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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23

reason therefore exists for protecting
whatever exists that is worthy. And
the case of ST. Johns chapel of Trim
ity parish is notable case in point
The beautiful old building in Varick
street has had many narrow escapes
already, and Trinity Corporation can
hardly claim the credit for its sur
vival into it's one hundred and fourth
year Rather the vigilance OF the
newspapers has saved it. 1t is the
newspapers again which have widely
advertised those recent plans for
street improvements TO meet new con-
ditions in the region of west side
warehouses which contemplated once
more the sacrifice Of st. Johns rather
than, for instance, any part OF the
ugly pile of brick across the way-the
freight station which was the usurper
of the park which once faced the
chapel, and though the fashion that
frequented it has moved far uptown
should still face 1t. Publicity is doing
it's part. For the rest the present
status Of affairs is indicated in the fol
lowing statment from George Nc
Aneny. who, as borough president of
Manhattan, has the streets in charge:
1T is recognized" says Mr. Mean
eny, "by all who want to preserve the
old landmarks of New York. that moth
ing should be left undone to prevent
the demolition of st. Johns chapel
The matter is in allegiance now. pend
ing the acquisition by the city OF the
/ land which is to be taken In connec-
| ton with the widening Of Varick
street. When the map has been fixed.
however. the board OF estimate and
apportionment will have the power to
change the line of either the roadway
or the sidewalk. propose to ask the
board to take action upon this not
later than the first meeting in Septem-
Der. 1t is impracticable to obtain ac-
ton before that time, because anv
change in the plans at present would
involve the reopening OF the entire
proceeding for widening Varick street,
and that would mean long delay"
st. Johns chapel is one Of the two
church edifices that were standing on
Manhattan island a century ago. the
other being st. Pauls chapel. betweeni
Fulton and Vesey streets on Broad
way. The Trinity church. which then
stood in Broadway opposite Wall
street. was not the present Trinity
church. which is the third on the
same site. the first, consecrated in
1898, having been destroyed in the
great fire of 1776. and a subsequent
structure. erected after the Revolu-
ton. pulled down to make way for the
present one. St Georges. on what
was known as Chapel hill at Cliff (then
Van Cliff and Beekman streets, was
the first of the Trinity chapels TO come
into existence. 1t was consecrated IN
1852, but became separate charge in
1911. The edifce was burned In 1914
and rebuilt the following year. and
after 1916 rebuilt once again on the
ground on which 1t now stands. in
Rutherfurd place.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23

in his sanded throat. he heard the
chairman say:
Are there any other nominations
There was a momentary stiffness,
and then he heard thick, strong
voice:
"Misther Chairman"
The gentleman from the First
ward"
"Misther Chairman" the thick,
strong voice said, Il roise to place in
nomynation the name of wan
1t was the voice of Malachi Nolan,
and Underwood suddenly remembered
that Nolan was to place his name be
fore the convention. He listened an
instant, but could not endure it long.
He could not endure that men should
see him in the hour when his name
was being thus laid naked to the
world. Reporters were writing it
down, perhaps the crowd would laugh
or whistle or hiss. Besides, candi-
dates do not remain in the convention
hall; they await the committee of noti-
fcation in some nearby saloon. He
squeezed through the mass of men
who stood on tiptoes. stretching their
necks to see and hear the old leader
of the First ward. and fed.
The first ballot was taken-Conway,
81; Underwood. 80; Simmons, the
dark horse, &; necessary to a choice.
| 35. The vote was unchanged for
| twenty-six ballots. till the afternoon
had worn away, and the trucks had
jolted of the cobblestones of Clark
| street. till the lights were fiaring and
hot-tamale men, gamblers, beggars
street walkers, all the denizens OF
darkness were shifting along the side
walks, till the policemen had been
changed on their beats, and Pinkerton
night watchmen were trying the doors
of stores, till Cinnamon shuffled forth
and Jewesses and Italian women
emerged for their evening breath OF
air, bringing swart and grimy children
to play upon the heated flags. The
hall was lighted, just as II some Ital
ian festival were to be held there. The
reporters places at the table were
taken by the men who did politics for
the morning papers. themselves re
duced at last to the necessity of tax
ing notes They brought reports OF
the results in other senatorial conven
tons held about town that day,
seemed to be assured that John Skel
ley had carried the country towns
Lemont. Riverside, Evanston and sc
on. In certain west side districts this
man had won, in certain north side
districts that man had been success
full. II looked as If the old gang was
going to break back into the legisla
ture
And so the interest in, this one re
naming convention deepened. the
strain frightened. the crowd thickened
The delegates, tired and sullen. shet
their waistcoats. tore of their mois
and dirty collars and settled down t.
an angry fight. The amphitheatrica
arrangement Of the chairs had lons
been broken. The ward delegations
now formed circles about their lead
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23

