The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13

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oalv m. right kind of Q wrong ma 10 turn
N into . machine. OF that ous on . hum fos
osus~s must take into consideration the
great food - loo browed emiersuss that
mile into the port about that time and
never stopped rolling until thsy reschsd
Tsmmsny Hall; or the characterization 81
poa-bellum days. the buiidins boom that
sxploded in Manhattan thsn and the crass
for speculation that ga turning the island
UPSIDE down and giving the s~rsftsrs .
chance 70 grab at things quite unnoeced
in the confusion or the discipline % politi-
cl organization hammered into the new
horde Of emigrants by Tammany. Just -
Tammany hss hammered thss doctrine into
them ever since Aaron Burr.
Marty passes by these and the other given
csuses and insists that the whole AFFAIR
came about because OF two things: (s)
Boss Tweed and slippery Dick Connolly
and Brains Swesny. Who were the inner
circle Of the ring. and the Grew Of Lessor
lights who backed them. NIxDRD u
MONEY; and TO- IL 10 . truism that you .
fool all Of the people for at least . couple Of
minutes anyway.
Don't think this Tweed person was .
genius a. organization or in finance. even
IL be did rise from tho job Of chairmsker
to that Of being n Of the biggest real
estate owners in the city. But when Tweed
looked a thing over and saw that IL VI
good and then gave tho order to himself.
I'm sure it's wrong. now 20 ahead!' he
vent ahead with 50 beautiful q confidence
in himself. with 90 much bulldog asssr-
ton that a man like Pete SWeeny-so
clever that he was nicknamed Brains
felt bound in conscience to rent out his
intellect to this glorious being. who could
rant like John Mccullough with . cold n
swear in a splendid way that indicated
o. least some Imagination.
The only honest work that Boss Tweed
liked was putting out fires In old New York.
and so in time he became foreman Of Big
Six in tho vamp days. He ussd his popu-
hrity TO corral voters and BOON rose to tho
s~tupendous grandeur Of ward boss. He
got into the Common Council In 1850. whom
that sweet body was known additionally
a. The Forty Thieves. He brought his
councilmanic service to Q brilliant Close BY
being arrested with the other thieves for
selling a street railway franchise after the
courts had said Don't
But the boss didn't 90 behind the bars.
He had his choice Of going to Jail or Con-
gress, and OF the two no picked Congress.
All he did in Warrington wal to keep right
on making friends as ever. SOM high and
some low, mostly low-also a. ever. After
one term he came back to little old New
York broke. and so he hurried IN TO the
Board Of Supervisors. Four times president
Of the board. he started in there to carry
along his ideas Of q great maohins-rather.
be took other mems ideas and polished
and finished them until the full beautiful
vas attained. And in 1888. whom Cen.
Lee was heading North and New York.
perhaps, was looking 90 intently across
the Hudson to see whether Lse would como
INTO town by way Of Weehswken DR. Ho-
boken that il didn't notice . very real dan
ger right in Manhattan-Mr. william M.
Tweed. tho we'll known statesman. took
advantage Of the factional fights In Tam
many to become grand sachem OF that
delightful organization.
The way Boss Tweed clsmpsd his fingers
around the throat OF the lady statue on
the City Hall tower from that day on 10 too
long a story to give In detail. Sufics to
gay that he began by making . collection
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