New-York tribune., 1922-05-27

whose command the work vas und.s
taken. Wisely enough McKaae nsa
10 attempt TO beauty or rebuild b
capital, for ne knew that the nor.a
and derelicts who acknowledsed 4
sovereignty loved the picturesqusz.
lection OF shanties and damn
pavilions and tun1bledown bathhur.a
and had no wish TO see them removed
to give place to better school .!
architecture.
1t was, indeed, picturesque capital
and its inhabitants were motley lo.
most Of whom should have been num-
bered among the "undesirables' OF the
nation. The period OF McKane's rule Wa,
/ the age of naphtha gas, which followed
] that OF the red shirt, the three thimblss
and the little pea, and antedated ne
present era OF gorgeous electrical dis
play. The hot weather flooded the Isl
nnd with swarms OF humble visitors
but these melted away with the mrs!
cold rains of September and then the
place assumed its most bizarre ssc
amusing aspect. The not corn vends's
fortune tellers, phrenolog!sts - Ef'sn
locally as skull grabbers and o'ae'
takirs disappeared and the yesr'Toana
colony calked up the cracks IN "s'
shanties and settled down 10 face me
lean winter season as best they e0llu'
This colony, which included many
broken down bank burglars, pieApO'A
cts and other eyildoers, formed Nv
backbone Of McKane's pollticat ioioS'
ing. and they could be depended on -''
loyal service on Election Day 's'
of them reared families and sent tieA
children to the Sunday School that 'nsR
sovereign conducted in spirit qu''
as devout as that II which Napol''-
went in state TO the Madeleine O''
ing the late sos McKane increased 'a'
number Of his followers by nin'A's
the summer nomads that !. wVuI
well for them TO register on me siSA'
and vote there. regardless OF and e'.'
in addition to what they might DO IN
New York. and it was with this S'~'
at his bark that he made coa'l'0A
with certain East Side p0''.'. :.
through which Cleveland wss ae-sa''
That victory gave him new pfss'
in the eyes OF politicians as q ps..
age of growing strength IN HA". !,
affairs. but it proved the oegihn'As
the end of his career. lmbued VIE
sense of his own unlimited power ~, :.
attempted to interfere with the '''s, "
box and met his Sedan at 'he ,'- -.
of Justice Cullen, who demoiisnsu u :.
with a single stroke of his PEN 80" =,
to a Supreme Court injunction "" =,
ing him to desist from iileg"' .,,,
ures 1t WAS this document w.
brought from his lips the nis'0''s ~,
terance Supreme Court 'n'u"l .,s
don't go here" and with these !.
his career came to an end ana s"'' =,
Gaynor began. The then pNssf''' 4.
torney sent him to Sing Sing, -,
less comfortable palace than "''Ds :,
kobe, TO which the French Empeiv -,
exiled, and Gaynor's way to the -.
atty Of New York was paved 1o' "' -.
To the late chief justice m''. ;,
to any one else belongs the c''' !,
the overthrow Of this stro"sH ),
trcnched colony Of freebootefs a"N :.
incarceration of the man w"' :,
them all in the hollow OF his ha"N -
from whose ukase, Get of the is,a
there was no redress. But despi'' !,
despotic rule, SO great was 'hs ~. ,.,e
that McKanc inspired in his io" :;
that more than once during ms y
rumors of his release were fe'e
his old capital with every "'''