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THURSDAY. FEB. 13 , 1913 .
FRIENDLY WORDS TO ROBERT HINCKLEY.
E have received, and take pleasure In prinling
to-day. letters from Whlley ft Joues, of Georg«,
town, counsel to, and Robert Hinckley, of Keliobolli,
secretary of. rainier A Co» Ike corporal ion that Is ask
ing the Delaware Legislature (o vole to II, for the
miserable pittance ef 91.000, five miles of Itehoboth
Beach eceanfrent and 600 or more acres of occanfronl
land that belong to the people of the Stale of Dela
ware Both letters are In the nature of an attempted
defease «I à proposition that has shocked the con
science and outraged the feelings of the people of oar
commonwealth. The suggestion that Palmer A t'o„
•r any other company cloaking a speculative syndi
cate, shad be permitted to walk In and obtain the
absolute and perpetual control of five miles of front
age on the Atlantic ocean with a|| the riparian rights
that would accompany such ownership, and. In addi
tion, obtain absolute title to 600 acres of the people's
land Immediately back of that valuable oceanfront,
for the paltry snm of 11,000, or anything like II, Is so
outrageous that it carries with It its own condemna
tion.
That property belongs to the people of the State of
Delaware. If It is to be frittered away for tt an
acre, or at the rate of from ten and five-twelfths to
sixteen and two-thirds cents a building lot, let It be
put up at auction in building lot parrels.. Give le (be
thousands of Delawareans who would be delighted to
have bungalows and tents on Rehobolh Bench In sum
* mer, but who are prevented now, largely becamse of
the high price of building lots within the town of Re.
hobuth, a chance to bid for those panels and get
them and enjoy their recreative and health-giving ad
vantages.
By what right do the men who are in Palmer ft To.
seek this valuable property belonging lo all the people
in the Mat«! Is It by right of discovery l No; the
people have known right along that their land Is (here
and that It I* becoming more valuable as Reliobntb
grows In Importance ns a seaside resort. And besides,
J. Edward Addlcks and a crowd of his rronles tried
to grab and get away with tills Identical piece of the
people's properly many years ago and were compelled
to abandon their malodorous enterprise by an out
burst of pubUc Indignation that swept them off their
feet. The request of Palmer ft To. that this valuable
true« of oceanfront property be delivered to It Is as
repugnant to the people now as tt was In the days
when Addirks and hi M rronles sought to obtain pos.
session of fL The men who are after tile land and
who admit that they want It for speculative develop,
meut should make no mistake on that score. They
must not flatter themselves that the people will regard
us public benefactor» or twentieth.century pal Hots
men who seek to obtain five miles of public Ocean
front and 600 acres of public land for 9I,(NNI. Philan
thropy and patriotism have not yet become as cheap as
that in the Male of Delaware, nor have they ever fal
len so low here that they have to be measured by ten
cent or slxteen.ceut seaside building lots. It is useless
for either side to equivocate.. The men who are be
hind this scheme arc endeavoring to obtain tills big
stretch of the people's land for next ta nothing In Hie
hope that they will make tens of thousands of dollars
by the operation. They know It, and the people know
It, so whal is Hie use of beating about the bush!
projected deals of tills sort. It always Is best to state
facts boldly and to call things by their right
IVe hare read the letters of Messrs. IV hi ley and Jones
and Mr. Hinckley carefully and we fail to lind In them
anything (hut will allay public Indignation or warrant
the Legislature In giving its sanction to such an ex
ploitation of the property of tile people of all the Male.
There Is nothing In either letter to show why five miles
of oceanfront and 600 acres of land that belong to the
people who are the constituents of all the members of
the Legislatur« should be voted away to five or six
constituents of Senator Hluekstoiie for an amount s«
small that bis handful of self-seeking and speculative
constituents should be ashamed to offer It,
Mr. Hinckley may be un artist of international repu
tation! he may have Invested 916,000 in Hie town of
Reliobotli because of his faith in the future of Hint
side resort; he may be a man of means and leisure; be
may have u desire to assist Rebobotb to reach a posi
tion a» a seaside resort Ibul will place II In Hue with
Hie seaside resorts in New Jersey. His lawyers have
said he is all of these things and that h.* lias tills
Interest *u the future of Rcbubotli. Let ns accept them
as true, and, after having dune so, lei us appeal to Mr.
