New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH.
Boom for Mayor Launched-A
Combination Candidate.


John Pope Hodnett. the eccentric lawyer who
SAYS he is descended from the English kings, and is
one OF the interesting figures around the Court
house and around the various political headquar-
tiers n campaign time, has announced himself as
q candidate for Mayor on combination ticket
In six pages OF closely written foolscap paper the
lawyer describes alleged meeting OF prominent
citizens on Friday extend their congratulations
Many leading Republican citizens called on Mr..
Hodnett to-day IN his Office he writes. He was
busy with clients but he soon got through, and
then began the Handwriting and congratulate
Won M David Engle the old political wsrhOrse.
was the first TO speak He said I'm IN the harness
for thirty years. and I'll do much work for your
election any one man. You can't be peak on
such a combination OF Citizens Union. labor organ
izations and the Republican party united. Eou'n
whoop EN- up this time sure. Goly! you've got the
bulge EN- this time fore and aft 1 have not
heard you speak IN years. Last time was az the
Academy OF Music You had fve thousand work
ingmen around you that night You're hummer
20 speak. tell you"
4 II. Hurst is quoted IN Mr.. HOdEett's little ae-
count saying:
1T is time they gave the very best man IN New
York Brooklyn a chance 10 show his great talent
and his capacity 10 lead the city his family
founded. You can't be beat on such combination
ticket your hieong ngnL LOT IaD1 Ji,, LaASS ~ ~
most popular man IN the State
enough: Wei. MT. Hodnett, it takes money 70
make the mare go and when you 90 "a ana open
sands VIII hock around you. You can do an enor-
Won Ton Tie heap co in John, you'll win
Mr.. Hodnett has Walter Durae5 by indlreetion
declare that the lawyer had refused a high Cabinet
once He quotes him as follows: - ....-,--.
because you wouldn't enforce the civil act against
States coudn't purchase you against your convic
lions, and this is more than any public man IN
you declined IT, I believe you'll be elected by
beeae gou y the aonesfet @ost popular s an6
most fearless Mayor They have no man IN any
party your equal as an orator and wit"
There unquesdonably is humor IN Mr.. Hodnetrs
pronunciamento Another OF the lawyers visitors
is quoted saying: You should have got the
nomination when they gave it to Mcclellan. II you
had. the city would have gone on peacefully and
would have saved immense amount OF gas
When entered my house to-day all the men shout
ed. T5urrah for Hodnett for Mayor" That's the
shout in every house. You are the most deserV-
edly popular naa in New-York to-day"
But the bounds OF NJ Hodnetts fame are ex-
tended even more widely in the words that the
lawyer gives having come from Frances L.
Barnetto. They are: You are the best known
and the most popular man to-day living in Amer
ica- North. South, East and West. they all honor
and respect you"
After quoting others at length M Hodnett winds
NJ his personal announcement with this: MAN,
others called on Mr.. HOdnett and hundreds met
and stopped him in the street and said. You'll
sweep the city,
Ar. Hodnett, who IS said to do his own printing
also distributed several days ago a circular hear
ing al the top picture with the inscription This
Is Hon John Pope HOdnett" "Hodnett Arnonp
the LawyeTs-Wlt and Hunor' Is the title of the
circular which processes 10 give an account OF
q coloquy between himself and a group described
as 'bevy Of faIneIess lawyers" Here is a saro-
PIE OF the alleged wit and hurnor":
''Gentemen." said he. I'm opposed to the Chi
oago Takers" Renewed laughter and cheering,
why? Why?" shouted the lawyers in bresttlass
anxiety and amid roars Of laughter "a NeA'i''ess
~ FL FL gentlemen said De, because The Chi
cego Iakers take al and nothing give The nofIes,
class OF takers are lawyers who take ~ liz y
c6eeri1g .er i sooe .ad great laughter and
a the lncomprehe nsi5ility ana the undenisbie III
struetiye legal learnngs you have displayed 'Oh IN
~ geilts s,l iais very great case before me.
Undertakings, both above and below tie grSundt
Q4enewed laughter ard great cheering si'uiu'
Here the great orator and wit took ITS hat and
.slt tie room without saying word, and went into
Loud long and continued laughter rang down the ne
great hali which fairly shook the great building.
Several stories OF the Civil War were tola -,
Senator John ". Daniel. OF Virginia, an old Con-
feoerate solder. who was the principal speaker AZ
the Grant birthday dinner at the Union Ieae1o
Cluo on Thursday night. There was a oouTaer
named George connected with the Division OF viz
GINA he said. lust before the grnasb-un -
Petersburg he was caught spying behind tia ra6
eral lines But somehow or other he eseapes .n6
some TINE later caught tho very men who bad
1870 -4"1' Spying II the Confederate lines. He
look MS men before General John B. Gordon who
.lef uel'ng them they could expect nothing better
Llan the death Of g spy, ordered them taken avs,,
Then. in an aside pc said TO George:
Doht shoot those fellows. Maybe this war isn't
going u last long"
wen lhey cot 10 ApDomattox Courthouse Cen
eral Gordon said 10 the prisoners:
7 might as vel let you go now: wen all be ,on,,
directly" @-s
George afterTard became a physician con-
Ihoea Senator Daniel and went 20 Athens On a
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