Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-01-30
NEW YORK GOSSIP
WEEKLY RESUME OF
MEN AND EVENTS

/ Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
! NEW YORK. Jan. 30.-The recent
inclemency of the weather has caused
great deal of trouble in Greater New
| York and has directed the attention
of the citizens in general and the NUM-
cipal authorities in particular to many
defects that urgently need correction.
The street car problem is still far from
/ being solved. The accommodat atoms are
not adequate and the service on many
/ lines exceedingly poor. During cold
weather the passengers suffer consid-
erably owing TO the lack of heating ia
/ ciities on many lines and the traction
I companies do not seem to be inclined
to pay the least attention TO the COM
plants of their patrons. SO long rs
the receipts of the companies are sat
| isfactory the managers do not worry
over the comfort or lack of comfort ot
the travelling public. Mayor Mcclellan
seems determined to espouse the public
cause and insist upon much needed
improvements, but it IS extremely
doubtful wether he will be able II
make an impression upon the callous
managers of the traction companies.
The enormous increase of the num-
Der of pneumonia cases in this city and
! the prevalence of measles, influenza
and grippe have stirred the health au-
] IN nd
effort will be made to enforce at least
some of the sanitary ordinances which,
like the anticipating ordinance have
scarcely been more than a dead letter
ever since they We're promulgated. 1t
would seem that unheated cars are re-
sponsible for nearly as much sickness
as the indiscriminate splitting in public
j places and that ii would be infinitely
easier to enforce the law against the
/ street car corporations than against
the army of filthy offenders against
! the anticipating ordinance.
! The mess in the political caudron is
beginning to boil here and everybody
is wondering what the outcome will be.
Charles f. Murphy. the Tammany lead
! ct anu MS lFuStN HeuIenanIS nave De-
gun the delicate process of wire pull
! ing and their movements, as well as
the presence in this city of prominent
democratic politicians from other parts
\ of the state have set the people guess
] ing. Murphy declines to talk Just at
present. He says it is much too early
! TO talk about candidates, but there is
a suspicion in democratic circles that
/ he is engineering deal with Senator
| McCarren of Kings and with the anti
| Hill men in Buffalo. Plattsburg, AL
| bany and Troy which will enable him
/ to control theto control the state dele
/ ga ton to the democratic national con-
vention in favor of Mayor McClellan's
candidacy. The indications of a boom |
/ for Mcclellan are quite strong and the |
ACTIVITY displayed by the mayor and the !
municipal government IS evidently in !
tended to arouse public sentiment in |
favor of Mcclellan. 1t is expected that (
Tammaty will eventually succeed in T
having the state convention to elect .
four MISUNDERSTANDING to the ma
tional convention. held ia this city, T
where it viii be easy for Tammary 10 .
exert dominating influence.
The Parker boom is beginning 10
take more definite and tangible shave
Daring his stay in this city William
Jennings BRYAN took considerable in
terest n the Parker boom and made
an effort to ascertain Parker's position
in regard To the currency question Re
Gently a letter was published signed /
by Judge Parker. and stating that he
had always voted for the democratic
candidates. Mr.. Bryan. however. was
Informed by some Of his political
friends. that Judge Parker had voted
for Palmer and Buckner. the candi-
dates Of the gold democrats and for
that reason Mr. Bryan is anxious to
ascertain on which side of the fence
Judge Palmer really stands or stood.
one OF the numerous attempt of the
board of aldermen to improve the de-
plorable traffic conditions on the
crowded streets of this city has caused ,
no END of confusion and evoked en-
ergetic protests on thes part of the
travelling public. An ordinance was /
passed recently requiring street cars !
TO stop on the near side of street cross | /
ings instead Of the far side. as the 7
rule has been heretofore Notices in b
forming the public OF the change were a