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THE BBOOKLYX DAILY EAGLE SUNDAY, 28, 1895. man who never givos offense to anyone. Ho argue Hint bulz will lie renominated for In member THE BOSS SILENT AS OF OLD. MORESENATORIALCAHOIDATES 5 ao quite successful in pushing his hills the legislature, and was one of a typo 'i Sm'M BORROWING CAPACiTY, al trims. Th.

ways ready to help another. Houghton Is not 1 lal candidal her into it, but quickly took her out again, and strolled with her from the Willow Leaf shelter to a tent some fifty feet away, Just to please tho youthful whim. Hugh McLaughlin is very much attached to this baby. He takes her by The hand, walks her whither she will go, makes sand castles and destroys them for hor, and 3 a storm on his whistle wfhen other diversions are nut to hor liking. He Is aa Indulgent grandfather.

Grace Is a vory pretty and a very bright child. Her hair is auburn and hor cheeks as rod as the rectly In front of the willow aro some bath houses, and to the sides two shelters, made by sticking big poles into the sand, laying others acrosstheir tops, and then covering the spaces with the f'oliago of the willow. Hero Hugh McLaughlin spends much of his time. The bay winds In around the house on one side. The perspective is excellent.

As the Democratic chief pointed out the situation of the localities around, he turned, and looking the hostelry all over, said: "This is a good place. If the space In front here was laid out in gardens, it would make an excellent resort. A little money could be spent very profitably around the place, with consequent benefit." "Much fishing?" a3kcd your correspond Public Whose Coil Will Ez co It. He Is Busy Catching Eels and Won't Talk Politics. at jakeespobt.

Together With. His Daughters and Grandchildren Mr. McLaughlin Is Enjoying Himself in a Modest "Way. He Considers That Joseph. C.

Hendrix Is Mot likely to lAcoept a Mayoralty Nomination. (Special to the Eagle.) Jamesport, L. July 27 In the win ter Hugh McLaughlin relieves the tedium of politics by short walks and an occasional game of dominoes. Human nature has Its limitations, and even bo robust a constitution as his must have Its recreations. No man In the local political turmoil offends less against proprieties.

But there comes a time In every man's life, ba he pol ent as he saw a roll of catgut peeping out of one of mt. McLaughlin coat pocketa "Only eels." came back the answer. "I fish every night from the dock yonder. I can remember when plenty of fish could bo caught In this bay eels, porgies, tomcod3 ana tne like but now there are not so many. The only fish to be catrght really Is the eel." "Bathe "Yes; everybody bathes here," said Mr.

McLaughlin. "Tho bathing Is good. There la a fine beach here and not much danger." "Any politics?" asked your correspondent. Mr. McLaughlin got up from tho rail of tho porch on which he and your correspondent were sitting, blew a long blast on the whistle, which moaned and sighed like a storm, and silently strode a few feet away.

When he returned a few minutes later a suggestion of a smile was on his face as ho Inquired what the legislative investigating committees were doing. He listened patiently while your correspondent for twenty minutes struggled to make the points the committees are attempting to make, as well as to indicate wherein they were not so conducting things as to develop points. Occasionally Mr. McLaughlin set your correspondent right in some mluor detail, and when the narration was over lapsed into a satisfied silence. He had no comment to make except that as a rule investigating committees accomplish very little.

"What about tho mayoralty?" "I don't know, do you? was Mr. Mc Laugh lin's reply. Continuing he said: "Down here there is very little said about men or issues. I read a day or two ago that Mayor Schieren will not accept a renominatlon. Before that I read that he said even If he wanted to bo a candidate the convention of his party would not nominate him." Mr.

McLaughlin was again silent. An attempt to get him to size up the conditions, the claims and availability of candidates for HIS FAVORITE arc LiuoBxrjr bobbixo fob eels. 1 JUaQy rOmUlar xaces lTlthe An210US Affirreeation, KtcCABREI AGAIN IN TRAINING. Democratic Boasts Are Plentiful, but in the Strong Republican Districts There Is No One to Lead Forlorn Hopes Eugene F. O'Connor Among the Probable Contestants in the Sixth District Hopes.

Tho interest in tho senatorial situation grows with tho lapse of timo. and as tho nominating conventions approach new candidates aro continually springing up. Hope Is abundant in districts with large majorities, but scant where tho prospect, by the figures of last year, with liberal allowance for tho loss, or return of tho faith, is poor. The air seems to be laden with Democratic boasts, yet, strange it is, that In the Eighth senatorial district, where the Republican majority is easily 6,000. not a single Democrat has walked forth to battle for his crown of martyrdom.

From present indications the party will havo hard work to find shoulders for the honor of a senatorial nomination In this district. No. ono in politics cares for defeat, and nothing short of a cyclone striking tho Republican sldo of the district could bring about a Democratic triumph. Cyclones are over; beside that section of the city fairly gleams with lightning rods. Republicans expect to carry the Sixth, Eighth and Ninth districts.

