The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-27
every move Of the game.

Every morning tAeN akohtS "o"S w
their respective headquarters before
O'Clock and read through the death notices
in all the morning papers. II they founo
that anybody In the district had died, they
rushed to the homes Of their principals
with the information, and then there We .
race 10 the house Of the deceased TO onsS
condolences, and, II the family were poess
something more substantial.
On the day Of the funeral there was an.
other contest. Each faction tried to sur
pass the other in the number and appear
anoe Of the carriages 1t sent to the ~.
neral and more than once they almost cams
to blows at the church or in the cemeee5y.
On one occasion the Goodwinitss played
trick on their adversaries which has aimee
been initiated in other districts. A well
known liquor dealer who had considerable
following died, and both Sheehan and Good
win were eager to become his political heir
by making big showing 1t the funeral.
Goodwin managed to catch tho enemy
mapping. He went to all the livery stablas
in the dist riot. hired all the carriages ies
! the day and gave orders to 200 OF his uaeo
to be on hand 40 mourners.
Sheehan had never had any tsoubls
about getting all the carriages he wantsd.
80 he let tho matter 20 till the night before
the funeral Then he found thst b could
not hire carriage in the district.
He called his district committee togsthsr
in hurry and explained the situation to
them. He could Get all the vehicles b
needed in the adjoining district. he sad
but il he did that Goodwin would rouse ~
voters of the Ninth by declaring that b
J (Sheehan) had patronised foreign in-
| dust ries.
Finally it was decided that thsrs VS.
nothing to do but to 60 over to Sixth avenue
and Broadway for carriages. Sheehan
made fine turnout at the funeral, but the
deceased was hardly in his grave before
Goodwin raised the cry Of Protection to
home industries and denounced his rival
for patronizing livery stable keepers out
side of his district. The cry had It's eject
in the primary campaign. At all evel1tS
Goodwi n was elected leader.
recent contest for the leadership Of
the Second district illustrated further
the strenuous work of the Tammany dis
trict leaders. The contestants wore Pat =
rick Diver, who had managed the dis
trict for years, and Thomas r. Foley.
the sota re we're ssn vos hsy not 10 ous
at tended all the Italian christenings and
funerals, but also kept close lookou {
for the marriages In order to be on hand
with wedding presents.
At first each had his own reporter in
marriag es. Later Foley conceived Z bet
ter plan. He hired man to stay al DAY
at the City Hall marriage bureau, where
most Italian couples 10 through this civil
ceremony, and telephone to him ct biz
saloon when anything was doing 1t the
bureau.
Foley had q number Of presents ready
for use and, whenever he received . tele-
phone message from his man, he hastoned
TO tho City Hall with ring or watch OF Z
piece Of silver and handed 1t to the bride
. with bis congratulations. A. . oonss,
went to the home Of the couple with his
:. present, he always found that Foley had
been ahead Of him. Toward the end Of
the campaign Diver also stationed -
man at the marriage bureau and than
tween the two heelers
: Sometimes the rivals came into CONFLICT
at deathbed. One night poor Italian
, pedler died in Roosevelt street. The
r news reached Diver and Foley about tho
same time and, as they know the family
!, Of the man was destitute, each went to an
undertaken and brought him to the Roose-
welt street tenement,
The rivals and the undertakers met at
the house and an alteration ensued. After
much discussion the Diver undertaken
,, was selected. Foley had more carriages
, impressed the Italian voters by paying
, the widows rent for month and sending
her half ton Of coal and barrel Of -four.
The rivals were put on their mettle toward
the end Of the campaign by the wedding
Of the Baxter street region The Hebrew
, vote In the district Is nearly as large - the
Italian vote, and Diver and Foley set Out
to capture the Cohens and their friends:
r They stayed up nights thinking what
they would give the bride, Neither knew,
how much the other was prepared to spenc
:, on wedding present OF what form 1t woulc
take; 40 spies were employed by both sides
:. to keep watch on the jewelry stores, And
= the jewellers OF the dist riot were bribed by
= each side to impart the desired information
At last Foley heard that Diver had pur
a spoons He at once bought duplicate
< net and added a silver tea service. Wher
a the presents were displayed at the home
v of the bride Diver was not in pleasan
!, mood and he violently charged his jewelle
with treachery. II may be added that Fole,
won at the primaries
g One Of the fixed duties Of a TammAny
district leader is to give two outings ever!
summer, one for the men Of his district ant
the OF her for the women and children, enc
beefsteak dinner, and a ball every winter
The scene OF the outings is, usually. on
OF the groves alO1l8 Llic SOuhu.
The ambition OF the district leader OF
these occas ions is to demonstrate that hi
men have broken all records In the matte
: of eating and drinking. He gives out tn
? exact number Of pounds Of beef, poultry
r butter, &c. that have been consumed ant
processes to know how many potatoes ant
ears OF corn have been served
According to his figures, the avereg
n eating record Of each man At the outinl
d ia about ten pounds Of beef, two OF tA:e
4 chickens. a pound Of butter. half peck Q
n potatoes and two dozen ears OF corn. IN
drinking records, as given out, are Sill
more phenomenal For some reason no
t vet explained, the district leader think
d that his popularity will be greatly In
h creased il he can show that his follower
4. can eat and drink more than the follower
v OF any other district leader.
H. The same idea governs the beefsteal
: dinners in the winter II matters no
what sort OF steak is served or how II
o cooked. the district leader considers onl.
X. the question OF quantity, and when he 81
e GELS all others In this particular he feels
somehow, that he is a bigger man an
= deserves more patronage than his associ
d ates in the Tammany Executive COMMITTEES
" As to the balls, they are the events OF tn
winter in extreme East Side and Yves
Side society. Mamie and Maggie AM
Jennie prepare for them months in I'd
Y vance, and their young men save up TO
:. the occasions just as they save for the sum
, mer trips to Coney Island.
The district leader II in his glory at th