Evening star., 1900-09-19
Amusing Incidents in The Campaign
in New York.
YHE DoIHGS OF ONE M'CARfHY
New and Magnificent Home for
the Vanderbilt Family.
AFTER STEWARDS MILLIONS
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.


er counties rushed into republican head
quarters the other day and excitedly an
nounced to Luther Little: Its an outrage.
The democrats have rigged up a stereopti-
con and they are using the Dewey arch TO
boom Bryan. The lime light falls all over
the army and navy figures Of the arch and
everywhere on the top of the structure you
can see the letters of light, Vote for Bry-
an One would think that the democrats
were backing the Manila bay scrap and
that the republicans were opposed to this
Philippine Island business. And right here
in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, under
the noses of the republican state commit
tee, too. 1t ought to be stopped by law.
Oh, it's only another reason why that
plaster-Of-Paris, weather stained Dewey
arch ought to come down and new one
be put in it's place."
The Hudson river county gentleman re-
ferred to the fact that nightly a sterccpIi>
con on top of the Bartholdi hurls precepts
apothegms and pictures against the bull
warks of the enemy In Madison Square, as
well as into the territory of the non com
batants as represented by the peaceful bus
mess houses and other places in tl.e vi
cintty wherever an adequate surface offers.
This includes the top of the Navy arch,
whose staff covering at intervals is made
to bear in shafts of light the campaign
shot intended to blow holes in the aTnor of
the enemy.
Funny Incidents of the Campaign.
There are lots of funny things about the
democratic camp. One of the cha -acterS on
that side is John Mccarthy, the Syracuse
undertaken He is one of the most ecccn-
trio among the 16 to ] men here in the
east. His antics have caused the rspIbn-
cans all over the state 10 say that It was
fortunate that Bryan's cause was in the
hands or an undertaken. because /, would
have a horse and an undertaker's wagon
next November. The Bryan movement is
not fad with the Syracuse undertaken
IT is not even an attempt to secure adver-
tfsing. 1t is really part of Mccarthy Is re-
ligion. He prints 16 to / tracts at mis- own
expense and travels all over the state max
ing speeches for Bryan and 10 to in a
fashion that might cause a street preacher
or a Salvation Army captain to ;nrn green
with envy.
Mccarthy first acquired form anl name
all over the state two years ago. At the
Syracuse convention Hill and Croker un-
agreed that 16 to I and Bryan should be
suppressed, and that Judge Van Wyck
should be nominated for governor. So the
platform and the speakers simply ignored
all reference to the man from Nebraska
The last day. in the afternoon. small
man with shrill voice arose IN the con-
vention to nominate John B. Stanchfieli
for governor. 1t was Garmody of Yates
This was the last hour of the conventions
Stanchffeld was the last man nominated
and the BrTaniteS We're not expecting any
comfort from this quarter, because Stanch-
field was regarded as a ggfd dem ocrat by
training, and 1t was known that he had
been lukewarm in his support of Bryan in
1896. So far as New York state was con
cerned. Bryan's name had not beea men,
toned In that convention.
from Ia Vofn scbn, No.
mody: "a county that two years ago when
the skies were red with, the banners of
Mckinleylsm. was not afraid to carry aloft
the banner of William Jennings Bryan
PandemOnium Breaks Loose.
Pandemonium broke loose then and there
The thing was unexpected that 1t was
dramatic. Just as the shouting died away
a man in the galleries was seen taking
off his coat and waving 1t wildly 1t was
caught from his hand by some of the Syra-
cuse machine politicians and thrown down
on the heads of the cheering, laughing
crowd. Mccarthy pulled off his vest. This.
TOO. was captured by the enemy. In the
scllffe McCarthys suspenders were broken
and the Mortified spectators thought for
moment that Mccarthy was about to di-
vest himself of the remainder of his cloth
ing. This incident made Mccarthy famous
and the cheering Is said to have opened the
eyes OF Croker, the Tammany Hall boss
to the hold which Bryan had on the great
unwashed' in this state
Since that time Mccarthy has been a
thorn in the side of the machine politi-
clans When Chairman Mcclure of SYRIA
cuse gave his harmony dinner to Hill Nc
Carthy was on hand as big as life. He
walked over to Hill and threw his arms
around the neck of the cold, formal digni-
fled ex-senator, shouting:
THE prodigal son has returnedi The
prodigal son has returned! God bless you,
you won't get even cold veal the next time
you come back"
Another Vanderbilt Mansion.
Willie K Vanderbilt, jr., is to build
place to rival Biltmore, the estate of his
uncle Instead of going to the south to
do so, however, the young millionaire has
bought the land for that purpose near
Mahwah, N. j., in the Tuxedo district
Ii Is said that the purchase made by Mr.
Vanderb1lts s agents was the largest ever
made In the Tuxedo district, and the tracts
which they had bought for him amounted
to many thousands Of acres The place is
near the HaVemeyer estate. The land
which has been bought for Mr. Vanderbilt
is for the most part wooded. There are
some farms In the tract and one or two
streams The idea Of the young million
aire is to have an immense model farm.
where there will be blooded stock and all
the things In which the gentleman farmer
filled with trees, is to be kept in its virgin
state and to be stocked for game pre-
serve The streams are to be filled with
trout and the woods with game. In the
center OF this great estate, to be reached
by drive Of miles. is to be the home Of
the future generation of Vanderbilts-a
mansion that will make all others about
Tuxedo appear small. The Havemeyer es-
tate. which is nearby. will sink into insig-
nificance compared with the proposed Van
derbilt place.
Fight for Stewards Millions.
fresh battle for the millions left by
A. T. Stewart is to be commenced in the
supreme court this fall by prominent law
yers who have been collecting evidence
for more than three years. Thousands OF
dollars have been spent, in gathering infor-
nation OH both sides of the Atlantic. and
the attorneys assert that they have over
whelming proof to establish the kinship OF
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