New-York tribune., 1901-06-11
THRILLING TO TAMMANY
DIVER ARE TO FIGHT IT
OUT IN THE lid.

The Divverites and the Foleyites of the lid As
sembly District, war. and the tide Of battle
is apparently going to turn issue that thrills
the heart Of every dyed in the wool Tammany man
in the district In the I'D Assembly District a re-
former is held in about the esteem a
Digger Indian. The district takes in the territory
from the end Of the Brooklyn Bridge up near
Chatham Square. II isn't such a big district. per-
haps but it's big enough for a good. old fashioned
Tammanv family fight. Councilman Tom Foley
and Tim" Sullivan are going 10 Try to put Judge
Diver on the political shelf and cover him over
with camphor balls and insect powder. that the
buffalo moths viii not bother him Diver tried
the retirement act once and grew old fast that
the merest suggestion Of giving over the leader
ship another is sufficient drive him TO liquid
refreshment
The issue is one that shakes the Tammany wig
poles II is: Who showed the greatest
zeal in protecting the heeers who stuffed the ballot
boxes in the Id District in the fan of lS93-the
Divvertes the friends Of Foley After thinking
the the leaders of the factions ap-
parenty came 10 the conclusion that il wouldn't
be safe TO take M any issue less than seven years
old, or one i'm which every voter in the district was
not personally or prospectively interested.
There were plenty of crooked votes cast in the
I'D District in 1893. Some Of the Divverites had
the same complaint Election Day that pros
trated John McKane. Of Gravesend. and resulted
in his relearning the cabinet makers trade in Sing
Sing Prison The grand jury took a hand in the
investigation. and found indictments against sew
era of Judge" DIVERS trusted lieutenants Just
then Mr. DIVERS health went back on him. and
on the advice Of man who knew considerable Afr
Diver went TO the Pacific Coast and watched the
men fish for tunas off ST Catalina Island. Alder
man Nick Brown worked heroically TO save the
men who got into trouble" BY and by Mr Diver
got well enough TO warrant his return from Cali
fornia. That when the grand jury got through
investigating the ballot box stuffing
Big Tom Foley faithful follower Of
DIVERS then Diver retired from the leadership
OF the district and was succeeded by Alderman
some. and took back his leadership. Croker helped
MIN do it, Since then The political bed hasn't
been quite big enough for two such large mon az
foley and Diver. On September Il next rbev win
night II out for the leadership. Both sides are
working tooth and nail 49, az
The nrst big battle will he on Labor Day. Sep
tember 3 Foley's crowd goes to Nifze's Poi6t
View Grove for its picnic and games and the Ti,.
teIltes go 70 DonnelY's Grove. one mile distant
AIteI the picnic VIII come the parade through rhe
lS II Was SalG last night that both factions
Molld parade That's whore the fun is expected
ANY man caught paying for a glass of beer viii he
mIafkeo TOT confinement Wards Island The
Ii1- ave cars VIII be run down chute toward
me ooWery and all the men passengers will fan
gently INTO a lake Of beer al Chatham Souare
councilman Foley viii give away one thousand dol
Iai plIls as souvenirs, and all who shake hands
Win DiYVer Will receive an arf0rnobils
teen VIII be shot from the cannon's rno,-b i,,r+
ilI Iuh ana Richard Croker will lecture on The
sn0rlconlnss OF George Washington
-, " neh councilman Foley seen last night ~
the Downtown TammanV C7ub C-barnha-- =, ~ q a.
Park Row. ne said. - anu
Wait I'LL next fail and see the fun
'Judge' Diver said
come around next fall and see US broi them