New York, Aug. 12.-There is as yet no
evidence of the INSTRUMENTATION to
Tammany so virulently charged on Con-
gresham w. Bourke Cochran, Of New
York city. 1t has been stated that he
formed a compact with his fellow mem
bers of the New York delegation to ex-
tort "place' from the administration in
return for anti-silver support. 1t is diff
cult to believe that Mr.. Crockran ever
tried anything so silly, not to mem
ton the fact that anything like
intrigue Is quite beyond Cochran
He is an orator. a gentleman and demo-
crat. Anybody who expects, therefore, a
| lively time in the House through obstruc-
tive tactics inauguratod by MIR, Cochran,
of New York, will be disappointed. Never,
perhaps, did a congressional delegation
go to Washington from this city more
thoroughly determined to help the ad-
ministration Tammany's policy, it can
| be stated on the authority of Mayor Gil
roy is to repeal the silver law, to fight
the offices for good democrats.
NEW YoRK's MAYoRALTY
Never, perhaps, were the fatalities in
| cident to New York city's mayoralty
more sharply brought out than in young
! George B. McClallon's assertion that he
does not want to be mayor The young
man is retiring into the amenities of the
presidency of the board Of aldermen,
| after having luxuriated In the municipal
chief magistrates chair owing to the alb
sence of Mayor Gilroy. Young Mcclellan
| has just shattered the dreams of his par
tisans by saying that he does not like the
mayoralty, its duties are too arduous and
| thanIless, and so forth He we'll
knows that nearly every man elected
to The Office has found in political grave
| Only the other day there was reported
the death of man who, not so many
years ago, had been New York's mayor.
| Yet every body forgot his name so com
pletely that when his obituary appeared
1t seemed that of nobody. Gilroy's
predecessor, Grant, seems already buried
in oblivion, while Hewitt and others APP
pear to possess scant political influence.
The only exception that would appear to
prove the rule is ex-Mayor Grace, who to-
day holds many of the threads of Goth
ANS destiny in his hands.
| Therefore all the talk and plans so plenti-
full of late upon the part of the friends
and adherents of Mcclellan are rendered
nugatory by his own action just taken.
YOUTHFUL MILLIONAIRE.
If young Elliott f. Shepard is really &c
be nut into Uncle SANS navy as report
ed the other day, many friends of the
Shepard family will be Intensely aston
ished Certainly there is nothing in the
life and surroundings of this millionaire
| in ic To cto 20.
ment, and near friend of the family
says Elliott viii not be made a sailor, and
no one ever thought of doing so. The
young man pursues his studies in a dis
jointed way now, owing to the holidays,
but this autumn there will be work cut
out for him. His education is planned on
an elaborate scale. Languages, music,
mathematics and art are all to be
mastered. or rather studied, by this
heir to great name His pleasures are
horseback rides, boating and sports. His
health is trifle delicate and his personal
appearance would not command much at
tention were it not for a quiet, gentlemanly
manner beyond his years aud pleasant,
deft way of saying clever things, The
boy promises to grow into clever man,
with all his fathers good, generous quall-
ties, but without his headstrong will and
rugged obstinacy. Young Shepard is sur
prisingly well educated, for very few of
| New Yorx's upper ten are educated
stand the term. The wealthy and socially
| prominent New Workers spend too much
money in educating their children TO
achieve satisfactory results, but FORUM
ately for young Elliott, he has the benefit
of George w. Vanderbilt's counsel and
supervision. Mr.. Vanderbilt has nothing
of the pedagogue or pedant about him,
/ - 4.
| dumbbell and handling an intricate aorist
as if both were mere feathers, would fire
the emulation of youth. Altogether no
one has reasons to think that Elliott F..
| Shepard will become a United States
naval officer.
SOCIETY SWELL.
| c Frederick Gebhard Is just now the OBJ
| ject of a peculiar conspiracy to annoy
| him. It has been stated, on the highest
authority, that he is to be married to
Miss Lulu Morris. But there are other
suitors for the young lady's hand and
Mr. Gerhard, as leading candidate, finds
! the field against him. Whenever his suit
is more than usually favored, some para
| graph raking up the past appears, and is
sent, marked, to friends Of Gerhard.
This dirty trick is the more annoying be-
cause the perpetrator of it is careful to
| preserve anonymity. AS a matter of fact
| there exists great misrepresentation in
the bubble mind regarding Mr.. Gerhard.
A man of great physical strength, he is
very gentle. Well educated and aristo-
cratic, he never puts on airs and is affa-
| bic with everybody. He is a temperate,
| quiet, good humored fellow now, what
ever he may have been, and possessed of
great shrewdness Whenever he invests
| his own money the result is highly ad-
vantageOus to himself pecuniarily, and,
considering his means. he is not an ex-
travagant liver. Perhaps time alone can
tell how true is the report that Gerhard
will adopt a public career-that is, not
| necessarily seek public office, but help
| along such political reforms as are
needed. AS an orator Gerhard, with his
strong, agreeable voice and splendid adj
dress, would be a success.
TO TRANSPLANT A MENAGERIE.
The board of aldermens of New York
cannot seriously mean to buy out the
Geological Gardens of Philadelphia
! Some city fathers think it can be done,
and argue that 1t would be a splendid
thing, since the city of Philadelphia owns
one Of the finest menageries in existence.
One New York alderman makes the sur
prising assertion that PHILADELPHIA s
ZOO does not pay, and that il is pro
posed to introduce beer and music into it,
But as Philadelphia, he adds, is too NOR
| al place to permit that, New York
should buy out the gardens inmates and
take them TO Central Park. This unique