The first named is said by some Democrats and by no Republicans to be dobateable ground. Tho Democrat who will undertake the debate wants to have tho combined strength of brains and poeketbook, for a host of Republicans aro seeking tho nomination on their side of tho fence and will lead a merry dance from the standpoint of brains, or poeketbook, which even the Democratic nominee will be pleased to elect. Morton last year carried this district by 2,300 over Hill. Wheeler, the independent candidate got something over 1.C00 votes. It is fair to assume that a large percentage of the vote given to Wheeler will go to the Democratic candidate, but even at thl3 calculation he will have an adverse majority of 1,000 to overcome.

The district is a good one for a campaign. If tho surroundings are respectable, numbers of residents can bo gotten out of their houses to listen to and be ontertained by an arraignment of either party. What makes Republicans and Democrats, who are conservative, so hopeful of Republican success in this district Is that tho Democracy will have no Issue sufficiently big to enthuse the voters and get them down from the pinnacle of morality they climbed to two years ago. Again the Democratic party organization is weak. The police and fire departments have gone out of restraint by party leaders, and diminution of contributions will bo the consequence.

This was the condition last year, and nothing has so far occured to improvo it. Not only tho police and Aro departments, but In fact every bit of patronase. locally, ha3 slipped, so to speak, through tho party's fingers. Prominent Democrats in office last year gave nothing to the general committee's strong box; neither did they help to equip the party in their several wards. There Is no indication that they will do better this year.

The party has no strong surplus. There must be workers, and there are no officeholders, except a few, who will feel it incumbent on them to get out and hustle. Then, again, harmony lr, not assured. Until that comes, every calculation must necessarily be conservative. 1 here are plenty of good men looking for senator in the Sixth district.

Prominent among them, with an excellent cbanco to land the prize. Is ex Senator Eugene O'Connor, whose claim Is based on long residence In the locality. ability for he filled the office EUOEXE F. eoXXOtt, with distinction In the past; honestly, and, last, but by no means least, the sturdy quality of his political belief. O'Connor is a rich man, a courteous man and an educated man.

He knows the district thoroughly, its good points and Its had points: its b' and it3 wants, and the bulk of its citizenship. More than this, he has the respect of everyhndy who knows him. Ills party associate? in tho state admire and respect, bint, aoi'. did hir.i the honor, only a few years ago, to place him at the top of the ticket as the Republican choice for secretary of state. O'Connnr would be no greenhorn In the senate.

Ho knows parliamentary law thoroughly. In the onvx pi chamber he could hold his own with His disposition is one that makes frlcml.i. and in the opinion of experts along the lino of political rcqulsltc In a candidate, his party could not make a better stn.ke than to nominate him. Indeed, there to belittle doubt that a majority of tho convention will declare for him. He has sources of strength no other car.dldoto In hi3 dis trict can claim.

Beside, he is whole souled and genial, and Just the typo ot man who has what Is known as popularity. The Twentieth ward will bo his from the present outlook. It is very probable that he can got the delegates from the Ninth and Eleventh wards In preference to those who will oppose him for the nomination. Beside, he has strong connections In tflc Treaty second ward. Another candidate for the nomination, whoso friends say he Is the choice of the organization, is Colonel Henry E.

Abell, a member of the last assembly and at one time secretary to Governor Alonzo 13. Cornell. The organization referred to is not the Republican organization of the entire district, but only of the Twenty second ward, where nrNBT E. ATiELL. tho colonel has devoted much of his time to building up the league club In which he has entertained men like Senators xow and O'Connor, Lieutenant Governor Savton and others of equal prominence In state poll tics.

One of tho colonel's warm admirers sail to the Eagle reporter who sought hla oplr.ir.n as to tho situation In the district: "Tho Republican organization of tho Twenty second Ward favors Colonel Abell, the present assemblyman from that district. If that ward Is practically unanimous, as now apears quite likely. Mr. Abell will be nominated because while It takes but one hundred and thlrty fivo to nominate, tho Twenty second ward alone onn furnish one hundred and six, or within twenty five a majority. It is true James Taylor, who represented the district in the assembly is or was also a candidate but it Is not deemed probable tbit he will permit his name to be presented la the convention.

The Indlrntiocs arc that le will again contest for asre.7r.hiy honors, depending, of course, on the result of the senatorial contest. Mr. Pope nf the Ninth ward Is also a candidate but his supporters seeni'to be mainly located in a portion of the Xvard usually considered hoavliy Democratic, and his candidacy does net appear to buyf' ar.msc much enthusiasm elsowVre. F.f onalor O'Connor Is aleo a candidate. Takihg Into consideration the character of 'he present support of the respective candldits It would seem that Aboll's chances aro the rosiest.