Hinckley that, fur (he sake of himself and of (be
friends who heretofore have esteemed bfm must highly,
that he get out of this Palmer ft Co. scheme; that be
wash his hands of it, anti that. If he wishes to do
something for Reliobotli and the people of Delaware,
H be not built upon the foundation of five miles
of the people's waterfront and 6<H) acres of tile pee
tile's land lielug divided among himself and a few other
members of u speculative syndicate at the rale of 99
an acre, or ten lo sixteen cents a building lot.
wish to say to Mr. Hinckley (Hat he has stood so high
lu the world of art, and that he has stood so high in the
esteem of the people in Washington and Delaware,
that be cannot afford to continue to be associated with
Palmer ft Co. or tbv enterprise that it has in band.
Mr. Hinckley has been fair enough to THE EVEN
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1X0 JOURNAL lo »ay that he hellere» Its action In
condemning thl*. projected land doal In a manifestation
that it is on (he alert to protect the public Infer«»!»,
Wo wMi In return to bo no fair to Mr, Hinckley an to
say that we wish him so well that we hope he will
withdraw from hla association with I'aliuer ft
to. and retire from the tiring line, because this
tight against the delivery of this large and val
uable possession of the people to a speculative syndi
cate .Inst has begun. THK EVENING JOURNAL, with
(be assistance of an alert citizenship, defeated
an Identical scheme when Addlckt and bis cron
ies tried It years ago. It did It by making u direct
appeal to the people of the State fur subscriptions for
building lut N on a basis that would bring to the State
ten times what that syndicat« offered. If Palmer ft
Company persist in the present attempt we shall make
a similar appeal, and the answer will not be lung In
coming.
If that oreaufront land be surveyed and plotted and
If It be put up at public auction by the acre or by the
building lot, we have no objection, nor will the p«ople
have any objection, to Mr. Hinckley and his associates
getting all the land possible as the highest bidders.
Hut when they attempt to get away with live miles of
oceanfroHt and 6(M) acres of land in one block and at
one time, admittedly for speculative purposes, and cut
out from participation In that sale the many Delaware
men and women who would like to have one, (wo, three
or four building lots, they are trespassing on danger
ous ground.
Tlic tlrst step that should be taken by the State is
to surrey the ground; the second, to evict the
»q natter»; the third to lay the ' ground off Into
building lots, and (be fourth, to sell those lots,
if It be deemed wise to do so, to the highest bidders
following proper advertisement of the impending auc
tion. If, under such conditions, Mr. Hinckley and his
associates succeed in getting away with the live miles
of waterfront and the ."dl« acres of land for
91.000 we will congratulate them upon (heir
acquisition. Meantime, friendly feeling for Mr. Hinck
ley prompts us to renew our suggestion that Jie with
draw altogether from the present effort to get the land.
That effort will fall, because It deserves to fall, and
It would be a pity for a man occupying the position be
does In the community not to avail himself of the pres,
j
ent opportunity to retire gracefully and to save his
fare.
TH AT BOULEVARD REPEALER.
'^ATILLIAM B, MILLER, of Salisbury, Maryland, Stale
Road Commissioner, was in this city yesterday
morning. Subsequently he went to Dover und ad
dressed- the members of the Delaware Legislature on
the evils that would result, both In thin State and in
Maryland, should our Legislature repeal the Boulevard
Corporations act and eompel General T. Coleman
duPont to abandon his $2,000,000 boulevard enterprise.
His address was timely. With the Democratic mem
bers of the Senate and the House lined up by the
Democratic boss to vote tor the repeal of the act, and
with the lieutenants of that Democratic boss openly
boasting that they hud succeeded in lining up several
Republican members, It was time that someone should
step to the front and point out to the legislators whal
an Irreparable Injury would he done to the people of
our State by such unwise action.
