The evening world., 1894-10-01
HIS PEARLS OF POLITICS.
0ySttrman Tim Shea Shows The
World a Few Of His Gems Of
Campaign Wisdom.
THE LXX, PLATT, GILROY, QuIGG
He Says the State Democracy Will Eat the
Leek; that Plat Wants No Reformer.
and Tammany No Business Man.
HE LXX,, PLATT, GILROY, QuIGG

Tim Shea. the oysterman. talked poll
tics yesterday. He has dabbled in poll
tics for thirty years; has been In Mozart
Hall. Apollo Hall. Irving Hall and all the
other halls except Tammany Hail. and
at fifty-fve he is studying law and ex-
poets to be admitted to the bar next year
Few men know New York politics and
politicians better He was found yestcr
day studying Harkness- -Arnold's First
Latin Book.
II studied Latin as n boy, OF course.
but l forgot 1t ALL" he said with an
apologetic little laugh, land had to take
1t up again to go before the Regents.
I'm getting on first rate"
Then he sat down and discussed Hill
and Tammany and Plat and all the rest.
Tins tongue has an edge to II at times.
These are some OF the things he said:
About the State: Hill was the strong
est man they could nominate, but l
think he'll be beaten. This Is n Republ
can year. The tide is that way. Stll.
HIM will give them a great fight. He
knows how to do 1t. l dislike the man,
but admire his brains and his pluck"
The State Democracy and the Saratoga
that they didn't give them one-third.
Then they could come back and make
them the same offer on the local ticket
and claim their support. The precedent
would have been established, you see,
and Tammany will need all the votes
and friends 1t can get this year.
What will the State Democracy do
now? Why. eat the leek and indorse
the ticket. OF course. They must do that
to maintain their standing as Democrats
third ticket. What does a formal in
dorsement amount to, anyway? I'm OPP
posed to the hypocrisy Of indorsing
at the polls afterwards, II they're op-
posed to Hill. better say So"
The Committee OF Seventy: "A nice lot
OF clever gentlemen who have the best
interests OF the city at heart. but that
doesn't win elections"
Ex-senator Platt: "Platt holds the key
to the situation. II he can't get full
therell be no union and Tammany will
! sweep the green. With a straight Re
| publican ticket Tammany Will win anu
the Pattersons and Simpsons @ VIII & gei
Tammany ever since lSSs-why shouldn't
they again this year. Is there an un-
derstanding between Platt and Gilroy?
If not why Murray and Kerwin In
; to be liberal. A straight Republican
| ticket would mean Tammany success.
State Democracy and the steckler and
would they have left? Where would
they go? What could they do? There'd
be no place left for them. They'd be
The Good Government Clubs: "They
mean well. but they'd only be help In
case OF union. Tammany has the ma
/ pbinpry-thA q a =
chine. perhaps, In the world. The Re
publicans have a machine, too. but these
clubs and other outside organizations
| Republicans they could beat Tammany
but without Plat they can do nothing
The local ticket; "P4att wants a man
city and will name such man, or he
| win put up such "A ticket and throw the
election to Tammany Hall. The boys
who run the machine won't touch those
high toned fellows, and the Republicans
are no different from Tammany in that
they want a politician for Mayor one
whom they can use to help me orsanniza, MA
couldn't use high-toned bushes man.
This is an age OF personal politics
and machines. A Seymour or Illder
litical machinery of today. There are
plenty Of good men In DO parties. bright
brainy young fellows. but they aren't
Tammany's t!cEet: II don't believ,
they know themselves. 1t looks to mt
like Gilroy in spite OF all that has beer
said. II Hill. why not Gilroy? They say
they want a business man, but do they
They had Edison. and | don't think they
want any more. But II they do take uI
a business man. then Nathan Straus Ii
the strongest one that has yet beer
named. He's strong man He'C
sweep the lower east side. Look ou
for the German vote. too. They can
say a word against him. He's the mos
dangerous man to the outsiders that has
been mentioned. But there 1t is again
does Tammany really want business
man like Straus any more than Plat
wants "A reformer?'
| Is Richard Croker really out? "As
much as Hugh Mclaughlin was In
Brooklyn a few years ago-still pulling
the strings. He's out for this cam
paign-for campaign purposes. lf Tam
many wins he will be In again. unless
he finds II more TO his taste to be the
! power behind the throne and dictate
nomination. and appointments, while
somebody else looks after the patronage
and the other disa greeable work"
Qugg's Mayoralty boom: Ridiculous
He'd better 20 back TO Congress II ht
can get another term. But II John Con
nelly gets the united Democratic nom
inRtion, and / think he will, he'll beal
Quigg. The only trouble with Connolly
is that he's too honest to be In politics.