The sun., 1903-12-18
DE ATE Dimes ITS FLORRlE,
HIS NAME IN 2-FOOT ELECTRTCS
BLAZING AROVE

And Every body in Evening Clothes and
Most Tamnlany Celebrities There
He Gets . DiamOnd.Eyed Tiger and
Julius Hamburger Says He's Got Job.
The Tammanyites of the Eighth Assembly
district showed last night what they thought
OF Florrie Sullivan, their leader, who piled
up majority Of 1928 for his party on cleo
tion day. They gave big dinner In his
honor at Shaney's, to which DE Ate"
turned out in force.
Every one of the $50 present. except the
guests OF honor, came from the district
and they all wore evening clothes. Some
didn't appear happy in them. but. as one
admitted to his neighbor, they "looked the
goods anyway.
Over the guests table hung a big por-
trait Of Florrie. in a frame that glittered
with red, green, blue and white electric
lights Downtown thought it grand, but
it wasn't a marker compared to the big
electric sign in red, white and blue that hung
at the other end Of the room. and bore the
name OF Florence j. Sullivan" in blazing
letters two feet high,
About every one who amounts to much
In Tammany was there except Leader
Murphy, Big Tim Sullivan and Mayor
elect Mcclellan. 1t wasn't Big Tins
fault that he wasn't. He missed his train
that he called Florrie up on the telephone
to tell him how it was. Besides the district
leaders the guests included Supreme Court
Justices Mccall and Giegerich Judges New
burger and Foster and Civil Justices Roesch,
Hoffman and Joseph.
OF course, all the mayors" OF downtown
avenue headed the list. Sheriff-e ect En-
LANCER was there. too, and SO was Bird
Coler., One of Erlanger's appointments
burger, leader OF the Tenth Assembly dis
trict, announced that he is to be under
sheriff. The salary 9 IS, 900 a year. Nearly
everybody stopped eating long enough
to congratulate Hamburger
Andrew, Lang is to have Harburgef's old
job of clerk In the Fourth District Municipal
Court
Aaron Schulum, the chairman Of the
committee which got up the dinner when
-Florrie' was out Of town. was master OF
trict Tammsnyites he presented to their
leader a gold !ocket on which was a tiger,
the head surrounded with diamonds. the
eyes made Of diamonds and having dia-
mond in Its mouth.
In his speech OF acceptance and thanks
Leader Florrie said that he personally would
see to 1t that the Eighth district was as
clean as any. in town.
Jsmes s.;,I Lindsay , Gordon, the next speaker,
lights for, the East Side he quoted the
guest Of honor as saying. "If I ever find
red light in the Eighth III smash it with
my own fist" Then he continued
ment than on ali the 1esolutions s"' Of ali tho
reformers and all the promiEes Of all the
Victor J. Dowflne answered to the toast
The Incoming Admipistration,.'. and pro-
II man who j. beaten by 1.2es votes
in his district is eligible to become chair
man OF the Republican county committee,
how many votes must he be beaten by to
become the Republican candidate for Gov-
ernor?"
The problem raised a laugh. Charles
n, Murray, until yesterday was Republican
leader in the Eighth.
Mr.; Dowling said that he couldn't make
any ar "a definite statements as to wfR the heads
minlstration would be, but he could predict.
The incoming administration. said he,
will be broad and liberal. 1t will violate no
rights and will oppress no citizen to carry
out the theories of lot of visonaries.
The effect the administration will have in
its two years will add greatly to the Demoo-
racy both Of the State and of the nation"
Ex-senator, Tom Grady was we'll enough
.9 be present and to respond to the toast
fouce Magistrate and he told how when
he was presiding in the Essex Market police
court he had known Florrie Sullivan.
@FlorTie had 9S per cent. Of the cases in
the court he said, -and introduced me to
more millionares than I have since seen
or heard Of. They were the bondsmen and
they laid claim to large part Of the Tenth
ward and all of the Seventh. But when it
came time to forfeit the bonds they never
could be found. They'd all moved"
Civil Justice Roesch spoke on women in
Politics and Congressman Goldfogle told
of the glories OF DE Ate"