Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-11-05
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

SPECIAL COkRESrONnENrF
II another LeXow committee could
make public the shameless methods by
which the Tammauy ''Mardmen are
collecting tribute trun every form ct
vice au' law breaking in oruet Ia swell
the Croker ,ampaign tund the puhlir
would sta IN Hmazcment and houo
Every saIu"H. every .ambljug den,
policy shop and pace of evil
resort are hrnE trNrd + om Sl0b 10
5000 ,arh ior the hentit a. Cruhtls :
corruption fund, The amount of
blnrknall being gathered in from these
places. ailrd iu the per cent. levied
lnr\" ably ON every salary paid by the
city, Is the srr"et OF Tammany' $ bons,-
tuIneSS ami apparent confidence. The
city of New York was never 50 "widr
open rs it is today, and the reason il
that crime aud vice have bought the
privilege Of Haunting themselves be-
fore the very eyes OF decent people
by their Liberal contributions to the
illegitimaie expenses of Croker's cam.
ralgn.
Richard Croker is not the first Dean.
ocratir boss to sneer at the New York
Bar association. David b. Hin once
referred TO Il IN unhers of the nSsoci-
alton rs "namny am 'ies" and ''hriei-
less barristers. This WAS in 1899.
when the assOciat ON took Il hand
III politics against the elevation of
the notorious Maynard to the bench
OF the court of appeals. Maynard
wis defeated by over 100. OOO majority.
| Now Croker attacks this eminent
body OF practitioners when they >cn-
ture to assert ttheirundoubt ntiuenrA
in guarding the bench from the elevu-
tion to it of unworthy candidates, or
candidates personally worthy who are
bound by unworthy pledges. Mr..
Croker's sneer will be as effective to
save his candidates as was MIR. Hills.
Speaking of the immense power of
Boss Croker, Bourke Cochran SAYS
every financial interest in this city
dreads his hostility, and that, if he
declared that he needed 81, 900. 900
for political purposes, $2, 600. 900 would
be mediately Forthcoming. If that
ie true of Boss Croker. it would be
Interesting to know how much Boss
Platt's call for million tor campaign
purposes would be good for. Tn
doubtediy it would fetch more than
BOSS Croker's. The hold of Boss
Platt on the big corporations is
stronger than Boss Croker's. and they
fear Boss Platt even more. The
chances are that Boss Platt could
double Boss Croker's stake if he set
ont to.
The proprietors of the automobile
cabs here have offered their drivers II
percentage OF all they can earn above
$5 a day with Il view of inducing the
drivers to pick up more business. The
drivers are not likely to wax wealthy
on this concession for II while, how
ever. The trouble with the automo-
bile. vehicles is that people are afraid
OF them. The time will probably
come when this feeling will vanish,
but it interferes with the prosperity
Of the automobile business at present
more or less seriously The automo-
bile carriage, he it known, is horse.
less, electricity driven vehicle.
Mr.. Depew has been paying another
tribute to the excellent wit and humor
Of his cassmate, Isaac H. Bromley,
whom he rates as having been in hnite-
ly funnier than Artemus Ward. In
this connection lie mentions Mr..
Bromley's answer to the angry sub
scriber to the paper he was tempor-
arily editing, because Of the scarcity
in its columns of cables and kilograms.
"We are poor, but honest" said
Bromley Gwen our Vatican news
is taken from the Sentinel of Rome.
N. Y"
The Democratic platform here, like
the Democratic platform in Conneeti-
cut, recognizes no democracy of any
more recent date than letters ons
time. Well, distance does lend en-.
chantment. On the whole, the lead
ers of the Democratic machine are to
be congratulated on their prudence
and shrewdness.
Ex-President Benjamin Harrison
has turned up here brown rs
berry and hearty as buck. He
has been spending six weeks up in the
Adirondacks. far from the madding
crowd and in the midst of about the
most healthful and invigorating condi-
tions +" he found anywhere ON this
continent.
1t looks as if Col. John Jacob AstOr
would have to run for Congress in tho
Murray Hill district here whether he
wants to or not. They are going to
have great war whooping campaign
over here, and they want all the live
warriors at the front.
Laura Jean Libby,t the famous nov
elist, was married few days ago to
Brooklyn lawyer. Seauels to her
novels describing the married life of
her heroes and heroines, with whom
the public parted when they were all
happily married, will doubtless now
be in order.
There was an interesting service in
Brookly on Sunday of last week,
when 1000 people filled church to
listen to q service in memory of Yeo-