Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-24
new YORK NEWS LETTER
Gossip Concerning the Democratic Pres
ideDtinl Candidate--Pnrker
MISUNDERSTANDING Topics.

Notwithstanding Topics.
New York, December g. Gossip
as 10 the next democratic prcs-
dental nominee is rife in this city Each
day Judge Parker seems nearer the hearts
OF the David b. Hill coterie, while there
are others who insist that it will be i'm
possible for Mr.. Cleveland to refuse the
nomination If the people insist on his
having 1t despite his recent announcement
mat his determination not again to en-
ter the political field Is unalterable. The
only draw back to Judge Parker is that
nc IS friend of Mr.. Hill, who not on
the best of terms with Cha rles #. Murphy.
the leader of Tammany Hall; and since
Iammany plays such an important part
in the democratic elections, of course
that organization must be considered.
1t is doubtful If Tammany will support
Parker unless the demand for his nom
nation comes from all over the country
The organizations difference toward him
can be traced to the lack of cordially be-
tween Messrs Murphy and Hill.
The executive committee of the New
York State Association Is authority for
the statement that the woman suffrage
movement is receding In his State and
that the possibility of tho fair sex's Sc
curing the ballot grows less each year
The committee notes that woman suf
AtdEc only tNlStS Wncre men OutNutnDeT
women. The press of New York has al
ways been against tho movement and the
editorials published In the daily and week
ly papers have been supplemented by let
tiers from private individuals protesting
against woman suffrage in the State
Many OF these letters have come from
women as well as from men.
Leaders are inclined to attack some
political significance to the dinner plan
ned in honor Of Comptroller Grout and
which will take place at the Hoffman
House tonight in view of the fact that
Mr.. Grout is looked upon as a possible
candidate for governor next year among
J the democrats. Prominent democrats of
both the city and state will attend.
| In estimating the building outlook for
next year, construction experts predict
that on account of the boom just ending
and the high price of materials, building
will be on conservative lines here. 1t is
believed that the bulk of constitutional
activity will come from tho comparatively
cheaper class of buildings and that ex-
pensve hotels, Office buildings and apart
ment hotels and the like will not be cx-
| tensively produced. 1t is not likely that
there will be any more theatre buildings
next year. for the city has about enough
| al present.
influential citizens of the borough of the
! Bronx have inaugurated Il movement to
have that borough separated from the
| county of New York and to establish the
district beyond the Harlem river az a
County itself. Throughout the borough it
| is felt that a district which has grown
| in a little more than twelve years from
few scattered villages to nearly 300 90
population Ia certain of continuing this
rapid growth for years to come and for
this reason should cease being a part of a
county and set upon its own responsibility,
a project is now on foot among the
advocates OF anti-cigarette legislation for
the creation of an endless chain through
which 100000 signatures are to be So
cured for petition to Congress asking
for legislation to prohibit the sale and
manufacture of cigarettes. Magistrate
Crane of this city before whom hundreds
| of children appear in the childrens court
is taking a prominent part on the move
mept.
The official heads Of the State govern
ment are said to believe that the Legis-
lature should again at the coming session
give consideration to the stupendous prop
osition of building the canal before the
State commits itself to the matter By &C
tual work of expenditure. 1t is recalled
| that not n few of those who voted for the
bill last winter did so with the stpula ton
that they were opposed to the PROPOSE
ton but willing to give the people an OPP
portunity to pass upon the question. a
factor in the attitude Of the State Off
GERS upon the question of a seemingly
practicable method of electric iowa &c
which. it is believed, would increase the
actual traffic capacity of the canals as
much as the enlargement project. at far
smaller cost than 3lol 10000.
There are many indications that bitter
rivalry exists between the Cunard and
American steamship lines for the prestige
of the fastest time in carrying the Euro
pean mails and the interest in the records
made by the respective vessels of these
lines continues keen despite official state
ments that the ships never race. In the
! assumed contests so far the American
line has the best of II on a basis Of com
parison between the time the mails leave
here and the hour Of their arrival in Lon
don.
Several persons prominently interested
in school work In this city are proposing
the formation of an athletic league of 100.
600 boy pupils of the public schools. This
institution would be of service in two
distinct ways: First, by stimulating a
proper athletic spirit and second, by en-
courasing true public school spirit Lee
lures to boys ond the evils of cigarette
smoking do very we'll. but they do not
work half so quickly as the arguments
in practice that he who smokes cannot
! run so we'll jump so high or play bal
so effectively as his more temperate com.
rades whose lungs breathe air. instead OF
smoke charged with noXious drugs.
Nearly the last remnants OF the so-caled
waldorf Astoria" clique which contribute
cd largely to the speculative furare OF
two years ago and whose stock market
plunging continued until last September
have disappeared. Stupendous operations
were credited to the set of men, most OF
them from the West, who made their
headquarters in the evening at this hotel
Now walk through the Waldorf In the
evening will discover occa sionally a knot
of men talking of the markets. but the
waldorf crowd" is no more.
Roman Catholics attend church ir
greater numbers in New York, but the
number Of children who go TO church
with their parents is greater among
protestants this is also true of the pro.