The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

tractor once enjoyed the favor %, 'h@ CITY
Leuausa Ire made votes FOR Tswwluy Hail
and thousands maintained themselves lg
municipal departments and iu the employ
0f various corporations through the rule
ut district leaders, treachery 20 whom
would mean ruin.
Timothy u. Sullivan and men OF his
type a-n fcuial chiefs with power nf p3-
litical life and death over their followers.
Z Fulton Cutting is "a prophet calling
upon all 10 leave the fashpots % Eryp-
and go forth into what is often wilder
ness or civic virtue.
Mt. Cutting has been called a political
boss He Is rather a directing genius who
rides the storm Of discomfort
His Is hardly an organization.
It is rather a coalition Cf the forces OF
lesser lesaers. who have Joined crusade
Ht the same time maintaining the IrIl-
viduality OF their own forces.
Most OF the work o. these bodies begins
At the nominating conventions HuI ends
on the eve of election.
No PERIOD or
INACTIVITY AT TAMNIANY HALL.
TammsUy Han IS Elwsvs alert
There IS no on year-nO period of In
activity.
The incentive Of once holding Is always
before the rank and file. and the attack
never finds her unprepared for battle.
Timothy Il. Sullivan IS regent of all tho
Tammaay Han forces below Fourteenth
street.
He seems 20 lead an existence given mp
20 theaters and automobiles. and races
and late suplCrs. yet he rules his realm
through able lieutenants who are never
asleep.
A mysterious life enough e that OF this
I r-HsH Hvrsaa
caught mapping.
His agents and eTnissaries reach out in
every direction. guiding, directing and
watching His outposts are In the Pow
cry. and Fourteenth street Is his fortified
frontier. Every one Of his followers
knows him and h- gives 10 all the impros-
sion that he IS their friend. HIS govern
ment IS pateTnaiistIc.
Although wealth has come 20 him Tim
othy u. TO this day wears ba-gy trousers
and rainent which looks as though Il
/ had passed through a clothes vriEge-.
i. Fulton Cutting. banker. member cf
exclusive clubs. The inhcritor OF a dis
tinEuished name. goes TO his conferences
at night in evening dress.
His followers SPEND their time more IN
talking Of the isms OF ideals ana OF the
prospect of introducing reforms than they
do In perfectinE their organization.
There is "a wide difference between a
general and au apostle. and that's the
principal distinction between Timothy u.
Sullivan and X Fulton Cutting.
Membership IN political organizations
counts for nothing with those zho are
committed 90 moral ideals
Down at the Aquarium. % give a con-
crct" example. tlcg" W"r" four policemen
who h"lHn-'I TO % Republican club I'm the
upper portion of the city.
The positions 90 which they had been
assigned wore siuCrgr1s. and the hours
were from In the morning until 4 O'Clock
IN the afternoon.
FINALLY CONSENTED TO
RETAIN TWO OFFICERS.
Commissioner Partridge thought that
one policeman was enough. but finally he
consented 10 retain two.
Their district leader called ~ police
headquarters 20 make his complaint and
he was not received because he vas "A
Republican politician.
To carry out the idea that none should
be favored the Commissioned. removed an
four Of the Republican policemen and nut
Hall.
This was reform OF the kind IN which
X Fulton Cutting believes. II Is not sui
livan politics.
4 Tainmany Police Commissioner uiEht
have spared four Republican policemen II
assured -hat they would vote for a Demo-
cratic Mayor
Men OF the Timothy d. Sullivan typs
place public servants under obligations 20
their organizations
r Fulton Cutting stands FOR those high
Ideals which even retain in Office the enc
mics OF the party in power Timothy ID.
sullivan says turn the Republicans out
and r Fulton Cutting would saw keep
Iammany Hall appOintees in Office II they
are competent
In every department Of the city there
/ are. under reform rule, thousands OF en-
/ ployes who are waiting the opportunity
OF recording their votes against the party
which has been paying their salaries.
Under Tammany rule these men were
willing lieutenants. to-day they are 4 dis
| affected Praet0rian Guard
There is no more striking difference be-
! tween the methods OF Timothy D. Sulli-
van and OF r. Fulton Cutting than that
/ shown in their views Of Office holding. as
/ eNemplifed in practice
| Sullivan has always held Office OF some
/ kind. while Mr.. Cutting maintains that no
| leader should draw salary from the
| city.
Mr. Cutting has refused all political re-