The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-01-21
CAR OF THE BOWERY
MENTAL COLLAPSE OF TANINIANY
MAN WHO ROSE FROM NEWS
Roy TO NATIONAL POWER.
HIS CAREER WAS REMARKABLE
For Quarter Century Controlled a
Political Machine No One Dared
Antagonize. Never Smoked Nor
Drank. Gave Much to Charity.

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Autagonize. Never Smoked MOI
Drank. Gave Much to Charity.
The legal commitment to a santa
RUM of Representative Timothy d.
Sullivan of New York, who is suf-
fering from a mental breakdown,
means the end of a picturesque ca
reer. His life began in poverty and
in hardship. He climbed the ladder
If success, became a power in state
politics, acquired a fortune, and now
when the down grade of life should
be easy and inviting he is condemned
to spend his days under restraint and
in mental darkess
He was born in New York, and at
the age of II became, through the
death of his father, the sole support
of his mother. He first worked as
newsboy, then in a newspaper office.
next took charge of big newspaper
delivery system, becoming in turn the
owner of series of newspaper
stands, a district leader in Tammany,
an assemblyman, state senator and
CONGRESSMAN. He next engaged in
theatrical enterprises and at one
time he and his friends controlled
20 theatres. He was one of the pio-
neers to grasp the financial possibili-
ties of the moving picture show and
he made hundreds of thousands OF
dollars in the business.
The first great sorrow in the life
of Representative Sullivan was the
death of his nephew, Timothy P. Sui
livan, a few years ago. They were
inseparable. Their fondness for each
other was more than fraternal. II
was almost feminine in its tender
ness. Together for years and years
they had issued Christmas invitations
to the poor and the wanderers of the
East Side to partake of the season
ioyfulness in the shape of a banquet
and the distribution Of thousands OF
Dairs of shoes and other comforta-
Bile and substantial gifts. Together
they had controlled the democratic
politics of the East Side, and limo
thy P. had been the master mind
of the board of aldermen. They had
stood together, and prospered to-
gether. and together they had dis
tributed hundreds of thousands OF
dollars in charity. They had been
attacked together and they had
fought back together, and it is well
known that when Timothy P. died
the big fellows interest in political
affairs began to wane.
He gave up his seat in the state
senate at Albany, and went to Wash
ington as a congressman, thinking
the change might give him new en-
vironment. Quickly he became tired
of Washington and returned to AL
bany. Early last spring his mental
health became slightly weakened
He took a run over to Europe, tnlnk-
ing to benefit himself. He returned
somewhat improved and consented to
run for congress again in the new
18th district. He was elected with
out lifting his hand. AS a matter OF
fact he was in a sanitarium most OF
the time. but he was convinced that
his voluntary confinement would be
of short duration.
big Tim" as he was called, serV-
ed five terms in the assembly and as
long as state senator. For many
wears he was active in racing ana
was the principal owner of the Met
ropolitan track, near Jamaica, IN
the old days it was frequently stated
and generally believed that BIG
Tim could at a pinch produce 49,
coo people in New York city, 'espe-
cially on the East Side, who would
vote any ticket he asked them TO vote
without looking at it, and he could
in - hours, it was asserted, get
5000 men to follow him on almost
any proposition he might advance
For quarter of century ne was
the leader of the East Side and built
I'D a political machine which no Tam
many chief dared antagonize. He
never smoked nor drank. HIS ais
trict changed from a solid Irish con-
stituency to one of the most cosmo-
politan districts in the world. But