The true northerner., 1899-06-21
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Most successful politicians have
nick-names which cling TO them long
after the original cause of their second
baptism has been forgotten. Many
Presidents have had them, as "Tippe-
canoe" and Honest Abe" Thomas
Bracket Reed Is known as Gar
Reed all over the country THE Old
Roman" was applied to Allen G. Thur
man of Ohio more than his own name.
Voorhees, of Indiana was 1.-THE Tall
Sycamore of the Wabash" and Judge
Holman was known as "The Watch
Dog of the Treasury" until the day OF
his death.
Frederick S. Gibbs, national COM
mitteeman from New York, was dub
bed "The Wicked" by Stephen Mer-
ritt, local preacher and undertaken,
who opposed him in 1885 as Prohi-
bition candidate for State Senator.
Gibbs was elected, and when he con-
fded to some friends that he didn't
like the nickname, it was changed to
the "Ex-Wicked," in which shape 1t
still remains.
Chauncey M. Depew was christened
"De Peach" by gallery boy at a po-
litical meeting in a Bowery theatre.
General James w. Hustled. his West
chester crony. was known as the
BALD Eagle" because of his billiard
ball poll. William Sulzer is proud OF
his nickname, Henry Clay" given
him because of real or fancied re-
semblance to that eminent statesman.
William J. Connors. Buffalo poll
tician. is known throughout Erie
county as "Finggy," a name given to
him years ago by the longshoremen
and grain shovelers with whom he was
associated. An accident of his boy
hood days left one of his hands with
out the full number of digits.
Frederick c. Easton. formerly state
superintendent of public works. is
known in Albany county as "Chick."
name that has clung to him since his
delicate health and diminutive size at
school gave him the sobriquet of
Chicken" In stature and local politi
the boyish nickname sticks.
Another political duke is James Oil
yer, whose full title is the Duke Of
Paradise Park" When Mr.. oliver was
in the Assembly at Albany he intro
duced the bill which made a garden
spot of what had been the toughest To-
cality in New York, the Five Points.
Abraham Gruber of the Twenty-first
district is called the Little Napoleon"
because of his resemblance to the
French cOnquerer in stature and quail
ties of the head Another Napoleon"
is Senator Nevada Stranahan of Os-
wego.
lightning Jim," as former State
Inspector of Gas Meters James L.
Stewart is best known, obtained his
nickname because of his nervous ac-
tivity at all times and the rapidly
with which bis political moves were
accomplished.
William F. Sheehan, now prosper
Gus corporation lawyer, will always be
called "Blue-Eyed Billy" by those who
were associated with him in the Legis-
lature at Albany. Even when he sat
in the Lieutenant-Governor's cnair
Mr.. Sheehan never tried to run away
from this nickname.
Councilman Thomas Foley of the
Fourth ward is never called by his
friends anything else than big Tom.
Another big Tom" is Thomas S.
Brennan, formerly street cleaning
commissioner, and now a deputy to
Charities Commissioner Keller.
big Breezes" was a name given to
Augustus w. Peters, the president Of
Manhattan Borough, who died re-
Gently. Mr.. Peters had enormous mus
tachios, and the fancied attraction
which they exercised for the wind re-
suited in the sobriquet.
"The Big Fellow" and "The Little
Fellow" respectively, are the appella-
tions most frequently used in the En-
glish Senatorial district by their con-
stituents in speaking of Senator Tim
othy d. and Assemblyman Timothy p.
Sullivan. The Assemblyman is also
called Boston Tim" because his boy
hood was passed in that city. Senator
Tins best known nickname, how
ever, is DRY Dollar"
City Magistrate Willard H. Olmsted
has been called Jim" so long that on
an occasion when Mark Hanna wished
to present him with a gold medal for
some campaign services the name
James Olmsted" appeared upon it.
This nettled "the Judge"-another
nickname which was his long before
he sat on the bench-so much that he
refused to accept the medal. The
nickname Jim" came with Mr.. Ohm
sted from Auburn, where he lived be-
fore he moved TO this city. He was a
newspaper writer and his nom de
plume was James Gordon Bennett"
This was contracted into Jim" as
soon as tic authorship of the articles
was discovered.
Senator Thomas C.. Platt lived
great many years as ME Too Platt."
a name applied to him when his res