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

VAAA AOHG NOAGo'
Friday, June IL, will be the iSOth ami
versary OF the adoption Of the stars and
Stripes as the nag Of the United States.
Three Of the best known New Workers. with
reminisoenoes Of political affsirs in the city
and the State for the last forty years are
Edward. O.. Gilmore. Senator Tom Dreamer
and Tommy Lynch, one Of Gov. Flowers
port wardens. These three men. Gilmore,
Republican. and craaner and Lynch. Demo-
Gratis, could Ill eighteen volumes Of eminis
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 freauented the CIRCUS which was on
the plot OF land now occupied by the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. Only politicians familiar
With inside doines 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
outi JuSt 30 with Creamer 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 made that
II Gilmore. Dreamer and Lynch could unite
their natural cleverness with a literary gift
all three could beat any political novelist
that New York State or any other State has
yet turned out. Then, too. IL was added,
If Lewis or Phillips and others of equal at
tainments could have had the experiences
Of Gilmore. Creamer and Lynch. thousands
of novels of the ripest interest, which would
be OF very great benefit to the American
people. could be produced. The conversa-
ton ended by recalling that IL was Dlckens's
gilt ae q literary man, combined with his
experiences as a 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 stahf.
At Missionary Ridge Foraker was in the
very front rank OF the charge that went over
BraEE's bTeastworks. 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
reenforeements 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-
ferred to the incident in a public 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:
e" we'll remember you as you rode into
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. splashod
with mud. your spurs that we're red, your
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 well then, and thought of the honors
that we're 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 a
daring spirit was wanted to board a canoe
and pull down the river, mined as II was with
Internal machines. and take all chances in all
haste and communicate with the fleet. await
new 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 10 the sea. The young man,
the dare devil selected for the extra hazardous
and the first OF the army to finish the
was tne same soldier Doy onthe Dl00ded |
horse with bloody fianks 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, via
consin, Illinois. low Missouri and Oklahoma,
with a unanimous House in Pennsylvania and
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 capaoi'y Of the present
day immigrant. / have faith in the immigrant
IF to-day. Look hin over and you will see the
'sther of a race who. after they have passed
through our institutions. may not be known
rom the children of American parents"
ZEN HAkFI