The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-22

Richard Croker, who is expected to
arrive today on the steamship St
Louis. has a peculiar significance in its
relation to the future of Tammany
Hail as a political organization. One
of Mr. Croker's intimates, who de-
serted the wigwam in the recent cam
paign, and was conspicuous in his sup
port Of Mckinley. said on the subject
yesterday:
IF the sound money Democrats are
TO be won back TO Tammany Han Tor
The fight next year there mus De d
change Of leadership. John Z Shesh ian
may have done the best he could Tor
the organization in endorsing the Chi
cago platform ard thus securing for
the ticket taa support of the dlscon-
tented OF the community, but he made
a serious mistake when, after the elec-
ton, he insisted that free silver and
the other declarations of the Chicago
platform are still issues witch TAM
many is bound to fight for
I'VE know that Mr.. Croker at the
heart Is a sound money Democrat. II
he will resume ehis old place in the
organization there is little doubt that
most OF US viii support him and assist
him in the great New York campaign
His leadership, however, must be act
ual.
He must take his old place as chair
man of the finance committee, and Mr..
Sheehan mus be retired. If he does
not do this. and if Mr.. Sheehan re-
mains in the place he now occupies, L
predict that Tammany's fight for the
mayoralty next year will be made with
little promise of success
MR.. BARR AND THE BICYCLE.
Robert Barr, the novelist is having q
serious quarrel with fate or, rather, he
is not doing the quarrelling, but some
mysterious evil genius does it for him
this according to the Sun Even when
he was arrested for stealing a bicycle
in Switzerland he had done his best to
come to a proper understanding with
the owner before riding off on the ma
chine. Barr thought he was bargain
ing with the man in excellent French
for the hire of the wheel for the af-
ternoon. and lie understood the price
to be five francs. The native thought
Barr was expressing his admiration of
the bicycle in very bad French, and
responded politely that it had cost HIN
800 francs. he was so dumbfounded
when Barr suddenly mounted and
spun off thai he hadn't even breath
enough to call him TO stop. The man :
asLoniskmenJ was still greater two or
three hours later when, While the
country was being secured by the po-
lice and d volunteer vigilance commit
tee. Barr calmly rode up, handed him
a fve-franc piece, remarked that it
was a good machine, and walked away.
This evidence Of good faith. however,
by no means cleared the culDrit. 1t
was plain to the 2stute natives that
the return of the stolen property was
only a bold bluff. The thief had been
hard pressed by his pursuers, he knew
escape was impossible, and he had re-
r1 he
tables in his favor. So Barr was ar
rested and it required a great deal
of argument and corroborative evil
dence to convince the magistrate of
the innocence of his simple mistake.
ANOTHER ROBERT BARR.
That is only one of the embarrass-
ing encounters with continental juris-
prudence which Mr.. Barr has endured
in his wanderings abroad. They have
not sDOiieG his temper or his literary
style or prevented his recognition in
this country as one OF the very vest
story-teIlerS ard story writers of the
day. But he is justly and seriously
grieved by the latest trick which for
tune has played him. An occasional
brief experience OF legal restraint only
adds to the spice and variety of life
but to be assigned even by rumOr 70
domicfle IN an inei5riate asylum is
more than the most lOng-sufiering man
IF virtue can endure That is what
happened to Robert Barr a few weeks
ago. How il happened is one of the
oldest combinations of misunderstand-
ings that could well be conceived. 1t
need not be gone into beyond mention
ing that another Robert Barr. formerly
a prominent Canadian politician, was
unfortunate enough to seek retreat in
an asylum for inebrisGes. An appeal
was sent out TO his former friends, ask
Some where between Europe and Amer
lea the Robert Barr, politician, became
Robert Barr, novelist. And so it was
printed, in the Sun unfortunately
among other papers, with the result
that Mr.. Barr has not been able TO
really enjoy drink from that day to
this. Nobody on either side of the At
lantic who knew Mr.. Barr needed 80
be told that there was some mistake
about the announcement, but his
friends could not let pass che opportun-
ity TO impose upon his genial good
nature. So they began sending him
checks and letters of sympathy and
good advice. He returned the checks
at first with thanks afterwards with
put. He should have cashed them and
used the proceeds 90 stock his wine
cellar. He probably regrets now that
ne did not do so. for the joke has
seased t. be amusing and it became
quite drain upon his time and stamp
oOX.
FURNISHED TIGHTS AND EVERY
THING.
William Doyle is in frouble For the
past three months he has been adver-
Using for chorus girls to take QUO on
he road in two theatrical companies
which he said he was forming. HIS
advertisements were printed in city
Ind country papers in all parts of the
Itaite. and offered good pay and steady
employment TO all the young women
who could meet his requirements. Doyle
aeceived hundreds of applications from
girls and women. white and black, in
Ill parts Of the state, New Jersey, and
Connecticut. TO each applicant he sent
letter directing her 10 call at his
office a bedroom in the house on
Sixth avenue Many OF them went
here and upon his demand, they say;
allowed themselves to be measured
.or cos unaes. At the conclusion Doyle
invariably engaged them, and charged
each 81 for r gistration on the books
If the company and SO for a pair of
lights. Doyle promised to buy the
tights himself and deliver them to the
girls a. tine first rehearsal Several
5aies nfere fixed for this rehearsal, but
n every case Doyle and friend named
Williams postponed it on some excuse.
Finally, when many girls had been
engaged, and be me so importunate
over the delay in starting the compan-
los f1,-