There Is a growing desire on par of leading Republicans to regard tlir experience and particular qualifications of the candidato for legislative honors and thin and Colonel Abell'r. long acquaintance with tho leading members of tho party pressages his success. At least that ts the present outlook." Still another candidate Is Assemblyman John Houghton, who ran twice and was twice olected from the old assembly distric la.cvcuiu luiu urea tletb wn7 ls He Ik a nutet wnrlrrr nnnnlnr 7 r. with certain elements in the district and a 1 I i 1 I dohater; seldom. In fact, has he atiytbincr to Bay, but be can get.

over hi work as well as 80 per cent, of tho men in the lower house. As against a man like O'Connor ho would count little a senatorial race, tils am nations for the senate, perhaps, may bo foro (Tone If tho arsi nibly nomination in his dis 1 trict i.i te idered lilin. make a tight for the i.oi;ih.,n He has alreidy represented part of the 'district three time." in the assembly, and knows as much iib'jut legislative work as tiny man who com" to tho front In the lv He has friondu by tho score and may easily JAXES be said to have a certain Influence which Is of value In politics. If Taylor I3 seriously a candidate, and ho Is, tho Twenty second ward will not be delivered solidly for any other candidate. There are districts which he will pret bevond thn shadow of a doubt.

Tv lor likes the asfoinblv, but In this particular instance his friends will be surprised if his stroko for the senatorial nomination is only a subterfuge to make him tho candidate for member of arrembly. Tho Democrats in tho district are not worrying themselves with tho honors of the nomination. When the senatorial districts were first laid out by tho constitutional committeo there wcro many who thought they would llko to make fight, but In tho intervening months the passion seems to have been swept away. The only name wo hoar nowadays is that of William J. Jennet who made a splendid fight for the assembly last vear and was defeated.

His resldeuco Is in the Twentieth ward, where a few years ago. he wiped a Democratic sheriff from control of tho bailiwick. Another man who also rrado a good fight last fall, but who wont down with the wreck, might be induced to run. His name Is MrCarty, a wholesale wine dealer, whoso home is in tho Ninth ward. He wa3 a prominent figure in a three cornered fight for the assembly in his.

district last fall, made a hustling candidate, and was beaten after a hard fight. It may be that John Delmar will be called upon to furnish tho candidate. Ho usually has a lot of fellows on his staff for whom he is anxious to do favors, and it Is Just possible that he may hypnotize one of them and present him tho opportunity to capture this plum. Timothy L. Woodruff Is doing sonic quiet work for the nomination.

His friends, who Infest the club houses Of tho district, wnnt to see him clothed with the toga and are willing to wager their reputations as prophets that If chosen by the people he will discharge the trusts of the office in a capable way. Woodruff is a rich man. He Is making money hand ovor fist to day. There is a story in circulation that he cleared $200,000 in his bnsinrss lur.t year. His entire life has been spent to some extent in politics.

His uncle, Franklin Woodruff, was at one timo chairman of tho Republican general committee, and has always and does to day play a part In tho polities of his party locally. Woodruff has no pretenses to maV.o why ho should get a nomination for the setiate. but will gladly go if his associates in the pnrfy pleased to call him. A merry war will lie waned In the Sev cnlh senatorial district. This I the sec ti iii In which the well known P.

H. McCnr is at present trimming his sails for a successful race. Owens carried tho district two years ago, but then this Is hardly an achleve r. it. Mt rAr.ncs.

n.oi i which Owens may add Inches of pride to his chest circumference. Owens shows pluck, however, in wanting to run again. He cares nothing about the pr.st history of tho Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth or Seventeenth ward; all he wants is the Ite publican nomination and a chance to reach his friends. McCarron Is a Rood den! a philosopher. He says corn pa rati velv httlo about himself or his Intentions.

He maintains that, the district normally Is Democratic, and believes the people, with all the conditions equal, would elect him to office Ho has an abundance of lighting material, but is somewhat handicapped by tho di: 10113 In his own party in his own ward. Tli are men In the Fourteenth who attribute the state and local defeat to MeCarren. i.ut the reason on which the charge Is based Is as far from sight as the needle that was away years ago In a bundle of straw. lie has, of course, said things that havo mack, Democrats everywhere angry, but ho rlnlrn? at the same time tc have rendered service to the party equal, if not in excess, of any man In the city who has a similar ambition. As to whether or not McCarron should stand in this district Is a question on which Democratic leaders are divided.

Some of tho more conservative would, for the general suecoss. be pleased to see all the old timers sent to the rear ranks, while others light hard apalnst tho propriety of such a proposition. Met 'en en, from present indications, will have no difficulty In securing the nomination. Another candidate who is said to bo pressing him closely, although residing outside of the senatorial district, is ex Judge James M. Qulgley.

He wants something, and to be entirely nearly all the politicians of both parties seem to think an effort should be made to satisfy him. A James it. triui.r.y. Democrat securing a nomination in a district other than his own is nothing new in the party in this countv, so Qtiigley is well prepared to answer a con trary argument should It be m. ido.

