Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-18
The Employment Of Two Political
Leaders at Atlantic City.
SENATOR QUAY HOOKS THE FNNY TRIBE
The Proposed Widening Of the
Famous Board Walk.
LINGERING AT THE SHORE
correspondence of The Evening Star.

Washingtonian, who chooses for his sojourn
here In this citadel Of pleasure a time when
the resort is in the full glory of Its sum-
mer zenith, to picture to himself an Attain
tic City without music, with a reign Of
quietness pervading its confines and the
visitors conducting themselves with a staid-
ness of department that would do honor to
Bar Harbor or Cape May. But such Is At
lantic City at the present moment. There
are any number Of people still lingering
here. enticed> by the excellent weather to
extend their sojourn, and there are the
regular September patrons Of the resort. who
swell the contingent to proportions that
keep the promenade in the evening fairly
crowded with strollers. In the host that is
to be seen on review there are many familiar
faces Of prominent visitors from the CAPT.
tai city. and there are others from various
states who have a wide circle Of acquaint-
ances IN the national capital. They are to
be found together in the beach pavilions,
rooms OF the fashionable Casino.
In the latter place the other evening
there was to be observed Gen. j. H. Wat
mough, whose tall and full rounded figure
itol His distinguished bearing always at
tracts attention. He was chatting with
Col William Singerly. the big Pennsyl-
wanna politician, who is doing wheel-horse
ranks of his party in the Keystone state
and who, at present, is the guberna torial
democratic candidate. 1t is Col. Singerly's
hobby to talk about the necessity of all
factions to work together and try to keep
down the depressing majorftes which
have been making his state the republican
stronghold of the Union, and from his inter-
ested manner, in which he held the thread
OF his conversation. and punctuated 1t with
infections of his voice and arms, he must
have been discoursi1g on the subject near
est his thoughts. Gen. Watmough is tell
ing his friends whoin he meets here that
ne Is to remain through the month and
may extend the time into October, and from
tere he VIII. 80 ~ Lakewood, Just above
Atlantic City. where he proposes, as has
been his custom, to make his residence
curing the fall and a considerable portion
or the early winter. He Is accompa MED
by Mrs. Watmough. Col. Singery has with
MIN several members of his family and
expects to spend a period of several weeks
mere to rest be fore he goes into the Penn
sylvania campaign with his sleeves rolled
up, armed with, the sincere intention of
Topping on &C least 5000 Of that 10000
majority with which the state startled the
democratic PARTY last spring.
Quay, the Fishermnn.
On the other hand there is Senator Quay
here, too, who. ostensibly, is located in a
pretty States avenue cottage to indulge in
his favorite asport of fishing in the finest
preserves along the Jersey coast, which he
himself has said were to be found off Brig
antine Beach, but looking behind his avowed
OBJECT one may discern his fine Italian
nand directing the campaign for Hastings
ior GOVERNOR which is now in progress in
his native state,i and determined to see that
the old and familiar majority will be found
in support OF his party ticket He has
dancing in attendance upon him all the
ieauing directors of his party in his native
state land II the telegraph wires don't Gre
ate wrong Impression by the number and
length of the dispatches which are going
TO and fro he has his hand on the throt-
Tie. Inc Senator goes fishing. There is no
mistake about that, and of recent DAYS
ne has been landing quite a large
number of fine drum. He spent a day or
TWO IN angling for this gamey fish
without bite, but he would not vary his
monotonous task with casting a line for
the smaller fish, such as six-pound sea
bass and weak fish, which were known to
De at hand in abundance. This Illustrated
MS tenacious character of landing what he
was after or nothing at all, in a ma inner
which In measure explains his winning
tactics In political matters as nothing else
could.
When Quay goes fishing he appears IN
street attire, just as neat as he Is ever
seen on the avenues of Washington He
arrives at the inlet and there he finds his
man Friday in the person of Can't Rem
Sooy awaiting his coming, ready with his
siocp yacht, the NJ. S. q. The craft is as
neat as new pin in appearance and
though not in view it's lockers are stocked
for the days outing. The start is made
In the morning. 1t is usually shutdown
when the craft hoves again into the inlet
from the fishing grounds, and the yacht
mas covered a distance Of twenty miles
or more. The Senator has been doing bet
ter, in the main, in getting sunburned by
his exposure than in catching fish, and by
the time he gets through with his sojourn
mere ne VIII likely be as Drowned in COM
plexion as some of the Washington bellies
returning from summer outing at the
SeaShOre
A Wider Board Walk
Outside of figuring up the great profits
reaped by this extraordinary season the
mcst interesting topic heard in the hotel
circle is the improvements that are to be
made to the resort for the next summer
There is talk Of widening the board walk
which has of late been going under the
mere euphonious title of esplanade. The
city fathers and the hotel men who pay the
taxes have concluded that the present
structure with it's width of "a feet is too
narrow for the comfortable accommoda-
ton of the thousands Of people who desire
to enjoy a stroll along its sinuous length
during the summer, and to remedy this
they have decided to have 1t made 40 feet
wide. 1t will then afford ample "elbow
room" for ALL which, 1t must be confessed
was not to be had this season, and will
create a structure the like Of which will
not be found elsewhere in existence. A
new feature to be introduced Will be public
cabinets at regular distances along the
thoroughfare, modelled after those of Paris
The ocean side Of the esplanade Is to be
swept clear Of all Instructions and the seat
ing capacity Of the beach pavilions IL to
be increased.
The Washington contingent has been in
creased during the W eek with the following
arrivals: Mrs, e Either, Miss Ethel B.
Reynolds Joseph Specht and daughter Mr.
and Mrs. A.1RJlRuff, Miss Alice and Miss
Dorothy c. Rufs Mrs. j. Stevenson, Mrs
A. H. Evans. Mr.. and Mrs. d. Hagerty, r.
w. Walker Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. McCrellis,
Mrs. X. w. Walker, James r. Ellerson, Dr.
King and family, George P. Dorrance, Mr.
and Mrs. Wtfli3Th b. Dick. Mr.. and Mrs
]. Meyer, Herman H. Pechin, Mr.. and Mrs
]. Libby, Mrs. A. A. Lipscomb, Mr.. and
Mrs l.. S. Fisher, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ri
dout, Mrs. Us Is. Lee Mrs. Mary Van
VIanken, t. AVA Trycr, NJ. J. Speakman.
Miss CatheriAe 'Brumett c. H. Venable, C.
H. Wilcox, Mrs? Mary Mackey, Mrs. s. L.
Myers, James Dubois. T. w. Winship,
Thomas Som6ryille. F. P. White Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles T., Hendler, Miss McKennon,
Mrs. Stanley NJ tthews, widow of Justice
Matthews, Mrs S. w. Smith, A. D.
Kemar Mrs IS. A. Arnold, MIR. and Mrs.
Edward Froelich Mr.. and Mrs. John Am
brose j. +. Gillams and T. E. Adler.
A COOPERATIVE TOWN.