Finally, I sent him to the Assembly from my district Now remember that the boy was only seven years old when he left Brooklyn, and was twenty-three when he went to the Assembly.

You'd think he had forgotten all about Brooklyn, wouldn't you?
I did, but I was dead wrong.

When that young fellow got into the Assembly he paid no attention to bills or debates about New York City.

He didn't even show any interest in his own district.

But just let Brooklyn be mentioned, or a bill be introduced about Gowanus Canal, or the Long Island Railroad, and he was all attention.