The in i 1 terests ot the district and the 1 i)oneos, tie as sate in his hai custody or his taller and more agile neighbor. If It were said a year or two ago that a Republican was lighting to be nominated for anything in this district politicians would consider the story a good deal of a Joke. Vet such is the fact. Owens took the nomination two years apo, when ethers could not be gotten, won, and now wants t.o try luck OEnitnn owners, second 'imo. A.

semblyinan Frank alsowauts the nomination. His friends say that has done aj good work as (iwen. has a better prestige and can make a hotter run. More than that, they add, he can get the ait I re delegation of his own ward to supp rt ids ambitions for anything from conatabby to governor. Owens, continue the Schulz icon, will not have his own bailiwick, the Fourteenth, and.

even If he has this, he wiK have no more. The roa eon for bellevlrir that he will not have the Fourteenth solid Is bo anse he has rivals In John Grcanoy and Herman "Wanrnrr, who arc Jealous of supremacy and for their own future cntiifort and prosperity v. tie plad to see the senator turned down. They say that he ca aot have the deirputcs of f.c.y ward outside the Fotirtccr.th, for ason that every hit of patron ape ao urvj h.is gone within the 1 t'or's j. ims iwena ops sawtnc w.

He confl dcntly believes he will ulr.ated. If ho iiis r. 1 ibis aiarm to bo a test will cent, heavier rs in the Is not. he says, he v. iil nam Manors havo not as yet roro lng condition.

When" it cv.tr cf personal popularity, be found a full hundred than any of hir. follow trlet. i iiuo; eant.idac Is a ti I In tell hi' iri I v. tiyr fae. the tory by th it Owens and I'rif been be.

iiui arc good i have and will that they are ntiy oppos 1 th' for a nomi ap ea. tiun the opr .1 mus tVKarded ntASK HCHfI.7. as anythl imt a friendly tiit. flchuli: is a candidate only If Owens or.rt not get the nomination. It may be, his friends feel, that Owens can not secure a majority of the dole Bu ioa in wmcn ca.e Benin: win do gotten to 1 lAn v.

A 1., i 1 chances. From this aereement it is safe to T. I WUOPBUFF, if 1 1 Wfh 1 v. 1 trlet. Evii ayalnst Irioe.

no orl trs. liars are being watered the 1 lomocr.uio liom i 1b, will eoiro out vie i i ho rhjr ward lie i pattt.ni 1 easily Must I I lion f'r l.T.mita:! triot 'M'' a part, is Ai.nriirE.wii.iy. ingiy and bt of tho immense In th ward. Its position in nota nv. nti ns is of vast Importance.

The iisr.vinhlyman represent the Twenty third anl in tho last two legislatures is Albert Wrav. His friends and enemies are many, but his record is a one and in his in sent tn be Konator it will count materially. During the legislative ray ni.vie a public statement In wh Ich ho said he would not be a candidate for senat r. but when tho session wan over lie was as hot In tio chnse as any of his rivals. Xow he declines to retire, or to ad 1 mlt that his previous statement had any 1m i portar.ee.

Ho pets away from his embnr i.ib,:;eiu 11K0 il.ent like before his timo since. His answer is that he is in the hand? of his friends. An effort was made to beat uray for the assembly last year, but It failed. He g. perhaps the biggest majority of any man who ever ran In the district.

At tho beginning of the last assembiv, he nominated Hamilton Pish for speaker, and got In consequence go.d assignments. As tho session drew its tedious length along however, Wrav became lost In the shuiv.e. Two of his Important bills were beater, and on Issues enunciated bv the mlnoritv, i executed by if ho had tho ability to counteract the forces working against him. he was too disinterested to niak tho attempt. If Wrav pets halt" the delegates from the Twenty third ward to the nominating convention ho will bo doing well Assemblvinan William H.

Friday Is another Republican candidate for the senr. irial nomination In this distr let. II comes from tho Twenty fifth ward. r. twice as a candidate for the assembly, an doesn't want at stage to go buck to the lower house.

If can't co hlirher. he savs i.i iat he wants to stay at homo. If Friday is the only candidate of hla and it look now as If he will be. It will be with a splendid bucking In he convention. Ho la pretty sure to the support of Flatlands because of the bills he passed to help the town.

There Is an el ment In the Twenty ninth and Twenty fourth wards that him, and altogether his chances may be said at this stage tu be as good as another's. In the Twenty third and Twenty fourth wards there is an air of secrecy about th attempt to man'pulato district. for the sen atorial delegates. Clark U. Rhinohart is said to have a bi linger In the pie.

Some cr who dlifc with ay ho nnikc it his bucinc sti to tro a.immt fumtiK men who will probably be the s. drepphig errand there tho tip not to pledge for themselves until they sec him. is charged with being himself ii iinc. Attain it is salt! he is worklna In tin int. rest of another.

He that as it niay. he hac a dec; persona 1 ct In th.j iiotnlnat wiil to some extent bo i.e., tlon. Two other candidates, well knov. comingly appreciated, are 1). K.

