Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-21
NEW YORK LETTER,

~ e"iiith odt pul pOSt III TIE 1unl-
GUS Cesnola case; who held up to the
world the pants" of Uncle Russell
Sage; man whose retainers are
thousands and whose fees are tens of
thousands of dollars-can we expect
such man to know that carriage
lamps must be lighted at sundown?
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. Hetty Green, who has had the
misfortune to have Mr.. Choate opposed
to her on important occasions and
hasn't forgiven him thus pays tribute
to the great lawyer and orator:
Il see that they are booming ]. II.
Choate for the Senate. Well, he'll get
there. am will ng to make bet on that.
Mark my words, that instead Of going
to the Senate, when the time comes
he will go to Europe. l grant you that
he can talk and that he is man OF
tact, but he is no orator, such as Cal
houn, and as lawyer he can never
be compared with Webster. No, nor
j. Evarts Tracy and Joseph Ii. Choatc
have done with my money. don't be-
lieve 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 as far off
now as ever. l have gone over the
hnaks INV 10;
accounts. | could make nothing Of
them. l even got an expert from the
Clearing House and locked him up in
n room for two weeks. He failed, too,
and his failure drove him i'll, because
he thought it was reflection upon his
ability. l tell you if l could save
Choate's soul | would earn my crown"
This city is notably hospitable to visi-
tors OF distinction and this hospitality
occasionally results in awkward stu
ations for the objects of it. A short
time ago well-known English artist
was here. He met everybody and final
ly got completely bewildered. One day
a man called at his hotel. The artist
looked at the card, did not recognize
the name, but said to show the visi-
tor up. The latter came in briskly. The
Englishman looked at him as much as
to say: well, what can l do for
you?" And at last he said: Your
face Is quite familiar to me, but can't
tell who you are for the life of me-"
why, there is my card" said the visi-
tor. THAT doesn't help me-" was the
reply. Why" said the other, you
are to play golf with me to-day and
you dine at 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 to die.
Albert Edward is not q bad sort of
gentleman, but 1t is a pity that he
can't plant trustworthy tree. Pa
triots hereabouts will say that no plant
touched by royal hands can ever -four
lsh in the land of the free; and on the
other hand the Englshmen may say
that = British oak must naturally be
ashamed to grow to any size in repub-
licnn soil. Perhaps the best thing the
Park authorities can do with it is to
cut it down, saw 1t into chunks, and
have them turned into fac-similes of
the shoes that the Prince wore when
he planted it. They might sell to an
glomaniacs at good price.
A gentleman who claims to know
the course Of business in the Street
says that most Of the specializing in
Wall street nowadays il done in bucket
shops. Some of the biggest men in the
Street are owners Of bucket shops. The
policy Of the Exchange is gradually
driving its business into bucket shops.
The Street is honey-combed with
bucket shops. The entire city, from
Harlem to the Battery, is packed with
bucket shops, If the Exchange does
not do better than 1t has done in the
past it will have to become bucket
shop in order to do any business what
ever.
Thomas f. Bayard, Jr., son of AM
bassador Bayard, has been made an as
slstant in Corporation Counsel Scott's
office. He is II years old, graduate
OF Harvard and has spent most of his
life In Wilmington, Del. He is as
signed to the Bureau of Street Open
ing.
Richard Croker Warren, of Freeport,
l.. l., nephew of Tammany's Richard,
/. being sued by his wife for abandon
ment. He eloped with the daughter Of
Justice OF the Peace Morrell of Man
hansett last April The fact that the
young mans mother-in-law believes in
faith cure, and he doesn't Is cited rs
Dne cause OF difficulty,
CYRUS TuoRP.