Evening star., 1899-07-14
GOSSIP IN GOTHAM
Tammany is for Bryan, Says Gov.
Hogg to Gov. Stone.
INDEPENDENT VOTERS ORGANIZING
FInanciers Interested in Next Satur-
days Bank Statement.
co M l N G COLE ENT
COMING GOLF EVENT
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

| NEW YORK, July Il, 1889
| According to Ex-Governor William J.
| Stone of Missouri, the democratic national
| convention next year will reaffirm the Chi
cago platform and William J. Bryan will
| be nominated for President. Governor
| Stone spoke with great assurance. He had
been talking with Ex-Governor Hogg of
Texas, who nearly turned Tammany Hall
| upside down the Fourth of July -by
launching a boom for Bryan at meeting
called to "whoop things up for Augustus
Van Wyck. Governor Hogg had told Gov
| ernor Stone that the Bryan sentiment in the
rank and file of Tammany Hail was one of
the most encouraging things in these early
days of the campaign. Hence Governor
Stones assurance. The democratic nation
al committee will meet in Chicago on July
20 and Governor Stone who, in the alb
sence in Europe of Chairman James X.
Jones, is the leading light on the committee
Is said to be doing little sounding in New
ork However, Governor Stone denies
that there is any political significance in
his visit, maintaining that he is here on
private and personal business only. The
fact that several politicians have confer
red with him since his arrival here Gov
ernor Stone explained as a pure accident
Il haven't any political appointments in
New York" says the governor, but l
wouldn't run away from any politicians if
tIity COIilS TO see me. i am always
glad to see representatives of my party,
whether l am in the east, west north or
south"
When asked about the report that Sena-
tor Jones of Arkansas will resign as chair
man of the democratic national committee
in favor of Senator Martin of Virginia
Governor Stone said:
"A letter just received from Senator
Jones tells me that he is in good health
and that he will return early in September
L can state positively that ne will remain
at the head of the democratic national
committee
Governor Stone would not say what he
thought of the Van Wyck boom.
Independent Voters Organizing.
Reports recently received from several
assembly districts in the city are to the eff
feet that Independent voters, who in local
politics are not allied with either the re-
publican or democratic parties, are or
ganizing for the fall campaign. The dis
trict leaders of the Citizens Union with
the defeat of Tammany in view, are gath
erlng their forces in order to present as
strong front as possible when the cam
paign opens. According to some of the
leading politicians, both independent and
republican, one of the first moves in the
campaign will be the reorganization of the
central city committee of the Citizens
Union. ThiS reorganization will be based
upon the reorganization in the assembly
districts. each district association having
union. This reorganization is scheduled to
occur early in September. Chairman Ouigg
OF the republican county committee said he
mas heard of the activity in the ranks of
lhe independents. He understands that the
reorganization of the central committee is
part OF the program. He says that every
tnlng points to a strong anti-Tammany
TICKET peihg placed in the field in the fall.
Recruiting Brisk.
Recruiting for the Philippine war volun-
teer regiments has begun under the graft
lying auspices of a brisk run of applica-
Tons. One hundred and twenty-four young
nleh' all anxious to strike a blow for the
nag, presented themselves at the four re-
crultlng stations opened in the greater citv
on the first day, and three out of every
TOUR went sorrowfuly away because re-
Jected- 1hlrty-one men We're enlisted how
eger; Ge ana tney were sent off to Camp
Meade, Pa, the mus sterng place of the 9th
volunteer infantry. AS it was only the
| iirst day of recruiting and the places of en-
hstment mad not been announced in the
newspapers, many, in the opinion of the
recruiting officers, did not know where to
go to sign the rolls. The men who present-
ed themselves for enlistment were for the
most part discharged volunteers of the
Spanish war. The fact that only one out of
every four passed shows how much more
rigid is the physical examination now given
than that under which the men We're ac-
cepted for the war with Spain. Defective
teeth, color blindness and tobacco heart
We're the principal causes of rejection Of
the appointments of officers in6the volun-
leer Philippine army from New York First
Lieutenant 7. Waldron is the only one with
a National Guard record. He Joined the
list New York as the first lieutenant when
II was formed, and little later he was
CHOSEN to command the 202d Whether
those officers whose appointments have just
been announced Will be assigned to either
the 10Th or the 9th regiments both of
which will be made up in part of men from
tQlS state, Is not vet known iS
stood that New York will get fifteen ap-
pointments in all, or possibly sixteen for
since fifteen was settled on the states
proper apportionment General Otis has
wired for twenty second lieutenants for the
two regiments of veterans which he is
forming at Manila
No Real Cause for Uneasiness,
The financial world is asking where the
money IS coming from which is to make a
better showing in next Saturdays bank
statement At this moment it is difficult
TO tell accurately. The trust companies it
is reported, have made some heavy deposits
at some of the banks. Little currency is
arriving, however, from the Interior though
Chicago banks, it is said have sent a fair
amount of cash to be loaned here. There mas
been a good deal of shifting of loans during
the week and many have been called by
those banks under the reserve limit The
daily balances show credits for some banks
OF several million dollars, and there has
been considerable accommodation between
! the banks themselves. What the total sur
plus reserve will show over that of last
| Saturday 1t is safe to say no one knows and
| few care to predict That the banks will
endeavor to make a better exhibit is clear
to everybody. Bankers say that last Sat
urdayS statement, showing only five mil
| lions in excess of lawful reserve, has caused
little temporary concern among the bor-
| rowers of money and has stiffened the rate
| and possibly made uncertain the course of
the banks for brief period, at least. But
| bankers, as well as the large houses which
borrow daily, see no cause for the slightest
| uneasineSs. Similar circumstances have
| taken place before about this period july
| is always important month, and some
| times proves a trifie turbulent in the rela-