The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-26

I~scariot wearing my buttons said the
Senator from Saratoga. Barnes glowered
a moment and it looked squaIly, but he
finally heldhis horses and passed on without
speaking.
But II the common or garden, unregis-
tered sheep Of the pasture are anxious,
those we'll fed, p~edigreed s~outhdowns who
have constituted the so-called Higgins
kitchen cabinet are positively frantic.
Hendricks, Franchot, Bender, Whipple
and the rest all received the news that
Higgins would not stand for reelection
with a What's going to become Of usp"
expression that moved the b~ystanders to
tears when they rallied their scattered
faculties and concentrated them upon the
herculean task Of forcing the nomination
Of NJ. Linn Bruce, who has long been des-
tined by the present chef OF the Execu-
tive Mansion to be the chief mixer Of pros
pective savory messes. In a word. the
patronage of the Higgins administration
10 backing the Bruce candidacy.
~Southdowns Franchot and Hendricks
both attended the conference at Cottage
II late this afternoon for the purpose OF
trying to drive Parsons into line so a. not
to upset the culinary programme thus out
lined by Chef Higgins. Senator Aldridge.
William Barnes, Jr., John F. O'Bren, Col.
Mott, William l.. Ward, Timothy L. Wood
ruff and Mr.. Parsons we're the others pres
ent.
The news that the conference was being
held 700 spread throughout the town
and soon there was a throng outside the
door waiting for the word. The bleatinR
filed all thec corridors Of the hotel and even
drowned out a band that was trying to play
Everybody Works But Murphy"
"Such obstinacy,' said Southdown Hem
bricks dolefully as he came away from the
conference, having failed to move Mr..
Parsons-nay. worse. having driven the
New York leader to declare thai he woul d
carry the name Of Hughes before the con-
vention.
There may have been noisier nights at
Saratoga than last night. but nobody
around here remembers one. There was
only the usual conversational buzz around
the corridors. proAenades and Hobbies
until after midnight. About that hour it
became plain that the Gubernatorial tanRle
would not be unsnaTled that night. Con-
sequently the sedate. the cautious and the
fran departed for the rest they hoped to get,
and which some Of them did get.
As for the others-they were mpar
lively a handful. Of course, but q c~yolopean
handful-they descended to the bar and
drank to Higgins. Odell. Bruce and Gruber.
Carrie Nation, anybody and everybody ex-
cept Thomas G. Platt.
For some unexplained and unexplainabIe
reason when a fat man from TiOga mounted
a fable and proposed a toast 10 the ex-easy
boss the merrymakers fell full sore on
that Ill starred wight and beat his shins
with paddles thai bore the inscription:
Edgar T. Bracket. for Governor. He
paddles his own canoe"
Entered there an emissary who bora
slips Of paper on which wers displayed
winged words. They flew about 40 fast
that soon the entire company was gayly
~EOaring:
There was he waiting at the cap,
waiting at the cap, waiting At the cap.
When he found he didn't hR We a snap.
For how it did upset him.
All At once Teddy sent the dope,
Here's the very note. this Ia what he wrote;
You a get away to make the run to-day,
Your wife won't let you"
AfteE. that all hands abandoned tbs tsnt
barkasp% and oasaed out into Main street. !