The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-20

erings that New Workers have had a
chance TO witness in long time will oc-
cur this summer at Newport. when all
the Nanderbilts are to assemble in re-
union. Every mem Der of this Croesus
stock is to meet, and Cornelius Wander
bit will cross the water from England
Tor the occasion. What it is all about no
one seems to know beyond the assertion
that 1t is family gather
ing Of course the wealth repre-
sented will be enormous. and it has been
whispered that this very wealth has rem
dered the gathering essential because it is,
after all, IN one lump, so far as railroad
properties are concerned. Should there be
really something of the sort in contempla-
ton, and should the family agree upon a
plan of railroad action, so to speak, there
could not fail TO be important developments
in the entire railroad world Still. business
may have no connection with the affair, and
1t may be simply a sentimental reunion.
Those who follow such matters are in
terested in the silent Vanderbilt contest
for supremacy in the family. Some OF
the Nanderbilts are not pleased because
Cornelius affects TO be the head of the
clan. The trouble is not unlike that
which the Astors had, but it has not
been so aired, because the Vanderbilts
have been too recently a social power.
Yet there is real disagreement among
them as to which must be deemed the
family head. Cornelius would appear
to lead in the contest.
ARIsToCRACY AND A BOSS.
Richard Croker said recently in the
presence of a number of Tammany men
that what the reformers have failed to do
may be accomplished by the present con-
test as to whether he has or has not an
aristocratic Irish origin. Mr.. Croker
has, in fact. been much annoyed by the
discussion. and seems to think that it
Will iniure him. At all events, he has
said that he hopes no friend of his will
argue that he is an aristocrat by birth,
for he does not care about it, and fears
that it will make him ridiculous.
An amusing outcome of the talk was
the action OF the iourneymen blacksmiths
OF New York, ian action which has not
yet been notic9d) in resolving that if Mr..
Croker's father was blacksmith he need
not be ashamed of it, since some of the
greatest men have worked at the forge.
Croker's father, declared one member,
may have been a blacksmith instead of a
veterinary surgeon, and if so, all the bet
ter. Finally, it was decided to appoint a
committee to find out what the elder
Croker really was, and should it trans
plre that he really toiled at forge, his
picture will adorn a forthcoming trade
souvenir.
1t looks now as if it will injure Croker
politically to deny that his father was a
smith. However, Mr., Croker has not de-
MED it,
DIFFICULTY ABOUT THIRD CANDIDATES.
1t begins to look as though there would
be split over the third candidate for
New 4ork's mayoralty, about which so
much has been said recently. There can
be no doubt that, despite all that Dr.
Parkhurst has said about united opposi
ton to Tammany, an immense vote, rela-
lively will be given to the labor man.
The third candidacy movement has gone
so far that the knights of Labor. the
Federation of Labor, t he Central Labor
Union aud two other bodies have united
with the intention of running a well
known man for mayor this fall. But the
followersi of Henry George and the pro-
hibitionists have refused to enter the
movement on the basis proposed, and the
hopes of many thirders, as they ar e
dubbed, seem to be dying out.
DIR. Parkhurst does not conceal his re-
greet at the apparently unavoidable APP
pearance of formidable third candidate.
1t is charged that the Tammany men are
secretly encouraging this movement in
order to divide the opposition, but that is
strong assertion. The only person to
be benefited by serious third move
ment would be the republicans.
OIt has escaped notice, lin this connection:
that the most energetic workers for
woman suffrage have been the labor ties.
Samuel Gompers, head of the F'ede ration
of Labor, has had one of the petitions cir
culated among the local unions in New
York and very few union workingmen
have not signed. For this he has received
the grateful thanks of Jeannette L. Glider
and Mrs. Russell Sage
GOOD TINES RETURNING.
Most New Workers. are hannV in tho
fact OF distinct revival of business in
the metropolis. This is positively unique
at this time of year, and is attributed to
the forced activity necessary after the
continued depression. Money has never
been so plentiful on the eve of summer.
The retail stores are crowded with per-
sons who make purchases and the thea
while all enterprises experience a
resumption of activity which old
New Workers declare unique for this
time of year. The state of things is at
tributed to the surplus of money seeking
investment which must have an outlet !
somewhere. For a long time the banks
scrutinized securities so severely that
loans were practically not taken up at all
but now any man with average credit
finds his bank ready to accommodate him.
Some OF the more conservative fear false
which may prove misleading
but the community generally is decidedly
hopeful
In the small towns around New York
the revival of good times is even more
marked. Wages on the farms are quite
nigh, and the store-keepeFs have lots of
money. There is less asking of time on
running accounts, and the merchants who
frequent the wholesale houses report
spring trade unusually active. So That
whatever the cause may be, New York
seems likely to have one of the most pros
porous summers it has seen in some years.