The sun., 1893-05-21
POLITICIANS In GROUPS.
TENDENCT or PARTY LEADERS 70
RESIDE NEAR TOGETHER.
where they L,oe.te Themselves Rept, ee
Up-But NeiGhborho oods Change and Poll.
tiessss' Row is Now n Remisiscence

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where they I,es.te Themselves Rent. @.
Up-But NeishborAoods Change and Poi,.
| tiessss' Row is Now n "Reminiscences.
Municipal politicians are RreRarious NOR
| tails: where one IL. others like to be- whore ore
4 locates. others follow. and thus IL has hap
pened that in almost every part OF older New
York. there Is some ono block known to local
celebrity as Politicians row." Properly
speaking. there 10 no single row OF houses snyn
whore. which can hold that title unchallenged.
Each ward has one OF It's own Undoubtedly
the oldest. because II Ia furthest down town,
10 the politicians row OF Morris street. just
back OF the Stevens House OF political me emory
and extending from Broadway to Greenwich
street. In this block resided Senator John
Fox. Police Justice Edward Hogan. Alderman
John Moore. Dr.. Shine. John Hogan. and Corr
nelius Flynn.
Further to the east. In the Fourth ward.
therc were two politicians rows. and one of
them still retains It's distinction. II is Madison
street. between New Chambers and Roose cit.
No. 8 is tho residence OF Congressman +. !.
Dunphy. and OF his father James Dunphy.
clerk OF Judge Clancy's Court No lis the
home OF Judge Patrick Diver. Judge Grady
when elected Assomblyman from the Second
district lived at No. 35 Madison street. n ltts
further on. William r. Kirk. Divers prets.
,cessor as leader lived Mt 81. and Morris Fried.
sam. the Republican leader Of the Second.
at No. So The other was that portion OF Oh
yer street between New Bowery and Madison
street. At No. 25 Thomas Conan. Alderman
and once Acting Mayor OF New York. resided.
County Clerk william Walsh lived n the same
row. a noar nelRhbor. though q political rival.
Jere riah Murphy lived at No. ~. The Sixth
ward kept It's politicians scattered. but 1t had .
politicians row on a small scale 10 City Hall
place. between Duane and Pearl streets AL
derman Lysaght resided at 27. and almost the
last survivor Of tho old political fame OF the
neiRhborhood. Denis Burns. still lives at %.
James j. Walsh. when active in the Sixth
ward affairs. during the leadership OF his
uncle. Thomas p. Walsh. voted from % NJ 7.
Brennan lived In White street. Judge Dow
ling In Leonard. and Morgan Jones In Centre.
Further up town. in tho Seventh ward. Tweed.
who resided at 1877 Henry street. between JEFF
ierson and Clinton. set tho pace. Judge Ed
ward j. Stanley was his near neighbor Cor.
neliua Corson lived at 10
Henry street even In this day. has not for.
feited all It's political fame Charles Reilly.
the anti-Tammany leader. lives at l73. John
Collins. the Repu blican leader. lives Mt 1856
and ex-Commissioner Edward T. Fitzpatrick.
tho Tammany leader. at 258 In the Eighth
ward. Charlton street. between Macdougal
and Varlck. makes sorne strong claims to 20.
lltical aristocracy. 1t Is o broad street. and
contains many spacious. old -fash HI ion cd houses.
1t was once the ambition Of every Eighth
ward leader to own house In that particular
block OF Charlton street. Judge Norton lived
at AZ Charlton street ut tho time OF his death.
His successor as Tammany leader. Judge
Mitchell. when he moved back In the district
from the St james Hotel. located at 3 Charl.
Assem6lyman MuIlaney at q. ohm +. Walsh
Ia ~ Hin nf nd (NNf,n
KivinGton street. between Allen and Orchard
now degenerate Tenth ward has known. hut
John = Brodsky; the most active representa-;
moved up town more, than a year ago. The
Eleventh ward. on the other hand. has for
Sse *
and p intact. These srs some Of those who
GIsa erich, Tom RSrsn. Alderman TAFT. ex:
GGo;ronsE G;li Henry Wol,man: Deputy Sheriff
The houses are small. but neat and comforta-
River j. to the Right: Tompkins square is to
ne isit; The fuling m price OF houses On ,Polt,
Maurice Hoahsn formerly lived At 2e0. Petss
Bowe. ex;Shes!n. iivod at 276 Joseph Koch
ds oSss
eaders In that ueighuorhood. John Keenan, .
iysd on seventh street.
n a more regular manner. and thcre Is uni.
9rmity IN houses SO general as to give one
Q get together the politicians OF a district in
,ne street has not usually been attended with
1hsa poes ssS in
White ,ocas"a ss'a there and the poI!,cans
hiei toomsd the S SorRood y for 20 tms. tma
,imilnrly. East Nineteenth street between
'irst and, and s. Second avenues; has been popular
md when James Fitzgerald ran for Judge OF
he Court Of General Sessions in 1855; he
sSdnsr William rai"". and dPH%sxG%aSs Hsnrxy Gsofrs.
yard T. FIaGan Just around the, corner. ,Po.
Ice Commissioner Sheehan resides in West
pSan in W.st Bn,n
hem. o!,I .pd both are suited to the neeessite;oi
- things are now. n Republican district leader
'eeds only suit his own conreniencs In the
onaRe to hestow upon his followers. however
pnyal 2 and deserving. and his ability to serve
Republicans have never counted for much m 'I ia
hn make up OF politicians row in New York.
The evoluti on Of such \ locality has usually
cen gradual. The ward polite Ian. suddenly
rown influential anil mad. independent by
aarS moves He SECURES s"'e for 'e'If his @1 S@i
srGer and better accom- modatlons. and soon
sutennnt. One brings another. for politics.
se misery likes comp pnny and soon u colony
statesmen is established. to their great
mutual benefit and convenience. The rrert
such An assemblage has always beento
nhance the value OF property In tina, par.
culAT block. not because the houses were
coupled chiefly By men prominent In poIitI:
nj circles. hut because the presence Il
uch a number OF we'll -to-do property
wners politicians ar" great believers in New
xes. for a time. the status Of the locality. "a
ccount Of the good care given the property.
ents go up: land is held at high nGur"si
nh thus everything goes swimmingly in r,Ii.
clans row until changes In the ward or dis
lct compel the occupants to move and 20
.ok homes elsewhere. and then such local.
y becomes merely q reminiscence. to te 10.
rred to. from time to time. hy those who may
'member fts better days and the flood OF
emories which recollection OF those inspires
FORCE OF EXAMPLE