Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-26

| change 1t Is like England a couple of
| centuries ago. The highwayman who stop
PED you on the heath might just as likely
| as not, When the mask was lifted, turn
out to be your neighbor. We never know
mere In New York Just which ones of our
neighbors are engaged in the business of
noidlng, up the municipality as highwaymen
| mold 10 their victims
| Croker in BAD Humor
Mr.. Croker himself is said to be in rather
bad humor, and disposed to set the dogs on
! persons who invade his retirement His re-
| eantation of his expansion views have
| brought him only sneers and contempt
while the eulogy of Bryan was not taken
| for more than its face value by tbs, few
| eastern democrats who are in Bryan's con-
| fidence. Last April, when Mr. Croker's
! democratic club giving its SO Jeffer-
| son banquet and Bryan's followers were
| having their dollar dinner, | commented
| on the strong drift Of Tammany toward
Bryan IL was plain at that time that
| laflmany could not antagOnize his nomi-
| nation with safety to itself Mr. Croker
mas recognized the inevitable and has taken
| the steps to keep Tammany regular and to
| retain his own leadership. But he has not
gained the confidence Of the Bryanites.
NeVertheleSS his control of the wigwam
| Is not likely to suffer There are strug-
gies against his leadership in several of
| the districts. John G. Sheehan is seeking
| support from the free silver men in his re-
| volt. In the district controlled by John F.
carroll, Cookers chief lieutenant, the revolt
| Is led by gold men, These are annual in
| cidents of the attempt to GUST Croker and
| are not likely to mean more this year than
| they have meant in former years. Croker
| Will continue the boss of Tammany.
one curious result of the anti-Bryan fiZ-
zle at Saratoga week or two ago has
| been the fizzle of the other faction known
as the Chicago platform democrats. They
are the loyal Bryanites who want to shut
| 1ammany and everybody else out of the
| democratic party. They also held "a Sara
| tcSa conference, to which nobody gave
| heed.
| The southern democrats who were in the
| Saratoga conference No. 1, and who were
gong to nominate Augustus Van Wick as
| the anu-Bryan candidate have all left
| town There is nobody to pay their
| blis at the seashore and in the mountains
| But the movement has not been entirely
| without results Van Wyck-not the mayor
| nut the Judge-n!ay get his name in the
| papers occasionally as a prospective uomi-
| nee for Vice President on a harmony ticket
| with Bryan His manager told me that
| Judge Van Wyck had really made an i'm
| pi esslon on the country. and that. NOR
| over. he had a platform on which all demo
Gratis would support him. In proof of this
| the manager sent me. in a sealed envelope
the platform 1t was Van Wyck's speech
| against the trusts.
| The free silver democrats in the west
| thlnk they want an organ. They are bound
| 10 start newspaper in Chicago. One of
them came to New York the ether day to
| get some points from practical newspape
| publisher. He SAID they had a quarter of
| a million dollars promised. and wanted to
| Know what was the next step toward get
| ting out the paper. The publisher replied
| You go and get a million dollars in cash
| and put it in the banks Then maybe YOU
| can collect a little of that quarter of a
! your million dollars cash first" The free
| silver advocate thought that he was get
| ting advice from one of the enemy but
promised to think about the million dollars
| cash before starting the paper The first
| number has not yet appeared.
| Reed to Re Welcomed.
Private Citizen Thomas B. Reed is going
to be welcomed in New York He cannot
| fail to soothe his political disappointments
in the evidences Of the appreciation which
| Is everywhere shown him. The kindly feel
| Ing toward him is universal. Everybody
| wants him to succeed. There is great
| curiosity to know what branch of the law
| he will practice, and whether he will ap-
| pear as 4 pleader in court | have heard
| a dozen lawyers say they will leave their
own cases at any time to get chance to
near MI Reed cross-eXamine a witness
they have got the notion that he will be at
MS best in turning some the spit
| Inc most famous cross-eXamination of re-
cent years was that to which Ambassador
Joseph H. Choate subjected Russell Sage
| In the case in which he charged with
using his clerk as shield from the dyna
Halte oome which madman exploded in
| Sage's Office. If Mr.. Reed does not at his
INST opportunity excel Mr.. Choate his
friends will be disappointed. AS to the ma
| terial considerations, there is no doubt that
the former Speaker has done we'll in COM
Ing to New York l was told that the new
business which has been offered the firm
| OF which he is member already exceeds
more than $50, 600 a year. which he Is guar
4nteed out of the earnings
YORK has many eminent attorneys, there
are very few who make that amount
once In a while some lawyer divides a
rich mans estate with the heirs, and out
of his share swells his yearly income con-
slderably. Occasionally a big lawyer who
throws the meshes of the law over legisla-
ZION that was meant to reach the trusts
and the corporations, pockets an enormous
| fee. But as a steady income $4,000 year
| is looked upon as near the top notch. When
| Bourke Cochran retired from politics it was
said that he proposed to build up a great
| law practice. But he rarely appears in
court and is said to be rather stunning the
| law. He and Mr.. Reed will be able to re-
new the friendship which they formed in
the House of Representatives.
A friend of James S. Clarksons tells me
that he has about decided to accept the sug-
geStion of his friends in the Senate and be-
come secretary of that body. large ma
jority of republican senators are understood
to have given him their personal assur-
ance that he is their choice when the SEN
ate is reorganiZed in December, as they in
tend that 1t shall be. Mr.. Clarkson has
been engaged in various business enter
prises and Is at present president of the
company which is to join New York and
New Jersey by a bridge over the Hudson.
One reason for his willingness to become
secretary of the Senate is said to be his
desire to avail himself of the facilities for
literary work which Washington offers.
The New York butchers have combined
to fight the western beef trust. They
| claim that the recent increase in price is
out of all reason and is not due either to
scarcity of cattle or to increased corsump
ton. The question comes more closely to
the restaurant keepers. 1t takes a step
ladder to reach the prices which the New
York restaurants already charge. If the
rise in the price of beef is made an ex-
cuse for increasing these restaurant
charges patrons will need a balloon in or
der to get high as the prices are.
CHARLES NJ. PEPPER