The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-26
POLITICAL 7

POLITICAL NOTES.
Friday, June ~. will be the isOth mi
versary Of the adoption Of the Stars and
Stripes as the dag OF the United States.
Three Of the best known New Workers with
"reminiscences Of political affairs In the city
and the State for the last forty years are
Edward. q. Gilmore, Senator Tom Creamer
and Tommy Lynch, one of Gov. Flowers
port wardens. These three men. Gilmore.
Republican. and Crsamer and Lynch. Demo-
Gratis, could I'LL eighteen volumes Of reminis
cences. In the beginning OF the careers OF
these three men New York nd not extend
much above Fourteenth street and ell three
as boys freduented the circus which was on
the plot OF land now occupied by the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. Only politicians familiar
with inside doinss VIII properly appreciate
the experiences OF these three men.
II Gilmore would write what he knows
and II he would tell OF his vast experiences
what entertaining volumes he could turn
outl Just 30 with Dreamer and Lynch.
Alfred Henry, Lewis and David Graham
Phillips and others have written successfully
on the inside workings OF political machines.
but around a table at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
the other day the suggestion was a that
II Gilmore. Dreamer and Lynch could unite
s'Nsa N@NeAe wv WV u " 6AN
all three could beat any political novelist
that New York State or any other State has
yet turned out. Then, too, IL was added,
II Lewis or Phillips and others of equal at
talnments could have had the experiences
OF fillmore, Creamer and Lynch. thousands
of novels of the Tipest interest. which would
be OF very great benefit TO the American
people. could be produced. The CONVERSE
ton ended by recalling that It was Dickens's
gift as a Literary man. combined with his
experiences as q political reporter. that led
him TO produce novels which brought about
great reforms in England.
Senator Foraker at 10 enlisted as a private
in the Eighty-ninth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. Because OF his activity and bra
very he attracted the attention OF Gen. Slo-
cum and was appointed an aide on his stan.
Al Missionary Ridge Foraker was in the
very front rank OF the charge that went over
BraER's breastworks. Later on in North
Carolina he bore a message from Gen. Slo-
cum to Gen. Sherman. telling him that his
left wing was fighting Gen. Joseph johnson,
who had struck them on the flank, and that
reenforcements were badly needed. This
ride was a most perilous one. being nine miles
long and made in the falling darkness.
Gen. Sherman was greatly pleased over
the bravery shown by the dashlng young
soldier and many years afterward he re-
ieTItu 70 the lnCluenJ IN q PUBIC ADDRESS
delivered at Cincinnati, The occasion was
a soldiers reunion. Foraker was Governor
OF Ohio at the time. Gen. Sherman In his
address turned to Foraker and said:
we'll remember you as you rode into
my quarters when Joe johnson struck my
left in North Carolina. You burst upon us
in a grove OF pines. with a message from
Slocum. saying that he needed reinforce
ments. ] recall your figure. sir, splashed
With mud NrNnr mis- that 49, - xz...
splendid horse. hard ridden and painting, and
how you sat erect, and ] shall not forget the
soldier that you looked and we're. l marked
you we'll then, and thought Of the honors
that were your due. You have gloriously
attained them and / believe and approve
that higher. the highest honors, await you"
The story which Gen. Sherman told OF
Foraker on that occasion in a startling, dra-
matte way" said an old soldier boy the other
day, was not the first in which young Foraker
figured. When Savannah had surrendered q
daring spirit was wanted to board a canoe
and pull down the river. mined as IL was with
internal machines, and take all chances in all
haste and communicate with the feet, await
ing news from the army, as was afterward
shouted and sung by the soldiers of Sherman.
who had marched down from Ohio by Atlanta
to Savannah, and TO the sea. The young man,
the dare devil selected for the extra hazardous
duty. and the first of the army TO finish the
course. was the same soldier boy onShe blooded
horse with bloody tanks calling for Sherman
In the North Carolina wilderness"
Two more States have established a direct
of United States Senators-Iowa and
Washington making five States this year, |
and a total of eighteen. The Northern States |
are Ore gon. Washington. North Dakota, Wis
consin, Illinois. 10 wa, Missouri and Oklahoma. |
with a unanimous House in Pennsylvania aud
Il tie vote in the Senate. The Southern States
are Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia. Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi. Texas. Arkansas. Ten
nessee and Kentucky.
immigration Commissioner Watclorn OF
New York says: There Is an Improvement
noted in the mental capacity Of the present
day immigrant. | have faith in the immigrant
Of to-day. Look him over and you will see the
father Of a race who. after they have passed
our institutions, may not be known
rom the children OF American parents"
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OXFORD NEEDS MONEY.