The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-28
INVASION TO-DAY.
HINKY DINk AND CooNEF-THE-FoU
COMING nth MAFOR HARRISON.

to Help Elect Van wycL-soo Mcn on the
Special Train -PodIErcea or tho Visitors.
CHICAGO, Oct. Cit was a representative
crowd Of ward hcolers, cheap politicians. bruls-
ers, gambling house proprietors, dive keepers,
and plug uglies in general that accompanied
his Honor Mayor Carter H.. Harrison on his trip
OF invasion into Greater New York. The party
started from tho City Hall at L. 80 o'clock to-
day. They were not all thugs who went with
him. In the Cook County Democracy there are
u few god men, but n great majority OF the
delegation will come under tho classification Of
political FOUNDERS. There were in all nearly 800
broad. shoulderod members OF tho Democratic
organization. Every mothers son was clothed In
regulation regalia OF the club-black frock coat,
dark overcoat, silk hat, white tie, and gloves.
Each carried a black silk umbrella.
In his order instructing those who should 40.
company his Honor to Gotham, Capt. Jimmy
Farrell laid great emphasis on the clothes to be-
worn. He said no deviation from rules would
be permissible. Tan.colored shoes were barred,
in spite of tho Mayor having established Q
precedent in their favor on the Nashville trip.
On that occasion no wore at one extremity .
black silk hat and at the other yellow shoes.
Its Just like dis" said ono of the braves,
who ordinarily goes about town without collar
or tie, "wc wants TO DO able to tip our
lids on Broadway widout takln' no chances
on being guyed. Seei Dem Tammany
geezers II give us dc glad mitt, but
II We don't go in proper toys dey'l
size US fer gillies. Are you NEXT Well, you
can bct'cher sweet existence dat well be 40
warm a push as ever come up do pike. Dey
amt a lobster on do train-not on yer re-toucho6
negative"
1t wouldn't do to go into details in discussing
biographies of Mayor Harrison's body guard. II
would hurt Chicago's reputation, but the
gang" goes to "whoop 1t up for Tammany,"
and its motto is, ITO hell with Henry George"
The Chicago orators intend to tell their New
York audiences that in 1894 Mr.. George came
here and made several speeches for John z.
White, who was running for Congress in the
Second district on the Popalist ticket, which ro-
suited in the defeat of John J. Harrahan, the
regular Democratic nominee, and tho election
of Lorimer, tho Republican boss. With this fact
in mind Mayor Harrison and his cohorts won.
der how Mr.. George can consistently object to
their invading New YORK to aid Van Wyck.
Robert f. Burke, Thomas Gahan, and other
leading Democrats asked to-day:
what right has Henry George to kick on
Chicago Democrats helping the New York party
ticket, when he journeyed Just as far in 1896 to
oppose our party nominee for Congress and help
in electing the chief cog in the Republican
machine r.
This feeling dominated the entire delegation.
and tho leaders talked as though they had
thrown discretion to the winds and intended tn
defy George and his silver friends to their very
faces. All of which, by the way, will please
John p. Altgcld exceedingly. He sees in the
coming rupture between the Harrisonian DEM
ocrats and the Populists and Silverites who fol-
low George a way 10 rid himself of a dangerous
riyal-the Mayor himself.
In the push" on the way to New York, an
the colloquial gent" termed the organization,
-, .
johnny" Powers, President of the club, pro-
prletor of several grogseries. and. whom the
Mayors Chief of Police is mapping. chief man Of
influence In one or two unsayory gambling
houses. Next comes Alderman BILLY" J.,
O'Brien, business partner of Powers, and o
very smooth" member of the City Council
gang Another Alderman is Michael Kenna,
better known locally as "Hinky Dink," ex.
newsboy, ward politician, and q saloon keeper.
whose place OF business was for years q harbor
for disreputables, of both sexes. Little I" Mike
Ryan, an ex-Alderman. 10 mo SLOUGH" in i'm.
portance. His record in the City Council would
dazzle the eyes of an Eastern Alderman, and he
earned tho soubriquet of "Cooney, the Fox"
Sol" Van Praag, ex-legislator and gambling
house proprietor, is a fitting companion for
those already named. but scarcely one that
would be selected by the Mayor as a guest at his
homo. Jack" Colvin, ex-Alderman. was one
OF the CITY Councu famous Big bour, thab
included, besides himself. ed" Cullertons
Frank Lawlor, and Harry Hildreth. without
whose consent no municipal measure could be
passed. Alderman Billy Mangler, who recently
achieved fame because of his "squealing" ON Q
man who tried to bride him with a paltry $4,000
to sell his vote on the general electric ordinance
Is also on the train.
The list OF those who have q past might Do
heightened almost indefinitely. but TO oven
mention all Is III practicable. 1t may suffice to
mention such worthless as South Town AssessoR
RI. Cunning, lobby" Burke. tho Mayors
right-hand man and City OH Inspectors; ex-Cona
gresham Larry" McGann, Smoke Superin~
tendent J. c. Schubert, Superintendent of Sew<
ers Davidson. superintendent OF Street Cleaning
John F~itzsimmons, Miles ]. Devine, James Q.
Dooley. Dennis Calvin. ex'Alderman Frank
GaZZolo. John (. Fitzgerald. Ed Mcdonald OF
County "Boodle" fame, and Hugh Curran.