New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-26
THE PASSING THRoNG.

President" said he "for he has been among US
He has mingled with our people. and believe In
his absolute honesty And that counts With hard
prompted Mr.; Wells TO recall that the very day
President Roosevelt was the guest Of honor at ths
4 cn TT Oh ne Eeril94t 5lsn anu cams
ganization said Mr.. Wells with potential mem
sfair bringing around the board both men q
n queSon men T fo OUTSIDE Of the sSate oe 81 s
I tional influence. Congressman Foster. OF Buring-
President of the Unted taes . Win n5 me Se nsx'
OF course. that his prophecy would be fulfilled an
soon. and as the result OF tragedy. However, tSs
party had not yet dispersed when Senator Proctor
nounced that President Mckinley had been sirfcsa-
down by the bullet OF an assassin The announce
the prospect that The words OF Congressman Foster
would prove prophetic flashed through the mind OF
every man present"
Colonel Richard Bright. ex-sergeant-at-arm, %
the United States Senate. seen at the NetherIand
few days ago. said: THE fact
| GoRMANS that the identity Of the Democrats
EXECUTIVE nominee for the Presidency Is al
| ABILITY yet unsettled is not an unsats-
! factory condition. u Is better that
| the matter remain among the uncertainties until
nearer the time for the decision OF the national
convention The announcement OF ex-Presidene
Cleveland should not be regarded in the light OF
surprise, but merely consistent with the senti-
ment that strongly obtains in opposition to thu
election of any for a third term TO the Presi-
dency. Mr. Cleveland is eognizant OF the existence
York will be potent in the selection OF a candi-
Senator German mas many strong friends Who rs
gard him most splendidly equipped for the Presi-
surround himself with Cabinet Of able advisers.
And the capacity for selecting men who are eaPaes
President Folks administration afforded cOnVinc-
PeSs II the 'e1 4S has e ey 9 99e s 9 s
brilliant man but his adInini5tration was great
success He surrounded himself with strong men.
and did not assume to know it all Notable among
of Alabama, his Secretary Of the Treasury who
vas the only incumbent Of that ONCE since the
it More tban tSst the IT FARM 6f Ias of wbicS ga
was the father met the requirements with com
plete satisfaction until it was modified ten years
later for reducing the revenue L produced to the
measure OF government necessity. II then con-
tiIoes r1e ~ 81 H. ~ ~ '+ ~. +,,eTCy
1t Is assumed that they win not need advice. and
government are doubtless secured when the Prssi-
mas 9T b 7esJ nm fn wn S sd ae e
views is generally broad composite opinion. An
INDEPENDENT and H sefret Eecgtvs and a5d yet
vised with the members OF his Cabinet
william Allen Dunlap. whose father rnads tbs
family name widely familiar IN connection with
his long business career here ar
NETWORK rived home from London on the
BEST PLACE Minneapolis. Il come" said he
TO LIVE. from Paris and I am glad to bs
back in old New-York There Is
part OF the world that cannot be found In New
York For elegance OF living appointments there
IS nothing In London or Paris or any foreign city
ana bens we have at home The modern
the times in the matter OF plumbing and SANITARY
arrangements. The utter absence Of steam OF fur
oy its own crate fire Nor have the Partisan aEchi
seets learned tne nicetes OF utilizing every inch Of
less door where closet should be sitgated and
again: they use the most uneonscionabis sIanti-
the two hot and cold water taps in my room IN q
Paris apartment that weighed ten pounds. while
seems strange that the Partisan with his artistic
tional monstrosities. speak Of this as merely in
dcating the want Of practical ideas. as we under
Then. in the matter Of the bath. the Paris apart
Ped VITA tRe od ssye 20 e S fnT are
1 YTT fat +; that rents for $50 "a month Is better
have more conveniences and comforts IN New
York for the money than can be had anywhere elsa
Oscar q. Foreman. or Chicago. who was born
into the banking business. and is vics-presidsns
OF the institution built on that his
BUSINESS father founded forty years ago,
CONDITIONS was one of a special party that
SAFE came all the way from the West
ern metropolis to and hear the
production OF "ParsifaL" Seen at the Victoria.
Mr.. Foreman said: THE fact that there has been
such a marking down OF prices and shrfnkags In
market values securities with such small nun
Der Of failures Is significant OF the greatness CO
our country and the strength OF her financial sys-
tenn If such reduction OF values had come over
night the result would have been disastrous and
panic would have resulted. The liquidation has
however oeen going on for nearly a year. and has
nave furnished money to the various enterprises
that were involved have been able TO protect them
and that while there will be some slight falling
on IN business next year, will encounter no
soft spot here and there. the rates will be uni
rormiy good for money through the coming year.
number OF railroad enterprises have been put
aside until the money market should be easier,
and whenever that condition IS reached they viii
would otherwise be offered at low rates We VIII
nave for a tiue-possibly year-what might Be
termed sensitive condition that win forhid IN
country has Just passed has inculcatsd the whols-
some lesson OF conservatism"
James Fulton Cummings Is a Montreal man who
arrived few days ago from Russia He is one ot
NEW engaged IN the construct,on OF an
RUSSIAN important public Improvement m
SUBWAY. ST. Petersburg. At the Imperial
Hotel Mr.. Cummings saidi We
began on May the construction or a subway
under contract with the municipality OF St
Petersburg that Is to accommodate all the wires
OF new telephone system. OF the electric lighting
systems and the current supply cables OF the stress
I.dnWdyS Inc city has recently taken over tas
street raIWays and In the construction OF the sub
wires. both OF private and municipal ownership Ina
SUBWAY az the point at which II is largest under the
thoroughfare and popular driveway OF the capital
Is Sy IA feet, and the length now planned VII
faces varies from six to twelve feet and he dta-
enlties OF the work lie chiefly in the fact that ne
and it Is necessary to work the pumps constantly
20 get rid Of the inflow OF water Some appreeia-
u9n or the generally low land along the Neva on
Whlch the city IS situated. be had rom tha