The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
GLEASON CONFERS AN AK,
PREsENTs HIS EN- TO THE 40
TOR WHO PERSONATES HIN.

trolley Cnro 20 Sec tho SNOW nt Bornon
D~eaoh-sootty. mis- Former valet, wasn't
80 well Satisfied with Hts Stage Double.
Mayor Patrick Jerome Gleason of Long Island
City led q trolley car party OF 400, comprising
the members of the p. J. Gleason League and
their women folk. to Bergen Beach last night,
thoro to witness the play in which the Hon.
Pdtricio GTedson, the pride Of Long Island
City, and Hotch Scotch, valet to the Hon. p. J.
Gleason. woro prominent characters. Before
the play was over Mayor Gleason pres TO
j. p. Sullivan, the actor who Initiated him, q
jewollcd badge ofithe Society OF tho Battloaxeof
Long Island City. He also made q speech and
later presented to the audience tho real, tho
only, and the authentic 5cotty, the young man
who beat Chaunccy Dopow to Albany, but who
forgot to bring along Mayor Gloason's paiamas
on tho occasion of the dinner given to the
Mayors Of the three cities by Gov. Morton.
At q quarter to 8 o'clook six trolley cars left the
Hunters Point station Of tho Brooklyn Heights
road. First, tho private car Columbia, loaded
inside with ladies, bore his Honor the Mayor
himself on the front platform. Attached to the
cars were banners reading: "For Mayor Of
Greater New York, Patrick jerome Gleason"
and New York for New Workers. No Buff
faloes need apply"
Then came four cars carrying members Of the
Battleaxo Society, many Of them In their shirt
biOoNoo oha ea LII Boou NOiOo- 1hooo oakb WoEV
decorated with vnriously oolored lights, bunting,
and moro banners which read: "Ncither Tea
nor Tiger and also "More Personal Liberty
and Less Reform" The frst OF the decorated
trolley cars carried q band. Ono or two cars
trailed along after tho Illuminated part of the
procession carrying q sort Of overflow meeting.
From Hunters Point to the boundary limo OF
Long Island City children of all sizes and ages
linod the ourbstono and cried in shril acclaim
tho namo of Paddy Gleason. Their fathers
olapped their hands from the doorsteps. and now
and then one moro enthusiastic than the rest
would roar with brazen voice: "Threo
cheers for tho next Mayor of Greater
New York; and children, lockers on. tho battle
IOlnsd IN instily; His Honor The Msyor: seated
Goium eSIs Wills Els y iron,erSy hair blew about
his temples and the diamond battlelaxo ~glittered
SnyI me ~ te HSsr9 OF ab n,S Goa" waved MS haha grace
,r'f ~ ss s sSiidGrs snIp 10 said. rravoly. to 2 few Of
surest indicators Of the way theIr fathers vote,
and the children q Long Islh,pFd City, God bless
EN- IN S srs Tith f tSsaS a asrs Occasional outbur.t.
= whole did not seem to awake 70 the glory. q
proper and htting enthusiasm. A long ride
through the country was made enjoyable Tor the
tsG .Sss z 4 NJ fsw S oSssPfui E SSiRE S q Son a%fiGns .a Snd
s ssPSi Sis;s N ~ ai.zzs Why ' sss 9ei 's s;sfi: sy 81 IL y sssys:
SS@S IN I his oif;. t shu awful lonely h'r' without the
IN atone in ,which, everybody in the car heard
him, "yog do IKE boysi you like them tal and
vo "A Nm Mr: aMsSyq S:- s said the pretty ssaSsI si Ill., "a Int
roses in her hat, and She didn't have another
word to say to the Hon. Paddy Gleason all the
AZ the Mayor entered the box reseryed for
him in the Casino at Bergen Beach the audience
rose to IL feet and oheered. IT said in chorus
next Mayor or Of the Greater New Z and other
a me Z ba ind E pisye %an a z shs s'ipD ooaaiie" amid
Tls' Rft Sn!ah Haii to t ina Chez ahs9' Of In Sp she so TG %iaS
Tho Mayor y, sn %ef Tl his dA9sh nf;sn 5eSss,i Ssr MRS; q NG:
M NSaaP any They SAS ~sssS Ssf t raj a'% aoFs md
s ssfo fsiash ins l sas IL w to : s SS.n ,ss ILL %eu Tash,
S EsS On With the ] local cal tr rave y va: TIE .. Belle sHssU Ct Greater sss
fun began the moment M. IIanhatiGn. a young
s e lSns P FoGs in tn tRs aiss e at somse5 soGy
tigF ssp sSo t. aos se fFs salisE aG Gles sa5a; VIII NJ:
the a",4 Mayor q III Long se Island S cisy, r '%p sd%irsSis
made up. He was not quite as big as the real
or 50 long, but, Re wore the same blue coat. the
same curling.bTtm strew hat, the same eye.
hhSase. 'lA' . mr. al
scotch, supposed to impersonsto scot.y.,, HoieI
kits and legs that would disgrace a Long Island
City halt,SFsed rooster; The legs were 1neasSd
ting in the middle Of the orchestra, and
when this trayesty came upon tho stage, bearing
s 8 s%t5lS sr ave v ~ Si1g e as E barrel For h SsSar sho d rSSi
no has gono abroad in Long Island City saying
that IT dat mug out at Bergen Beach comes on
inter . iemop,merinsue pie. and utterinS other
orchestra chair sat his best girl, and all the way
out scStsy had been telling her, in tones loud
% mug" n t Ss' ss siSalns mug 70 became az E soe ,s az:
Raa TasF lmi sss 'aP seSSii.ys ssns up s,a, tSs NIB
1 pofn sssl o gSef y E Eas ff rieHd. s sIstfSs near Hi lin ~s Sc
he was. He half rose out Of his scat.
th .W h1y bs ssy: nj be 81 sA ! r %sA SG;,s cay q ySc%H q, ss.t eDfd
and yanked him back to bis seat. 10 turned 70
her w wSre in grief than II anger; :, INV min,
was like dat ia jump on tho hind end Of a ferry
oc Tss ana iaa asVS STa sax & W "ns lo aSessSt s;y ! WSaia;u
In the eourss Of events it became the duty Of
the Pseudo,Mayor to sing a song that referred e
pleasing to tho audience, especially when he said
that, when Mayor Gleason began swinging hi
battle axe for fair:
The tiger will need all the plans no can get,
And he'll keep the Goo Coos and Tom Plat In Q sweat
At the end OF the song there was o grea'
cheering and bowling that merged into cries o
TTssPeechl Speech Paddy, make q speech
stage and began to respond. Nobody heard him
The crowd kept on bowling Speech speechl'
Then Mayor Gleason. his straw hal
on his head. elambefed heavily to tn,
took his imitator by the hand. He led him TO tn,
front OF the stage and shook his hand enthusiasts
tically, while the audience cheered, cheered, ant
eheered. They quoted down finally, and Will,
Mayor Gleason was trying to think of some
lining up beside his modeIand remarking that
what handsomer than the real thing, he though
he was 2 pretty good initiation after all; Thel
very much Obliged FOR oil the enthusiasm AM
for tho largo attendance of his fellow citizens.
II feel that II Ii very proper" he said, takinI
of his hat and laying i on the stage, that m
the Magistrate who is to perform the union be
tween Mr.. Manhattan and Miss Brooklyn. for
balin-n that 4 have tha traa,. Ez--