The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-10-25
oyE1SWiCKED; ONE IS GOOD.
r,,Gy OF THE RIT.AL GIBBSES ~
CAAf mn 7HfR1EENTH.

II Has hhH
W'",,.,,,,-rhi- Time. However. q
-. ~ For the district - Democratic.
al. districts in New York there Is
H. i.,uresluc .!gh: excepting the Thir-
ha'u,' tao -, IN. Hon. Frederick Stantslaus
TENN, 49,, u,ruulican candidate for the A.
GiVVs H., ,,nnn Is left of The old group OF Re-
seu"', yho used 10 make the Assembly SO
1uV"N@n, ,bc district 0ghts In New York in
Me'. TN Sc wore the days when John l..
tefes'"s .,,rrs,utea the old Eighth. Robert
Bro'SN, 49,, IN, Eleventh. Arthur D. Will
nay ~ rbir,ccrth. and Michael c. Murphy.
is"' uo,rv Mccarthy, Francis i. Spinola.
Ioh" andrews. and Charles w.
M".""' rorc among their Democratic
paS'"" from ,hc city Of New York. 1t was
oppo"'"u ~. Gibbs had become known as
pelots and when he first appeared in city
"iCAe" w." candidate for Senator In the old
lo'uIs snuarc district. 1t was the year
WASH h,,dorc Roosevelt was In the Assem-
pe'ot" .sryel his first term In 8 when
p,,'o'a.r Eotb carried the Republican Elev.
''haM,y mcasLucullus Van Allen appeared In
eh'"'.',h "a successor to Polar Hayes. who
t"e rscresentinG that Republican dis
trict Tor some Sea. uu , ,.ouhoto,os,,
-'l,,,cal graveyard IL 60 over the names OF
~" Hsnubllc!n Assemb!ymen and senators
~ ~, y.v York in thosn days. Only ten wears
when M GibHs made his first appear
asv. IN %noli;ics. William Waldorf Astor was in
a.. state Senate with Jncob Seebacher. Fer
~, rrJman, and Police Justice Edward
Hosaa' u'o-' ns I,r,ss AZ y,rnum. who
s%em5yman. 80 was James Al. ,u.nun. WV
sine has y"n for almost every "''ico IN tho
State except o5'ea".,' r."nt.h and ,r".Ibsw
A'semO!n'an .Fnn ,n. n ,w ~ district n,r which
-, - ,,,,,Io, Wells had represented two
James i"i'"'V''' wa
years before.
- .;n Nv Gihi,s ran for his first Of.
since ,"o "n'' -, n',s ii,d n,n.-s hav, lost
,he,. districts and their friends. and a very
,.v uay, Voluntarily loft politics. Edward
n,a.v, Is y!mostt the only orc OF tho old lc-
p p"ii,,n i.Iaratinn from New York at present
IA clio. uricss YOU count Theodore lioose-
,st ,,ho Is United States Civil Service Com
.i,sio@cr. that ma!;es tho career OF Mr..
Gibbs exceptional in New York Republican
nM.i,s. for he is not only II lively district
'y. ahT md active in politics. but he is n candi-
s sa,s a MI n ssy"iH. taIlu wi in Behind him. b.
sS 4 III liz 10 is having fan.
,oN rw.riv.tthirn street. one tiight I'M. in tho
ana iWen.r1'hMli mnse ~ ar, tn, rooms OF The
Wisn"l Gibbs Ciup. This technical name for
ms 't''Hn,1ai,?m Is tn' is!uni.eddni strist' II
ion 81 w RI, ,,, n,'n nv,nu, mart mart Of III. ,,oor. and
nus ~ IHI",n H,,".v t!nnyrn.;nr was heii
!s is',I ~. rnn,,s whic, II rses. Outside are
,u3 ~ ~ ~ ~ snnrrn"i"s ON" for the n%atiouai
sr1i ,,E 'i I,M tnn local 'ticcEe,. "'T'he m%ationai
all ons ~; NV ~" 49, Iin r-;unn mi
5ansrMfSnc n"s m WY "r-ot,",tinn md Ee.
t;nrac wv" "' "''' WV
was ~ ~ - s'' 49,
Of the !oca! .ani!Hates; pro I'm sn s,n9 n:
MAN and md 1iinrret MAY for Ai,ernsan. Within
n.nn .aa 4 a. hnrI rnI vi.i.nrs nvarv
ne etFshif fon wi tTW countinr tho WinkeI Gibbss
HImu Vim ,,Sr,ninm,Ilv sin" nirres from
sonESte.i: WV. sony yc'i nnnt wh i'll, sinS ;.dun , : a n
t +nw or tl,"irS so"ss. In the hnll ar.
sshhcir s snfhs ot 1 ~ thn vo 1oTu'hiin nr th u
Ei..ecnth, me near icing a. liter;
~ Wi ,tn., tthin,ts that its I doe an "a Vii do !,
zoo" 'i ~ o; FOOD there. 1 coioreI gemtioman
81 eba s : Of these documents and o: tn" club
,n"m.' lie is ike unto the coiored man sam.
r rSn IooEei a,ter Zen. Hustei durins the
TnH veal Years WHOM he was in Albany. TnO
s %" ,ar,takcr os tho Wicked Gibbs Club
,.socnizes hat the mantel OF sam will fall on
Kim i Mr. Gins is elected andGoes to Albany.
'G fSs ass .se is ; r!" eandidatcs for Assemblyman
4 a1 1ii5bs !" mr. S,uthwortn is the Present as.
ssmhIrmsn, nTnmmnny Democrat and 4 part
n.-ot pnIi,, ,rumissiunrr John c, Sheehan.
John NuliIran is tho candidate oi tho County
Inmocra.v l. L.. Gibbs is tho dniryman.
II. I,tha rrohihi;ionist candidate. and, aside
from hi. stnndin. with the ProIipitiouists. 10
w..c0. into tho race 50 that people might make
mix u,,rrh mistake :y mixing uE tho two
Ginb.rs' once before the Prolibiticnists have
Wrought eyii 10 Gibbs. 1t was when he RIM for
thsSenute and rot his nickname Of the Wicked
r:, VINO ran rs Tho iroiinition candidate
a-ainS. him. and 90. enough votes to cause
lis defeat. The rrohib.t.Onist Gibbs. tho
lairvmi,n, is making an activa campaign from
trucks, and with ilteraturr: calling on the
reonle OF the ,"iStriet to shan the evils Of the
/ nm hnai. and 10 vote for the milk habit.
Tnr"c ar, about eighty Prohioitiunists in the
district, but they are making u Erent deal OF
,i>s.
The now Thirteenth district l. bounded by
Nineteenth street. Seventh avenue, Thirty
FIRST street, and the North River. Til, old
Thjrt".nth ran down TO Sixteenth street, the
blocks h,wrrn Sixteenth and Nineteenth
4 was ran !aTther north. and las II norma!
Democratic majority Of about II Thousand. 1t
is M new district Tor Mr.. GinDs to run in. AS
the lowe: rl.ct IN districts oft!e old Fifteenth.
which wore included in tl.p Thirtoenth. were in
the senate district in whici. i've ran three times.
Mr. Giti,S Ia, m! an experience in politics
tina, is rot surp,s,ed by any On. in active 20.
vtral i:te to-day. !ie ran for The senate in
1881 and wa- defeated: in 1851 he was elected.
AMI in lSSi Ii" was defeated: in 1884 lie was