The evening world., 1903-01-30
Hwo- Year. Old Offspring Of DAN
iel J. Riordan, the Tammany
Statesman, Takes Albany
Politicians by Surprise.
pEvERY's LONE MAN SINGS.
10 che Air Of "Mr. pooley" He En-.
feftains at Gathering, with Some
Telling HIts at the Former Police
Chief. ,.,

fTpscial Correspondence to The Evening world J
ALBANY. Jan. @.-Daniel J. Riordan,
narnmany Senator from the Tenth Dis
tt1ct. has been entertaining his legis-
Hattve friends with the assistance of his
son ALFRED. aged two years and ono
month. Young Alfred, who has light,
curly hair and a very pretty face, made
warm friends with Senator McClelland,
of Westchestsr.
whats your manner" McClelland
asked.
Wow old are your"
1.-TWO years old"
"Whom do you vote forf" the west
chester Senator asked. confident of pug
'sling his little friend.
ALFRED hesitated but a moment.
tom FOLEY" he shouted. And then
he giggled, while his proud papa ex-
blamed:
"We vote 'em when they get to DO
ewo years old on the Bowery.
William J. ELLIS, one of the most pop
uler men on the Democratic side. con-
Quoted q party to an entertainment In
Cohoes on Wednesday night. big
BiiP' Devery's lone representative, As
semhlyman Butler, was in the party,
During the evening the orchestra play
ed NM. Dooley."- after which the man.
eser OF the show Announced that Mr..
Deyery's Mr.. Butler was present, and
being an accomplished vocalist would
siAg the Mr.. Devery" variation Of the
,eonE.
Thereupon Butler arose and sans In
loud tone his stanza, which was the
popular ditty at the Democratic Con-
vsntion In Saratoga last September:
tho state Convention
Must pay attention
= To Devery every. every. every time.
Loud applause greeted Buffers per-
Woflnanc6 but tho cheers were deaten-
ang when Assemblyman Burke followed,
singing the ditty thus:
A. Saratoga he was not In line.
The State Convention
PAD no attnetion
TO Dovery At any, any, any time.
New York legislators cit times display
no more decorum than do some OF the
Wild Western members of Congress.
While the debate in the Assembly on
tahe Elmira bill was hottest a couple of
days ago Mt. McNair. one of the mem
beers from Western New York. sat at a
uesk In the weh, his feet perched high
Ids head buried in a newspaper which
10 was reading.
Taie budding orators In the Legislature
have had splendid luck this session In
making themselves heard early and
often. 1t Is tine custom Of the old-tlmers
10 sit back when a debatabls bill is
reached on the calendar and give the
ylonngsters a chance.
Of .tho budding Statesmen have shot
their 0ritorical shafts when unimport-
ant bills have been before the Legisla-
tufe. while the veterans have looked on
discussions begin later in the session the
y~otineSteIs will wake up to the facR
that they have exhausted thAr vocabu-
lary, and the vets then win have the
The most picturesque figure in tho
Legislature this winter is Assernblymnn
CHARLES w. HinBon, of Buffalo, a Demo-
HTAt. He once was a Judge in the Queen
City OF the lakes. This is Hinson's
second service in the Legislature. ne
having been a member of the Assembly
In 1867. when two-thirds Of his present
colleagues were in long dresses.
The Judge Is tall, Tank and smooth
and the lower half of his face Is an
exhct counterpart of the features of
Welliam J Bryan;
the Assembly, said yesterday, when his
eye caught Hinscon's face, "that Bryan
WAS q member OF the New York Legis-
lature."
torted. You see, Bryan tired of run
ming for President and so o d job in
Btatesn1anship here" - u