Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-09-07
NEW YoRk,s NEWS LETTER.


Phillips and Parker.
NEW YoRk's NEWS LETTER.
NEW YORK. Sept 5.-The promis-
ed coalition between Tammany and
the Greater New York Democracy
somehow fails to materialize. The
main bone of contention between them
would seem to be that olden one of
spoils. Mr.. Sheehan, the leader OF
the opposition has made a greater de-
mand upon Tammany for places on the
mayorality ticket than the Big Indian
Is willing to give, hence the concilia-
ton and cooperation remains for the
future to determine, with the chances
somewhat aginst union.
with the school vacation season
nearing it's end the much mooted qnes-
ton of corporal punishment in the
schools is being agitated. A bylaw
of the board of education prohibits
such punishment, but the male prin-
cipals of the schools are DESTROYS that
the law be rescinded. The principals
| it is not because they delight in chas-
| Using pupils, but they believe the
mere fact of their having authority to
| do so would have deterrent effect
on many unruly ones who could not
| be otherwise restrained. Unless,
however, they can show stronger rea-
son for it than has yet been advanced.
| the law is likely to stand, as members
of the board are very averse to grant
| ing an authority that may be serious
ly abused.
| Broadway for many years was re
garded as too sacred ground for the
invasion of street cars or any other
mode of transportation except that
of the old and antiquated stage; there
fore it was a general shock to the
community when franchise was
granted for street railways some years
ago. Just now there is greater OPP
position and Indignation than over the
proposition to permit the subway peo-
pie to dig deep ditch through this
centre. thus interfering with traffic
and the general beauty of the street
| for the next two years. Property
owners and tenants have Joined in the
lprotest against the proposed tearing
up of the street for a new tunnel.
| For the last weeks fall buyers rep
resenting a large proportion of the
| 10000, 900 inhabitants of the United
| States, with those buying for export
| trade, have been crowding into the
city by thousands. 1t is roughly esti-
mated that the average buyer pur.
| chases more than $4,000 worth of
goods on trip to this city. There
are many who buy much more-S7S
900 and upward, and few. represent
ing large jobbing houses in st. Louis
and Chicago, place orders aggregat-
ing still more. II is believed that the
sales this fall will not be far short
of $1,000, 100000.
Approaching Labor Day. does not
bid fair to be an enjoyable as previous
celebrations of this holiday. Already
labor unions in this city have lost in
their big strike upwards of $50, 000
900 in money as wages that have
failed to materialize. This big loss
has been felt by small dealers all
over the city and especially by saloon
keepers, the latter being quite gener-
GUS to the labor unions on all such
days of celebration. However. there
will be the usual shutting down OF
work on Monday and a measurable
number of parades and speech-mak-
ths Il G1., . he
men who have suffered most by the
strike would enter into the spirit OF
the day with more enthusiasm If the
strike were declared off and there
would develop immediate prospect OF
finances for the home.
New Workers still continue to be as,
tonished at the magnificent gift OF
Joseph Pulitzer to the Columbia Uni.
versity. Very few people outside OF
| Wall street had any conception that
the owner of the World was finacially
able to transfer any such sum. AS
a matter of fact Mr.. Pulitzer has made
so much money through his New
York and St Louis plants that he
scarcely will feel the loss of the two
millions given Columbia to establish
a school of journalism. Sentiment
among newspaper men is by no means
unanimous the plan will be success
full, but there is unanimous opinion
among the craft that Mr.. Pulitzer is
entitled to highest praise and all wish
that his scheme might be made prac-
ticable. Much will depend, of course
upon the man selected by Columbia
to take charge of the school, but it
is the belief among newspaper men
that the best results can be gained
by choosing a man who is sufficiently
young to grow up with the work and
develop it.
! There will be distinguished gath
ering at the unwilling of the Lake
George monument at Lake George.
| New York next Tuesday The monll-