There was one assertion made by Mr. Miller that at
tracted extraordinary attention. That wna that the State
of Maryland had appropriated $76.000 to extend the road
from the southern terminus of the duPont Boulevard
to Berlin, there to connect with (he system of good
roads leading to Ocean City and other points In the
Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia. He ex
plained that, with the duPont Boulevard abandoned,
that $76,000 road also would be abandoned and Incal
culable Injury would be done to the people in that
section of the Eastern Shore.
Mr. Miller appeared officially before the Legislature
♦o urge It not, lo take the ruinous step of forcing an
abandonment of (ho duPont Boulevard and, with It,
the $76,000 road designed to lead from SclhyviRo to
Berlin. The Slate Road Commissioner said he wished,
and the people of the State of Maryland wish, that
General duPont would make to the State of Maryland
the some otter he has made to the State of Delaware.
He added that the Marylanders would accept It, and
do It quickly. He called attention to the fact that the
Maryland Legislature had been prompt In Ats recogni
tion of the facilities for transportation and Inter-com
municatlon the duPont Boulevard would provide for
Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. AVhen it was
proposed to make a $75,000 Maryland extension of that
Boulevard from Selbyville to Berlin, the bill passed the
Maryland Legislature with scarcely any opposition and
the people in that section of the Eastern Shore felici
tated themselves that they soon w'ould have a through
line of good road from far down In the Eastern Shore
of Maryland to the interior of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Miller told the legislators that the people of
Maryland were disappointed when the litigation rela
tive to the Boulevard was taken to the United States
Supreme Court, but they felt sure the Supreme Court
would affirm the decision of the Delaware court and
that, with the litigation out of the way, the Boulevard
would bn built They were amazed, he said, when
they received the ucw T s that a suggestion that the
Boulevard Corporations act bo repealed was being
considered seriously by members of the Legislature.
"Maryland would not have had its splendid roads if
it hint listened to the private Interests originally ar
rayed against the project," Mr. Miller continued point
edly, "but Maryland went ahead, and those who were
the most determined in opposition at the outset are
now the greatest advocates of good roads. That is the
history everywhere. The people of Delaware should
not be denied the benefits and general good that would
come with the duPont Boulevard because some private
Interests are against It. Wc of Maryland ask the Dela
ware Legislature not to be selfish. We have thought
of helping Delaware, and we ask Delaware to help
us by not repealing the Boulevard law. We merely
as for reciprocal relations."
Had Mr. Miller been a Delawarean, instead of a
visitor from another State, he might have said much
more without departing from the truth. He might
have referred to the misrepresentation and abuse to
which General duPont and his proposed gift of a $2,000
000 road have been subjected by the personal and
political enemies of the public benefactor. He might
have told of the machinations of private interests; of
the disreputable work done by hungry lawyers; of the
Hu might have told how thés»
rapacity of certain land-owners and the unfairnesss of
certain newspaper« controlled by persons who had
personal or political grudges to settle with the man
who desired to dower the people of this State with
the most magnificent gift ever offered In tho history
of Delaware us a colony or ag a commonwealth. Mr.
Miller might have recited a shameful chapter based
upon the poisoning of the minds of many persons by
false statements bearing upon the purposes for which
the Boulevard Corporation would use the land border
ing the road proper,
personal and political enemies had pictured General
duFout as making militons from the use of those side
strips of land. And, In conclusion, ho might have
shown that General duFout, far from wishing to profit
from the Boulevard, had ottered to give to the State
every dollar of profit that might accrue from the util
ization of that land bordering the road Itself.
Taking the attacks aud misrepresentations in their
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entirety, they constitute a shameful record of personal
and political spite aud avarice.
There never has been
anything like It In the history of the United States, and,
perhaps, never will be again. And now, to crown it
all, the Democratic boss seeks to make the question
of repeal of the Boulevard law a partisan one and not
only lines up his own party followers in the Legisla
ture, but hopes to be able to line up enough Republi
cans la the State Senate to make the repealer effective.
