The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-09-11
JOHN LIS POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS.
He Is Ambitious TO Represent a Boston
District in Congress.

Olstr1ct IN congress-
New YORK, Sept. THE Sun this after
noon publishes a letter from John L.
Sullivan, in which he announces his in
tention of running for congress on the
democratic ticket 1t is his ambition to
represent Boston district, and he states
that, with such high ambition, he trusts
he will, in the future, make his life what it
ought to be. In his letter he says any
man who doubts his popularity with the
American people has only TO travel about
with him and get rid of his doubts. Sui
livan does not doubt his qualifications, as
he says, in concluding his letter to the
Sun:
In my travels about this country and Europe
have had as much experience in public
speaking as most people. rh have trouble
about getting hearing in congress or in max
ing people pay attention 10 what say. A man
who can quiet crowd in Madison square
garden as have done can make his presence
felt in congress or anywhere else on earth.
therefore announce my Willingness to enter
political life. This communication, drawn up
In consultation with friends aud with their
advice, is the longest letter that | have ever
addressed to any paper. | shall be obliged to
you II you will print it. Yours truly,
JOHN L. SULLIVAN,
Champion of the World.
In an interview regarding his proposal
to stand for congress, Sullivan said: "You
know OF the misfortune that l have Just
had in the loss of my mother. 1t was ex-
pected, for a year ago the doctors told me
that she could not live if the rheumatism
reached her heart but her death has had
great effect on me. j don't want to talk
about it much. can only say that do
not feel like living as l have done up to
now. You know how people abuse me-
and If | make a good resolution my enc
mics laugh at me, while my friends try to
get me to break it. But | will show them
what mean to do without saying much
about it. In the first place, shall give
up boxing, which has occupied all my
time so far. 1t is an honorable calling
and does good, but as a congressman or a
candidate for congress, l could not con-
tinue to be a professional pugilist. My
reputation is made. The cropping up of
new fighters cannot injure it, and these
challenges can't worry me. | snail 90
through with my six-weeks' exhibition
and shall put my money away carefully
and attend to my political career eXclu-
sively. Now that my mother is dead,
there is no one depending on me but my
father, and he is well cared-for. He has
houses in his own name, which will keep
him in comfort to the end of his days. /
haye brought him on with me from Bos-
ton because can tleave him alone to worry
about my mothers death. It's harder
for him than for me, after living together
forty years. Mike Ito his brother), step
up and ask the old gentleman to come
down"
Mr.. Sullivan, ST., came down and was
affectionately introduced by his son as
the little father of big boy. He is an
unusually small man and forms most
striking contrast with his son, celebrated
all the world over for being just the re-
verse of small men. Curiously enough,
while Sullivan was talking of his future
political aspirations as revealed in his let
ter of Sept. 3, a friend of his now in con-
gress dropped in to see him and to express
sympathy at his mothers death, also to
say that he would be glad to do all he
could to help Sullivan out OF his trouble
down South.