It. and Charles J. Cooper. The i. rtn ivat' i.i.

year president of the ward ctnmittw of Twenty third ward, and a o. 's 1 arty worker. His efforts have on uns. lll. hiy given ami well placed, but as yet not bceti rewarded.

Cooper Is a mar. perhaps as well known as any man in town, lie li extensive financial interests, Is a cno.j d. of a club man and popular, apparently, with all classes. Ho has frcqtp t.tly mentioned for political prei'eriie at, but always pushed the suggestion a.iidc This time he means business. Cooper will go as far on proper lines as any of his competitors to catch the nomination.

The Ninth senatorial district Is Bafely Republican, and when all the nominations for all tho ofdees in the control of tbo district aro made out, Julius L. Wleman, a member of assembly for the pas two years, will, In all probability, bo found to be tho preferred' qnantlty. Ho has iron vr clad friendships with Ald ilaubert and it, r. ir.MAr. William H.

Caldwell, tho Republican loaders of the Twenty seventh ward, anil is the condldate for tho nomination. Ho had a deal of infill nee with Hamilton Fish, and passed a number of very Important bills. The hill to ek aldermen by senatorial districts was passed by him. notwithstanding the opposition of Mayor Schieren. as well as other rtirnit crs of Mr.

Vieman's own party. Hie work In quietly but effectively done. The blsge. opposition Wlcruan v. IH en counter is In a candiore from tho Twenty I eighth ward.

John Teunant, the lea the ward, or William A. Booth, who cr ited with tho same ascendancy, mifrh' for 1 nish a good example Ernest j. KaU. who some, time aim Was nn TOvmc i friendship with Booth, has announ i hlt i slf as a candidate, but will ho a harshly dealt with as he was In his congressional race of last year. Each of the wr.is tn tie district will havo an alderman, and all he one an assemblyman, so that claims each for thf senator are nevri.

m. The Twenty sixth ward will, cour. havo a candidate. He has not as yet "no pick however, and will certainly not bo oh V. Clark, who has the em of an al at larce In the common council.

Clark Is now .1 preferred quantity for the aldornianic inatior. and is throwing awav so Prize for one that, at means a in the notninatintt nventlon. will PcrtiTirsi: the GRANT STRiJF.T rtil'ilT HE'VATK! f)H the The street r. obco ctnirt. has undergone a complete transformation, sir, Justice A Ifrr K.

S'i err, to Whit Lcik two ks ago. on Ms vi rof ns to ir.orro 1e. a witness stat at oral will greet his cy i. point. Tho boar of lose bis court.

in a snr.ltarv c' o.v r.d J. life. a LP tl one yc.j.r toll I Justice Steers cnuse 1 was not the building departtiie iT clr.lnitng th Jurtieo St.i 't took a T' aLPti on. for tho purpose ot iving a irric cr.torcd intei, nrr'. 1 haott rr.hirg as dot: an dk until oieco of th.

celling in office f. ori film, ar.d aifh hir.i rn te'ii rh people that at dir cfod to tak a vto a'lori. have tinted a beautiful cr tlntrs have en repincc hair, that will not fall. th. V.

etc'cude for do. 11 rrv a and silver rests placed in h. 1 e'iiiAMsiirr lis" both V. 1 to r.r. ir! i.ros Mir.

the Nation. line of in th ft! 1: .1. Hurst, tl: line, nn.l lii.rn aa (1 rson ol thfl in lT' o' tiio hsoii lino, ycitcrday ecr irm i in a m' a ojro the rtsn oortsoihi. inon wiiio1 it 1" said, will be tr. t'ii two or nrknowU 1 th titer.

wa iiitit. dntion forth, r. prrl an 1 tli re ig navl.v Irr.m tl" J.urop r. hor: al'ont tho sucii a Jk. irtor NO B'fttor.

I'ottT ti Milt i iip. t'ii a ii: Stan: iorK i.Ht i no oliiblr ro nroc.nd the doors, ns it 1 bi.rt reported that r. dostr ititjcr. ct r.rr rs wn to hnT taken idoc F.owor cot lu erl ili tttii1, boiToTr. in th cniilrn P.ir.nf Pott.

roll away 1:1 hi rrlane to his hoie in wlih diaiippolnt mont writtim pialniv upon faces. IHE GASOLINE LrldReport, July Mis Aur.ie i nc(d 17, of Hnilcck jtroet, nn taken to tho nosi tta: a ovlug condition this morning, i luruituro wuu gasouBo wQca tho fluid exploded. She was frichtlully burned. i 1 I I i a 1 be i ire M. Mis W.

the At provcrc iai apple, hue has bright eyes and a pair of nimble feet. She toddles incessantly, sometimes with the older children, but usually with the help of tho strong and silent jrrandfather. Mrs. Carroll, the wife of the late Dr. Carroll, Is alsr a guest at the Peconic.