ming along the Archey Road. Under
wood had three weeks of this, and as
he stood in the convention hall that
morning, unwashed, unshaVen' MS
linen soiled, his shoes muddy, his own
friends would not have known him.
though he cared little enough for this
now-they had all forgotten to go to
the primaries the day before, ard
those for whom he had sent carriages
had been too busy. or too respectable,
to respond. The taste of bad beer and
the scorch of cheap cigars still smack
ed in his mouth-indeed, he did not
get them entirely out until he came
back from Mt. Clemens two weeks
after the nomination.
But they were balloting for perma-
nent chairman now. 1t would be
test vote: it would disclose his own
strength and the strength of Conway.
He looked over the red faces before
him. He saw Conway himself NOV
ing among the delegates, snarling.
cursing. quarreling with the friends OF
years; he saw Conway's candidate Tor
the house. McGlone. over in the Sec
ond ward delegation, his coat off, a
handkerchief about his fat neck. FUN
ing cigar between his chubby fingers,
turning on his heavy launches to re-
vile some man who was numbered
with Nolan's crowd: he saw in the
First ward delegation, Malachi Nolan
clean-shaven, in black coat and cravat
his iron gray hair cropped short, calm
alone of all the others. He would
I have looked the priest more than the
4 saloon-keeper. had he smoLad- his CT
gar differently. Now and then he sol
EMMY raised his hand, with almost the
benediction of father, to still the
clamor of his delegation, which, witt
it's twenty-one votes, was safe at al
events for Underwood.
Muldoon was COnway's mantle!
would try to make the temporary or
ganization permanent. D'Ormand wal
Underwood's candidate. And Muldoor
won. Underwood had lost the frs
round.
The candidates for senator were t
be placed in nomination first. Under
wood stood in the crowded doorwa.
and heard Conway's name presented
Then, in the cheering. with his hear
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mer suit OF blue. and swapping the lid
of his watch shut, he once more heard
him say in a final and reproachful
tone:
We'll, all right; sorry, my boy.
Underwood wondered that morning
in the noisy convention hall. whether.
If he had the decision to make over
again, he would decline such influ-
ence. 1t had been the cause OF much
doubt and some regret at the time.
The boss within him had protested
surely it was a political mistake-and
the boss was louder than the reform
er, and more plausible. He came for
ward with a brilliant scheme. He re-
called Baldwin's reference to the
rivalry between Nolan and Conway.
Underwood remembered that when he
suggested the possibility of Nolan's
running for the nomination himself,
Baldwin had shaken his head-there
wasn't enough in it, he said. Nolan
could do very much better in the coun-
Gill; where he was. Besides. Mr.. Weed
and Mr. Peabody disliked him.
Underwood thought out his scheme
that afternoon. while hunting in the
digest for cases in point to be cited
in a case his father was preparing for
the appellate court. The work of look
ing up cases in point, while its results
are impressive and seem to smell of
the lamp, had in reality grown quite
! automatic to Underwood, and as he
/ ioafed over digests and reports and
! jotted down his notes, he elaborated
/ the scheme, just what he would say
and do. how he would appear, and SO
/ forth. And so, when he entered Nal
achi Nolan's place in Dearborn street
early that evening. he was fully pre-,
pared. The details of this incident
came back just as the details of Bald
wins visit had done-the empty sa
LOOM the alderman himself leaning
over his bar. his white apron rolled
into a big girth about his middle. the
cigar in the round hole at the corner
of his mouth gone out, denoting thai
1t was time for him to go down the
alley to Billy Boyle's and get his por
terhouse and baked potato.
Underwood watched Malachi NolaI
mix his Martini cocktail splash 1t pic
turesquely into a sparkling glass an(
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23

