New-York tribune., 1911-02-26
he Bdng Of Boss, by One of Them Thrilled the Senate
As Dramatic and Important Contribution to the H.
and Analysis Of American Political Life Coodlv
Portion of His Discourse Before the Legis.
lators Is Here Reproduced. 4

, bitter, and many OF our conducto,, =
we arrived at 18th street would r.s,.. a
with an empty car. 70 allow them "a -
Frequently / have seen these men -.
the car with pack and lay II on N. ~
form, and have seen the conducto, s,.' ~" -.
car and kick IL out In the street v,,ss ~
foot. The car went on and the pa.s.,s. ~
stayed there or else he walked out ,r,s ~
suburbs. "s
Either my folks taught ma n
prejudice against nobody or God MA.
that way. and have no prejudice Co.
anybody. Of any nationality. When -.
along In the morning and had M 49,
gers / always took these men on bo.,.
with their packs. and | carried tbs,, ~.
to the end OF the line. until I 49,.
, known among them as the man thsv -.
ride with, and they waited there for ~.
"It turned out after a while that .y.
morning l would get large lot of ,,...
men. These men increased In numb, ~,
moved into that neibhborhood. "a,
known as their friend. II was a ana,
thing 70 do, and there was no reaso, ~
should have any gratitude on accom-, !,
me permitting them to ride and pay ts.,.
fares, but they did have 1t. After op,,
the service on the car | lived In the SAN.
ward with those people, and as they cam.
In / became better acquainted with then
They talked with me.
Then entered politics. When ent.,.1
politics not one Of them was ever r..
mitted to vote at the polls. Nobody Won,
have anything to do with them or le, th,r
have anything TO do with or allow them !,
80 near the polls, and II they undertook !,
go there they would knock them down an.
throw bricks at them and drive then
away.
Il organized every precinct in which ,s.v
lived and gave tFcm protection Il so
so that every one who had a small ,rooor.
came 10 my home at night and talked ,
over. There might be a dozen or SOFTLY
maybe-coming TO my house and layfss
their little troubles at my door and asking
for help. helped them always.
Then i moved out of the neighborhoos
but when l go down there now to attend a
meeting--and I go there about once every
year or two-they have large halls ana
large meetings and | am met there BY the
old citizens and the rabbis II the neighbor
hood
II am taken around and INTRODUCED 10
the newcomers. and | am not introduced as
Mr.. Lorimer: am not presented as Con-
gressman Lorimer; | am not made &C.
quainted with these people as Senator Lor.
inner, but / am taken from one TO the other
and introduced as the father. Does IL.
Senator from New York know what that
means?
when people come 20 believe in you and
come 10 trust you, and almost 20 revere VOC
as these people do-when they come 70 the
point Of introducing you as the father
that is the greatest compliment that race
Of people can pay TO any man. Whether I
desire that confidence or not, whether I
have earned their gratitude or not tha, Is
the condition there, and no man that would
declare for the political, for the business
for the financial or for the social destruc.
ton OF Lorimer and run for any Office IN
that district could get votes enough 70 pg;
in his pocket.
NO man can go into that district as NJ
enemy among those people and live p1ia.
cally, and 1 state this not in sense et
boasting, but because il is a matter Of fact,
and Nanny Abrahams could not have gons
back home to look his people in the face
II I had been a candidate and mad been
beaten by one vote. and he had failed 10
vote for me"