The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-12
JUNIOR SENATOR
FROM NEW YORK


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thaH Gamor hat been identified with
Inmmanf bob politics bul like Cay
boz h's personal record haf Non him
thC respect oi Independents eho are
autac1mstlc fO Tammanf Except
ior th's. Gaynor could not have been
elected mayor and OGormsn would
uoi have received enough insurreni
VOTES iu The Legislature last Friday 30
make him senator Here's hopiur
that GGorman win prove himself az
free from the domination OF Boss Muir
phy as has Gaynor.
And think ne win for knew
Jam OGorman when be was a young
counselor ar the bar in New YORK
city. Boz the DAYS when political ad-
Kancement depended more than now
upon The favor OF the bosses. and be-
was not afraid then 70 twist the Tam
many tigers tail We did 81 together
Al that time was the New York
correspondent OF the Chicago Trib-
une. and had my office in the old Her
aid building at Arm and Broadway.
Late In the afternoon Of Thanksgiving
day, 1891. ! was returning 10 the Office
after witnessing the Yale-Princeton
game at Manhattan field. Perhaps
something Of the fierce fighting spir-
IT OF the football warriors got into
my blood. At any rate. the fact is
that, alone and barehanded. ] tackled
Broadway cop" who was in some
thing Of fighting mood himself But
he was drunk, and had been beating
helpless old woman. That kind Of
brute hasn't much real courage.
Mary Kennedy was her name. AS
'Aunty" she was known TO thousands.
She had sold papers at the entrance %
the Herald building for many years
A smart Aleck clerk in Hudnut's drug
store, next to the entrance, decided
that Aunty was nuisance And CIV
ing a few drinks to the patrolman on
the beat, Gallagher by name, he sus-
gested that Aunty be made to move
Gallagher moved he. He threw heI
papers into the street; he threw heI
into the street. He had knocked hel
down for the third time when the
young man from Chicago arrived OIL
the scene with the football fever still
I'm his veins.
II Gallagher had not been quite s,
drunk would doubtless have beeI
beaten up and sent to the police Sta
ton with Aunty. But after saving he
from further abuse I managed to side
/ step the wagon, and later in the even
ing went to the Oak-street station {
see about Aunty and to lodge a com
plant against Gallagher. After I har
told my story the sergeant glared a
me, and threatened to lock me up !
didn't beat it." I did.
Next morning Aunty was drsgge
before Justice O'Reilly in the Tomb
police court, and "railroaded" to tn
penitentiary on BlackwelI's Island. TIL
court refused to hear her story at al
Gallagher accused her Of being drum
and disorderly. Three months" sal,
the judge. step back"
One Of the priests of st. Thomas
r parish told me afterwards that sh
! had been a member of the Total AL
stfnence society for many years. TIL
is a fair example OF the administra
ton of justice in the police courts }
New York under the Tamany regime
But Aunty didn't go to prison. Ate
talk with the city editor of the Her
aid, w. C. Reick, went to the Tombi
accompanied by James A. O'Gorman
: Aunty's release promptly followed
O'Reilly let her go after hearingonl
one side of the case, just as he ha
sentenced her a while before wit
only
That much was easy.
Then o'GOrman made out con
plant Of felonious assault and swor
to it. This was more serious. It quicl
ly developed that Gallagher was a re
alive Of one Of the big bosses Of Tan
many Hall And word was sent dow
the line that Gallagher must be save,
ed.
As T. R. would say, 1T was a bull
fight" The newspapers backed u
heartily. or perhaps nothing woul
have been accomplished. Tammany
inclined to be stubborn. 1t was fougf
through the police court. Then it can
up time and time again before tn
police commissioners. The latter wei