All thought of the Interests of thq_ people and all
thought of the Incalculable benefits which would com«
to the State from the construction and operation of the
Boulevard hae been thrown to the wind. The men
behind the repealer are so eager to vent their personal
and political spleen against the man behind the Boule
card that public Interest counts for nothing and com
mon fairness and decency find no place In their de
structive plan of campaign. t
FAIR WAGES FOR A TEN-IKH R DAT.
I F there be « man In Delaware who would like to
have his sister or his daughter work longer than
ten hours a day to earn what may be regarded a fair
living wage, let him stand forth that the people may
see what sort of a creature he is. The average man
regrets that his sister or daughter is compelled to go
out and become a wage-earner!' When necessity com
pels her to become such, he wishes for her good
wages,, short hours and safe and comfortable sur
roundings when at work. The man who doe« not wish
her those things is not worthy of being called a mail:
A woman or a girl who works ten hours for any
man or any woman, and who does her work intelli
gently and well, should receive therefor wages suffi
cient to enable her to live in decency and comfort aftd
to lay something aside each week for her wedding
portion or for a rainy day. She should not be expected
to work twelve, fourteen or sixteen hours a day to
earn living wages. Nor should she bo expected to
work overtime to do It. No man should be permitted
by law to build up a fortune that has for its founda
tion the broken health and life o/ the womanhood,
girlhood and childhood of the Slate of Delaware. There
has been too much of that sort of thing, and it is time
for the Legislature to call a halt.
There ure family fortunes in this State, built up on
overworked women and girls, that should bring the
blush of shame to their possessors, and there are
ing hullt up at tlie expense of the womanhood, girl
hood and childhood of the commonwealth. It is the
duty of the Legislature to enact a law that will in
sure to the women and (he girl workers of Delaware
a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. We hear much
said about women and girls losing their Jobs it the
Ten-Hour hill becomes law. Such talk us that comes
from Interested sources,
girls who now are at, work losing their jobs, they
will keep their jobs and the w'ages they now receive
and other women and girl s will obtain jobs that will
opened by relieving the present* women * and
girl employes of the overwork they now are compelled
to do. The simple truth of the matter i B that those
who now employ women and girls must have their
services. Suggestion that they will employ men to
take their places is sheer rubbish. In the first place,
they can not get the men as cheaply as they can get
the women, and that is the prime consideration with
many employers; In the second place they can not
get men who will work twelve, fourteen or sixteen
hours a day without paying them men's wages for ten
hours .and time and half-time for the overwork, and
In the third place, most of the work tiftt is done by
women and girls is not the sort that men would do
anyway.
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Instead of the women and
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The working women qnd girls should not permit
themselves to be frightened by such senseless talk.
They are not employed because of any spirit of char
ity on the part of the employers. They are employed
because their services arc ijeeded.
receiving pay that would be inadequate for a ten-hour
day, to say nothing of a twelve-hour or a fourteen-hour
day. Let the women and girls get It out of their heads
that they are the objects of charity. Let them get It
Into their heads that, they are earning every dollar they
get and something besides.
Most of them are
And, beyond everything
else, let them remember that it thelf employers do
not need them they would not employ them and that,
If men employes would suit better, men would be em
ployed for the jobs the women and girls now hold.
Above all other things, let them hold firmly to the
theory that an employer owes them a living wage for
a ten-hour day and that, when he is not paying It,
he Is not doing bis duty and should! be compelled to
do It In (he name of common decency and humanity.
HILLS WORTHY OF DEFEAT.
O hesitancy should be shown by the Legislature In
killing the two anti-cigarette hills that have
been Introduced. One makes It unlawful to manufac
ture tobacco In that, form in our State and both pro
vide for a State-wide prohibition of the sale of cigar
ettes.
Were the bills drawn in good faith and for the pro
tection of minors there probably would be no serious
objection to them. But when they strike at important
manufacturing interests, present and prospective, and
when they also.seek to shut off from adults legal in
dulgence in tobacco in that form, it is time for the,
Legislature to refuse to give its sanction to such
meafeures.
