The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-01
JOHN IN POLITICS.
Tells How He Would Act as Mayor
of Boston.

of Boston.
new York, Oct. 1.-"Yes, I'm going to
run for mayor of Boston. And I won
get it, see! It's million to one shot, a
horse to a horsehair I won't be elected.
But it'll turn down Josiah Quincy, and
I'm out to do him"
1t John L. Sullivan who did the
talking. The big ex-champion was found
at Willimantic, where his show was billed
for the evening.
What was the trouble between you and
Quincy?" was asked.
He threw me down." replied Sullivan.
"at Fanueil hall the night of the Ten
Eyck reception. 1 sticks out my hand.
but Quincy don't see it. He thought it
would be a good chance to make little
reputation off me. I heard Quincy make
a speech that night, and say. the level,
1 was sorry for the sucker. For a man
who's the head of a big city and let's on
he's way-up intellectual man, it was a
bum speech.
If I was as big a fool with my hands
as Quincy is with his head, he'd never
got the chance to omit to shake hands
with me for prize fghtin'. No, he's dead
weak. He's no mental heavyweight.
But I'm goin' to do him went on Sui
lfvan. The towns close; 1000 either way.
and you can buy a pool John LIS got
a long lay off,
Are you a Democrat?" was asked.
Il vote for the best man. retorted Sui
livan. 'and don't care a - for parties.
I've had more favors from Republicans
than 1 ever had from Democrats, and
don't you forget that. voted for Bryan,
though
DO you believe in making the national
issue questions in the local campaign
was asked.
What's the bloody use?' replied Sulli-
van. They've got nothing to do with the
play. They amt in it. Take New York,
for instance. There's a town that's dead
sick clear through of reform. 1t turns in
in "a and elects a lot of marks for reform
and it's got it in the neck. There's the
Raines law; it ups and throws mob of
poor skates out of business; ruins the
poor suckers, that's what it does. And
there's Chapman out pinchin those trails
in the tenderloin. Say! He was off to do
a thing like that. That's not right. There's $
plenty of local issues. What do you want
to go draggin' in outside rackets for to
confuse a mug?"
Il see you have views on city govern
ment," was suggested.
Yes retorted Sullivan, I'm dead
against monopolies and givin' away fran
chises to companies. 1 think a city ought
to own its own franchises. Look at Bos-
ton: it's eaten up by street railway COM
panies. New YOrl6's had better luck. But
the corporations have got Boston by the
neck all right, all right A city ought
to own them things itself, and no go
givin' them away to corporations for
nothin'. seei It's like gtvin' a lot of mugs
a rope to hang you with. You make these
corp 'rations strong by giving them things
and the first thing you know they jump
and do you.
Now, this mornin' I was readin in the
papers where the judges fixed bail at So
OOO for the sheriff and his mob who shot
down those Hungarians in Pennsylvania.
Now. on the level. was that right?
Il tell you and Sullivan shook his
head and spoke with much hOarse solem-
nifty. Il tell you, we wont live to see
you and me distinctly won't be in it
but the days comm when hells gOin' to
pop in this country. Theren be a revo-
luton Look at all these British comm
over here and coppin' off our industries
Those English mugs own billions of dol
lars worth in this country. Do you think
there won't be trouble come out OF it?
We won't see it, but a day will come
when there'u be a revolution and the cor
porations and foreign landlords won't get
a thing but the chase.