Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-12-31
EDWARD G. DANA.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
ESPECIAL CoRREsPoNpENcE.l

sPHcIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
The remark attributed to Colonel
Roosevelt, that he expects to be gov.
srnOr Of Now York for two years, after
which his career may he closed, is
characteristic Of the mau. He has
been in the habit of alternating
politicians from him by his firm sdher-
sncs to what he thinks right This
was shown in his action on the civil
service commission and as police com.
missioner. However he isn't going
into the governorship to fight Platt.
1t rests with Platt, ~ we'll a. with
Roosevelt, to decide whether there is
to he break between them. Platt is
likel y to be on his good behavior at
first, and il he continues in it, the
present relations between him and the
governor may be prolonged.
When Badger Moore, who with his
wife has Just been convicted OF black
mailing a noted hotel keeper. was
asked his occupation he promptly an
swered, I'm Uni Q States con-
sui" And the solemn thing abont it
is that his reply was true. His name
appears in the Congressional Record
under that head, by grace of the pres
ent administration. Let's hope his
resignation has been handed in now
that he must 60 behind the bars. BY
the way, they say he once trie his
little game on the late Barney Bar
nato, but Barney was too smart for
him. Barney didn't get mixed up
with common folks. Peers and peer
esses were his favorite oysters.
The memory of the late Rev. Dr.
John Hall will probably be per-
pstuatsd by q chair in Union Theo.
logical seminary, with all endowment
Of 500, 900 and an animal income of
$4,000. Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard
recently offered to contribute y
liberal sum toward the endow-
ment, provided others would secure
enough additional to bring it up to
the 800, 900. The proposition met
with favor in the Fifth Avenue Pres.
byterian church. A committee has
just been appointed to obtain these
additional subscriptions, and more
than half tho money has been raised.
Rev. DR.. Thomas G. Hall, son of the
late DR.. John Hall, will be the first
occupant of the chair, if he will ac-
cept it,
Bachelors of means have probably
always managed to house themselves
pretty we'll in this city and to live in
a comfort which is some compensation
for that loneliness which drives many
men to marriage. 1t is only recently,
however, that bachelors have been
provided with houses distinctive in
character and planned especially for
their peculiar needs. Now, these
bachelor apartments have become very
numerous, and some of them are ar
ranged for sumptuousness of living
which only the rich can enjoy.
The first round betwixt Roosevelt
and Platt appears to have ended in
draw. The governor elect desired to
sppoint Democratic Judge DAILY to the
vacancy on the supreme bench, to sue.
ceed Judge O'Brieu, resigned. Boss
Platt insisted that the place ought to
60 to Republican. The struggle
waxed hot, until Judge O'Brien
stepped in and withdrew his resigna.
hon. That is the net result of the
brush between Teddy and the machine
up to date.
Colonel Abe Gruber expresses the
opinion that Govern or-elect Roose-
velt's latest dinner to Boss Platt, Seth
Low, General Tracy and Mr.. Choate
was simply for the purpose Of ena-
bling these distinguished gentlemen
to manifest their mutual admiration
of one another's character and their
deep regrets that they had not become
acquainted sooner. However, Colonel
Abe is Governor Blacks partner aud
perhaps he means to be simply sar-
castle.
The latest member OF the Gould
family to come into his $40, 900, 900
fortune has All exceedingly frugal
mind, and will never begin to spend
Q tenth part of his income. He will,
therefore, doubtless see his fortune
growing in size very rapidly unless he
follows the example OF Miss Gould
and distributes his surplus income
where it will do the most good.
That's his cue il he wants to achieve
q fame that's really worth having.
John Mclean Nash, treasurer of
Columbia university, has Just pub
lished his report, showing that the
new site cost IS. 856, 1925, of which
President Low has contributedS1,1 ,1OO,-
OOO, while gifts from William G. Scher-
merhorn and the children Of the late
Frederick Christian Havemeyer and
the late Fayerweather legacy have
reduced the actual cost to Columbia
to less than s., 600, 900.
The Hebrews of this city propose To
raise 81, OOO, 900 for the education of
their people here. The frst 800, 900
has already been contributed by seven
Hebrews, and the balance is likely to
be forthcoming very shortly. When
it comes to financial operations the
Hebrews cannot be beaten. Mr..
Zangwill epigrammatically says there
is nothing that they have not success
fully financed, including even their
own prosecutions.
1t is in times like these during great
falls of snow that New York misses
the late Colonel Waring more than