There is not the least likelihood that the passage of
the bills, or either of Them, would result in breaking
up the cigarette-smoking habit among the men in our
State. They are old enough to know In what form
they desire to use tobacco and they are too old to
permit others to tell them In what form they shall
"Aise It.
Under existing conditions our tobacconists and other
dealers in cigarettes do a lucrative business and the
bulk of the money derived from it is kept in circula
tion here at home. Under a State-wide prohibition law
we should have little or no falling off In the use of
cigarettes by adults and there would be an Illegal trade
that It would be practically impossible for the Attor
ney-General to suppress. Resides, much of the money
which now |s spent at home for cigarettes would be
outside the State. In short, such a bill would do little
good, much harm and put a premium upon an illegal
traffic that it Is wholly unnecessary to create. Both
hills should be defeated.
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WILMINGTON AND HOME BILE.
1LM1NGTON must have a fair measure o' Horae
Rule. It is eminently fitting, therefore, that on
bills affecting this city the Legislature give proper
opportunity to the members of City Council to voice
their views and offer suggestions relative to the wis
dom or unwisdom of passing them.
There may be instances in which the attitude of
City Council will be clearly at variance with the pub
lic interest and the wishes of the people of our city.
As a rule, however, that will not be true. What the
Couucllmcu may say for or against bills affectiug our
city only should bo disregarded by the legislators when
) ;; is seen clearly that It is not expressive of publie
opinion and that it is harmful to the public welfare.
It would be bad were the Legislature to disregard the
principle of Home Rule and override the wishes of the
chosen representatives of the people of our city, par
ticularly on matters of finance.
It Is pleasing to note that the legislators and our
Counqilraen are to hold conferences on legislation af
fecting our city. No doubt such conferences will re
sult in good to the people of Wilmington and bring
about a better understanding both here and in Dover.
DEMAND SOMETHING PERMANENT.
T HE Legislature should not adjourn until It has en
acted laws that will put an end to the shame
ful waste of road taxes due to unscientific and make
shift methods of rpad maintenance in all three coun
ties. Since Delaware became a commonweflUh mil
lions of dollars have been wasted and that waste still
is In progress. Now that the people, thanks to the
educational campaign inaugurated by General T. Cole
man duPont and his friends, have come to a realiza
tion of the benefits which arise from good roads, they
should Insist that something be done. That la partic
ularly true of the farmer, wffo is the greatest sufferer
from the Incompetency and extravagance that have
featured the annual expenditure of road taxes. He
should demand, in a voice that cannot fail to be heard
and understood, that he receive something lasting Ih
return for the money that be is called upon annually
to contribute toward the road funds of the county In
which he resides and owns property.
Many bills have been introduced in the Legislature
looking to the construction of permanent roads. In
fact, the chief danger lies in the multiplicity of those
bills. The committees which have them in charge
should work out a comprehensive and intelligent sys
tem for road Improvement and report a measure that
will be generally beneficial and that everyone may un
derstand readily, first of all, however, the amend
ments to the Boulevard Corporations act should be
passed and the way should be cleared for the con
struction of the duPont Boulevard, which would he
the great trunk line for all the lateral roads that
might be built with public funds.
Now is the time, however, for the farmers and others
who pay taxes to serve notice on the politicians and
those who in the past have received the road funds
for makeshift work that the time has come when there
must be a change of policy with regard to the public
roads and that something of a permanent nature must
be given to the taxpayers in return for the money
spent.
MRS. CRANSTON.'* APPREtTATII».
E are in receipt of the following letter from
Mrs. Martha 3. Cranston, of Newport, president
of the Delaware Equal Suffrage Association, in appre
ciation of our editorial on "Give the Women a Square
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To the Editor of THE EVENING JOURNAL:
Sir:—Thank you for your fine editorial of last Thurs
day. I have sent my copy of your paper away. Will
you please-send me two copies? I am enclosing a
copy of a letter received from Hon. Martin B. Burris.
Will you please print it?
Yours sincerely,
MARTHA S. CRANSTON.
The letter from Mr. Burris to which Mrs. Cranston
refers id addressed to her and bears date Jan. 9 last.