The loss of her husband has thrown her into great grief, in which she has many sympathizers. Beside Oraco, sho has a baby boy, Alexander by name, In memory of his late father, who. by tho way, died a fern months before the baby's birth. Little Alexander (Aleck the nurse calls him) is a chubby boy, heavy and bright eyed, with a world of strength in his arm to shako a rattle. As yet he is not big enough to walk; therefore not so Interesting to his distinguished grandfather as little Grace.

Mr. McLaughlin, however, plays occasionally with the boy, blowing storms in his whistle that make the young nopeiui scream ror joy. A favorite pastime cf Hugh Mcliaughlin's, when in company with his little granddaughter. Is to take her to tho edge of tho shore, pick pebbles for her and watch her cast them into the bay. For a little one sho can throw gracefully and well.

Should the throw be especially good, her wiseacre guardian pats her on the head and scurries about for more pebbles. There are many nurse girls at the Peconic, and nearly all of them delight to sit under the Willow shelter with Mr. McLaughlin and his young charge. Usually they aro knitting er smbroldering, and as the needles spin he cracks jukes with tiheru and tells them stone; that cause their eyes to start out in wonder at human achievement. The most conceited novelist of the dime, or semi dime order, la not a circumstance at building a plot, or providing a thrilling Incident alongside the Democratic chief.

The way Mr. McLaughlin smiles when tho innocents gobble the bait is evidence of the keen enjoyment he gets out of this diversion. During the telling of the story he is as solemn as. a sphynx and never crosses his facts or puts ridiculous color? on them. At 1 o'clock dinner Is served.

About 12:30 Mr. McLaughlin walks up the path toward the house, his little granddaughter at his side. He tak3 his place quietly and eats silently. Hero is the menu of Wednesday's meal, which is characteristic of tho usual simplicity of the place. Soup, tomato.

CoM meat. Roast veal. Itoast beef. Cucumbers, string beans, peas. Rice pudalng or "Washington pie.

CoM watermelon. Coffee anil tea. There Is very little noise at dinner In the Peconic Bay hotel. Everybody's ambition seems to be to get through In a hurry. Stylo Is as absent as water in a desert.

The women all come to table in gowns more conspicuous for comfort than anything else. Some of them wear their outing hats. The babies aro pulled up on chairs beside mothers and fed vory much the same as if they were at home. On the way from tho dinlngroom the guests pass the office, which is humble In harmony with the rest of the place. A register is kept, that is, the guests keep it If they like.

The proprietor says never a word. Your correspondent inspected it a few days agolnd found that the women guests made of it a memorandum book to some extent, and the children a blackboard wherein to practice tho drawing lessons they have learned at school. Some budding Du Maurier Is in hiding at tho Peconic. The chief embellishment of the register Is a duet of TTilbys peeping from under a flannel shirt. The workmanship would really do credit to Little Billee.

When dinner Is ovor ths sun is high on the heavens and shade spots aro scarce. One side of the hotel, looking toward tho east, is OCCCTATIOtf. is not deep, out this does not prevent tho eel IVd WftlfdltT 1 .,,,0, ground. At one end of the pier is a heap uf nail kegs. Drawing one of these to a prominent position, Mr.

McLaughlin will sit down at night, and light his cigar and chuckle as he pulls one of the slimy coats ashore. Most frequently he throws his prize away. He Is every Inch ot him a sportsman and has all tho etiquette ifi which men ot his stamp, take prule. If one is standing by he likes to talk about the habits of tho finny tribe. He knows them like a book and can fit a story and a ono at that, to almost any circumstance When ho tires of fifihlng he walks back to the hotel, talks for a while and then goes to bed.

A more simple or more healthful life than that ho leads cannot be found on Long Island. All his actions are as sincere, ac plain and as far from ostentation as it is possible for mortal to remove them. His language is as simple as his exterior, and his facts hang together so nicely that one has never asked for enlightenment when ho tells a story. A minute's conversation with him must leave at least one impression on overy mind, namely, he is an exceptionally strong character. Now and then the guests at the Peconic do a work of charity.

In Brooklyn nearly all of Mrs. McLaughlin's time is given to a variety of charities, and even hero she cannot resist tho temptation to help out her sisters BETTER FUN" TITAN POLITICS, who may he In trouble. Last Tuesday a poor woman in the village called at the hotel and said that her husband had been killed on tho Qaf Deloro" wa "rlf to because sho did work for them. and. immediately thi proceeded to help her.

A subscription list was started, with tho result that in a day ovor $20 had been extracted from the pocket books of tho guests. This is precisely how timo goes at Jamesport with the Democratic chief, his family and his neighbors. They live simply, are happy and do a little good whenever the opportunity offers. It is a splendid recipe for happiness here and spiritual comfort hereafter. Peter F.

