The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
AND NAGLE BOTH 0. K.
SAYS KELLER. VINO KNEW NAGLE
As 4 room MAKER.

smart Northumberland Ont Roller
Smart street Cleaner. Too-Cleaned Out
Old Hens Badge with 800 Diamonds
for Nagle and Dinner In His Honor.
Commissioner Magic. the street cleaner. was
entertained at dinner last night by the Tam
many Hall Committee OF the Thirty-fourth
Assembly district southern side ut Suffers
Harlem Casino. Mag i-trate Lorenz Lelle- was
POSTMASTER. AMI among the guests who made
Speeches wero COMMISSIONS Of Charities
John ". Keller. Senator Grady. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney John s. Covan. John c. Sheehan.
Thomas Carroll. Thomas Brady. Senator
George W. Plunkitt, Commissioner OF Jurors
Charles Welde and Sheriff Grell.
The guests sat at nineteen tables. thirty to
each table. Each OF these tables was In charge
OF one OF the nineteen Tammany Hall election
district captains. The tables we're decorated
with electric lights 10 vari.colore shades. and
were almost covared with flowers. In intro
ducine John W. Keller as the first speaker
Magistrate Zeller denounced some OF the news
papers for 'hair attack upon Commissioner
Nagle shortly alter his appointment, and when
Commissioner Keller began speaking he fol.
lowed this same line. In part he said
II this dinner had been held six weeks or
W. JUL y 4 NOu q ptcu 'Nio IuFt INV
same. have known Mr.. NaRle fors very long
time. and men who move together through this
world learn to have tome liberality OF thought
concerning the habits OF men in this lie. No
change has cone over Percival T. Magic. He
has always been as he is to-day. Tho news
paper, did not say about him what any fair
minded man would say about another.
They sail he bets on horse races. Laugh
ter They also said he was a bookmaker. as
II | didn't know il. They said he was a sucker
bookmaker. | didn't fnl him so. II tho
' act Committee had taken my private bank
accounts and had examined nv checks they
would have found that I was acquainted with
Mr.. Magic. and they might have asked why
gave him 40 many checks. ! knew the man
was a clean man who could clean odt my bank
account the way he I'D. When he was appointed
people said that IL was terrible for a look
maker to be Commissioner otStreet Cleaning.
and that the ghost OF Waring would rise from
thu grave. hut I backed Magic TO win as n 10 to
l shot. and I would have been down on him
with a bet Just the same il he hal been 100
to | against a strong ~favorite. Cheers
by his good work with the first snowfall he
showed the newspapers that a bookmaker
could clean the streets, and he made 'em shut
W. This shows you not TO listen 10 what tho
newspapers say. Some oi these editors seem
10 think that they themselves are the only
honest people on earth, and frequently they
nre not half as honest as tho men they ARE
pounding.
lately Wa have heard a good deal from
these same papers about what an awful con-
ditIrn the city is In. We are tod that vice ia
rampant. and we have heard all sorts Of talk
about protection for gambling and worse
things. Mr.. Mazet started In to make
an Investigation. and was compelled
to mako a report that made him a
laughing stock and lost hin his seat in
the Legislature. II there is ono thing that |
DO snow about this city government, / is that
York city needs no defence against such
charges. She has stood them many times in
the past. and she w.! have to stand them
preachers goin. around knocking the city. hu,
III ike to call to, your attention that
t,hhsf' Mss y h an ws Ta' 10 .,sy hs m, i h.ca uw ". nav S"v
know what q good place i "a. When | was in
Paris ! PUT a nicSgi in a sl9' an The song hat
Enough for Me, and | feit so good that | gave
tho machine anothcr nickel right away,
In look ing for rs,orn"r- you must look at a
spot ON. II he has whiskers like mine or Ike
COMMISSIONER keatng's, you need never pick
Pm Pin .tG Gs5 l nrr e fsi S%n Snn hd IL i hlm a 'R iitsie IKE Il,
under suspicion. Laughter. But II a man
has his upper lip shaven and n LITTLE
bunch OF whisEers on his chin he
can't be trusted any more than YOU can
trust a chin-'uftel hiliygoat that approaches
you from behind. one man came here not long
ago. He's got that kind OF whiskers. and he's
Il rc'ormer. have a great reverence and re-
hpect Tor the clergy. BUY Steers whlSkers are
Ike that. and haven't heard that DR. Park
hurst has shaved.
"Itei YOU that Mr. Nagle has in his power
to-day TO make the next election for a city adj
ministration an absolute Certainty for a Tam
but the public don't. know II. Ii he keeps the
city clean. so that the women notice 1t when
they'r" out shopping. he does, more than. any
other com h%ination OF men rouli 40 'or a Tan.
knows that II It fail short he viii make II very
easy for Tammany 10 he beaten"
Mr. Keller then proposed a toa Il to Mr.. Magic |
and all stood NJ, and drank. Then Senator
on the newspapers. lie declared TINT as long |
MS newspapers were willing To 60 into tho
sewers, dig up the foul matter ther found there J
and sarve it to the community. ne felt thatthey
obscene publications and be PROMPTLY sup-
pressed. He laid that owingtO contipual Wing
and sensational charges, most OF which we're
without foundation, ths newspapers bad got
not take any stock IN what half o. them printed. !
Then Magistrate Iel!er got M AMI surprised
CommissioQer Magic Is, %han1ing him a gold
scribed on the badge in minute stones: p i. |
Naxie, Commissioner OF Street Cleaning" On |
the diverse OF the. badge was this legend
Presented by the Mem bers. o. The .Tammany |
Hall Assembly Committee Of the Th!rty-fourth
Assembly District, Borough OF Manhattan,
March 10, 1900"
MIR Naele was 40 much overcome with sur
Prise bat h" was unable to say ANYTHING more
than Il thank you
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