ers. The damp arabesques wrought
by the janitors superficial sprinkling-
can had long since been superseded
by arabesQues of tobacco juice The
floor was Uttered with scraps of pa
per- the spent ballots with which the
stubborn contest had been waged. The
First ward delegation was In a solid
ring, and in the center of 1t sat Nal
achi Nolan, his elbows on his knees,
tearing old ballots into tiny specks
of paper and strewing them on the
floor, but keeping all the while a sur
veying eye on the Fifth ward delega-
ton, now divided into two groups, one
of which surrounded Howe, the other
budding about Grogan, the lawyer.
who. with disheveled hair. a handker-
chief about his neck. stood glazing
angrily at Nolan. his eyes Swallowed
by heavy circles telling of WEAKNESS
and the strain.
Now and then the leaders made des-
perate attempts TO trade, marrying
Simmons. offering him everything for
his seven votes. Simmons himself, in
his turn. tried to induce each faction
TO swing its strength TO him.
But the situation remained unchang
ed
Once Nolan sent for Underwood and
! whispered TO him. He thought he
/ knew one or two Conway men who
could be got very cheaJly, but the boy
shook his head-the reformer within
him demurred-and yet he smiled sar
donically at the reformer thinking OF
/ the primaries and the convention 1t
se,:
Then Malachi Nolan caught the
chairman's shifty eye and moved al
adjournment until morning. But ever
as he spoke. Grogan scowled at Null
doom, shook his head at his followers
and the room rang with their bOars'
shouts:
mo, no! no."
Heartened by this confession o
weakness on Nolans part, they KEEP
on yelling Justify:
NO! no. MOI"
They even laughed, and Muldoo
smote the table, to declare the motto
lost
On the forty-seventh ballot, one c
the Simmons votes went over to Coz
way. and there was faint cheer. o
the forty-eighth, one of the Simmon
votes went to Underwood. and part
was restored. On the forty-ninth, VI
derwood gained another of Simmon
votes-Nolan, 1t seemed. had promise
to get him on the janitor's payroll
the state house-and the vote wa
tied. This ballot stood:
First Second Fifth
Ward Ward Ward Tot;
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23

