New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18
TOM ROMAN, OF THE SECOND
rp,D1-ATE OF A SAWMILL. A WIT AND
AN ORATOR.

MoNwEALTH" AND MAKES
SOME CONTRASTS BE-
TWEEN BLAINE AND
PADDY" DIVER
=, has been denied all along. and that man can
-, no found even who will have the hardi-
Sod 10 assert much less attempt to prove that
rar. are two ends to stick. Still. in the face
:. This thousands OF persons were ready yesterday
- admit that there may be found now in connec-
49,, with the oratOrica and picturesque Repub-
rs Of this town two ends instead Of as was
,r,erly declared. only one. Instead of Chauncey
:, DeDew AT end ii is Chauncey VI. Depew
I'd Thomas Roman at both ends And the good
,auovshp between these two has become
marked COR they exchanged platforms with the
,Sness with which noted preachers exchange
nlnits one time ii Depow in the Bowery
"a the next time ii Roman in Fffthave. 1t Is
smi,ted now on all hands that Roman. the grad
ate from a sawmill" he modestly describes
,,nself made the hit OF the evening al the dinner
tho Union League Club Friday night for the
,wart Republicans from the Bowery who came
lar carrying the lid Assembly District last Elec-
dan Day II was this Thomas who called
h neetine TO order and introduced Warner Miller
and Chaunoey Dopew at the great meeting In the
windsor Theatre just before election. His speech
men brought upon him the attention of New-York.
I'm, his speech Friday evening brought upon him
che attention OF the country.
He was jubilant yesterday when the reporter saw
,,,, Il remember" said Tom. reading not long
sgo how my friend Depew spoke OF the picturesque
Conditions under which he and the BoWery met
rhats all right of course. but the picturesque con-
S,iions under which ! and Ffth-ave. met went i'm
ore better | read OF Bourke Cochran talking lot
about nar,loyant mionaires but Ia rather meet
one O these chaps any day than Pat Diver or the
average Tammany heller l no famboyant-
ness IN Fifth-ave / saw lot O the finest gentle
,,sn ever net. who called things by their right
,ar,ss too and didn't say wine when 1t was
champagne they meant. Was there much OF 1t?
We'll ! should smile. l remember my illustrious
friend senator Evarts. whose brevity have al
,avs been at pains to copy. speaking once OF the
s,,rers at the White Houre during the Hayes
Administration. Why. boys. said he, the water
eowed like champagne"
Ut FLOWED LIKE WATER"
.vor AZ this Union League Club affair. the
,,amnacne flowed like water and don't you for
get it.
Tom" said the reporter would you nina teAhns
me the inside history Of that story about Tammany
robbng Blaine out of the Presidency IN 1851 10
which YOU made ausion in your speech OF course
,hav ala il bur won't you give something about
their modus operandi? -,
"Modus operandi' he exclaimed In surprise.
Know nothing about that. Tim Campbell showed
me how he gave the coup de grass to the ipse dixt
of HAIRY Miner one day-althouGh Miner gave II
~ him afer-an Tim must have let fly a modus
onerandi too Was IL from Tim you got the modus
business? have heard 1t said that ne was great
man but with all his Latin. ye see he didnt get
there nor did he get to the banquet either.
Passing for a little to light cigar Tom looked
steadfastly at the reporter and then continued
"Don't ask me any more about that Blaine busi-
49,. The time has not as yet come to make these
d,s.loeures in detail" he added sententiousy But
somehow or other could never get over thinking
of the man from Maine whenever got chahce 10
scan the visage of the man from Donegal
How, What exclaimed the reporter becoming
suddenly excited. ,,, ror,
:, hs calm after the great victory we've won NO.
7 don't mean that Blaine and Diver came into my
mind by reason Of any physical likeness pet"ee" ~.
Two men, but always wondered why II wa w
psina as Secretary of State, with nothin 10 co. re-
csives the enormous saary Of $500 yea a1,.
! noish, say as | said before-whie DlVNti
nrss ,,5rrsd adrift on a miserable SspJ year, 'o,
90 ~ Years with a pie OF work before mn -
GO, colossal that it might well parayze the s'ToR Know
man Comparisons are n0i Jus. .' Sin Thinking of
the salaries Of these Two men anf now Uod Henry
divided things are in THIS wore 40 DO everything
ueGsV - D,cb a thing as that. ! would lke 10
know? By-the-way. does Bryce "'aNe any
xclaimea the 5ep0T Gsnd IN s snTPI'Fs pardon
o' ee Won nave not read The American Coni-
monwealth' Well. no matter; you ai rse"Sp"'''
Ill
'0 @Rpt saw didn't We have dandy time Id yen
pI -. yone TO make a Republican city OF Nv
e. Iust wait an see. An good. soma Gon.'huo"
xork south Of Four,eenth-st. is going 10 90 H.
4n9Ser a decent government, We ought 10 ne as
=, - - listen 10 the complaint OF rch ma" d.
70 the complaint of the very poorest
"PAINT ME AS AN"
Az the reporttr started to go. TINS picturesque
ma District orator squeezed his hand ana sala'
.vov, don't make fun Of me As Cromwell. sAid
.pair, me as am an. If you do III tel you
oil a.,,, that B,aine story when you come again
WI, the reporter saw Mr.. Teal he was eHah'i-
ing a Jauanese BIZ Of fare which ne h"N JUL pr
,are1 for the dinner Of the All Nations NJ, ~.
"NhEe Roman" SAID he, nas HVIe - IA nor one hi
and readiness than the others, ne y NJ ,ho,ret
more earnest than his forty co.Ied5u ,ood
Themselves 10 be during the cdnlpdlsn ia 80. IN no
work which they did for Republican NiCtolE -.
Sou~. ,,, Iis,ric.s And TINS work VIII not aIoiir
be carr II on and enlarged. Dut II - CT a. u.as
be- st,u more successful in the future IMAM J" va"
W, INV .xpresse1 his delight 10 the reporter
a. the success of the dinner ana SPOKE % n,iirtr
rescb ~. results which this propaganda OF tsepu"'
can prnoiplrs in the B)wery district "oqiu
f,,rls afi.finne ~ n.y." said he. "PreslHthti.1hi
election have been decided by the vote sts. ~ al
o. FonrteentA-ct one thing is certaih, IN. M, ast
Tor oir Marty e2s. OF tire B0wery. "heie htho' ~
Il has airl = always been said: LEI our tauae,
by defaoi.' And feel certain tnat once pup,.0
virtue ann honest political methods gam 'h' a9.,ir
esnev a. am ,bere that condition VIII become pei
tnsreuf for fh. poor viii see that decent - ~
nen v be- better for them in every way IMAM ~
CELESTIAL system to when theY nave ""N ~
MT In the past.
BROOKLYN AssEMBLYMEN TO MEET
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