The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-18
CAMPAIGN DRIFT.
McCarren Views the Remarkably Dock
Alley Banner-Can't Spellbind.


McCarren Views the Remarkably Dock
Alley Banner-Can't speilbind.
The Democrats have been getting I'M
usually bold since their State convention
at Saratoga. few days ago the Amen
| Corner OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel was
| thrown into a state OF ferment by the sight
| Of the tall figure OF Pat McCarren strolling
down the corridor In the direction OF the
barroom. Pat hadn't darkened the doors
Of the Fifth Avenue since the Demo-
Gratis lost the State. Nevertheless, he
didn't have to ask the way to the cafe
| A meeting of the Governor Chairman
and his satellites had Just broken up up,
of politicians. They rubbed their eyes.
What on earth are you. doing hereF'
somebody asked the Brooklyn Senator.
.-Oh. just thought I'd drop in to see
what was left Of the Republican party, in
this State" remarked Pat with a smile:
just at that moment the portly form OF
| the Governor-Chairman darkened the door
! way and then disappeared.
| @Guess I've seen II, said Pat and he beat
! a retreat for the Hoffman House with
| grin lingering about his mouth
A man went up to Newburgh to try to
get subscriptions for paper which is Offer
| ing as an inducement to subscribers die
| tionary The canvasser ran across pros
porous looking citizen and began to describe
| his dictionary.
"You say your dictionary is the very
latest?" said the man after the canvasser
NAG :Y eps"es SAID HP the oanyqsser,
Got the latest word in t?"
Reckon it has said the canvasser,
starting to open his sample copy What
1Why, 'Odellsm,' of course 'O-d-e-l-l-
| ISM Haven't got it? Well I guess we
dom. want your dictionary up here, young
| man.
Sam Koenig, Republican leader of the
| Sixteenth Assembly district, is boasting of
political revolution in his district, accom-
| plished without bloodshed, as yet, but you
can't tell what may happen before election
day. East Of Avenue there is little alley
running from Eleventh street to Twelfth
street known as Dry Dock alley. Before
this year the alley has never sheltered a
young men formed the Dry Dock Social Club,
with rooms in tenement house in the alley,
and Leader Koenig heard about it. There
was keg Of beer for the club every night
and last week the club acknowledged
this thoughtfulness by changing its name
to the Dry Dock Republican Club and
applied for funds to stretch Roosevelt
banner across the alley. Koenig told them
| il would be a waste of money, as the banner
would be torn down as soon as it was put
'-Torn down, nothin'," said Bart DAILY,
president Of the club There amt any
| Democrats, from Alton B. Parker down. will
get away with our banner. just give US the
Koenig put up the banner last week.
II hadn't been up a day before the landlords
| OF the houses between which IL was swung
| ~ nd haH To
Then the members got couple of spars
from the shipyards and swung it on these.
| Although assaults have been made on the
banner since, the club has kept it up. On
Saturday the members got word from the
city that it must come down. as they had no
permit for it. The banner isn't down yet
however, and the alley is waiting for devel-
opments.
This is a hard year for the spellbinders.
Five Of them, all looking more or less de-
jected who got assignments to different
| Parker meetings the other night, turned
up In an uptown barroom before O'Clock
that evening and ordered highbals without
saying word.
whats the trouble? L thought you
were all speechmaking tonight said one
OF the men from headquarters, coming in.
For minute none OF the five said word.
We'll" said one OF them finally, when
the pause was becoming awkward, it's
the same story every night. | started in
tonight with funny story to about one
hundred and fifty persons, talked i'm
perialism to 100, militarism to seventy-five
constitutionalsm to fifty and the trusts to
twenty-five. When / got down to the
tariff, one of the handful that remained
followed him. 1t amt our fault the cam:
paigns dull, it's the fault OF the issues,
guess. Let's have another drink
Some OF the Tammany leaders, it is said
have been rather worried over the deaths
due to wood alcohol in Senator Plunkitt' e
district for fear that 1t will affect the vote
| there The Senator this y ear has as bis
opponent a young man, Martin SAKE. who
is making. a hustling campaign. When
Plunkitt, however, was asked what he
thought would be the effect Of the bad
whiskey" epidemic he said:
"Its killing Republicans MY men don't
drink the cheap grades Poor Sake things
seem to be against him this year, don't
they?"
Now, do you know, said the Hon. Luther
Little, chief literary agent at Republican
State headquarters, "there are many ii mes
recently when I've wished l was a capital
lat You ee it would be nice to go down
to your office in the morning put your feet
up on your desk and say, Offer that man
IS, 900, 900 for that property, and II he won't
take It kick him out And then come
around the next day and say, Sell that for
$40, 900 900 and anything over you get you
can keep Instead Of that every day it's
why certainly, you can have 25 buttons
II you want them jus help yourself.
The bartenders in the Tenderloin are COM
planning Of slack business.
There's never been anything like it,
said a bartender in one Of the big hotels
Yesterday Every campaign have known
especially the Presidential campaigns has
brought a big rush OF business along about
now. Four years and eight years ago we
were full here of groups engaged in hot
out the sound OF a political argument in
this place. Why, they're thinkin' OF hiring
men to start talkin politicsfor the good Of
the house"
FAIRBANKS IN BROOKLYN.