The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-10-03
who had considerable following died,

stables in the district, hired all the
carriages for the day and gave orders
to 200 of his men to be on hand as
mOurners. Sheehan had never had any
trouble about getting all the carriages
he wanted, so he let the matter go till
the night before the funeral. Then he
found that he could not hire carriage
in the district. He called his district
committee together in a hurry and ex-
planned the situation to them. He
could get all the vehicles he needed in
the adjoining district, he said, but IL
he did Goodwin would rouse the voters
of the Ninth by declaring that ne
(Sheehan) had patronized foreign in
dustries. Finally it was decided that
there was nothing to do but to go over
to Sixth avenue and Broadway for car
riages. Sheellan made Il 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 its ef-
feet in the primary campaign, At oil
events Goodwin was elected leader A
recent contest for the leadership Of the
Second district illustrated further the
strenuous work Of the Tanunnny dis
trict leaders. The contestants were
Patrick Diver, who had managed the
district for years, and Thomas +. Fo-
ley. Both were particularly anxious to
secure the large Italian vote. They not
only attended all the italian christen-
ings and funerals but also kept a close
lookout for the marriages in order to be
OH hand with wedding presents. At
first each had his own reporter in the
Italian quarter to keep track of the mar
riages. Later Foley conceived better
plan. He hired a man to stay all day
at the City Hall marriage bureau,
where most Italian couples go through
the civil ceremony, and telephone to
him at his saloon when anything was
doing at the bureau. Foley had num-
Der of presents ready for use and,
whenever he received telephone mes
sage from his man, he FASTENED to the
City Hall with ring or Il watch or a
piece of silver and handed it to the
bride with his congratulations. AS
consequence, when Diver got the
news and went to the house 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 a man at the
marriage bureau and then there were
daily footraces and fights between the
two heelers.
Sometimes the rivals came into con-
f1ict at a deathbed. One night poor
Italian peddler died in Roosevelt street.
The news reached Diver and Foley
about the same time and, as they knew
the family of the man was destitute,
each went to an undertaken and brought
him to the Roosevelt street tenement.
The rivals and the undertakers met
at the house and an alteration ensucd
After much discussion the Diver un-
dertaker was selected. Foley had more
carriages at the funeral, however, and
by paying the widows rent for Il
month and sending her ton Of coal
and barrel Of flour. The rivals were
put on their mettle toward the end of
the campaign by the wedding of
daughter of one of the original Cohens
of the Baxter street region. The He
brew vote in the district is nearly as
large as the Italian vote, and Diver
and Foley set out to capture the Co
hens and their friends. They stayed
up nights thinking what they would
give the bride. Neither knew how
much the other was prepared to spend
on wedding present or what form it
would take; so spies were employed
by both sides to keep watch on the
jewelry stores, and the Jewelers. Of the
district were bribed by each side to i'm
part the desired information. At last
Foley heard that Diver had purchased
a set Of silver knives, forks and spoons.
He at once bought duplicate set and
added silver tea service When the
presents We're displayed at the home
Of the bride Diver was not in pleas
ant mood and he violently charged his
jeweller with treachery. 1t may be ad-
ded that Foley won at the primaries.
One of the fixed duties of Tammany
district leader is to give two outings
every summer, one for the men Of his
district and the other for the women
and children, and a beefsteak dinner,
and ball every winter The scene
of the outings is, usually, one of the
groves along the Sound. The ambition
of the district leader on these occasions
Is to demonstrate that his men have
broken all records in the matter of eat
ing and drinking. He gives out the eX-
act number of pounds Of beef, poultry,
butter, &C., that have been consumed
and processes to know how many po-
tatoes and ears of corn have been serv-
ed According to his figures the aver
age eating record of each man at the
outing is about ten pounds of beef, two
or three chickens, a pound of butter,
half peck of potatoes and two dozen
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