The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-16
OLD vOX POP PUTS TIM UP.
TINE ORIENTAL TATEsMAN HEARS
ToICEs AND DREAMS DREAMS.
Last Might, s,s. Maybe, Five Ti-ss-rt
wss the Proudest Morent OF nj. Life.

| No-instes for Co.eres. at Least Twice
| Last Might, a,s. Maybe, Five Ti-ss-rt
wss the Pro-dest Moment OF nj. Life.
Tim Campbell was nominated for Congress
| last night by the state Democracy Of the Ninth
district. The rooms ef tho Oriental Club were
| filled all day yesterday with excited men, all
| there, Tim said, to urge him to take nOmlna-
ton. why, me boy" said Tim at o'clock
last night. its an uprising OF the people; It's
irresistible. It's q wave Of popularity such as
no man ever saw before. How csn lose. me
boy How can loser
This was hour before Tim was nominated.
He rushed away and called: Hey, OBrien,
0'Rourke. O'Callahan, Mccarthy, 0Connor-
hey, boys. it's time for ye q go. I'll wait here
for ye now, boys, an when the committee comes
I'll go with EN-"
Tim was in Grand street, outside the Oriental
Club, and. as he very aptly put It, the vox populi
was gathered around. The men he had called
started of for 198 East Broadway. Tim turned
to the reporter again.
ITS home rule we're after. It's a great
uprising of the people for home rule"
Where are you going to be nominated to-
night, Timp'
Me boy, in Ave places, I'm told. There's the
states. and the Jimmy OBrene, and the John
j. o'Briens, and the German American. and the
W. VI =, anu IL u SpteCn lot every one.
At 100 East Broadway there had gathered
earlier In the evening enough OF Tins friends
to All two rooms. As s O'Clock approached the
crowd got bigger and stretched out into the
street. The men Tim had sent got there Just
before O'Clock. The Convention was called to
order and Tim was nominated by acclamat
Then he was sent for. The crowd stayed in the
room. A crowd in the street blocked the walks.
Every cheer inside was echoed outside. Then
Il - .l.-l... Ill
to roar punctuated with yells OF Its Timl
it's him.. The moment Tim got to the door he
was seized. Men grabbed him by tho
neck. by the arms and legs and head.
They tore his clothes and yelled in
his ears. Finally they lifted him and sent him
s s BS 10 s s o Tss
wonder was his neck wasn't broken; Final
got END and on for the
hsR Yelled: Ioss shs baby. Tim y w.. VI ", .n'
-" Hoofsy!" yelled the crowd. Sock it to EN-,
On this occasion say it is one for eIalta-
ton"
But. my friends, il Il always best to be con-
SENTATIVE" His voice dropped and was barely
ees an that 's a1i have
taken that Pmnstss I fTS% the people
|
.without any interference from up town"
yelled man. and the hoo-rays made Tim stop.
is " sssa st voice h and
Tin put 1t on the table untouched. He eontin-
Il accept the same with peaceful. pleasure and
nsr in s Which i mmiaStes from The people,
Hoo-ray. but amt he daisy" yelled a voice,
and cheers echoed and re-echoed outside Tim
This canvass intend shAll be elesp,- he
bfflfneseate, no vituperation. ! shail mot In
dulge In any. though the opposition has already
IL out q s% n'; rim Yelled til.
crowd.
Timothy J. campbell are ike pie crust I'M made To-
be broken; shall not reply to such indecent !, i
or III says hSs to the
voter. % the old Oriental, / have lived IN this
district f9erty.six years have represented you
Justice. two years Senator, and eight years a
81 ass snd iii Ss b 81 ali
right. il don't, then vote for a man who don't
| live In the district who never did. and who
never will IL he's elected. My platform is home
!" Bet Your life" yelled voice.
Protection for our homes and hresides;
everything dear and grand in the grand old
Oriental district, as has been In the past. II the
it's good enough for that representative TO live
In. We want NO foreign play actor from up
"Bully: Wow! Hoo-rAy." screamed the
crowd
Fellow citizens it's a grand old year to
smash the machine. We got 'em ON tn run:
Keep 'em at 1t. You will have my undivided
support from now till election day, and then
wen have Here Tim threw out both hands
and lifted his voice until IL cracked then well
have vox pOpuli-i-i-i vox De-i-i-i-i The voice
OF the people is the voice OF God Pluribus
Unum"
There was mighty roar. a-roar that cracked
the ceiling and ratified the windows. IL must
have been heard from end TO end of the Ninth.
Tim was seized and Rugged and kissed, One
after another grabbed him. Finally he sat down
Move we adjourn" shouted a man.
Tim jumped up again and shouted back: TO
meet at the polls election day"
Tim climbed out OF a back window and met the
second committee OF notification; 1t was from
the James O'Briens. He hustled around there
and made another speech, Whether he was
nominated by anybody else or not was not
learned. but before the second got him he
the reporter. Me boy" he said; its III SUI
preme moment o. me life. I'm filled with ex-
nltatiOn. Kin they beat me : How kin they
The vOx populi have spoken. simpson, Miner!
rule"
Johnny Simpson had q ratification meeting
while Tim was being nominated. IL was at
Chrystie and Grand streets. and wasn't AS en-
thusiastic as Tins show.