Tuttlo has sold to Slieppard Homans. twenty nine acres of land on tti west sldo of Quiosuo Neck, naax Wosthampton, fur SH.GW. trzasuheh keiley'S statement The No Debt In About S5O.000.000. and Sh'" li Se a Littlu Over "Within the Limit But Against That Are Authorized Bone! Issues or More Than 154,000,000 Kigh Rates cf Interest for Long Term Securities. City Treasurer John i).

stat" yesterday showing lr.foni.a afternoon completed the city debt and contain ini: tion of interest in coiKi. ctlon with the i.o eral subject of municipal finance. Mr. Kcl ley Is among tho ablest officials which Brooklyn, or any other city, has ever had. lie haa become tnoniugtuy ramlllar with the linau cial concerns of the corporation and what he bus to say about them is Interesting, sug pestlve and important.

The city will lose hia borylces at the end the year, for on Janu ary 1, the duties of bis olllce will bo cast upin the Keiiuidlcan count treasurer, Hubert Taylor, in accordance with tho provisions of an act i the legislature of tho present year. Mr. Xclloy opposed the bill when it was pending in 1:10 legislature, nut bemuse it ousted htm from oihoo, but because he considered it an attack upon the charter system In that It deprived the mayor uf the appointment 01 a litad 01 a department by abolishing the o'dice ot oily treasurer. The term which Mr. KWloy was appointed treasurer will expire on February 1, 1S06, so that he will be cut off but a month.

Ho bad .10 enif.arrussuiera in opposing tho act, fi.r the simple reason that he intended to retire at tuo of 1. lr term. Nothing could induce him to serve another. Mr. Keiley is a reform lienn ernt fayored tho election of III11 for Kovernr.r and who favors party harmony upon a i pcr Pa? is.

Mo will undoubtedly be heard from during the fail cam pa dlset inn tho Iluanclal writer jitu out tll3 i. all n. Mr. Keiley sa "At the pro. a 1 "1 1 1 1 sinking futjd connnia Let me give you a i.

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ulta with President Dole his cabin jt. a banuuet last evt nln he made a speech! declared the Vaitcd S'ates must ann.es Hawaii. He said the true situation was not known In the United States. If It was the national lawmakers would not hesitatn d. national lawmakers would not hi moment about annesing i the territory.

') the important offices to be fought for this the only shelter, and hero tho guests congre fall was destitute of result. He makes no do gate. Mr. McLaughlin plays with tho chil viation from tho rule he established many dreii, talks with his wife and daughters and years ago. If he has opinions keeps them to a few guests or mends his fishing liner, for himself.

Ho is sought after the more for this tho crowning sport of the day, which with him very reason. Tho arts of tho interviewer are comes at nightfall. This Is fi.shius for cols lost on him. There is no such thing as per from the old pier. Around the pier tho water Itician or what not, when the burdenB of business must be laid aside.

In the summer Mr. McLaughlin cannot take his walks with comfort, neither can he find pleasure in his favorite game. Beside, he likes to fish. Aa a consequence he hies him, with his family, to some quiet place on Long Island, swims, sails, fishes and Incidentally attracts thither scores of people, who, with the great political chieftain, help give the place a profitable reputation. This year the denizens of Jamesport are profiting by his presence.

Jamesport Is not a town of any size to speak of, but. like most Long Island settlements, has a house here and there, with tho possibility that a man may walk a mile at any time of day or night without being seen, or, if seen, without having his attention attracted to anything but the weather. For a thinking mind, few spots possess half the enjoyment. Of course, here, as elsewhere, assuming a man of Hugh McLaughlin's Importance to be among the guests, the annoying finger of tho gossip monger is pointed, and a note or two of flattery or criticism occasionally falls on the ear of the principal, all of which makes him for the time feel a good deal mt a curiosity. But this treatment is exceptional In Jamesport by contrast with Brooklyn.

So exceptional is it that under the influence of native quiet and freedom, Hugh McLaughlin runs around like a boy, makes his castles in the sand with the little ones and demolishes them, and between the puffs of his cigars, which he smokes with scrupulous regularity as he does other things, sizes up issues and men and lays in the stock of political wisdom which has made him so much of a power in shaping the affairs of the Democratic party and, therefore, of Brooklyn. The Hugh McLaughlin of Brooklyn and the Hugh McLaughlin of Jamesport are two different persons. Were they to meet on a street in Hoboken they would hardly recognize each other. There Is a metamorphosis in everything save face and figure. The Hugh McLaughlin of Brooklyn Is a man who walks along the streets and never meddles in other people's business, not even by in vitation, and this la plentiful.

The Hugh McLaughlin of Jamesport talks to everybody and helps everybody without the suggestion of an invitation. The old head of the Democratic party In Kings county wears a tall silk hat. and white shirt ana frequently whittles. Here he wears a straw covering with ample brim, fashioned on the lines of a Panama; a neglige shirt and has no time for whittling. In Kings county he gets the Information without fishing for it; hero he must halt his hook like other people.

In his native town, Mr. McLaughlin hears and talks much about politics; here he hears little and almost entirely refrains from interterenca A 2IOBNISO JAUSI. in political discussion. With him it is a phase of the business he has laid aside. Like another great light, he believes it is the worst possible betrayer of healthy tissue, es pecialy In the warm weather.