beiewel II with a Maraschino cherry,
then gravely take a cigar for himself
and stow II away in his ample waist
coat. Then, as Nolan mopped the bar
with professional sweep of his white
sleeved, muscular arm, Underwood I'M
folded his brilliant scheme, skirung
carefully the acute suspicious OF an
old politician. But Nolan mopped.
blinking inscrutably, at last putting
the damp cloth away in some mystic
rious place under the counter. The rat
Maltese cat. waiting until the mois-
ture on the bar had evaporated,
stretched herself again beside the sill
yer urn that held the crackers and
the little cubes of cheese. Still Nolan
blinked in silence, like a hostile jury
with its mind made up, until at last,
in desperation, Underwood blurted out
his proposition. Nolan blinked some
more. then, half opening his blue Irish
eyes, grunted:
We'll. l like your gall.
Underwood's spirits fell, yet he was
not disappointed. 1t was, after all,
lust what he had expected. 1t served
him right for his presumption, II moth
ing more-though the subdued re-
former within had limited at other rea-
sons. He hung his head. twirling his
empty glass disconsolately. He did not
see the light that twinkled in the blue
ewes. he had not then known how very
ready Nolan was to form any com
bination that would beat Conway and
Baldwin, especially with a reforme'
like himself who had money to spend
on his ambitions. He had not dis,
cerned how badly the man whom the
newspapers always cartooned with
the First ward sticking out of his vest
nocket needed a reformer in his bust.
ness. as the saying Is. Hence his
glad surprise when Nolan wiped his
big hand on his apron like washer.
woman and held 1t out, saying:
But I'm wit ye."
Then the campaign, under Nolan's
management, in the most wonderful
legislative district-a cosmopolitan
district, bristling with sociological
problems, a district that has fewer
homes and more saloons, more com
merce and more sloth, more million
aires and more paupers, and while II
confines within it's boundaries the sky
scrapers. clubs, theaters and hundred
churches of a metropolis. still boasts
a police station with more arrests or
it's blotter than, any other in the world
Night after night, with Nolan's two
candidates for the house. he spent in
saloons where a candidate must treai
and distribute his cards that the boys
may size him up: lodging houses ant
barrel houses in lower Clark street
where sweating negroes and frowsy
whites drank five-cent whisky will
him; blazing saloons along the levee
where even the poor. painted girls a
the tables lifted their glasses when h
ordered the drinks for the house; cral
games and policy shops in lower Clari
street, the Syrian. Arabic. Chinese ant
italian quarters down BY the souaiit
Bad Lands, and at last q happier eve
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23
SAVE OLD 81. JOHNS
Historic Church EdiflCe in N. 7.
to Be Conserved.
Old Chapel of Trinity Parish Is Vne
of the Two Structures Of Their
Kind Standing on Manhattan
Island Century Ago.

New Blocking the road OF
progress-even where il is the road or
temporary progress only an Of
tense Of which growing cities are rude
ly impatient. They are apt ruthlessly
to destroy for some immediate com
mercial end landmarks which cannot
be restored when. after few years,
the road OF progress must be shifted
again. New York naturally is particu-
larlv ant to be hasty in such matters.
Perhaps. in view of the comparative
scarcity of historical architecture
worthy of preservation. it has more ex-
cuse than some older cities for an
unsentimental attitude. All the more
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23
Adopts Municipal FIau.

Kansas City.-The city council has
adopted pennant for Kansas City, to
be used on all occasions where flag
is appropriate. The pennant will be
of light navy blue. The shield Of the
city is to be in the left-hand corner.
with the words Kansas City, a good
place to live In white letters
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23

