The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-01-20
NEW YORK LETTER

\ great many explanations or ex
uses have been given of Joseph
III. Choate'S ignorance of the or
finance compelling carriages to car
ry lights. There Is one which it would
seem is triae sarcastic: The man who
had General Fitz John Porter restored
TO the army, with all disabilities re
moved; who reversed the decision of
the United States Supreme Court on
the Income Tax law; who successful.
ly carried out his purpose in the fam.
Gus Cesnola case; who held mp 10 the
world the pants" of Uncle Russell
Sage; man whose rctancrs are
thousands and whose fees are tens OF
thousands of dollars can we expect
such Il man TO know that carriage
lamps must he lighted at shutdown?
But Mr.. Choate knows it now. and he
Is not likely TO forget it, for the good
reason that he Is not addicted to for
getting anything.
Mrs Iletty Green, who has had the
misfortune TO have Mr.. Choate opposed
TO her on important occasions and
hasn't forgiven him thus pays tribute
10 the great lawyer and orator:
Il STE that they are booming J. IL.
Choate for the Senate. Well, he'll get
here. am willing to make bcton that
Mark my words, that instead Of going
TO the Senate, when the time comes
he VIII go 10 Europe grant you that
he can talk and that he IL II man of
tact, but he is no orator. such as Cal
houn, and as lawyer he can never
be compared with Webster. No, nor
Kufus Choatc, either. Just see what
]. Evarts Tracy and Joseph II. Choate
have done with my money. don't be
llevc that's the sort OF man the people
Of this state want to handle their af-
fairs. For thirty years l have been
trying To get these reform lawyers to
give me justice and | am ns far off
now as ever have gone over the
books myself, and I am pretty fair nj
accounts. | could make nothing of
them even got an expert from the
Clearing House and locked him up in
Il room for two weeks. lie failed, too.
and his failure drove him i'll, because
he thought II was II reflection upon his
ability tell You II | could save
thoate's soul would earn my CROWN
This city Is notably hospltablc to visi-
tors of distinction and this hospitality
occasionally results IN awkward stu.
utions for the objects of IL. \ short
time agu u we'll known English artist
hata L. final
~ got completely hewildcrcd. One day
u man called nj his hotel. The artist
looked nj The card, did not recognize
the name, hui said To show the visi.
tor up. Tie latter came in brlslly. The
Englshman looked Mt him as much as
to say: We'll. what can | do for
| YOU And nj last he said: Your
face is quite familiar to me, but l can't
tell who you are for the life of me. :
why, there Is my card" said the yisi-
tor. That doesn't help me-" WINS the
reply, why" said thc other you
are To play golf with me to-day and
YOU dine nj my house tonight"
Park attendants say that the ugly
and crooked little scrub oak that was
planted in the Central Park in 1860 by
The Prince of Wales Is going 10 die
Albert Edward Is not bad sort of
gentleman, but II is Il pity that he
can't plant Il trustworthy tree. Pa
triots hercabouts will say that no plant
touched by royal hands can ever flour
lsh in th" land Of the free; and on the
other hand the l.ngllShmcn may say
that British oak must naturally be
ashamed 10 grow To any size In repub-
llcan soil. Perhaps the best thing the
Park authorities can do with it is TO
rul II down. saw II into chunks, and
have them turned into fac-similes of
,hc shoes HAT the Prince wore when
nc planted l.. They might sell TO an
,lomHniaes At II good price.
\ gentleman who claims To know
The course of business IN the Street
says that most of the Specializing in
Wall street nowadays Is done in bucket
| shops Sumo Of the biggest men in the
Street are owners of bucket shops. The
policy OF the Exchange is gradually
driving liz hnsiucss into bucket shops.
lhc Street is honcy-combod with
bucket shops. The entire city, from
Harlem 10 The Battery, Is packed with
bucket shops IT the Exchange does
not do better than ii has done in the
past il will have 20 become II bucket
shop IN order 10 do any business what.
ever.
Thomas +. Baynrd, Jr, son Of Am
bassador Bayard, has been made an as
sistant In Corporation Counsel SCOTS
office. He IS - years old, n graduate
Of Harvard and has spent most of his
life in Wilmington, Del. He is as
signed 10 the Bureau Of Street Open
Ing.
Richard Croker Warren, of Frceporl,
l.. l., II nephew Of Tammany's Richard
Is being sued by his wife for abandon
mcnt. He clopod with the daughter of
Justice Of the Peace Morrcll of Man
hansctt last April The fact that tile
young mans mother inlaw believes IN
faith cure. and he doesn't Is cited ms
one cause of difficulty.
CYRUS THoRP.