It is as follows;
My dear Madam;
I have yours of the 4th instant, and in reply permit
me to say that I have in no wise changed my opinion
upon the matter of Woman Suffrage since f was In
the Constitutional Convention more than fourteen years
ago. I thought then, and still think, that if
want to take upon themselves the additional burden
of the franchise, they ought to have it.
better everything else she touches and I sec
why politics and government could be an exception.
I will speak to our member of the Legislature and
press my views to him upon this gravely important
matter.
We are glad that the editorial referred to pleased
Mrs. Cranston and trust that it also pleased her asso
ciates.
women
She makes
no reason
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The Jackson & Sharp plant of the American Car &
Foundry Company In this city fias received a contract
to build many cars for use on the Government rail
roads'in Chile. There will be seventeen sleeping car»,
several parlor and dining cars and also other rolling
The contract, which will not be filled for six
stock.
months, will bring much money Into the local market
through the wages of those employed In building the
It also will give positive assurances of con
Through good work
cars.
tinned work to many employes,
and fair and square dealing the local plant has built
up a splendid trade In South America, and the hope
is general that It will grow steadily, not only for
the sake of the corporation but also for the sake of
our community.
We do not think that anyone who know* Attorney
General Wolcott will doubt that he Is both capable of
and willing to see that justice is done in the case of
Patrolman Zebley, who was so unfortunate as to shoot
Frank Fisher, a fugitive whom he was pursuing in
this city. Nor do we think that anyone will criticize
Mr. Wolcott for having declined to accept the legal
. aid of counsel retained by friends of the slain man.
If the friends of Fisher have any evidence that is not
already in the hands of the Attorney-General, it is
their duty to place It in his bands, through counsel or
otherwise, and leave the conduct of the case to him as
the prosecuting officer of the State.
Ninety per cent, of the firemen on the Eastern rail
roads have voted in favor of a strike unless their de
mands be granted. That does not mean necessarily
that thete will be a strike. It does mean, however, that
the head officials of the Brotherhood may go to the
railroad officiais and say that they are in a position
to call a strike unless there be a satisfactory adjust
ment of the troubles. Let us hope that there will bo
such an adjustment and that the trade of the nation
will not be disturbed by a labor upheaval of such mag
nitude as would feature a general strike of the fire
men. One of the bad features of the situation Is that
our own territory would be affected by such a strike.
The Every Evening says, "It is a safe prediction that
among the many measures now before the Legislature
are some which should not be enacted into laws."
True; and it Is an equally safe prediction that among
the many measures there are some that are being op
posed by the Every Evening that should be enacted
into laws as quickly as possible.
: With the Paragraphers :
We are willing to wager the office dictionary against
a campaign button that none of Governor Wilson's
Cabinet appointments is causing him ns much eon»
ceru as those with his dentist.—New A'ork Evening
Sun.
The Emporia Gazette declares flatly that no painting
is worth more than $10" But the frames—think of the
rich frames that surround some of them. Has tho
Gazette thought of the frames?—Kansas City Times,
Inventor Edison says that soon he will have his
moving and talking pictures in every home. About
the only thing you can't get at home nowadays Is
home life.—Rochester Post-Express.
According to the store windows, the women's spring
hats arc going to be smaller and even pleasant to look
upon. Bring on your vernal equinox!—Chicago
News. «
Somebody has discovered more land at the South
Pole that will have to be taken Indoors and thawed
out before being used.—Chicago News.
Parents by neglecting to train their children in a
few common sense rules of street crossing, frequently
become in large measure responsible later on for acci
dents in which their children meet with serious hurt.
If not death.—Atlanta Georgian.
Many a young man today burns the midnight gaso
line that his old dad burned the midnight oil to pay for.
Florida Tlmes-Union.
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Daniel Lament's Prediction
in an Albany Oyster
Cellar
By Holland.
On the evening before the organi
zation of the Legislature of New York
state In January, 1880, a caucus of
the Republicans nominated the late
General George H, Sharpe for Speak
er, One of those y ho attended this
caucus as u spectator wate General.
Chester A. Arthur, who the year fol
lowing was to become President of the
United States.
