The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-14
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
CITY POLITICS AND FACTORS IN
SOCIETY AND RELIGION.
Many Easter Weddings-The Future
of Willie Vanderbilt the Younger
to BE BriIIiant-TrOubIeA About the
Cleveland Portrait.

Copyright.
New York, April 13.-The local polti-
cal situation in New York has become
a matter of national interest. That every
body knows But whether the reforming
element will ultimately triumph is mat
ter of uncertainty. Yet, with all defer
ence to the perils of prophecy, it may he
asserted that that element will triumph
For one thing, there Is to be a clean
sweep. The removal of Kerwin and Muir
ray, the two police commissioners, will
be but the preliminary of very drastic
measures on the part of Mayor Strong.
E. l.. Godkin, who has the mayors ear,
is outspoken in his advocacy of this step
and it may be stated that Mr.. Strong has
conditionally promised to do this very
thing. Another departure of the reformers
will be the establishment of the PROPOSE
ton that hereafter national politics must
always be subservient to municipal re-
form. AS everybody knows, the very re-
verse has hitherto been the case. The
good government clubs are responsible
for this Their leader. Edmond Kelly.
one of the most influential of New York 5
rising young lawyers. and the man who
to-day is head and front Of the municipal
reform movement throughout the coun-
try. has brought this state Of things about.
II may surprise even New Workers who
have followed local politics, to know that
such people as Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mrs.
William Aston and Commodore and Mrs.
Gerry, have had each a finger. so to
speak. in this pie. Mr. Kelly has inter
ested them in municipal affairs. But he
has done more. He has gone to the labor
hoe
ceeded in securing their cooperation in
the work he and mis- co-iaborers have at
heart. And even this is not the end of
Mr. Keliy's work His latest plan is TO
interest all the churches, Catholic, Pro-
testant and Jewish, in reform municipal
work That may seem daring plan 10
come from any young man, even though
he be at the same time society man, d
wealthy lawyer and a ward worker in
New ork city politics. Yet he has sue
ceeded, partially. Bishop Potter, Mgr.
Ducey, Archbishop Corrlgan and RABBI
Gottheil have all taken a sympathetic in
terest in his plans. Sensational as have
been the developments so Iar they prom
Use to be exceeded in that respect by What
is to come Not only in the houses Of
the poor, but In the Longing places of the
wealthy, the new movement has its SUP
porters. Young men and women at soir-
ees and social functions generally, have
taken up the cause as fad. We seem 70
be on the eve of an agitation that will
realize what has long been a dream, the
absolute non-partlsanshlp OF city gov
eminent.
The artists of New York were not a
little ineensed when it became known
that President Cleveland had finally de-
cided to turn the cold shoulder to the me-
trOpolitan guild IN the matter Of that
painting Of himself which IS TO grace Don
NJ Dickinson's home. II had been under
stood at the American academy that a
New York artist would surely be selected.
The President is now giving his sittings to
a Detroit man twice a week The reason
given for this slight seems even more ex-
picture of Mrs Cleveland was huge
painting in oil something after the Boards
ley style Of art. The hrst lady IN the
land was depicted In a very fioWery and
hambOyant fashion, but. fortunately, the
likeness itself was so poor that no one
could have recognized Il. Nevertheless, n
was sought 10 intercept the masterpiece
but unhappily the picture had been shipped
abroad for the Paris exhibition this spring
The incident very much annoyed the fam