Telegram-herald., 1889-04-17

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BOSS MLAUGHLIE
structive genius and magnificent courage
could be handed TO no successor, ana Kin
se.ia's pen, not, perhaps, quite fine enough
In point, but destructive broads word,
was made for no ether fingers. lt is as
sure that Mclaughlin is the last OF his
line rs that Plymouth will echo no more
OF the thuuderings Of the Titan OF the
church His sceptre viii be buried with
him for the same reason that the Lord OF
Lune's blade grew rusty after he fell like
"A thuuder-sritten oak on Mount Avernus:
And In his hand he held the brand.
Which none but he could wicld."
The arb.ter Of the democratic destinies
of Brooklyn il worth looking at as he
stands on the stoOp OF an auction room not
FAR from the City Hail. From beneath the
shadows Of a pair OF shaggy brows he
clances NJ the passers by. His prime has
been protracted, and the sun of his
strength has even now scarcely begun to
set The face, almost literally without
mobility. is scarcely inviting. His nose
was never classic. It's massive bridge has
been thrust just noticeably aside from the
perpendicular, "A diversion dating back 10
the times when IA Brooklyn primary with
out ight was regarded as a monotouo:is
and commonplace affair. His gray eyes
dance TO the music Of few emotions. They
are steady. cold, searching and not I'M
usually brilliant. II they were ever pas
siOuate, the lire has disappeared with the
fuel OF youth. They share with the rigid
lips and some OF the facial burrows the dis
tinction Of contributing TO an expressiO
quite cynical Other characteristics speak
plainly enough for themselves. They in
clude heavy jaws, square and spreading
shoulders, brawny hands, a forehead high
but not expansive and a neck thick enough
for any purposes and thicker than most
demand out OF u thousand Brooklyn
voters nine hundred and pinety-nine re-
gard him as q despot pure and simple
His authority Is looked upon as absolute
To fly in the face Of his decree is TO invite
political death.
He IS credited with determining
FOR who about eighty thousand Dem
ocrats shall have the privilege Of
voting. Democrats, with few excep-
tions. and Republicans with fewer regard
him "a n mystery. Attempts at the solu-
tiou Of the problem have been made I'm
probably every household in the city.
Those who have striveu and those who
strive TO account for his supremacy; for
the ART which gained and the ability which
holds 10 have almost invariably ended
where they begun-in uncertainty, on the
wrong track.
Two or three times he has gone through
the pantomime OF retirement. at looks
like rain" he arked. with grim huiaor,
on one occasion, II think / will 20 in."
He was right. There was shower IF ad-
verse ballots and Republican Mayor,
butthe atmosphere soon began TO clear
and Mclaughlin came out again. Ia six
months he was whiting a stick on the
auction room stoop and in six months
more his adversaries were impaled upon
its point. The truth ia that he is the pecu-
culiGr growth Of most peculiar conditions
Al that he learned at school could be
written on a boys slate. aud even then
there would bo nothing to be rubbed of
lie may be said 10 have had literally nc
education. he takes positive pride in the
fact that iu his earl ! days be sold fish FOR
Tor living and that n little later on he
was navy yard laborer. Though hc now
lives on tie heights. which is in tue core
OK Brooklvu's fashionable heags. Mrs Nc
Laughlin often listens % this. All right
mother. have things - nice ss you can.
hat don't forget the oid lsh stand His
concessions to Llndley MarTay when
they aFe made ere accidental. and four
rounds "for scientific points" entertain
him infinitely more than anything but
political combinations, horse racing per
haps excepted.
Habit aud inclination have Undergone
no change and brown stone front sur
roundings have smoothed of none ot tie
sdges Such instinct are often the is<iti-
mate prev q superstition. and NicIauEh-
linis AZ home ia les very Jaws lie holds
Friday a bad day Tor beginnings Invest
inz AL sorts ofomen= with ausnlcious or
urprornisirx sign icsnce. ss the cese may
he no vocation could lead him in 81
rertiers which seem 20 him caicnistsd. -
he would pms it 20 "seou bis luck
Enough has been said o. afford some idea
~ the quality of his iutelli zence buf hack
of II there ia that ~hich - not easy of
description. Tt Is what may he ca 'ed iu
the absence ~ a letter fsrn th- force Cf
tte man. It 81 rsuca a psgt ~ his in-
fegral -irisii-T that its assertion ia
natural vifh him Men draw upoD their
resources in proportion - tle euercfn
cies they en-. cai ed unon 90 encounter.
fe dos nor seem 90 have 90 draw auon 10.
it - there at AL fiurs Those wro On
zsze p q passage alarms with hlu st1rs.
BE- scrrs- 7reri gIeus tenarlty = purpose
A. iraest ir-rleitst-iY To tne end IN view
averrthirz else is suooriinsfs 81 sees
r rat on . clearly knr turrs 81. zrsy eyes
On nothing eIse 3ttsr hnriIstio-s frr
sa-re cf g .s friends and hifterer b1uilis
-'nns Or hls fees are 90 course IeeV ttols
Thev are e. So regarded ss rlere rce- -rlau
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