The sun., 1907-11-04
Big TIM MAKES A SPEECH
DEFENDS HIMSELF AND SAYS A
GOOD WORD FOR TOM FOLEY.

Big Tim Sullivan, when proddsd by Chair
man Little Tim into making his annual
bow at the Sunday night before election
Tammany meeting in Miners BOwery
Theatre, usually let's himself down by
draining the pitcher on the speakers table
and begging 20 be excused. Last nigh { he
oosened up for ten minute defence Of Big
Tim H. appeared that he objected to
Josiah Flynt's posting Of him an the King
Of the Underworld" and in the objection
the Big Fellow proved that he does himself
an injustice in begging of because he cant
make speech.
-Iou1i have to he a little patient" Big
Tim began when the band had got enough
Of Hail to the Chief" "You know I'm
no, an orator, though wish TO God I was
Cochran or Bailey. I'm no undesirable
citizen. either. II anything I'm an un-
desirable neighbor. And now l want to
tell you-weli. | was ridin' up in a car one
day when | come across a picture in a
magalne-a picture which Was headed
Big Tim sullivan. King Of the Underworld
Il was the CosH O7OiiiGR. Well. | read il
and never saw such rot. Tho poor feller
I did il died before II came out.
Il never saw this Josiah Flynt in my life.
never said a word OF what this FIynt put
in my mouth about pOOlrooms and me bein'
the protector of EN-. Anybody I knows
me knows that II there ever was a sucker
for the poolroOms ir was Big Tim Sullivan.
Well, | never could understand why this
hing was printed. but by and by all the
Chicago newspapers reprinted il and 1
learned that Busse. who was out for Mayor
was being backed by Big Tim Sullivan.
King Of the Underworld. never see this
Bisse either. II he was sitting on this plat
form, so help me. I wouldn't know him.
We'll | want TO read to you from The
SrN where the young man gives mo honor
able mention az the opening Of the fusion
campaign"
HE Sun for a moment. but couldn't find
what he was looking for so he threw it
down and continued:
Well anyway. there was a speech and
the young man said that Murphy was the
representative Of the big thieves Of New
York and Little Tim Sullivan OF the little
thieves (which seems to require the foot
note to the effect that the young man re-
feTred to could have been no other than
lr, Hearst. and he called mo friend Of
he underworld .A .. e..
Big Tim was willing to be called that sort
ofa name. he said. II 1t meant that no was a
friend Of the down and out East Slider.
But never protected q crook for the sake
NJ him bein' a crook. l helped him for
something in i'm that appealed to me.
was thinkin' Of his mother. his sister or his
sweetheart, boys. and that's my connection
with the underworld"
The boys yipped over this and Big Tim
proceeded TO plea for Tom Foley. Foley,
he said. had lived in the district for thirty
onP wears and never did a diBhoDorable
thirg
Father Curry SAYS he's a good citizen
ard III 10 be Sheriff ask every man to
mako a choice between the good men who
know 'cm and the had men who don't know
I'm The Sulhvans, they say. have a
Grna' reputation for charity, but | want
10 say This man Foley many's the time was
al tho head Of H."
"Rsra's 4 little explanation IL you want il.
There was once p woman-welI. I remember
enc" whrn ! was running for the Assembly
Tho hrs time and was sleeping late the day
alter election. when This woman comes up the
siaus and knocks at my door and calls Tim,
wax" up. lin" There wasn't any work TO
bc done, knew, but she says Tim get up!
an ! Eul up and what was II bat a drunken
woman mo had been picked up and needed
help and Tim must go over and help her
Then the time Danny Sullivan was
murdered him who wouldn't "a hurt a
ha,r or snybOdy's head-and the police
coultn1 keep the crowds back. they all
mad" ssy for this woman, and what had
sho done hut brought sheet and she went
en- wrapped the body in IL. That poor
woman never had $3.50 at one time in her
life
But when she came to die any knocks
tho papers of New York had give me I
iorCdr" en-, for they said at the top OF the
lNgc The Death of a Good Woman and
the numerous floral offerings. the good
deeds we'll. say. I'm willin' to be villified
a. lorg as live after that so long asfthey
Know this woman 8 son amt really a crook
And I'm going to make one more state
ment about myself and then hold my peace
forever Nothievss'. gamblers. dives. pool
rooms Or any protection money has ever
gone through my fingers, "a sure as l was
eorn. My protection is the protection Of
The unfortunate.
That goes-Ror the newspapers and
everybody. Don't let en- be inSinuatin'.
FOR Gods sake let 'em prove something.
Say, ! was gOin' over the bridge one night
when caught the headline Big Tim Sulli-
van mentioned by tn Grand Jury Well,
! inquired and inquired and found there
mad been a man asked by one Of the Grand
jury Il he knew Big Tim and the man says
No. and that's how I got mentioned.
Well. boys. just look for the star and
put the Cross under it. And two men
we're on desert island and one had a bag
and he was Ihmsen and the other had a
sword and he was Foley which would you
vote for. the bag or the sword?'
with which conundrum Big Tim closed.
Candidate Foley did not appear. but
dozen other Tammany aspirants were
there
Morris Blumenthal pictured Mr.. Parsons
Srepudiated and rebuked by an fairminded
sepubliCans for finding bis afinity in
aearst.' Congressman Goldfosle said
Foley was a matchless Democrat and hoped
3 sverybody would vote straight from the