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VOLUME i, NUMBER 15.
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Belmont Visits Parker.
i Tho Now Yorlc American Is authority
If or tho following.lntorostlng story:
jWbon Mr, AugUBt Bolmont, Wall
'BtrM agent for tho Rothschilds, capi
talist, railroad magnate and presi
dent of tho Jockoy club, went to
.Washington to confer with certain
tionators on tho subject of Judge Al
ton D. Parker's candidacy for tho pres
idency, ho did so with' an ingenuous
publicity that won national comment.
Tho fact that Bolmont was tho real
powor bohind tho Hill-Parker forces
was surprising to. many domocrats
throughout tho country, and the cold
wator douche which withorcd the
PriV'kor aspirations immediately after
tho disclosure of Bolmont as the mov
ing spirit of tho actlvo canvass that
is bolng made In favor, of Judgo Par
kor taught tho Wall street magnate a
lesson. This was tho result:
On Saturday last, not many days,
aftor Mr. Belmont had visited Wash
ington, tho ominont financier ana
trust magnate paid a visit to Judge
Parker himself at Esopus. On this
occasion Mr. Bolmont abandoned his
opon methods in favor of more dis
creet mothods of statesmanship
methods in favor with David B. Hill,
hiB political associate, and, when he
has a chanco, his advispr. Mr. Bel
mont, by tho omploymont of his great
iniluonco with railroads, disarranged
schedules, discommoded passengers,
hold trains, ferryboats and tho mails,
in order to conceal tho fact that he
was bound for Judgo Parker's home
at Egopus, and it was by tho merest
chanco ho was recognized when tho
express train on which ho was a pas-
songor stopped at tho little station,
where 'Judgo Parker was sitting in a
fictoria in tho driving rain awaiting
tho arrival of Mr. Bolmont.
August Bolmont spent Saturday
flight and Sunday at tho home of Judge
Parker, and David B. Hill was present
' at the Sunday conference. This con
ference has given rise to tho Interest
Zing query.
"What could Mr. August Beimont
victoria awaiting his guest's arrival.
Tho two drovo off together to llose
mont, where tho Wall street man was
tho guest of tho chief judge of tho
court of appeals.
'Tho country, with its eyo ,on tho
recluse of Esopus, might have gone
on in ignorance of tho conference but
for tho fact that Mr. Belmont was rec
ognized by a smoking car coterjo.
Their attention was attracted to tho
bankor by the fact that ho incautious
ly interfered with tho habits of the
West Shore's crack train, tho Conti
nental Limited.
'When Mr. Belmont sot about to
carry comfort from Wall street to
Judge Parker he did not proceed di
rectly to Esopus by tho West Shore
railroad, as would a drummer bound
for that hamlet with samples of sum
mor headgear.
"Instead, ho proceeded to FIshkill
Landing by the New York Central.
There was no suggestion of Esopus in
that move. Nor did the loungers about
tho sleepy ferry scent political news
of national importance in tho,. fact
that tho passenger from this city 'hur
ried aboard tho boat, and that it put
off without delay for its slip on tho
west side of the river.
"Meanwhile, tho Continental Lim
ited, delayed in starting from Wee
hawken by tho fog holding back the
train boats, was trying 'to mako up
lost time. It is a heavy train, with
Boston connections and running
through to Chicago and St. Louis.
"At Newburg the train stops for a
fraction of a minute, on its arrival
there at 4:25, but on Saturday it 'lay
to' for twenty minutes, while passen
gers wondered and fretted at the de
lay, and the dispatcher himself was at
a loss to comprehend tho imperative
orders that held up the train.
"Presently the ferryboat came
wheezing into tho slip, Mr. Belmont,
escorted by a railroad official, hurried
up to the. train, got aboard and the
official released the tied-up train.
"The next surprise for the passen
appearance of the vehicle and its oc
cupant it was clear that it had waited
long at tho station.
"The figure in the victoria looked
out expectantly as the train came to
efnn Rovfimi nersons recognized
Judge Parker, for his face was turned
toward us when no ecauueu iu iw
length of tho train. After a brief de
lay one of the vestibuled doors was
opened and the old man with the um
brella ran anxiously forward. Then
Judge Parker straightened up, and a
friendly smile took the place of the
anxious look that his face had borne.
As Mr. Belmont stopped up to the
victoria Judge Parker put forth his
hand and warmly greeted the arrival.
