The sun., 1902-10-16
TINS FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH
BTJTER NAN THAN WEBSTER
FOR BATTERY DISTRICT.

I'm Not Overeducated. says Dry Dollar,
and I'm No Reformer. Agttator or In.
,estigator-Ne>er Got Cent OF Police
Blackniail-.An Autobiogra phic sesnce
Biz Tim Sullivan. Tammany nominee for
,ongress in the Eighth district, went to
Battery Dan Finn's club in Hudson street
al night, where he made his first political
.p..ch and fulfilled his promise TO give
no uublic HE own version Of the story Of
his lI-.
He wound up by telling the voters that he
would represent them better in Washing
.,, than the late Daniel Webster could II
% was alive.
Rig Tim enjoyed himself so much and
ne gang was so appreciative that when
,ongressman Billy Sulzer was called on
or a few remarks he couldn't refrain from
,ol1uy about the time that he, too, was a
uo3r friendless boy in this great city. And
when Sulzer got through Jimmy Oliver
old how he also Was born on Cherry Hill
and vas sols-made jurist. --
There was 60 much autobiography that
roboiy thought TO mention that rising
Young man Of Brooklyn. Bird 5. Coler.
although In opening the ceremonies Battery
nan had distinctly stated that the meeting
rad been called TO ratify the whole Demo-
ratio ticket Big Tins nomination was
he only one ratified. Battery Dan and Big
Tim were the only men there who wore
toler buttons.
When Tim came in the band played, the
gang yelled and Battery Dan pulled at the
.oattalls Of the ardent orator 10 make him
-,op. But he would not quit until he had
allied the coal operators "self-styled hypo-
critics
Big Tim was introduced as the honest
neUsboy" He said in part:
I'm proud 10 be called 10 make my first
political speech in the First district. I'm
not going o try TO he an orator or talk about
,.sue- or tho trusts. We all know what the
trrsts have done TO us.
Several of the papers have given good
deal of attention 10 your candidate for Con-
sress Sow, | amt going TO apologize to
any newspaper and I'm not afraid of any
newspaper.
L nave been An honest boy and man
IL 1871. when was years old the Barclay
street church records will show that I was
horn in 1883 az las Greenwich street,
sot JOB on the Commercial Advertiser
iaking bundles for $50 week That
money was needed al home
'Wnen was 10 got the teacher 10 let
mo out of school carry so | could carry a
newspaper route III my own. l NdN lne
first A. hoy cn the first perfected Hoe press
ever mad". -ioure fly boy now,
veled some ono in the crowd
Now, I'm not saving this for you. be-
cause you all know me, but for the news
papers. 80 that tomorrow they won't say
n i alleged that l did this or that as the
Citv Club charges me with the other thing.
e. got my education in the Elm street
grammar school, but I'm not overedu.
Gated When got through that school
! vas one of the seven boys entitled to go
IA the Free Academy in Twenty-third
street, but / couldn't GO | had to go to
work 10 support myself and four younger
children in the family.
so say am not overeducated, but |
suppose my opponent Is going around
tonight holding my mannerisms up 10
rldicule But my mannerisms and ways
are the mannerisms of 95 per cent Of the
poople | will represent, and they'll be the
mannerisms Of your children and children s
children.
Well. when was IS got Job on the
man named Mccarthy had a saloon in Leon.
Ard street. I used to go in there. You
know how poor boys of the tenement houses
have TO GO in somewhere to get out Of the
wa,
But vou never took drink. Tim" in
No. I've never taken drink. But
bought that saloon. Afierward | owned
me a. III Centre street and later on had one
~ ]; Centre street. got rid Of II in iss:
o Florrie sullivan Now that's the last
limo I ever had any direct or indirect con-
rec,ion with any saloon,
Next | moved into the Sixth district
where our party was in bad way. ane
vas elected from there to the Senate, where
had already been four terms, Now I'm
Going to Congress. and I'd rather be your
representative there than have any Other
eNCe in the country.
I'm not a refor1ner. nor an agitator moi
IN Investigator | don't know that any
pohce official ever got any blackmail, but
if any did Tim sullivan never got cen, Of it
u would rather be guilty OF any crime
~ the calendar than take money from ar
Unfortunate woman or any other victim
Of hlackmail
I say this in all seriousness. It's the
first time I've ever defended myself and
II viii be the last And now you've got
nv whole life from years old until to-day
The papers say I've made $500 1000 year
~ salary of 81 500 al Albany. | make
all my money honestly out Of my theatres
and automatic pump business. II ism
NOR" than s7b 900 year. And If should
sell on everything to-day and pay all
my debt, | wouldn't have but between
$4,000 and 100000.
IF you elect me ri b. better repre-.
,sn'atve for the Congress district, if I do
Nav II myself, than Daniel Webster could
10 IL no was back on earth"
Then Tim sat down and tho name Coler
hadn't once got by the lips that never
touched liquor.
Il didn't get by Jimmy divers either
or Battery Dams
Congressman Sulzer said that he had
mt dropped in 10 lot every fibre of his
manhood testify for Tim Sullivan"
Every fibre had chance, for Billy spoke
an hour and seventeen minutes.
The cream of Jimmy divers tribute
va. that Big Tim "is a typical pinnacle
" 'ovo tor the PEOPLE"