The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-18
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, mig Town Is Almost Submerged
- the Municipal Campaign-Un-
rtainty as to the Result, But
orIv because of the Mclaughlin
D,-oGection in BroOlIyn-Is limo
INV ID. sullivan, "Big Tim the
y.oI Principal on Behalf of Tam
any This Year, or Are the
strings Being Pulled by Croker
,,uou Across the Sea.-SOmething
,bout sullivan, Who Is n Right
picturesque Character in His
xvav-He Is One of New YOrIx's
phenomenal BettOrs, Politics, the
Horse Races, Faro, PugiIism and
poker All Being in His Line-Cu-
riousIy Enough, He Is Oftener Un-
,ncIev Than Otherwise, Which Is
one of the Reasons why He Isn't
Yet Millionaire.
>-,y York, Oct. THE local political
.,me is still by long odds the hottest
+bine in the metropolis. Confidence is
,on5ly proclaimed by all in interest,
hit the TACT ID, plODdDlyb IAdS tASAS
,,ou15 be little doubt of Tammanys
thinning were it not for the Brooklyn
d;ssatisfaction with the Tammany
ticket led by Brooklyn's Democratic
boss. Mclaughlin, already mentioned
IN this correspondence.
McLaughlins fight against part of
The city ticket, at least, is a contest
n the death. He has passed through
mare than one crushing defeat and re-
FAMED his supremacy nevertheless; but
M one believes he can continue at the
baad of his organization in case the
Tammany ticket should be elected in
its entirety. For this reason all Brook
Ivn Democrats who are loyal to him
riu vote the fusion ticket. AS the
rapistration in the Republican districts
NJ Manhattan is away below the nor
NAL fusion's only hope now seems to be
in Brooklyn.
IF Tammany does win in it's entirety,
4be credit will be given by the mass of
+be people to Mr.. Murphy. but some
who claim to know the inside will give
The credit to Timothy D. Sullivan, bet
Ter known as big Tim" He has been
undoubtedly the principal in all Tam
manvs moves this year, unless, indeed,
as some suspect, the whole business
is being directed from across the sea
by Mr. Croker.
Sullivan is a picturesque character
In his own way. He is supposed to be
worth a good deal of oney. The fig
IRE often mentioned as the measure
of his. resources is $400, 900, but this is
probably based upon misinformation.
For. While Sullivan has undoubtedly
made a lot out of his various enter
prjses. and also out of politics, he has
also lost lot in his various forms of
gambling.
Unlike most political leaders, he has
q habit Of risking his money on the
elections.
In 1901 when Edward NJ. Shepard
was the Tammany candidate for May
or. Big Tim" bet very heavily. There
are those who believe he lost 500, 900
at Saat time Their belief is not based
upon accurate information, but it is a
fact that he then placed a mortgage
for that sum upon his Dewey Theater.
His intimate friends say that he chang
ed his mind about the election of Shop
ard, after he had placed his bets on
him, in time to save himself to some
extent by hedging on Low. This is
probably true, but Sullivan's election
losses certainly were too big for COM
& fort that year.
Big Tim does not conf1ne his bet
ting to the elections, however. He is
very fond of the horses, though al
most always unlucky, and when there
are no horse races to bet on he plays
faro. He likes poker, too and de-
4 spite his nerve, which is plentiful, he
81 is somehow unlucky in this as well
as in racing and faro. This does not
mean that he is not sometimes lucky,
because he won $780, 900 in one sea-
son not many years ago on "Hesper."
"Irebor,' another well-known racing
animal, few years ago, was also
always lucky horse for Sullivan.
he used to bet heavily on prize
nights likewise, and he lost many