New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-28
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Who IS Morris Tekulsky?


Why. n statesman. Of course The voters OF
the With Senatorial District know him rs
such: for more than 80 out Of every 100 Of them
voted last November 70 send him TO Albany To
exercise his gifts and utilize his attachments
and accomplishments ia the highest ami most
imporrant function of craftsmanship the con
struction Of new organic act. When the
voters Of that district were asked whom they
would choose from the array 81 competent ana
thoroughly equipped statesmen who 80 abound
In the district to represent them In the work or
creating new Constitution, four out OF I'VE OF
them promptly responded "Tckulsky 80, ac-
companicd by the Hon John Blgclow as one OF
his colleagues, Morris Tckulsky will 90 TO Al
bany in May and sit down with Joseph ii.
Choate, Elihu Root Andrew ii. Green. DE Ian
cey Nicull and the rest and mnglc his wisdom
with theirs in rcconstructng the State Consti-
tuition. Obviously, Morris TckulSky Is states
man
Who else is Morris Tekusky?
WHY. in the City Directory he appears as
n saloon-kccpcr in Park Row and whole
sale liquor-dcacr in Monrocst. lie seems,
accordingly, to be business man Of con
siderable enterprise. working the liquor bust
ness at Wholesale and retail. in two places, for
all it is worth And whoever, moved by curl
osiiy t. know more OF him. steps into his saloon
in Park Row will sec there the school Of states
men In which he had his training. 1t is the
same school in which nlnc-tenths Of the states
men whom the ruling organization calls 10
make and administer the laws are brought up.
They are, IA rule educated to the bar; before
it and behind 1t. Mr. Tckulskys occupation at
tests his regularity Moreover, 1t will appear
upon further inquiry If curiosity Is yet unsated.
that he Is president Of the State Liquor
Dealers Association, and, of course, an infin-
entail person in that organization So that the
sphere Of his activity has been chiefly In the
line Of the profession 10 which we owe pretty
much everything that gives character to our
municipal government; the splendid specimens
Of cultured manhood whom we send to Albany
To make our laws; the clean. upright and whole
some jurists who administer them, and the ire
proachable body of men in uniform who enforce
them. BY being in that profession, wholesale
and retail. and the official head OF the organiza
ton in the State, he is thrice Il statesman.
Who else is Morris Tckulsky?
Why, on Monday he was Il witness on the
stand. Not glib but II reluctant witness. lie
was called to testify before the Lexow Invcsti-
gazing Committee concerning alleged violations
of law In this city, and alleged protection Of
the violators by the police whose sole reason
for being Is to enforce the laws impartay
Being asked If to his knowledge favoritism was
shown by the police in permitting some persons
in his line Of business to violate the statute law
against Sunday liquor-sellng, he made the acute
and statcsmanlike observation: Every man
who violates the law takes Il chance. If Il man
Is all right he don't get caught in every avOca-
ton" Mr.. Ncoll. who represents the school OF
statesmen of which Mr. Tekulsky IL in three
fold capacity an ornament having inquired in
the playful manner In which that gentleman
treats crime II hc-Tekulsky, the statesman
and Constitution makcr-had ever been arrest
ed. was answered in the ofhand way of man
who knows all about the laws; who make them,
who enforce them and what they really mean:
II have been arrested too. I will take that
same chance tomorrow; the same as every body
else does" Curious inquiry will hardly go fur
Their than this ofrhand disclosure by Mr.. Morris
Tckulsky himself Of his conception Of the
majesty Of the law and its binding force upon
all citizens, even upon statesmen who run
saloons-in the investigation Of that gentle
mans qualifications AZ lawmaker and Constitu-
ton builder
If he doesn't take too many chances" and