The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-12
GOSSIP FROM NEW YORK Politics Absorbing Topc-acob Ruppert Jrq Possible
 St Tammany Candidate-Ex>Senator Smith Receiver. Sf
BY JOHN MARTHoL.

 admirably combined the learning of a great jurist, wide knowledge of affairs, calmness, conservatism, executive ability and the dignity that rests on a man who can look every other man squarely in the eye. His has been a blameless life from every point of view. He can be put be- fore the country, and none need rise to explain or apologize for any act or deed of his. Such a candidate, will necessar- fly, find that victory perehes on his standard"
 While the great shipbuilding combine has been passing into the hands of re- ceiver. Huntington's great shipyard, the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company have been having some of It's products critically examined by ern- perors and princes and the skilled ship builders of Europe. The U. s. "Kear- sarge" at KieI was inspected by the Emperor William. and the U. s. "1lli- nois'' by Prince Henry. Their praise of these vessels was conveyed by the em- peror to the President in a cabled mess age. It was commented upon by the off cers of the flagship that the kaiser keeps we'll informed on contemporaneous mat ters, as he remarked: Germany has two cruisers now in dry dock at Newport News, where these splendid ships were built" The mammoth dry docks at this great yard always have foreign war vessel under repairs. The latest is the Dutch battleship De Ruyter of 4,940 tons displacement 312 feet in length, IS feet beam and IS feet draft.
 Apropos of the new Pacific cable and the Mackey family Clarence H., who has inherited half of his fathers one hun dred millions is, like his father, re- publican in politics. The elder Mackay was a 'stalwart," on close terms of friendship with Grant, Conkling & Co.,, and for years a member of the national republican executive committee. When he was told that his partner Fair, who was democrat. wanted to go to the United States senate, he threw up his hands in horror But Mackay was loyal to the bonanza firm Well" said he, If Jim wants to go to the senate, for Heaven knows what, I suppose we must help him."
 Andrew Carnegie is a member of the Authors club. When he applied for ad- mission after the publication of 'Tri- umphant Democracy" he was blackball- ed Few of the members believed that he had written 1t, in other words. that he had paid somebody else for doing 1t. His friends denied this. and there was a committee of investigation. MT. Car negie produced the original manuscript and he was admitted. He Is the richest author In existence and can find hum dred publishers for anything he writes.
 Sometime ago a newspaper asked MT. Carnegie for 1000 words on some subject or another. He wrote 300 which the edi- tor thought was too short. It was turn ed over to a trained writer to expand MT Carnegies ideas. The article In it's new form was sent to the great library founder for his approval and signature. He kicked, and kicked hard, said that 1t was padded too much. He was oblig~ ing however, erased a few hundred words and let it go But he thought the thing, as he wrote it, was the better of the two.
 Col. John Jacob Astor, who returned recently from Europe is an enthusiast on the subject of airships. which he be- Heves will soon be as common as auto mobiles for those who can afford them. It is not very probable, however that the gallant, but exceedingly shrewd col onel will invest any of his millions in experiments to get at the perfect air ship, although like Cornelius Vanderbile, he has a mechanical turn with patent or two as proof of his genius. Colonel Astors ambition Is to be an author, like his cousin. the Britsher, and they say he is working hard in that direction. think he wrote something or another and tried to get into the Authors club on the strength of it, but he did not succeed.
 clf, int fc f1fII of confidence that he will take the cup this time, and it must be admitted that there is consid- erable apprehension among yachting ex- perts with regard to the result. Reliance is undoubtedly the best boat that has yet defended the great trophy but on the other hand Shamrock III is far superior to all those that have preceded her. Both are probably as evenly matched as two boats could be and there we are. If the cup goes across the Atlantic a second time no one will contest with James Cor don Bennett for the honor of attempting to fetch it back. Sir Thomas Lipton says it has cost him two million dollars to make his two fights. It probably cost nearly half that sum to beat him.
 Governor OdelIs long trip to the west without so much as making even a cour- tesy call on the President at Oyster Bay, before his departure, is regarded as very plain evidence that he is not greatly con- cerned in building up the Roosevelt ma chine either in the state or the city. Last fall, when the governor was in political distress. some appeals to Mir Roosevelt for assistance were made without avail. and 1t looks now as if the political ac- count was being squared. As poll tician, the President is the personifica- ton of selfishness Every move he makes is with view to his own ad- vancement How 1t will affect his per- sonal fortunes is his first consideration. Governor Odell is not the only republi- can, high in office, who has found this