New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
STORIES FROM ALBANY.
GOSSIP AMONG LEGISLATORS IN rgm
LEISURE MOMENTS

Albany. March "a (speciaD.-An A,semHyun
from a northern county was talking the other tav
with a member from Manhattan Island Hs -.
telling of some bargains IN calves which he h.s
made the preceding week and In the course Of hs
conversation he wandered back 20 politics axan
There politicians and politicians" he ben,
medtatively. but Tweed and Croker and you ~
lows of Tammany Hall cannot produce the peer 81
some OF the old candidates for Office who used
stamp the ground in Franklin County" Nottaps
the increased interest OF his listener the norh
erner continued: 81 tell you. those old timers :,
my way can't be beat Their descendants ara ssl
drawing their nets for votes and they haul IN
about everything On the northern slope Of In
Adirondacks the nomination Is an equivalent TO n
election. for not a Democratic county officer ha,
ever been elected there since the War Of the Rs
bellion. Some years ago candidate for Sheriff u
order to avoid the meshes OF the law. went sbc1
buying calves among the farmers for future delysF
and unloading his political ambitions into tssr
willing ears Every calf he bought was h
condition that he secured the office Of Sheriff u
cept where the hardheaded tiller Of the SOL ~
suspicious OF the game. IN which case the rsts
was so much down for the calf and so much
if he won out and could afford 20 be liberal
Up in one OF the backwoods towns there Lived
local politician Of some prominence whose influence
rally followed that his assistance IN canvassing L.
town for delegates was worth a consideration
who visited him he pointed out how badly his ban
needed shingling. and every mothers son OF tasa
drama now probably watching with as much .
terest ever the local political contests from u
elevated seats of the spirit world
over in Clinton County there IS nothing csraa
how any eecIion VIII result, votes . are re- .ne.sn @
worth more there 70 the square roo than n S
other locality in the United States. unless u .
in the legislative halls OF Montana There was
time when there was no secret bancS IN those pars
because the indentation Of the pencil mark has
of the paper. One farmer and his three sons hsIs
been known to carry OF an even hundred snosn
great many people up there 20 think I I.
good thing 10 continue this extraordinary mstnd
OF circulating money among the people
The Tammany member who had listened all IN
time with marked attention replied:
Well our wigwam has had its heroes. and sons
OF them are not dead yet There Is big Tin sr-
Hvan. for instance. 1t was before the time
Little Tim,' upon whom the Assembly mantle aas
now fallen Big Tim was then known As 10
wag OF the Legislature II was what might
called his freshman year in the Assembly TaH
was about fifteen years ago. a bin was a. 'a-s
time advocated by Robert Ray Hamilton and
Ernest Crosby for the removal OF the ZoolosA
Garden further away from the residential pofu'a
OF New-York. You see. the city's growth aH
brought Ii up to the very walls OF the inciosl'>
They argued strenuously IN favor OF the bin e Lns
chief reason for so doing was that their cons ,a,
ents were afraid OF the wild animals sa.nsss ss
listened intently. and when they were tlsu.ss
moved to amend the bill. His amendment sn
move the garden 10 Paradise Park WneE 49,
said that this district was thickly settled. and Ia
the wild animals might make II picnic s'Ouh''
My constituents are not afraid that the ~
beasts will ate" them Indeed. they VII ="
the Wild beasts!' "
Senator Grady was telling the other day 40"
once travelled incognto In Westchester CounJ
was at election time. and. having been asked 0s "
Democratic Committee OF a small town 10 naAs
speech there one evening, he reached the ps
about ) o'clock. Immediately he went 20 oa- ~.
shop for repairs. As the barber was sppyns
brush he happened to say:
Did you hear Of that man Crazy
a-going TO speak here tonight" =.
In a MT of observation-disclosures the Senator re'1"
why. no; what about him?''
We'll. sir" the reply. he is the oss
scamp that ever was erected 70 the Lessa
and the Slickest. too" -
You don't say was the response rom NV
the lather. ..1 --bs
Yes. that is right And he is the most sfs s .ss
drinker. too. The last time he was here =. II
TO postpone the rally meeting until ne ha0 =
cred consciousness" -. t--.sy~
asked the Senator. who now sat erect "a n.-s,on - v
contemplating with some degree or satisaaeN
round face in the mirror opposite. - .,,,sSt
Why" replied the barber. ne IS sns mar
pounds. and Is about feet +-what ~ousu
human giraffe .xJ,w -
After a moment the Senator asAeo-
would you say arY
'.Oh about Seet l." the answer
Would you call me lean? -. al "a
'I should say not You're what would svs ss ~
well 10 must have been another I'll s- 10
the Senator as he paid for the shave nsv4
Grady who Is going to speak tonight and 10 -
was In this town before What i Ii1'"
remember OF ever having been reet =
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