Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-01
Bryan Democrats Are Giving Richard
Croker Considerable Worry.
he DESPISES BUT YET FEARS THEM
Possibility That Tammany May
Pick Candidate From Judiciary.
AN Cd D HOP SIG N
peeial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

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| NEW YORK. September %. 1901.
The Bryan democrats are troubling Rich
ard Croker now. Not that there are many
of them in New York city during these lat
ter days, but they make up in noise what
| they lack in numbers. Just at present they
| are very anxious that Bryan man should
| be named for mayor of Greater New York,
and they are persistently logging the steps
| Of the Tammany chieftain and making life
| a burden for him at both the Democratic
| Club and Tammany Hail.
| Mr.. Croker does not care to openly an
| tagonize them. for he is figuring that in
| case he turns down Controller Coler that
he will need every vote that can possibly
| be gathered in at election time. At the
same time he is not likely to give them
more of a show than he gave them at the
| last municipal election, when Bryan was
| In the hey-day of his glory as national
| leader. At that time the best that the
| Bryanites could wiring from Croker was a
| platform which omitted all reference to
Bryan and the Chicago platform, and a
| candidate like Van Wyck who might have
| been regular. but who certainly was not a
Bryanite. Van Wyck was taken from the
| Supreme Court bench for the reason that
as a judge he had no occasion to mix in
| the campaign OF 1S96-a campaign which
badly split up the local democracy. The
| to the standard OF Henry George, only to
| flock back again to Van wyck after the
death of the great single-taxer.
May Select Candidate From Judiciary
Some Of the political wiseacres are again
tipping" supreme court judge as a pos
s1ble candidate for mayor Of Greater New
York on the democratic ticket this year.
But the occasion really does not exist to
call a candidate from the judiciary that
existed four years ago, when 1t was abso-
lutely necessary to select man who had
| never been branded for either gold or sill
yer. supreme court judge may be among
the possibilities, but at the present writing
It seems likely that Croker will pick a
| democrat from the gold wing Of the party
"a man like Lewis Nixon-instead of a
man like Controller Coler, who, despite his
financial connections, has been a loyal and
an ardent Bryanite.
Chinatown is rejoicing in the possession
of trust. the first in the history of the
colony. 1t is a laundry trust, and the
Chinese are as proud and happy over 1t as
ever fond parent was over his f1rst-born
child. 1t Is not trust, as Wall street
knows the term. No one went to New Jer-
sey to take out articles Of Incorporation,
and there is not even rumor of capital
stock running into the millions. The men,
bers of the trust have no idea of putting
up the price of laundry work, and they do
not care to buy up the laundries which are
outside of the combination. In fact, it is
II uSl III udiIlt UIly.
Object of the Trust.
The new combination of oriental washer
men was formed at the instance of the
Chinese Merchants Association for the pur-
pose of protecting the windows Of laundries
In various parts Of the city from the stones
of small boys. incidentally, 1t desires to
put stop to raids on Chinese laundries, a
form of amusement very popular in certain
quarters. The laundrymen were asked to
raise a fund to prosecute offenders Of this
kind, and every case will be pushed in
court. The protective association will pay
liberal rewards for the arrest and convic-
ton of any person who bothers or inter-
feres with the business Of one Of it's MEM
bers.
Revival of Post Chaise Travel.
The old fashion of posting through
Countrywide favorite way forty years ago
of travelling in Europe-has fallen into dis
use, but there promises to be revival here
in New York before long of some Of its
pleasanter features in position driving"
A prize has been offered for this sort of
driving at the approaching horse show, and
there are to be several entries for it. Por-
tilfon driving means that the coachman is
dispensed with, and the horses guided by a
boy riding one Of them. The carriage
which is generally some variety of landau
or mall cart, with two seats, is given I'D
entirely to the passengers, who neither
have to drive themselves nor be bothered
with a coachman. This kind Of thing
would probably not be very practical for
park use, but in the suburbs or country,
for driving to a hunting meet or a polo
game. 1t is one of the most comfortable
methods Of getting about. 1t is for this sort
Of use that position driving has been con-
tinued both in England and in France
The Columbine Association.
The Columbine Association, which was
started in Boston a few years ago to bring
about the official adoption of the columbine
as the national flower of the United States,
has now membership of 1000. which is
rapidly increasing in all parts of the coun-
try. Among the members are many repre-
sentative Americans including artists,
writer's. horticulturists and botanists, who
believe this country needs a floral emblem
comparable to those Of other great nations.
because such flower would serve to arouse
patriotic associations in a way that no
other form Of emblem could do and would
thus add a new and sigificant element OF
beauty to our national art and architoc-
ture, new symbol in our national litera-
ture and new source Of enjoyment in the
celebration of our national holidays
An Odd Shop Sign.
One Of the shop signs Of New York which
interests persons with a sense of humor
Is in West 53d street, where there Is q
large settlement Of colored people. Every
body knows what strange and picturesque
signs can be seen in the different foreign
quarters Of the town, from the Chinese
banners to the Syrian and Russian pla-
cards; but this one Is in an apparently un-
interesting, dull and certainly unpictur-
esque part of the city. A man was walking
through there at a quiet time of the day
and wondering Just what sort OF quar-
ter 1t was and what kind of people lived
there now. He tells how he learned in these
words: II happened to see this particular
sfgnboard over a hairdresser's shop. Then I
knew that there was only one neighborhood
where that signboard could belong 1t said:
Hair shampooed and Strengthened"
TWO DOLLARS EACH.