New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
realized that II wa, a reSuke.
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political comments McI4aughIin Womb a lacs Or
them with stories. No matter how many times -
the reporter to listen respectfully and lauxs
heartily One young man who did not understand
day. Suddenly the boss" broke OFF and said to 80
like my stories. Hereafter TN tell none when vo Ss
around Good day. gentlemen And he kept hi,
that reporter around. but he refrained carefui
from ON. giving Lo him any any I Rews
that he took particular delight In testing the abits
oy asking MIN many apparently foolish and per-
Sonal questions In this way. too. he often sid~
tracked somebody who might have proved trouble
One day he got angry at a particularly you,hs,
photograph in a rather undiplOmatic fashion Hs
turned on his visitor and ordered him from the
n5er the boy made haSty retreat Mrs McLaugh-
and called him into back room. she talked 10 I'm,
kindly for a few minutes and then gave him hs-
then and a look OF surprise spread over hts f5s.'
but without a, sign OF anger he said:
Laughin It's all right. You can have anything
Mr., Mclaughlin. whose affection for his VIE ~.
one OF his strongest CHARACTERISTICS would never
places through ner oftentirnes against IN s5ee
of the leaders political lieutenants.
COLER'S INFLUENCE WITH HIM
1t has been said that one OF the secrets OF Ri-,
8 Coers influence with the veteran leader vs.
that Mrs. Mclaughlin particularly fond .,
A4AAtA It WIS on account or HeE pleas 10 bas-
stated, that ne insisted strenuousIy on CoIs-',
nomination FOR Governor IN 1892 and finally decides
to go to the State convention-for the first tim.
,Io ten yeaTSwhicn TIP resulted IN Golsrs nOns-
"Trip and encouraged him In the fight
one of his biggest achievemeDts ~ ~ bt.CJJer
big victory Another thing that compelled him :,
go to Saratoga was undoubtedly the fact that thss
was sentiment developing that. on account OF IN
age. he was rs, not TO be reckoned with SO much a.
TO Coler. On the Monday before the conven;jo-
leader 0"'' " '@eHtin'
The "Old Man sent for a friend who found hin,
walking around the auction room In a towering
rage He was stamping his feet and beating an
the moor with a big stick.
DO look like a paper leader? Do look Ike
a valentine he shouted. They'll see. III show
Next day. three hours before the special train
t telt ior saratoga, he was asked II he was going
another question. which was favOrite habit oi
DO look ike I was going to the convention
ne e gave the Idea thar he would not 60, and
he had headed the delegation in person He fougS.
tooth and nail for Coler. and after his nomination
acted as happy as boy who had got new oD
following story several times which unconsCiousy
Il went up to a convention at Syracuse afrv
years ago. when l was boy in politics, An od
wild. He had been a powerful man IN politics and
man got more cheers than anybody else. spok.
10 him and he said My son. some day, you viii
Il never forgot that and Yesterday when tasy
began to cheer me thought o. that time"
Laughlin 20 believe that he could win in his tight
last year against Tammany Hall; At first he had
an idea that Coer might be nominated for Mayor
NcC!ie1iaH angeTed him and made him belize that
Murphy intended to subtugate the BROOKLYN De-
mocracy and introduce Tammanys methods and
vices in Brooklyn. In nothing in bis whole career
did the Boss show such a dogged and unyeldlns
determination in his opposition 70 Mcclellan
ination but day after day Mclaughlin sat at his
desk IN the auction room and fought against COM
on the afternoon OF convention Day he was asked
If he would attend and replied Pill, know vbs, vo A.,
going TO do? You may wake Up IN the morning
and decide to 90 % Jamaics and N the AFTERNOON
He did not 90 20 the convention. Tbs newspaper
ing were on their way 70 his n'use when thew
met him on bis way to the 50r9Ih I5aiI TO s.y
held him up at Rensen and Court SITS. and hs
leaned up against an IRON railing and 0egaa 70 . -, 81,
days when he with the engine in the volunteer
h eg a5{oGs to PEAR what was gong On At the
convention. But when a reporter volunteered 70
made 9 several eT tTips fo 5 that purpose n the
ing, the aged politician seemed gratelut ana W - Il
induced 70 make some inclslve comments On q y
fight beating the sidewalk with his stick ey waI
of emphasis When someooov suggested I .ns1
told story OF the old days Of the volunteer mrs
zone hight" he said there was tremendous "a.
cteme1t uptown when report g CaIpe . tn y. bsys
got out our engine and went tearing downtown oy
this very spot. II was long run' ana We We,
YOU suppose the fire was? 1t had been in stone.
yard but was an 81, out vss 1ssIass tp@6ut
wasn't We only did our duty there II YOU =, en-
some Of those present tried 70 get The "old msa
AT n o'clock he went home. saying he was goI1;;
TO bed and 70 sleep. One OF the last things ne san
''Boys this Is probably The last city Tonvsnuss
In safil eY ike See r. Might Is always right eh
is brutal or gentle. Tonight II was brutal, an
the Fe 96me fae changes its name Nights mans
will not always be Murphy.
BECAME BITTER AT TIMES.
In the ensuing weeks when Mr.. Mclaughlin
standing firmly by his guns. saw his orsanizato
gradually slipping away from him. he became OF
ter az times. but for the most part remainea
cheerful and hopeful. He thought that the reFoe
against him was only temporary and that the Issa
Once referring to some of the leaders who had
turned against him, he said; Hand
dogs who have been fed by children and Just ia. a.
soon they can't get what they @sr ~ ~ ~ ~
the pig getting caught under the fence ana - 81
ing? Well. If there are Two pigs won ne people
them. McCarren IS trying 70 please inc F0f
across the river and here. 1oo,-as+a, IL, the fight
Mclaughlin became so interested H.. III - 6si
against Mcclellan that he did something nc ne,
never done befOTe-gaVe out tIltee 49, - IN tvpa
and stocsed the drawer in his desk win proOSS =
When the newspaper men came IL 20 Sc va ~ssg
had 10 say about the situation he wolld leTT
down In the drawer and hand olt l.s r"a vrora
seemed as pleased a child when some uuo a n.
Comment on a particularly strong passage N -
The REORGANIZATION OF the Kings County t LS1
racv without him after election was s.td gsy 4
the "Old Man" He felt keehly tl-e G %, .Ls- n
those who had been most constant IN tnsH
tendance on him when he had Poh9taI poNs aiu,s
.sIVhv DO Won come in here? he said a.
herceiy turning reporter who droppSga ~
~ auction room after an absence OF seNeFA "a
stISoT7't Won know am dead and burled: .sr
Every day since, however, the OId M.n -
T.. toyr1 vent 10 his old office in the auction ~
- ,ras always pleased 10 see his friends Wv
TnSoSv was there he used 10 amuse hlHlss-s%
cMtTinf- out postage stamps and whiting @ss~s