New-York tribune., 1901-10-21

BILL LEARY'S POETRY.-'Re careful therel
Just climb over that desk and come around this
way! came from behind pile of stationery and
cardboard reaching to the ceiling the Seth Low
headquarters. in the Metropolitan Life Building
yesterday. 1t was William Leary who spoke. He
has charge of the speakers and campaign Itera-
ture end of the Seth Low canvass.
I've spent thirty consecutive hours in sorting
through that mass of campaign poetry and still II
comes I've just engaged loft Say take that
down to the janitor and tell him TO feed il to the
furnace Ito half dozen clerks who appeared in
the doorway with armfuls of anti-Tammany cor
respondenceI.
This Is awful" continued bill" IF only all the
poets who write stuff about Croker vote for
Low he'll win in walk Just listen TO this It's
sung TO the tune of Mothers Locket':
"-Croker's pocket; let us sock It,
For our dollars linger there.
Dick. on this capacous pocket.
Spends his thought and time and care
That's only the chorus. There are ten verses
Then here's one that
white wings. they never grow weary.
Which he car blow in at Vantage"
| But here the reporter had 10 break 1t of BILL"
| while possessing manly tenor. never had II FLED
and IT showed the strain Of his arduous Iabors He
| finally agreed that he would read some OF the
| others.
Here's about Shepard:
This is the Shepard of Spotted Town.
Whose changing coat has won renown.
A splendid lot of crooks has he
In IdCL, the WnOle OF IdInnanE,
To keep a Tigers fold. you know.
Would take million crooks So
That's not SO bad, But this one about Devery
| is a 'corker'-t's hot stuff all right:
| This brilliant man shakes up and down.
The shaky cops OF Spotted Town
Whose Red Lights. like shining star,
| He rules the World of Graft. you know.
But he'll be shook by Mayor Low.
Isn't that a Lulu? Just the thing. Full Of good
hard knocks. And this about Van wyck is all
right:
The brightest GEM gem in croker's 75iSsS crown G
\ wonderful LOT of beefsteak can
Be slowed away by this little
He favored the Ice Trust and Ramapo-
He'll be a useful Judge you KNOW
But I don't much for Van Wyck- He's
small potatoes, and dead One'-never'n be heard
of Election Day. I'm cunning for bigger
game. Here's one about Van Hoesen:
=, In the biggest borough m Of Spotted Town
respectable fSurehead he must be,
To boss the Aldermen for Tammany-
Van Hoesen! Van t1oesen! Van Hoesen!
Van Hoesen, Van Hoesen, Van Hoesenn do
IVAN Hoesenn do Wen do Van Hoesen
easy enough But he's an old man. and I've a
large bump of veneration, you know, we'll
that out. This one about Fromme is awful
"'"From me. Fromme. Isaac, from me-
M TRe as CGosan Sob JOB your pay pay shall be- M.
Who's strong in Spotted Town, you know.
To grow quite clear that Doe is twins
Doe is twins. Why. he's trplets The lobster
who wrote that must live in Brooklyn Every
outside of Brooklyn knows who John Doe is. That
stuff's pretty yellow. all right Now. 1 write
poetry myself you know, and I'll Just read you
of my own" and Bill. with flush of conscious
pride cleared his voice and read
THE hunger OF the tiger the distant banks OF
Niger
Isn't difficult or hard to satisfy.
But the hunger of the UnSer OF the Spotted Town
fierce tiger
To be the towns attorney is fierce and strong and
high.
John Doe and Croker in Spotted Town
Have finally concluded throw Gardiner down!
L LEnvoi.
To hell with reformr'
The hunger of the Unger!' Poor LearyI 1t
evident that the strain telling him. The
reporter succeeded in persuading him go homo
and take sleep, and hope Is entertained that he
will ultimately recover.