Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-05


a man to be reckoned with as per
sonage of the future is Thomas L
James, ex-postmaster of New York
| and eX-postmaster general Of The
United States. This was when he wa
elected mayor OF n comparatively IN.
important town in New Jersey, knowl
as Tenafly, having voting populatcr
OF but q few hundred persons Yd
these Few hundred persons are ainons
the heaviest financial magnates In Nea
YORK, which makes the matter OF mon
Importance. Now the ex-postmas,a
is urged as a candidate for the goy.
ernorship of New Jersey, and II ID.
Republicans in that state have tn
common sense to nominate him foi
that office they will bring a presidential
factor into the field who is popular
with the best men OF both the dominant
parties and who has none Of tha
enmlties or old scores against him thai
Mckinley, Reed and some Others have
Mr.. James has but recently lost biz
wife ard is in retirement for the tims
being. But he is sturdy man and
practical one. He made the best post
master New York ever had. He mads
as good n postmaster general as 10
United States ever had. II elected b
would undoubtedly make good press
dent too. But politics are uncertain
One of the most interesting and yet
little known men in New York PEI.
sonally is DIR. Heber Newton. pastor q
fashionable All Souls's Church @
Madison avenue. He Is one OF us
clergymen of New York who still OOH.
slider 1t part OF their duty 10 attend
TO the needs of their parishioners fala-
er than to harangue them on the sap.
ject of politics. To be sure, TINS Y
old-fashloned, but 1t Is good sor q
an old fashion. DR.. Newton s9n.
years ago came very near TO snoohms
some Of the old school OF his chul'.
by some almost ultra views as
number of things. They wantea
try him as they did Talmaee ~
Beecher and DIR. Briggs and othei m-
listers for his liberality. but Ill., ILL.,
nately, DR.. Newton had pisnuR
Bishop Potter-who has the SAVE
American quality of commonsenss, ~ y.
so he was not made the movins n
ject in an ecclesiastical auto ~ 49,
DIR. Newton is a fine type o. me rsast
l use the term priest In US p'ye,
sense. He is hard worker, s n
charitable in his acts and hs ssa
which in way Is better, anu "a
practical. Aside from his duties ., NJ
nastor Of n New York church 4.
Newton was, and believe sun - nsr
practical head of the chureh sar.hani
den City, l.. l., built by the rreant
millionaire, A. T. Stewart nv Wi
as mausoleum for himsen rn
as a church, for the old merc .s1rr ma
some other persons. after gIsin Bis
all his life thought OF menus n. srom n.
later days. But this is asiue .,.aoraed
Newton. Well dressed, well sIvNspy
his strong face not hidden pesco-nss
beard, his manner digniiied az N q.
bis station, but not cold, ne cou,pd
cellent type of the men WV ,,srtI,s
respect II nothing else Tor ine ~
of religion in this country
-
Pretty much any day On sboss
Broadway you may see inAn lambs
hair and side beard are while e. VIII
wool Vet who bears his years Thsl
strength and becoming ulgm,y xhtH
Is. he did until very recepn, ms
illness begot of years befel hl nho vas
man is Thomas c. Acton, ~ states
assistant treasurer OF tine unl.y M hssi
in trying time, and VINO w ew yofs
of the police department v,s~that q
in an even more trying t vn,,, IN is7s
the draft riots IN new .,nesse f1Al
It was to his courage anu .' sanse "
New York owed In arr 10 b.,
putting down of these IN me Bshak
later Years he was the heah o. ls u hs
of New Amsterdam ana es 80 q hs
years he worked as hard y ~ dpancs
1,,,n cierifs his knowledge o. nuhs
r,aae him consnIcuous, but hin
Intense Americanlsm that a. IA 10
popular In New York. y snrh ni,a
natural order of things tnaNy Vel Il .
shall pass from our view.s
matter Of regret none the coates