The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-11-29
SCENES IN NEW YORK ON
ELECTION DAY.
THE MEN WHO MAKE OUR LAWS AND ELECT
OUR U. s, SENATOR'S

of number of the candidates; and below we
present the remarkably interesting reports
that they have made.
The rumshop Of Pat H Roche, Tammany
Democratic candidate for Assembly in the
4th District. stood wide open, (open saloons
are illegal on election day in New York
both front and side doors, at the corner of
Market and Water streets, near the East
River docks. About SO steps away on
Cherry street, and facing the open saloon
door, was polling-place where stood three
policemen and a crowd of half-drunken
howing heelers. Two free fights were in
dulged in while the reporter waited. A
oarkeepsr, with face like an English bull
pups, was serving two customers with whis-
key from bottle in the would-be Assembly.
mans saloon, and numerous other men and
boys made their way in and oHt Roche
himself, squnt-eyed Irishman with red
mostache, was marshalling gang of indie
scribable buns and bloas at another polling
place around the corner from his saloon on
Center street. He assured the reporter tina
he was polling "de big vote Of de disthric.'
He did secure mighty big "wote," but he
failed of election by about 120 votes.
His successful antagonist, Tommy Brady,
keeps saloon at 1919 Bowery, near the PEG.
Piles Theater. Tommy was the Republican
and County Democracy nominee fer the AS
sembly, and the Endorsement given him al
the ballot-box will enable him to hold up
the hands of the great and good temperance
party in the Legislature. The curtains oil
Tommy's saloon were lowered, but the front
door stood invitingly open, and every one
who wanted liquor could get it by saying
the word inside,
''Silver Dollar" Smith, that highly rep
resentatiye Republican, was defeated by a
scratch. He was running for sixth term
in the Assembly. and despite his reputation
as rumseler, bribe-giver, bribe-,aker,
gambler, associate ofscoundrels, eye gouger,
street-brawler, barroom fighter and general
rough and tough. he received nearly the
full vote of the Temperance and morality
party in his district There was reform
Republican candidate in the field, but since
he has no, saloon for basis of operations,
he was not regarded with much favor by the
loyal Republicans; he received only paltry
thousand votes. Perhaps if "Slver Dollar"
Smith had operated his saloon with vigor
on election day, he might have won. But
an nnwonted tendency 10 virtue and decency
came over the eye-goueing statesman.
Alarming though the assertion may be, he
showed positive disposition TO join the
ranks of the Sunday-school and other anna
teur politicians. Think Of it: the Silver
Dollor Saloon was closed! The curtains
were pulled up. and it could be seen from
the street that the barr Dom was abandoned.
The towels hing limp from the bar and the
spittons wasted their stencil upon desert
air. But the eye-gouging proprietor was
active outside. He gathered his men on the
sidewalk and told them what they must do.
1t was the reporters private opinion that
iLuIf iuudl lneIl WOulu Il1yc
done quite we'll TO go and take bath.
The man who beat the e-gouger for the
Assembly was Philip Wissig, United Dem
ocratic candidate. Statesman Wissig can
not be successfully accused Of manfesting in
any way the weak traits of the Sunday
school politician. Perish the thought that
Wissig would shut up his saloon on election
day and deprive good Democrats of the OPP
portunity to drink rum. A tall loafer with
repnlsive pimpled face stood in front of
WissR's gin-mill, at the corner of Stanton
and Allen streets, and told the thirsty ap-
pllcants for admission TO go around 10
door back of the family entrance on Allen
street. When the reporter entered two men
were at the bar. One had just bought a
pitcher Of beer. Cuisines is little slow
to day." remarked the barkeeper. Two
other men came in by the back door as the
reporter left. A polling place was almost
directly opposite on Delaney street.
Christian Goetz was running Tor re-elec-
ton TO the Board Of Aldermen on the 'Sil-
yer Dollar' Smith Republican ticket. He,
too, was beaten. but he had the consolation
of knowing that his defeat was not due to
failure to work his rumshop for all il was
worth. Goetz has swine room" at 80
Delacey street. The doors of it were SEEM
ingly barred On election day, but those who
persevered were admitted. Three men were
drinking at the bar when the Voice reporter
sauntered in.
BY the grace of the Republican party and
the County Democracy, Custave Menninger
goes to Albany next winter to make laws
for the State of New York. His saloon. at
449 Gland street, WAS breaking the laws on
election day. Business is rather dull"
said the bartender to the reporter, shut the
boys are outside working for Gus in great
shape. Come around after O'Clock and
you'll see things hum"
Mr.. William Clancy of the 9th District
calls himself "The Peoples Friend" He
is brutal-looking rumseller. He is one of
the men whose ballots the Mail and Express
printed so prominently. The proprietor of
the Mail and Express would as soon think of
drinking tho worst whiskey sold in Clancey's
saloon as he would of giving an indorse-
hent on personal grounds to such man.
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