The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-15

I have been watching southern life in
New York for several weeks. The great
city has been crowded with southerners.
Most of them are poor; all of them are
proud. They demand the best. The Wal
dorf-Astoria usually contains a large
sprinkling of southerners. They are al
ways to be found at the best hotels. If
not at the best hotels, they go to the best
boarding houses. You never see south
erner at second-rate hotel. They may
spend six months earnings in six days in
New York. but no one will ever know how
long 1t takes them to earn their expendi-
lures. They live well, talk well and often
dress well. If they go in Wall street at
all they play for high stakes. Many of
them have been successful. A few weeks
ago, after had been in New York, l pre-
dicted a big rise in cotton. 1t has gone up
cent a pound since that time, and sew
eral thousand southern people who know
something about the crop have bought fu-
lures and made neat sums of money. The
farmers this time are likewise reaping the
benefit. There has been a luli in cotton
for the past several days, but the best
posted people in New York yet predict
eight cent cotton before January.
The Dewey celebration in New York was
perhaps unequalled in the history of the
world in point of numbers and enthusiasm.
There were not less than two million wish
tors to New York to see him. The great
city was crowded as it never was before.
People of all classes went wild in their en-
thusiasm over the returning hero In naval
circles, next to Dewey the people enthused
over Schley. Admiral Sampson was APP
plauded but not cheered. Teddy Roosevelt
was received next in enthusiasm to Dewey
himself. If Mckinley were not in the way,
Roosevelt would undoubtedly have the
next New York republican delegation for
president.
On Dewey day the Dewey presidential
boom, as started by William C. Whitney,
was much talked of; but when Dewey had
departed and democrats discussed presi-
Dental politics calmly and quietly the
Dewey boom disappeared down the tobog-
gan. 1t shot the chute 50 to speak. While
Dewey is not a politician, he has never
been a democrat Whitney attempted to
enthuse him on the subject of coming out
for the nomination. Pulitzer, of the New
York World, has doomed him ever since
Whitney gave him the cue. Hearst, of the
Journal, did make some effort to get on
the Dewey band-wagon, but Hearst has
dropped it. Pulitzer continues to gnaw at
the bone. Dewey himself was much fiat
tered when Whitley laid the matter be-
fore him, but after he had a talk with
Senator Proctor, of Vermont he got true
insight into the situation and has since
turned a deaf ear to the politicians.
Croker refused to hear the Dewey talk.
Even Whitney failed to lead him into it.
Croker committed himself to Bryan on pur-
pose. He did it not because he loves
Bryan, but because he knew the rank and
file of Tammany were for him. Tammany
is practical political organization, and its
plan is to be a party to the nomination
of Bryan with New Yorker on the ticket
| for vice-president 1t may be that New
| York will go to the convention combined
| with the Maryland forces, advocating the
nomination of Admiral Schley as vice-pres-
| ident on the ticket with Bryan. Croker
| himself, as well as many of the Tam
| many leaders, are great admirers of
| Schley. And, undoubte dly, Schley, who is
| lifelong democrat, is among the most
| popular heroes of the war with the de-
| mocracy throughout the country. 1t is said
| to be probable that German, of Maryland,
| Croker and Carter Harrison, of Chicago,
| will unite in advocating such ticket.
| England is at war with the Boer republic
| in South Africa. England is going about
| the thing to make this war short and de-
| cisive Right or wrong in the causes of
| hostilities, we Americans cannot but adj