The Simmons men were holding out,
waiting to throw their strength to the
winner. When the sixty-seventh bal
lot had been taken, Muldoon, squint-
ing in the miserable light at the sec
retary's figures. hit the table with the
chair leg and said:
"On this ballot Conway receives 81.
Underwood 80, Simmons 5. There be-
ing no choice. you will prepare your
ballots for another vote"
Just then one of the Conway men
from the Second ward left his place,
and touched one Of Nolan's fellows in
the First ward Observation-Disclosures
on the shoulder. Donanue started. The
man whispered in his ear, and return
ed to his delegation, accepting his eye
on Donahue Underwood looked on
breathlessly. Nolan. revolving slowly,
held his hat for every vote-last OF
all for Donahue's. The man dropped
his folded ballot into the hat and hung
his head. Nolan calmly picked the
ballot out of the hat and gave it back
to Donahue, who looked up in affected
surprise.
What's the trouble. Malachi?" he
said as innocently as he could. He
was not much Of an actor.
This won't do" Nolan said. giving
the ballot back to the man.
It's all right, Malachi. honest to
God it is," protested Donahue.
Thin I'll just put this wan in fol
We. heh?" said Nolan, drawing an
other ballot from the pocket Of his
huge waistcoat and posing it above
the hat
/ The crowd had pressed around the
First ward delegation. The conven
| ton had risen to it's feet, craning rec
necks, and out of the mass Grogar
cried:
Jaw, here, Malachi Nolan. none o
that now"
Nolan turned his rugged face to
ward him and said simply:
Who's runnin' this obligation. 20,
or me-"
"Well-none O. your bulldozing-w'
won't stand it," replied Grogan angri
~, his blue eyes blazing.
You get to hell out o. this" Ant
so saying, Nolan dropped the ballo
into the hat and turned to face thu
chair.
Have you all voted?" inquired
Muldoon.
First ward" the secretary called
Nolan squared his shoulders, no
having looked in his hat or counte'
the ballots there, and said slowly an,
impressively:
ION behalf av the solid obligation
av the First ward, l cast twinty-wal
votes for John W. Underwood"
"Misther Chairman! Misther Chair
mani" cried Grogan, waving his ham
in the air. 81 challenge that vote!
challenge that vote!"
1.-The gentleman from the Fifth war
challenges the vote"
"Misther Chairman" said Nolar
standing with one heavy foot on hi
chair and leveling forefnger at Mu
doom, "a point of order! The gintlt
man from the Fifth ward has no RICH
to challenge the vote av the Firs
ward-he's not a member of the dilly
gation!"
Let the First ward be polled.
calmly ruled Muldoon. Nolan took hi
foot from his chair and stepped {
Donahue's side Every man in tn
First ward delegation. as his nam
was called from the credentials. erie
Underwood, AS the secretary neal
ed the name of Donahue. Nolan lai
his hand heavily on the fellows shou
der
. "Donahue," called the secretary
The fellow squirmed under Nolan
hand.
"Donahue!"
Don't let him bluff you!" erie
some one from the Fifth ward
vote as you damn please. Jimmie,
THROW the boots into i'm. Donnie,
. Soak him one!"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23
Promptness Is Rewarded.

South Orange, n. IAN amethyst
necklace was presented to Miss Eliza
beth Arcularius. a graduate OF the
high school here this year. by the
board Of education for her perfect rec
ord of attendance She was neither
late nor absent for the past IL
years
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23
Woman Appointed Market Clerk.

Philadelphia Achsah Lippin-
colt was appointed chief market clerk
here at a salary OF $1,000 year. She
headed the civil service eligibility list
with a higher average than three men
competitors. She will study market
conditions in other cities
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23

First Second Fifth
Ward Ward Ward Total
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-08-23

order-he will take his seat.
Men were screaming, brandishing
fists. waving hats. coats, anything,
scraping chairs, pounding the floor
with them. There we're heavy, brutal
oaths, and, here and there, the smack
of a fist on a face. In the tumult, the
five Simmons votes went to Conway.
Muldoon was beating the table with
his club and crying:
order! order! order!"
ITO hell with order!" bawled some
one from the First ward delegation.
"On this ballot" Muldoon was call
ing, there were sixty-nine votes cast;
necessary to a choice, thirty-five.
James P. Conway has received forty
votes; John w. Underwood, twenty
nine. and George w. Simmons"-he
paused, as If to decipher the vote
none. James r. Conway, having re-
ceived the necessary number of votes,
is therefore declared the nominee Of
this convention"
Underwood was stunned. He stag
gered through the horrible uproar to-
ward the door. He longed for the air
outside, even the heavy air of lower
Clark street, where the people surged
along under the wild. dazzling lights,
in two opposite everlasting process.
sions. His head reeled. He lost the
sense of things, the voices about him
seemed far away and vague. he felt
himself detached as il were from all
that had gone before But as he press
ed his way through the crowd that
blocked the entrance, and plunged to-
ward the stairs. he saw Baldwin
hopping the red band on his white
brow. Baldwin recognized him. and
said. with his everlasting smile:
Sorry. my bcy-next tiNe!"
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