The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
THE GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.
MAKING DON QUIXOTE OFT OF
THE PRESIDENT.
How aIr. Aston Makes a Hif-aIr. Nor
Ean Angry because lie Is Dubbed
PIutocrat-The labor situation
in NeN YorI. ImnroxIng.


gan Angry because lie Is Dubbed
"A PIutOcrat-The labor situation
in New York Improving.
| New York. Nov. S0-The third term
/ movement attracts no serious attention
| in New York. Notwithstanding the sedu-
| lous efforts TO impress the rest of the
/ country to the contrary The whole bus
| mess is recognized now as an attempt
/ to annoy and humiliate the President by
faction in the metropolis which has al
ways antagonised Mr.. Cleveland The
/ idea is to represent the chief magistrate
/ as the political Don Quixote, armed for a
| fray with the windmiIls of popularity
and in all respects ridiculous travesty
/ of the noble old Roman who put ambition
away from him. But these attempts are
/ palpable failures Even the pseudo hos
| tility to third terms is a sham, organized
/ by those who boom the very idea itself
and the end and aim of the scheme is to
insult Mr. Cleveland. over and over
again it has been asserted for the Presi-
/ dent that he knows he cannot, and in any
/ event he will not, serve "a third term.
| sim the noisy din is kept up by those who
are afraid Mr.. Clevelands influence will
| enable him TO name his own successor
! This it is desired to prevent, and this
alone.
Therefore, those who on principle are
] opposed to am overthrow of the unwrit-
ten constitutional mandate need not be
afraid of Mr.. Cleveland's alleged designs.
! The President is known TO feel the ride
ulous position in which he has been plac-
ed very keenly.
! The Rockefeller wedding was a very
quiet affair. on account of the illness of
the groom. 1t now transpires that
the great millionaire was ve-y
| much opposed to the engagement
| of his daughter and utterly refused 10
hear of the matter. She became in i'm con-
| sequence; and at last her mother relent-
! ed, and begged the stern father to re-
] lent. The daughter, meanwhile. went about
! her Sunday school work listlessly enough,
! and was active in her little league 70 dis
| courage smoking by little boys. Miss Rock
| eteller was. in truth, very prominent in
| antt-tObaccO crusades. She used TO invite
] youthful smokers In her sunday school TO
| visit her, and when they did so lectures on
! the evil of smoking We're read TO them.
| But she lost interest even in this cherish
/ ed propaganda, and gave IL up, greatly to
/ the grief of her scholars. Thereupon, the
! stern papa relented and consented, stipu-
! lating, however, that no rich doWry
| should be expected. This was agreed 10,
| and the engagement was announced.
| Miss Rockefeller will therefore not prove
| pecuniary prize to her husband, but she
/ VIII be pearl of great price in all other
respects. She is much liked by those
| who have met her.
Kelley is by no means the failure. so
! far as his great motor is concerned, that
| many would imagine. The New Yorker
| who went over to Philadelphia to see
| him a few weeks ago, We're in reality
| greatly impressed by the mysterious pow
| ers of Keeley's contrivance. A misappre-
| hension has arisen, to the effect that
| John Jacob Astor went to view the motor
| with the intention of possibly investing
@ 4 "a mil D AZ
tor would not have invested. even if the
| motor had vindicated all the claims OF it's
inventor His only object was to watch
| Keeley's laboratory methods in order to
| get hints for certain experiments of his
! own. Kelley has long been deemed
| dreaming enthusiast by New York ex-
perts His motor has been pronounced
| all wind, and his machine a runaway
| parachute that was carrying him over
theoretical science An this is changed.
! Kelley has certainly got hold of some
thing or other that is new in the way OF
a motive force; but II is not believed TO be
| practicable That is its cost and running
| expense preclude any notion of utilizing
it commercially. Hence Kelley is like
thing, but can make no use of II. Real
diamonds may be made of carbon but IL
| is too expensive a process.
John Jacob Aston is by no means SEN
stive to jokes that are made al his ex-
pense. He happened not long since to
| visit the old house on Fifth avenue oc-
| been open for some days and the old re-
| tainers left in charge OF it had grown
| Chanler with him and the two vainly rang
for admittance. Finally Mr.. Aston had
| TO open the door with his latch-key, and
| discovered lackey asleep in a chair in
the hall. He did not waken the sleeper
! but proceeded up stairs. He suddenly
| heard a noise behind him. The butler
| had come up from the lower regions, and
/ in anger at the situation presented to his
| eyes, had hurled book at the sleeper
| The volume had proved an effectual BAN
| isher of the mentals sleep but il few
| onward to Mr.. AstOrs feet He picked
| the volume up and observed that IL was
none other than his own Journey in
my book has certainly made a hit ."
he remarked to his companion.
No reproaches were heaped upon the
heads of the. offending lackeys Mr.
! Aston is noted in other ways for his ca q
pacity for turning mishaps into merri-
| ment.
In case there is a new bond issue Mr.. j.
/ PierpOnt Morgan will have nothing TO do
| with it, He has fully made up his mind
| to that He IS very much worked up
| over the odium heaped upon him as the
| gold bug who crept into Miss Columbia S
bower and stole all the brightness away.
| He maintains that the country is really
| under a great obligation to him, for he
| came to its aid in a great crisis. and the
| profits on the deal did not make their.
| way into his pockets. Hence he caused
| it to be intimated to the administration
/ recently that he did not propose to be
| mdllSne0 TO the country any more, and
| If further bonds were necessary Miss
| Columbia must go TO some other shop.
| Mr.. Morgan has made no secret Of his
chagrin in this matter; and in view of the
fact that he alone of the syndicate made
| very little by the deal his treatment was
rather irritating This is why Mr. Car
Isle took care to avoid bond talk during
the late expectations of gold Mr.. Nor
gan is understood to feel that the admin
! stration used him rather shabbily in
| throwing all the blame upon the bank
ers, instead of acknowledging that he
| came to the rescue when the situation
had been represented to him as despcr-
| ate.
The strikes in New York will not be of
| very long duration, nor has their out
! break seriously interfered with business.
! This is largely because the men have had
real grievance. and have won their point
| after conciliating public opinion by Il
! friendly attitude. The situation of the
! working classes Is never very favora bic
! in New York at the best of times, and
latterly has been particularly unreliable.
owing to the high price of provisions
! Bread, as Mr. Gompers remarked in a
recent speech. seems to have fled from
/ the city in panic, and other articles Of
food joined the stampede. Industrially.
! however. the wage earners are faring
/ pretty well in their demands for increase