Jamesport is eighty one miles from Brooklyn, on tho main line of the Long Island railroad. It is situated on Peconic bay, a beautiful sheet of water that in this weather is as placid as a pool. On one end is Robblns island, where tho well known Robblns Island club has its headquarters. This ts a congregation of sportsmen, of whom Dr. S.

Fleet Spelr is leader. A little south and east lay the Hamptons and almost directly south the Shinnecock hills. Five miles west Is Rlver hcad, the county seat of Suffolk county. A clear sky in July is usually the blessing of na turo in this locality, but ideal weather comes when southerly winds blow. As yet Mr.

McLaughlin can be hardly said to be satisfied with the weather ot his summer home. To tho Eaglo man he said: "It has been very warm here at times. This was especially so Sunday. The folks hero say we have bad westerly winds, and that fine weather comes with southerly winds. Now we are all looking for southerly winds." As Mr.

McLaughlin delivered tbia little speech he stood with your correspondent on the porch of the Peconic bay hotel, whero he Is stopping. He held In his hand a nickel "whistle that when a current of air was thrown into it wculd moan and sigh like the wind in a storm. Around him sat Mrs. McLaughlin, his daughter. Miss Laura J.

McLaughlin, his granddaughter. Miss Grace Carroll, a littlo tot In pinafores, and his grandson, Alexander Carroll, reposing In the spaciousness of an ample baby carriage. It was after lunch, when the sun ts usually abundant and when the guests very properly seek the shade of ample balconies. Running from the hotel to tho water Is a long path, the end of which on tho water's edge is marked by a willow tree. This Beems a good deal of an anomaly.

It is by long odds tho exception along these Dl suaaing hira. it more ss any gooa in a propo sitlon he is sure to sec it quickly. Never has he boen known to change radically. The man who tries to force opinions on him or from him always comes out second bo3t. Mr.

McLaughlin seldom rebukes with tho tonguo, never with his hands. Absolutely consistent on this, as In other respects, he goes away, as the boys say, in his own company. When ha moves away to tako counsel of his own thoughts, none, not even the newspaper interviewer. Has any desire to follow "aim. IC he is silent generally and terse whenever he replies to a question, especially If it concerns politics, he is kindly in his treatment of others.

He always gives one approaching him a serious countenance and a willing ear. When he hears the story, ho acts without changing the countenance, diminishing the courtesy of his bearing, or saying anything which could hurt one's sensibility. "What about Hendrix as the Democratic candidate for mayor?" queried your correspondent, when Mr. McLaughlin had resumed his seat on tho rail. After blowing a few short, suppressed blasts on the whistle, he looked up at the reporter and replied In his characteristic way: "He is a good man.

When he ran for mayor some years ago he was a reporter. Since that timo he has done well. He has been president of tho Kings County Trust company, and is now president of one of tho best banks In New York. His salary, I understand, Is $25, 000 a year. The mayoralty doesn't pay as much as that.

Beside Mr. Hendrix must bo a busy man." Hero Mr. McLaughlin again subsided. All efforts. to rouse him to a further cnversatlon were useless.

From what he said, your correspondent could learn nothing definite as to whether or not Mr. Hendrix will this fall bbar tho party's standard. Mr. McLaughlin does not need to try hard to talk in enigmas. It is well, however, to say in passing that the chance of getting Hendrix for the nomination is daily becoming less.

Party loaders who a few weeks ago started the shout for him, say to day they feel convinced he cannot accept. Tho. bank with which Mr. Hendrix is connected needs his services. He was indulged during his term in congress and.

If rumor be trustworthy, he has remarked to friends that he cannot gracefully asked for further concessions. The fact is that Hendrix is making hay while tho sun shines. His harvest may bo gathered in a few years, and, until that timo, men who know something of the man and tho fortunes of politics as well, bellovo that he will InBlst on keeping his namo outside of the vonventions of his partr. Except to say that the Republican party la not so peaceful to its many factions as some of its members would have the public believe. Mr.

McLaughlin was silent as to any further discussion of political subjects. Ho dislikes very much to discuss matters in the newspapers. An epitome of what Mr. McLaughlin does in a day at his Jamesport home will not be unlntoresting. He rises about 7 and is ready 7 la 1 to receive his breakfast at S.

This Is usually a somewhat frugal meal. He eats It, as he does all of his meals, in the little dining room of the Peconic Bay hotel, Just back of the office. V3en it is over he reads the newspapers, strolls down to the beach, generally la company of his little granddaughter, Grace, (who, by the way, has been named after Mr. McLaughlin's mother) and plays on the sand until noon. Tour correspondent has seen tho genius of Brooklyn's politics down on both knees In the sand, digging holes with both hands and finding as much enthusiasm In the task as ths Infant girl who helped him.

When he got the ojo deep enough ho put.