The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-14
CANDIDATES UNDER ONE ROOF.
TAMMANY LION AND REPCBLI-
can LAMB N SANE HOGSE.g
nut. Explains the JanAtor. There % We war
In the F~1orentlne Apartment and We II
Taxing No Part I'm the Assembly Con
test. at Least Net fer Publication.

\ b9RAn Sam bOben doN IN the 9toker = quar-
tiers Of the F1orentine apartment house at
l45-ISl East Eighty-fourth street yesterday
evening. Belle, his wife, was ironing
shirts close by. 0ns OF the families among
tho twenty on the five noors over Sam
BOlen's quarters il that OF Maurice +.
Smith, Republican candidate for Assembly
man for the district-the new Twenty
second. His opponent, Tammany Candi-
date Robert y. Wagner, has recently moved
into the apartment directly over Candidate
! Smiths, with the result hat the Florentine
is a house divided against itself. Hence
the reporters.
-Yo' all want to know about fights, ehT
continued Sam. -Yo' all did right tocone
to me. lee he anitor. Any fights as il
in this yere house. III fight EN-. Mistah
Smif hes away 1ectioneering, SOS Mistah
waGnah. They'se both away mos all
the time now an won be home to-day
till it's tomorrow. YO' jus listen to Sam
Boben IL 20 want to know all about what
fights a. is round we're.
They amt no fights, what fights a. is in
this yere F~lorenteen. They amt no fights
no place now. But when | was a fghtah
in q reglah prize ring then they was fights.
When I fought Joe Cans in LOo'ville in
1890 that Was a hght. But fight don't sig
nifty nothin' when two mems II just runnin'
~agaynst zach othah TO office.
L don't take no part in this 'Sembly
fight. Ise a fien' Of MistAh Wagnah and
ies. as good q fnen' Of Mistah Smif. You
Jest say in yo' papah as how Sam Bolen
the ianitor he refused TO be quoted. Sam
Bolen, he say thus and so an Mis- Sam
Bolen she jest say thus an 40 and refuse
to be quoted That what yo' say in yo
papah.
LET them a. wants to hght-{ight. We
amt takin' no part in no fights. nor We
amt got nothin' to say. Mistah Wagnah
he moved in this we're Florenteen a month
ago AMI
sam, how do vo' lay on that ere plush
lounge an say Mistah Wagnah moved IN
we're a month ago. inquired Belle. He
moved in we're in the beGinnin' Of August
! That's when he moved in yere, Sam bolen.
] knows when he moved in at, because that
week the gas metal vas
Now. who's tellin' this we're lnteryie"
| Belle Who's tellin' this we're Interview
Exactly one month ago this we're Mistah
Wagner, he moved
NAV / drop dead on this yere spot. Nistah
Journals, IL that man amt mlsappre
| hended,- insisted Belle. 1t was on the
seventh Of last August, for | was comm
in with a can Of tomatoes when this Mistah
| Nagnah, he
What does that tomatoes signify. Belle:
| This we're gemmen don't want to know
about no tomatoes. He wants TO know
wethah Mistah Smif Is still in the Munisickal
Ownahship PATTY or a Republican. Io'
| just keep on imam shirts. Belle. What do
! yo' all know about Munisickal OWnahship
an pOliticks, Yo' just answer me that
there an keep on imam shirts That all
| yo'all have TO do, Belle
-Mistah Journals. yo' Just say in you
papah that sam Bolen. the janisor, amt
no Dimocrat an he amt no Republican.
| That's what yo' readans wants 70 know.
Yo' just make il read that Sam Bolen he's
on any side that pays him best. leave
hat 70 yo' all IL that there amt politics.
If Mistah Smif an Mista WaRnah
wasn't both on my side I'd make EN- both
win out by trainin' EN-, like i trained hid
Broad in 1900 when he handed a lemon
to Young Corbett. / trained Kid Broad
out in Denver, that's where | trained hid
Bruad-rlght out in Denver. An l fought
Joe Cans in little Of New FORK as well a
Cans at. tight yeer in New York. In 1899
! l went six rounds with Herman Miller Of
Brook
How come yo' lay on hat ere plush
lived in Brooklyn?' inquired Belle. Mistah
Journals. Herm' Miller live in Williams
burg. That where Herm' Miller lives at
How come 20 all know 50 much bsIter'n
me where Herman Miller lives at, Belle?
resented Sam, growing irrtated. sam
BoIen fought Miller, that's who fought
Miller. Yo' Just ion that ere shirt. Belle.
What do 20 kno Of this ministerial Owner
ship interview This genman don't want
to NOW where Herman Miller lives at,
anyhow. Let me ak politics-that's what
this gemman came to hear, not where Her
man Miller lives at.
Vow, in 1900 | fought Jack Downey.
that's who fought in 1900. An yo' just
say in 20 papah that sam Bolen trained
Dixon when b fought-never yo' mind
who ne fought. An Eddie Santry. | trained
Eddie sanity. AMI trained Tommy White.
I'm on any side that pays me best, that's
the kline Of Dimocrat an Republican | am.
An then I fought a heap more small fry.
but I'm Just tellin' yo' all my big fights.
Bnt put me down in 20 pa pah like was
They amt fights in this yere Florenteen.
Mistah Wagnah. he goes 70 Nike Costello's
Mistah sniff he goes to Paddy Cliggett's
at Lexicon avenue. They don't hold no
meetin's right here in the Florenteen. Both
amt in this yere house long enough to get
10 know the people an stir up no fights
distric an everything l could do for him
l done. That's the way l n in this we're
afsht. Everything could do for anybody
zone day Mis- smif she stands out at the
uOaAA BJCBp COAhAAIChAiEA ONuCt all lOtAk
come this yere Mistah Wagnah. That's
a strange peculiarly say Mis- Smif. that
ere man he's runnin' agin' my husband
an he lives right in this we're house Mis-
Smif say. I was thinkin' then
Now what's signify What yo' was think
IMP" asked Sam. This gemman don't
care what yo' was thinkin'. All We want
this Eemman to say in his papah is that
We said thus an so and wouldn't say nothin'
else. That's all we say
Later explorations through upper hoors
proved that Mr.. Bolen had told every detail
Of the odd conditions in the F%lorentine
with scientific exactness. The WaRners
and Smiths were away for the day. Most
Of the n~eighbors refused, like the Bolens,
to talk for publication. Not till the ballots
have been counted will IL be known who
will carry the apartment house. and in the
meantime the opponents seem to be able
to live beneath the same roof and still
maintain an atmosphere OF sweetness and
light.