Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12
POLITICAL KINGS.
Men Who Control the Ballots
Of Thousands.
LEADING LIGHTS OF TAnMANY.
Their Mechanics ard How These We're Ae-
CURED How They Maintain Their Held
Upon Thor Subjects Their Per-
sonal Characteristics.
lsnecinl Corre.nnnhenceN

lnNuEurNl there were hundreds OF pole ]
teal leaders In the city whose prominence
made them central Figures. In the lobby
of an uptown hotel there stood One even-
ing u group Of men whose striking
personal characteristics and great pohu'
cal power cntitle them TO special notice
They are men who control votes, In fact
own votes. They can say i will deliver
10 you 1000 90 1000 votes or ~ will
take away from you tlis number Of
votes" They nw politicians Politics
is their business. They manipulate votes
avs the Wall street man mauipulatcs
stocks and deal in them as thc mcr-
chant deals I'm any commodity. IL seems
strange that one man can thus hold in
the hollow of his hand the suaragcs Of
80 many men. 10 would appear ulat their
constituents do not think Tor themselves.
This Is TO % certain extent true These
men do Che "thinkiu FOR them
THE KING iOF COMFY ISLAND,
The most unique figure Ia American
politics today. us wei as one Of the most
powerful individual members of the
Democratic party, is John y MchNnc.
Hc DIS NJ years ut age ut middle sWturr,
athletic build. blonde muNnchc and horid
complexion. He dresses neatly aud !n
good style always wearing white neck
tic. He is called the king of Concy
Island and no monarch IN Europe has
moro absolute sway over his subjects
than ne has He IA a Methodist, takes
am interest in church work ard teaches
q Sunday school class.
t'p 90 nine years ago he was q Demo
Crat Boss Mclaughlin Put I'm nominu'
ton an assomhlyman who was not uc
ccpnble to MIR Mck0ue, who informed
the boss that unless the nomination was
| withdrawn he would SO over 60 the
Republican party and take ha followers
with him. He was laughed. hc
went over and 40 did 300 voters in The
Gmycsend district OF Long island. lie
marched i'm the Hnuis0n inaugural, for
| he was then Republican. He now
marches in the Democratic ranks Tor
/ hc Is now Democrat
10 was necessary Go bring MchOuc
| back into ihe fold of the Democracy
/ but no. nude his own terms, which were
/ that hc was 90 Doe rpinstatcd iu full tn-
/ yor. president OF the board of supervis.
| Ors of Kings county, % member of the
] Kings county central committee, NOM
| her of the state central committee and "a
/ state elcCtor. His army Ui subjects east
/ am overwhelming vote Tor Cleveland
! But there was % deal ON, and though tlr
! Democratic electoral ticket received Ole
| Kpnps fun strength. 10 was cast solid
| for the local Republican ticket
! humorous efforts have been made Co
| break this mans tremendous power and
| 10 disiuterutc tlis solid voting mass thnt
| Ohcys blndly his dictates but all have
| failed. The legislature once gofryuau.
dercd, MS it were the election wc,iuDis of
his district by placing the pNlug p.nrt
200 Ear apart that De could not visit thHn
| an In the day. John put BOOM Tor
each voting place iu one hall. voted hle
men to % man us he wanted them, aud las
action was sustained 10y the courts
He as the chief of police of Coney
Island lie handles the 2oOuOp people
who come down there daily with the ease
that AN Washington handles that mum
ber of inaugural visitors. lie ~ gtuln
I'm his manner. is doing iavors Tor p"oll,
day and night, owns nearly all Cuney
Island and is builder
SILVER DOLLAR SMITH.
"Silyer Dollar Smiths name 10 not
Smith lie Is Hebrew as his features
Indicate. He is % mrge man, with q
corporation az big as Jimmy Olyer $
with binck hair and muHachp and promi
ueut nose Why he dropped DTS tu,
name rs variously accounted Tor, hdl
probably because for political rrasoh'
plain ordinary Smith would be b'uv
lie is asnloun keeper in the E.tht NH
semhy district ou EsscN street lh'
Moor of his saloon be inlmd with @iYc'
dollars. hence his sohriquel. Nmlul la Ui
ONT and ont politician. He is not so
p0liucs for fun. he doesn't hc aWokr a
night from patriotism. lie wa. once 2
Republican. was for years q follower 9I
the talented uud asIutr politician, Il -
OBrcn. Smith ami barney h"urA'
were OBrIeus trusted FIRST llcu.euuhl
qHcy changed the Democratic Eigh
district, which had been Democratic iQl
wears. into "a Republican district
Tben O'Brion died. The brains of th'
trio being gone the other two wanted q
be ou the winning side. WIN acrobau
agility the Eighth was once more men,
d ] Il.FfIgnruIlH TNTIWIIl.Ifl
and Smith Is now one OF the ltaulh'
: lights IA lammany hall.
DRY DOLLAR" SULLIVAN.
"Dry Dollar" Timothy sullivan is an
! other of the leading chnractpr5 Of Tam
, many hall. lie is a young lrHhmnn' ~
fpat iu height never drank or smoke,
and has a vein of Irish wit that rs al
Int matchlesB He Is an assembymai
that has exercised more influence M ina
body than any other man,
He was a new ,bOy. lie mover receives
npv education aud has ana now b. edu
rnfinr himself for he Is mielectuull
p yerv bright He owned sN saloons ,
p that quarter 90 the city deululuAtcd tu
sums by the residents of llith avenue
: he has sold all his saloons, rs hnuylh
! law aud win make undoubtedly q goo
, One rainy day when little Tim wa
i folding his newspapers on lhe cerR .loh
5 of Park Row % geutleman tossed him
i dollar bin in payment for the pap'r lu
y lll fen M the gutter and ln "a mlnul
e Iya. saturated The gentleman tod ih
;. ittie fellow that he might keep the lh
l M present. Little Tim, ia thuukiu
q him. said that he would take the do.ln
I nm home 90 his mother ana dry Do. rhe
tben he has been called DRY Dollar
= Hm. He Is a Tammany district leade
3 JUSTICE DIVER
Justice Patrick Diver iR another Tan
b. many lender who halls from the thau
g oul and Centre streets diftucts hc 10
u ,nerlv kent a saloon on Chatham stree
stones throw from City lall, but upp
y III aupGntmFut ~ iphce lWfAcr J.
q Nnyor Grant be sold Olt
u UVvpr n a seli-mude man. he wa
IS opce tanner and q barkceper and inc
= Saloon propretOr Tie N handsome ua
u IA geuilemaniy dcmpau0r very Mfmh
3, lfoni has consderable aDilly. ti4 di
y trict a he bonner Dem0crutlc distri'
Il III the city. being awarded me Iammau
Ianu.r and he will be- accorded The ugi
- III line la the parade ~ NJ
le T'omrnnny forces IN cOnaequenee. NJ
% berrv Beudn aud the Five Points, q
IN varv banrt of the city, being aWnrue
sr tbe' Tanmany banner, and De VIII
81. accorded the right OK me lu u
s narade Of the Iammany forces
h consequence. Mulberry Bend and =
3. "Fiya' Points" the very heaH Qi 2
u siums Of New York, are in his disirls
u IN IL tho great Italian resident quarry
a and TO man they are followers Of "A
ln Diver. s,t...
a He was introduced 9 Pn.. .,i C'e :,