The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24

not use tobacco in any form and does not drink
intoxicating liquors. This Is one OF his most
remark able traits. He has been called q sport,
q lobbyist. a professional politician and a handy
bondsman, but he has never been known to
lose his temper over any Of these descriptions
In fact, the serenity Of his disposition IL one OF
the things that endear him to his constituents
Of whom he Il, perhaps, the most typical repre-
sentative that could b found. He has often
been asked whether his friends outnumbered
his relatives in the second district.
In 1883 he left the County Democracy and
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The City counoh. Il was h ths parlor Of Folsy's
home that the .rransepent yss made by which
Assembly districts in 1897 created . new Third
district for which . satisfactory Tammany
asked to move into the new district and as,
sumo the reins Of leadership. he did so. and
repeated there The political successes Thicaa
q constituency there very similar TO that which
swore by him in the Second district, and he
soon. established himself In the good graces
TO the material wants Of his constituents which
he showed in the Second district made friends
for him in the Third. Vas there one Of his
rested Til he had landed him 10 some soft berth
In the cfty's employ. Wa there q voter held
IN bal, Big Tim was at his call at any hour 81
to square matters. The result Of his mstAodS
was soon made apparent to the Leaders OF all
political parties In the city. and Timothy. pry
to be considered In the political reckoning.
His ability to account to the Tammany organ
ization for every vote In his district was some
close OF the polls on election day. he called
ters and apologized for three votes that had
had secured political places through the Re
publican leader Of the district,
Il cannot for the life OF me account for that
third vote, he said, Z remark that caused much
laughter among the other district leaders
When the crowd got through laughing sulli:
the Cinnamon In the district had voted tho Re-
publican ticket for the reason that all Of the
Cinnamon were his friends. This is undoubt-
largely Irish. Italian, Hebrew and Chinese. az
poly glot a constituency as could be found
anywhere In the State. Mulberry. Bend and
most every race, and men Who can speak every
known language except Bostonese. Political
lines in the lower part OF the oity are divided
greatly on race distinctions. The, Irish and
the Italians are Democrats as q rule, ana the
Hebrews and Germans are Republicans; Dnt In
S%ullivan's district they we're all Sullivanites.
The district, besides taking In the 1ombs, In
cluded the entire Chinese quarter, with It's
Chinese restaurants and opium dens. and the
oil clothes section Of Baxter street. the place
where the Five Points used TO be, the dime
museums in the vicinity OF Chatham square.
and the Italian rookeries OF Mott street.
From the Third district sullivan moved over
20 the Sixth district, and succeeded the
late Harry Miner as leader in 1898. He made
this the banner Tammany olsTict OF the city.
Ills popularity and strength grew with the
overwhelming circle of his acquaintance. His
shrewdnsss and ready wit were responsible
for much Of his popularity. He had no trouble
whatever in securing MS nomination and cleo
ton as State senator for the Eleventh Senate
district, and he has continuously succeeded
himself up 10 the present time.
o. Although he never was a good speaker. there
who could equal him In securing the passage
Of bills In which they were interested. His
ability In this regard became so generally known
that he was soon sought after by. every body
who wanted TO hurry up Legislation. No speeches
were necessary for any bill that he wanted
10 put through. All that was needed was TO
have the members know that he was behind the
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