The New York herald., 1922-01-08

where were Commodores McDonough and
Barry Generals Wayne, Sullivan and An
drew Jackson? Where was Coppinger
and"
"Who?" hollered Clarence Santee.
SILENCE, iout." Numbered Council
man Quinn. But you who are still sober,
friends-where,' when in recent generations
the imperial metropolis of New York was
in the making friends, where / demand,
was that glorious roster of magnificent
lrish-American statesmen of Tammany
Hall who"
'In their saloons." hollered Clarence
Santee he now beginning to cry bitterly.
So they threw him out.
1t seemed like the whole trend of Coun-
Gilman Quinn's originally prepared oration
on the coming agenda of the new year was
changed by these unfortunate Interrupt
tions.
Order was not finally restored again un-
til all standees had come back into Fire
House again after piling out into N. Main
to see Cnief of Police Herb I.ongstreat
eject Mr.. Santee. BY this time Councilman
Quinn had calmed down enough to ignore
the agenda for the coming year and to
speak heatedly. for more than an hour
about Ireland's contributions of citizenship
making America possible.
Hon. Quinn proved eloquently how Irish
men were always prominent and in the
public prints in America, from the present
day Of Judge Dan Cohalan and jeremiah
OLeary Of New York all the way back to
two Irish sailors who repeatedly kept
Christopher Columbus, said Hon. Quinn,
from pulling a bone by turning back in
disgust.
BY this time it was almost ten O'CLOCK
and Hon. Quinn himself admitted his ad.
dress had been ruined
II had meant to point out to you" re-
gretfully apologized Councilman Quinn,
"how and why in the year now beginning
we all see universal readjustments in busi-
ness conditions all over the world, and
how and why we will see suffering ana
famine come to an end among the suffer
ing people Of Europe-yes, and maybe how
and why we will see the end Of the Still
man divorce case among the suffering peo-
pie of America.
1T was my purpose. friends, to touch on
how and why Henry Ford will be per-
secuted by an unthinking body politic
every time one of Henry's ideas don't go
through the way he wants II to go this
year. 1t was my purpose, friends to touch
on how and why, at the opening of the
spring baseball season, all will have been
forgiven and forgotten in the Babe Ruth
scandal thoughtful public demanding
only that Judge Lands apologize and remit
the fine.
ut was my purpose, friends, to-
But you've taken the heart out of me,
l can only say, fellow Boroughites, that
these and other matters of Importance
will take up in detail later Tonight as
look forward to this my first year in your
midst it swells me with pride to know that
I, comparative stranger, have been Sc
lected, first to be your Memorial Day Ora
tor come next May. and secondly. that you
have done me the further honor to ask
me to make the Fourth OF July address
when"
WHO asked your screamed Council
man Luth .r Mickelman.
The minute Councilman Quinn made
these two unexpected cracks about being
the orator OF the day at the two rig holi-
days of the coming year everybody il
Council including Mayor Van Sco,ck and
Rev. Borough Clerk U. Grant Pilberry-
who has been slated by the Lend Hand
Alliance for months to be the Fourth of
July orator in Public Square-evcrybody
was standing mp rigid like IL was III
o'clock at an Elks smoker.
The excitement is still growing to-day
noon at this writing. And 1t now looks
like nothing but trouble is ahead for this
Borough during the coming year with
Hon. Mickelman backed by the Lend
Hand Alliance ont tooth and nail from,
this on to ruin Hon. Quinn's political
career.