The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-17


think Il is one Of those So biecte that ought mot
| TO 10 brought Into politica It1sonany hare
I sg ~ Hs ops oao 10 81 J proud 81 s pubic
schools. aud the ctig GOre1nnent hes done erei1,-
hny ~ ts po,rsr o. itnpToUe them. There Is sers
totai ap DO for the lsst Jour Iears
have amounted, to over $1,000 900. and are
being If. tse sgery o. breS sSd
don't believe anybody beerudges T."
the, reporter, " what about the personal at
| tacks upon yourself|'
~ yNS sT PSsf Sos Suddenly
acquired very great wealth by the exercise oil
~ You mean illegally or corruptly?"
Who said badr
Nobody made the direct charge. hut Of
ooutse. you must know that good many inti-
| nations to that effect have been made lately.
Il was even suggssted at the meeting thai the
resources ~ your revenue g investigaieL
=" wish sal, Mr. tTeksr with AZ good deal y, %
man who IL willing 70 make that charge and he
responsible for II. II is easy enough 70 tnsinu;
to avoid saying anything that they might be
called upon 20 prove. Tncrs has been good
the past rear. and / have not said anything
| about II. have Just let them 20 on aud talk
z. much Is they pleased don't A. E 5Iocc to
when | have nothing to defend. have no
apologies or erpanations TO make Tor what
auired honestly and urriebtiy. Thavs rever
asked for or received dollar from any person
Influence or protection or whatever you call
n, and | have never asked for or received u
dollar from any corporation for any such pur-
20 know there has been good deal Of intima-
tion OF that sind LATELY one q Inc papers the !,
the heads Of the great corporations Of this city
would tell all they know would be driven out
driven out StO Of power WHY dont the Sape rs
ask these heads 81 corporations Tor this inIor-
TSsI Tsey n mem sN on 81
imaRlnationa. Now. / will do what they don't
do. / will ask the head OF any corporation. or
knows that / ever received dollar in return
for my influence or protection. to produce his
facts l say that without the slightest heslta-
tion or reserve, because know, whether the
papers do or not, that never did. IL an In
dSce The SLIGHTEST evideHce Of my having isSsn
money In such a way l will get out OF politics
Now what do they base this charge on ?
Why. they say that few years ago Was very
poor and now am very rich. They point out
Whit fe vas sf vlS SSa on Mount Sysa
the papers talked about my palatiAl mansion
sSn %ST Sn n h.% . sns all ap.s sSt to
other. and made an alleged sketch OF my par;
ike a big room most deliberately furnished. and
that Is the way II was described. Now that
Sa othea s sSa0 Tie sf HI' wSs aon @
was 20 feet wide and so feet deep. II con.
sSS sSg.S for @sS son
papers printed stories about my new paatlal
IS feet vide and h eet ase S and has six
bedrooms instead OF four. Then they won
sss Sras Snfss s sSoa sy v fes 1896
house. After while they dscovered that
there tSsy about and
people. One Of the papers came out q little
porting two magnificent sets OF harness
from England: New what A. was VAS that based on?
he had q pair which he believed ! would like.
told him to bring them around. He dig. l
them. He said $3.50 | thought they were
worth II. and bought them. / did not ask him
not care. They were good hsTnesses. and that
vase vas all ! wanted to now IN, me nTst ever
pers don't know whether they were or not,
and still don't care. 1 know didn't import
What about your stock farmY'
oh yes, there's another Did anybody say
anything about that a the h mssstog,
$3.50 ~ stoSs ' lssS sO0u' your
sse" Tt: IA $s::. s sssslss Il:
M s1s I SPs Dag {: Uni PS,T
ssas5 SSf sa The Is FL sAf
much for dealing with him
Now another thing A few year: ago the
Tg .sd q state
9% W sSs@ * S. faa e. 's Soud
We found that there was some truth In IL.
Well We stoppedit There was only one way
otSaSs syesy ms%bea th ~
that kind OF business. he couldn't go back.
few SSo persisted and we turned them Down
parts In the great reform movement But
say now that, while remain at the head OF
corrupt work by any Tammany member OF
the Legislature or any branch OF the city
else is asked for dollar BY any such Tam
many member. and will give me the facts, We
will see that he S0ss not get back at Sn5 rate
can't promise. There is no telling how many
might slip In as reform candidnteA
politics for thirty years and defy anybody to
show that l hayo ever taken a dollar wrong
more than one occasion. and that fact accounts
for large portion OF these attacks. Everybody
who has any sense will know that a corrupt
such . man has got ln through Tam many HAL Hail
he got in. IL the editors who make these
charges would stop TO think. they would see
that no man In my position could obtain
money In a wrong way without tile edge
OF others In the organization. Now, don't you
suppose that the men the organ ization has
turned out would retaliats on me II they
could"
You don't talk as II you meant to resign"
No. don't A year ago did make up my
mind 70 get out OF politics. / resigned public
onico three years ago. Since then have tried
outside OF politics to do som ething for myself
and my family and have had some success.
am pretty well satisfied that II | had given the
same amount OF energy and attention to bust:
ness that have to politics. should be great
deal better OF to-day. did not resign last
year because the Presidential election was
coming on. and l knew that II did people
would say that got out because was lsgrun-
tied at the result In Chicago would lik o get
out now. but have no intention OF doing so.
The organiEation Is being AttAcked right and
left and consider IL my duty 10 TammAny
Hall and the Democratic party and to the
people who have put both in power to retain
my position and let the people decide the
whole question at the next election. II be.
lieyed that the business men and a majority OF
the people OF this city believed these charges
wouldn't stay at the head Of TsmmAny Hall
twenty-four hours. But don't believe II and
have no reason 10. At the last election We