New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-17
"TIM"LOVELIER THAN ALLY
A LITERARY MONUMENT FOR THE EAST
SIDE IDOL.
.nRy DOLLARS" BACKERs LAUD HIS "BEArTI.
F1,L LIFE" AND LOFTY AIMS" COMMEND
HIM AS MODEL STATESMAN FOR
ALI. AGES. AND PRAY TO MEET
HIM IN THE REALMS


Uhen the statement is taken into consideration
that the bar privilege at Suffers Garden for the
Timothy D. sullivan Associations outing and
,icnic was sold for 81 600 or more the philanthro
nv Of the statesman is doubted. His statesman
shp however from the Tammany viewpoint Is
,roved beyond question. The clans of the Dry
Dollar" organization began gathering in the after
,oor AZ the Harlem River Park. One-hundred-
ond-twenty-seventh-st. and Second-ave. and as
"a admission fee was charged, the crowd had
constant accessions until by o'clock in the even
ing when the band, with great fanfare, an
o,,cad the grand march, there probably
1000 people in the pavilion. and Timothy In per-
-, vras ais, there During the afternoon he was
"not In evidence.
s,roe of the gentlemen promised as officers or
.ba races did not appear. The referee was James
y sullivan New-Jersey Athletic Club Judges
Hugh Baxter and A. G. Carter. New-York Ath-
,a,ic Club; timer. w. f. Dickey, New-York Atm
,etjc Club: clerk of course. John T. Norton 'th
Regiment Athletic Association; starter, W. H.
Robinson Cornell University; announcer r. D.
erode. and official Handicapped. T. {. Carter
Ney-York Athletic Club. There were entries
from everywhere. including one or two men from
the V NJ c. Blu, good many OF the coieee
men declined 10 start on account or the iaui'y
track conditions. The Sulliyan adherents kho"
something about athletics. and they appreciated
,ha races as a more enlightened gathering might
not have done. -,
Ri, there was another thing they possibly dd
not appreciate So much. and that was the uh-
conscious humor Of the literary monument erect
cd to Tim on the first page OF the printed pio
WHY TIM" is GREAT.
rvsn the most sterie-minded East Slider must
feel shivers of admiration as he reads:
II this great metropolis there but few politi-
clans who have achieved the celebrity OF me non non,
Timothy d. sullivan. or more popuiarly ana e''ea'
70 statesman Of the old school II would ia be esa
q rapidly in the Of the people The ancient Yerx
and modern politician in the United states ried So
called dignity to such an extent that he did net no.
readily assima,e with the mass OF the people M his
1e1ssuents he rarely associated with them and
was not s nooIeT classes T these political
conditions have changed In this respec' ar
IN Nswfoas M S an example anq sn Of the modern
tat!ve we point with due pride 10 Senator suhVan
The "poorer classes" will doubtless be con-
sumed with a very ecstacy Of JOY at this pu'
how the multiplied shades Of Diedrich knicK-
erbocker's dead will wag their chins when they
learn that from his dear parents ne IN
herited that indomitable Celtic courage ana
nerve, combined with the naturally developed
characteristics of that old Knickerbocker region.
those eminent qualities of brotheriy love ana
charity"
AN UNBLEMISHED RECORD!
II is worth while to know and to have II
6.eply impressed upon the rising generauoh
that:
His Tims political history is perpetussed IN the n
vestisator will be found synonymous with all Una.
IS audabe beneficial and patro,iss HIS 6ea1 tbe
downtroaden and his unblemshed record siands or
al that LIS + IT.: Ss aims ans and would
never tolerate Discrimination as 70 , o..,se eli men
color or religion. and therefore ne treats al ~
with the most kindly courtesy. -,
Tins" biographer fairly dissoiVes III tne "s,o ~
Of his own imagination when he touches upon ol '
senate career Of his subject de woula lke -
enmmerate ''some Of the bills introduced at Al. Al.
banv which were solely introduced FOR the Denent
of his felowman. but space VIII not auihI1. d. nta
breathes a very contagion OF modesty. hu. my
the neroration Suffice it TO say that our feepie
words In extenuation Of bis beautiful NE wouau ~
be but painting the lily The crop OF mes lar m~"
been q trfe short this year, owing 10 the HeW
stvia of gardening introduced into the muilclPa,
garden and 1t is pity that this new arust , ne,o
his hand from so fair subject; out ne uoes .a y,
bie brush in hand for the apotheosis. ana mere 10
The result in lines that pale the Emersonlan hfe'
rr,,,v can we say Of such model statesman. phil
anthropst and ideal citizen that his name aesesVeS oS
the nd hs usTous II deeds the homage
of conntless wears and when death That DARK I'm,
penetrable curtain which no man ever Ser & a s
awn NAV the omnpotent Cod who has promised
eIerna! . ny our Tim to renew his former love and
friendship with his legion OF friends ana au'''
in the realms OF Heaven
And just then the suave gentlemshn an "nU sanator
entered the pavilion and announced IN en-
tonee that there were only few more Oh ,h,e tne
Senator's portraits left and ne was ,e.,ie '"I ,ha
o. aosv at five cents" In the afternoon the
nrjce was ten Certainly the picnic was sue
cess How could IT be otherwise with 'he pho-
tographs and such biography