The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27
STORY OF Nj HALL FROM THE INSID1

a. they expresS II. for pad money
Translated. this e%xpression means
money 10 pay for a nights lodging.
A. Foley reached into his change
pocket and gave each a quarter he
remarked:
This is the side Of the game the
public knows little bout"
Foley has always been q consistent
|; follower Of the principles laid down BY
| the Tammany organization. A few
wears ago he was a saloon ownsr and
a factional fight developed in the dis.
trict. ono OF the contestants dropped
in NJ his saloon one evening, and toss-
Ing n $40 bill on the bar invited all
hands TO have n drink. Addressing the
man and handing lack the hill, Foley
said:
"Con. take your money and spend It
where IL will do you some good. This
house and everybody in II Ia against
you. and your money will do you no
good here"
The man took the tip ana left. He
was defeated that veal and Wa afteS-
ward one Of Foley's strongest up
porters.
Foley never cared for public once.
although for purposes Of harmony he
was for a short time Councilman. then
Alderman and finally Sheriff. The last
Job he did not want. but the party
needed q strong candidate and no WNs
prevailed upon to accept II. ,
Thu day after election Foley wA0 In
Centre street receiving the congratu-
lations Of his friends. Ono OF former
District Attorney Jeromes assistants
approached him and taking him BY the
hand said:
Tom, 7 am sorry for you You Vill
be the Charity Commissioner Of NV
York now
In the two years that followed while
Foley was Sheriff he gave away thou
sands Of dollars. He IL now Fo1fed
from business. giving all of his time 10
the political needs of his district.
a great deal OF thought hAD been
given by Foley to the question Of what
constitutes a real leader among the
people OF n political district. He be-
lieves that the leader must have his
heart in the right place and must al
ways no willing to share the troubles
Of his fellow men. He admits that the
lure Of tho game Is a great stimulant.
No man can succeed who does not
apply the principles OF honesty and
fair play. and he must be alive to the
wants OF his people.
Speaking on the subject the other
evening in his club. surrounded by his
constituents. he said:
"A man To become n leader must be
broad minded and clear headed and
have n heart. Il takes a real human
to know II minister to tho wants OF
} a district such as ! am in.
Most 81 my people are poor and are
inclined to need help. They have lit
tie or no initiative and II Is their ap-
peals 20 us that get them anywhere.
"a leader is made through h little
! kind acts he does as an individual.
These acts bring him to the front and
: later scnd him to the central Organi-
za,ion as leader. Sue acts force many
q man to take a leadership when he
really does not want IL. for such q Job
is 10y no means an easy one. However.
| have no complaint To make and am
, willing to give my time and money to
! the best interests of a section that |
love.
The men who are elected as leaders
give their sympathy n aid in the
{ hour of trouble to their poor neighbors
r "A Il then because the latter choose TO
-,make political leaders OF them along
come q lot "f carpet baggers and get
= themselves into the limelight by knock
ing Tammany Han and its leaders.
These professional knockers are not
. known to their %n"ighbors az is the dis
1 tr.ct leader. Where do they come
from" What do they know about
conditions in his city? They are not
even good citizens.
, Look al our leaders. We are
q | t,,nut, Z l.,- t,-a L.. .-.. Ig-...A g.
. forty years and the people know me
and want me for their leader.
e "A leader of Tammany Hall ia Sc
lecied by the county committee in the
r DRY ana actually by the enrolled vot-
e ers Of the city. The right Of that rep
= r"s'ntttiou on that committee has
{ been contested in various districts
I from time to time and cach time the
o executive member tool his scat with
the consent oC the people OF the dis
! tr!ct. The direct primary law opens
the door for contests. hut in the las
, four years no contest OF has
been suggested against these leader
ships.
" "lf representative governmen
means anything then the leader stands
as the true representative Of his
l'''N' ~ 90. Nv atNi' III ldT1IldHS
Han less thar 10 per cent. have been
elected within the past ten years.
showing Ia my mind that their con-
stitucnts arc satisfied.
The cosmopolitan makeup Of an
- Assembly district requires that a c'ui,
= nous" shall Lee maintained and all the
g al possible shall he distributed among
the m'n and women and children of
: the district, In my own district. as
r in others, We are constantly minister
hS I" these people. In sorrow or
pleasure, IN time " need. or q. knees
or death or adversely they come 10 us.
They seek the advice of q man with a
heart ana that man Is invariably the
i lender of III" district. lie is the leader
" because hr has been chosen under the
g law and they believe they have a right
TO come TO him. And ! agree that they
have.
" 1t is a mistaken idea that patron.
as" makes the leader. Most Of the
jobs that can be distributed are in the
I competitive class Of civil service, and
IN looking over the vast number OF en-.
rolled Democrats in Manhattan Il
@ stands 10 reason that but a small
percentage Of them can expec 20.