At midnight, after the caucus, a
llitle company of Republican leaders
visited an humble oyster house in the
vicinity. * They had knowledge of the
expert skill of the keeper of that col
lar-llke restaurant In the' cooking of
oysters in various styles.
Whenever General Arthur visited
Albany he made It a point to treat
himself to one qI the oyster stews for
which this proprietor, who was also
his own cook, was locally famous.
The little group of Republican lead
ers consisted of General Chester A.
Arthur, who, three years earlier, 4iad
been removed from the office of col
lector of the port of New York hr
President Rutherford B. Hayes. Gen
eral Sharpe, who had been removed
at the same time from the office of
surveyor of the port, and General
Hamilton Ward who was a staunch
friend of Senator Roscoe Conkllng
and of General Arthur. There were
some lesser Republican lights in the
company. They were all very happy.
1 he Governor of the State, Alonzo B
Cornell, who had been Inaugurated a
few hours earlier, was removed from
the post of Naval Officer at the cus
tom house of New York at the time
had been removed.
The reason why these Republican
leaders were rejoicing was. I thought,
as I sat with that company, due en
tirely to the fact that although Pres
ident Hayes had removed these men
from conspicuous public offices, one
of them had been elected Governor
of New York, another had been nomi
nated for Speaker of the Assembly,
while it was the understanding that
at the meeting of the Legislature the
following year General Arthur would
be elected United States Senator. All
of these Republicans looked upon
General Arthur as their real leader,
second only to Senator Conkllng.
Just as the company was finishing
the oysters a young man came Into
the little restaurant. His overcoat
collar was turned up so as to protect
his ears and face, for the night was
of zero temperature. He stood at the
counter while the proprietor prepar
ed to open some oysters in response
to his order—a plate of oysters on
the half shell. While he was wait
ing for the oysters, he turned down
his overcoat collar, lifted a woolen
cap from his head, and then there
stood revealed Daniel S. Lamont. He
had just finished his work in the edi
torial office of the Albany Argus. Gen
eral Arthur called out to him saying'
"Hello, Dan! A'ou come just In time
to give a little savor to this tmproptu
feast, for you are the only Democrat
In the room."
Lamont replied, 'T suppose you are
celebrating your triumphs* but you
ought to have Governor Cornell and
Senator Conkllng here to complete
the circle."
A few minutes later Lamont beck
oned to me cautiously and I . went
with him to the dor of the oyster
room.
"I suppose you think that General
Arthurs and the others are congrat
ulating themselves that they have at
last got even with President Hayes
for removing them from office," he
said.
I confessed that that was precisely
what had occurred to me.
"Well, those men are not thinking
about Hayes at all. I'll tejl you what
they have in mind. They have at last
got control of the Republican organ
ization of the State. They have got
the Governor and the Speaker of the
Assembly and the Attorney General
and all the other influences excepting
one, and they think they have got him.
"What those men intend to do is to
give the solid delegation from New
X'ork state to the Republican national
convention at Chicago next June to
General Grant for the Presidential
nomination.
"They are going to give to Grant
a great majority of these delegates,
but they are not going to have a unit
ed delegation, although they don't
know it. Judge Robertson, who la
very powerful In the eastern part of
New A'ork stale, intends to swing
away at least onc-thlrd of the dele
gates, and he ean control as many as
that, from Grant to Blaine. All my
friends think that thla 'will defeat
Grant's nomination. Those men lit
there," Lamont continued, nodding
his head toward the restaurant, "don't
know that they have Judge Robert
son to reckon with,"
It turned out as Lamont predicted.
Judge William C. Robertson (appoint
ed the next year by President Gar
field Collector of the Port of New
York) controlled a minority uf Ui«
New A'ork delegation which supported
Blaine. This broke Grant's strength
at Chicago. 1
A year and a half latpr General
Chester A. Arthur was President of
the United States, and four years later
Lamont Iiimsellf was a President's
right-hand, since he was the highly
estemed private secretary of President
Grover Cleveland.
(Copyright. 1913, by E. J. Edwards.
AH rights reserved.)
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