The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-03
THE GOSSIP or GOTHAM.
Why New York wants Next Years
Convention in May.

/ May. Inc May cate SUMS Lle 1OttoA
men very well. The idea originated in
4 Pennsylvania with Mat Quay. He seems
/ 10 be afraid that some new element may
! be introduced into the situation, and that
/ Harrison viii get more votes on the first
ballot than would be safe. With two such
/ powerful states as New York and Penn
+ sylvania uniting for the May date, there
Z is little doubt Of the result. The alliance
/ Of the two big commonwealth is alarm
/ ing the rest Of the republicans. The ALI
son men do not like it at all. They ac-
/ cuse Platt of being in the carefully guard
I ed scheme of springing Hastings as
I dark horse. in case Morton is a loser
/ hence the "hayseed combine" as New
I Workers term il, for the purpose of break
| ing the backbone of the metropolitan
/ alliance. If May be selected it will mean
| that the convention is to be held east of
the Mississippi. West of the river would
mean the nomination of Allison, or per-
| haps Mckinley. The Hastings people
/ have certainly arranged their dark horse
campaign very adroitly. There is no
doubt whatever that if Morton be not
nominated by the fourth ballot, New
York's vote will go to the governor of
the Keystone state.
The new heir to the Mackay millions,
Clarence, is well known to New Workers.
He is not so much the apple of his fathers
/ eye as the unfortunate dead boy was. But
Clarence is a brave, high spirited boy,
and for a Mackay has the unusual trait of
preferring to live in his own country. AT
the same time, he spends much time
abroad. Curiously enough, Clarence mas
sustained severe injuries from his horses.
| The Mackay's are very fond of high splr-
tied steeds, but they cannot manage them
very well. Equine mishaps are known as
I ST Ttp vol A
story went about the clubs when the news
of young Mackay's extraordinary death
was current; John w. Maekay, Jr? was was, a
hand Her parents would not hear OF MS
suit however. and the young man went
away to Europe very much cast down.
The peculiar coincidence of his speedy
death, and that through the instrument
tally of an unusual accident, led TO
suspicion OF suicide. Inc preposlerouS
| hypothesis was seriously entertained until
fun details came, and then 1t was seen that
a conclusion was being jumped at. Young
Clarence Mackay will soon return to this
country at his fathers request.
The visit of the Vice President to New
York is known to possess great political
significance. There is no denying that
Mr.. Stevenson is, in the matter or the
| presidency, the frog who would a WOO
ing go. At the same time Mr. stevenson
never loses sight of the dignity of his
office in the acceptiveness Of his candi-
dacy. He had several interviews with
the Tammany men during his New York
] EOlOufn.
ed views with him. That he will cut
figure in the ballOting next year goes
without saying, but Mr.. Stevenson is
much aVerse to having much of his sup
port come from Tammany, in the be-
lief that that will hurt him. 1t is not
impossible that the administration Will
come out for Stevenson in the event of
his metamorphosis from Wooing frog
to a dark horse. The impression that Mr..
Cleveland now antagonizes Mr.. Steven
son is erroneous. To-day they are be-
friends
to be said of vice president that no one
ever heard of him after his election. But
! Mr.. Stevenson has given that adage the
lie. Few men in political life, indeed have
| quite the extent of unobstrusive personal
influence enjoyed by him. 1t is by no
means impossible that he will get second
| place on the ticket, if not the first.
China wants this country to assume
| protectorate over her. This is the latest
| New York development in a curious inter-
national situation. The Chinese minister
| here and the leading financiels of Wall
/ street have been in consultation on the
| subject of rehabilitation of the celestial
empire. Money must be forthcoming for
| the attainment of this end. The idea is
| to overhaul China, build roads and fac
4 tories there and put the country on its
feet, commercially, through American en-
| terprise. But Americans want some sort
| of guarantee, and China offers it in the
/ shape of an American protectorate. John
! w. Foster has the power to speak for the
/ Chinese government in the business. and
/ the celestial rulers are not unwilling, be-
!
/ berment by European powers. There is
| now passing between high international
/ functionaries correspondence on the sub
ject. This correspondence is of so estoric
/ nature that ii is carried on in Chinese
cipher, and, it may be the basis of i'm
| portant developments before long. 1t
American spectators were this protector
| ate established, but 1t is not likely that
the people will regard it favorably.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's eightieth
| birthday anniversary will be a metropoli-
tan event. 1t is to be celebrated in a
few days, and the octogenarian will re-
! ceive her friends in her New York home
| in honor of the occasion. She attributes
| her HISTORIAN longevity to the fact that
she always put on nightcap and leaves
her window open when she goes to bed
The same procedure, she AYERS, will en-
| able any one, man or woman, to live even
longer than that venerable number of
| years. Mrs. Stanton feels quite sure that
| she will yet attain her hundredth year,
| provided nothing happens to the nightcap
and no impediment is put in the way of the
! opening of the window. Nightcaps and
| windows are in truth, matters of almost
| as much moment to this stateswoman as
| woman suffrage itself. She is remarkably
hale and vigorous, even If she does not
! saw a cord of wood every morning before
| breakfast, and walk thirty-nine miles a
day. Her Ideas on the subject of longevity
are of unique value; and as all the Stan
1 TONS attain a green old age and night
| caps have been worn in the family for
| generations, and windows left open, too,
she ought to know what she is talking
| about.
| The Cornelius Vanderbilts are determ-
| ined that the wedding of their daughter
| Gertrude to young Moses Taylor shall en-
| tirely eclipse the Marlborough affair They
by no means like the glamor shed by the
| latter nuptials upon what they deem a
| younger branch of the house. Miss Ger
trude will wed young Moses Taylor from
| her fathers house. The details of the
function have been deferred in order TO
allow the Marlborough pyrotechnics to
subside and fizzle out. The grandeur of
the occasion is intended to throw out all
| metropolitan marriages into utter eclipse.
The slight feeling already existing be-
tween the Vanderbilt cousins has been ac-
centuated by the hauteur of the Duchess
of Marlborough who has shown a ten
dency to look down upon plain Miss Van
derbilt Be all this as it may, the rivalry
between the two houses is the topic of the
hour. An episode of the ducal alliance
was the objection of the w K Wander
bilt boys to the huge dover of the duchess
| which has materially cut into their pat
| rimony. Mr.. w. X. himself is under
stood to have first brought this matter
up The duke got 100000 cash, and the
| duchess will get 100000 more The lat
ter's two brothers thus have quite a slice
cut out of their inheritance, and the Van
derbilts generally object.