That's the only way to get good out of liquor.
Look at all the Tammany heads of city departments?
There's not a real drinkin' man in the lot.

Oh, yes, there are some prominent men in the organization who drink sometimes, but they are not the men who have power.

They're ornaments, fancy speakers and all that, who make a fine show behind the footlights, but am I in it when it comes to directin' the city government and the Tammany organization.

The men who sit in the executive committee room at Tammany Hall and direct things are men who celebrate on apollinaris or vichy.

Let me tell you what I saw on election night in 1897, when the Tammany ticket swept the city: Up to 10 P.M.Croker, John F.Carroll, Tim Sullivan, Charlie Murphy, and myself sat in the committee room receivin' returns.