The horses were whipped up as soon
as Mr. Belmont had stepped into tho
victoria, and off they went at al
most a gallop through the sea of mud.
"Tho passengers heaved a sigh of
relief, and conductor signaled tho en
gineer to go ahead, and the train that
had been doing diplomatic duty got
back again to a work-a-day running
schedule."
The interest that Mr. Belmont has
in the management of the campaign
for Judge Parker can be no more ful
ly demonstrated than by thefact that
clippings from the New .York Times',
favorable to Judge Parker and abu
sive of any other man whose name is
before the people as a 'presidential
candidate, are being sent broadcast to
editors of newspapers! throughout the
country. 'August Belmont owns the
Times and it is his mouthpiece.
At the first glance it would seem
that August Belmont had made him
self spokesman for Judge; Parker when
he went to Washington in the latter's'
interest, with the deliberate, malici
ous intention to make his nomination
impossible. , .
. HJs later, secretive tactics show that
he is in. earnest, but their discovery,
largely through the elaborate at
tempts at concealment, makes his
friendship to Judge Parker even more
distressing. It is hard to think that
a man in August Belmont's position
could fail to realize that any associa
tion with him must be absolutely fa
tal to a man seeking public annroval.
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4(;and, David B. Hill that made neces
sary precautions so extreme to escape
.observation and publicity?"
Mr. Bolmont has declined to throw
, any light upon this viBit which he
adopted such elaborate precautions to
'conceal and Mr. Hill is" discreetly si
lent. ' Tho Evening Mail oC this city, in its
. Jssuo oC Monday evening, prints as a
loading feature tho facts of Mr. Bel
mont's visit to Judgo Parker. Tho
Mall says:
"August Belmont, banker and rall-
' toad man, with elaborate attempts to
'conceal his destination, made a pll-
grimago Saturday to tho house of
Chief Judgo Alton B. Parkor, at
aBsopus.
. "Tho schedules of tho West Shore
, .Railroad woro upset to prevent Mr.
, Bolraont's departure for Esopus 1)0
. .coming known in this city, and tho
, 'financier put himself to "no little in
convenience so that the Tammany op
1 Jponents of tho judge Bhould not get
.wind of the conference.
"Ex-Senator David B. Hill's candi
date drovo to tho little railroad sta
tion to personally welcome Mr. Bcl
'mont, and sat in a driving rain in a
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forty-five miles an hour, as is its
habit, tho Limited came to a stop,
and George Bedford, tho venerable
agent, was waiting on the platform
with an umbrella raised, as if readj
to receive an expected visitor.
"Judgo Parker was sitting in his vic
toria which was drawn up in the dri
ing rain alongside the little platform
and the smoking car coterie saw him
scanning tho closed and barred doors
of the vestibuled train.
"One of tho doors was onened and
Mr. Belmont stepped off tho train,
shook Judge Parker warmly by the
hand, took a seat beside him, and
away they were driven to Rosemont
through the splashing mud.
"Tho passengers on the Limited had
a subject for conversation n iha iso
lated train rolled on, leaving the lead,
ing Wall street democrat discussing
convention plans with Chief Judge
who rode upon the
Parker.
A passenger
train thnf ran nil M.4- e ,
i , , . . " WU1, UL Bur araws a
vivid picture of the arrival of the train
at Esopus:
"The train began to slow down, and
the passengers, who had been chafing
nn h?aLmad0 D0 ttttemPts to COE
molt they look-out otU &
to loam what could be the cause f
the unwonted stop, and saw a litnf
wooden station, with a solta
standing expectantly upon the SEE
form, holding aloft a huge. umbS
Drawn up alongside of the stat mi
Platform was an open victoriaT 1 2
solf-into a corner nt n, i.7i. . -
protect himself as mucTa ,'
I from the drivintr rain h.1?,10-
riving rain, and tr'om the
ism,
Ho is the gentleman that went in
with J. Pierpont Morgan to buy the
government bonds of .this country a
104, or, rather, he acted as agent of
the Rothschilds when. they picked up
luo proitj' Dargam tnat was offered
to them.
August Belmont's reputation is un
savory enough in New York, but one
must go to the south if one would
learn how heavy a political handicap
is involved in Belmont's indorsement.
governor Goebel, of Kentucky, was
an honest democrat, trying to protect
the people against railroad extortion
and railroad corruption. His bitter
est enemy was the Louisville & Nash-
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railroad fight Goebel was murdered
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state, controlled by railroad influencB
refused to give up the murderer-and
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