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(for the record was complicated by myriad questions of procedure and board-room politics) that documentation of every sentence will be fatal to the clarity of the whole. Major sources, however, are cited throughout. In general the story is based on New York City Police Department, Minutes of the Board, 1896 (TRB); the comprehensive reporting of N.Y.T.; AND.Scr; AND.92 ff; TR to B and HCL, passim; supplementary details from Sun, World, Eve. Post, and Journal.

26. World, Mar. 13, 1896.

27. Herald, Mar. 15, 1896.

28. Ib.; N.Y.T., Mar. 18, 1896.

29. AND.66; on p. 93 he remarks that Conlin “was never a strong character.”

30. World, Mar. 13, 1896; Journal, Mar. 28. For Conlin’s personal view of the matter, see Ste.280.

31. See AND.202; World, Mar. 13, 1896; P.D. Minutes, 604.

32. TR to B, Mar. 15, 1896. The following anecdote is undated in its source, Bis.I.62–3. However TR and Parker both confirm that the dinner took place in their testimony of July 8 and 9, 1896 (N.Y.T., July 9 and 10) and mention Bishop’s presence. Furthermore TR specifically states that Parker was invited on March 13 “to meet” Bishop. It follows that Parker and Bishop could not have met at any previous dinner in TR’s house; since TR was in no mood to invite Parker ever again after March 13, the anecdote may be conclusively inserted here.

33. Parker, testimony July 8, 1896 (N.Y.T., July 9).

34. TR to B, Mar. 15, 1896.

35. Bis.I.63.

36. Ib., 63–4.

37. P.D. Minutes, 614; N.Y.T., Mar. 19, 1896; Journal, Mar. 24.

38. Her., Mar. 15, 1895.

39. Journal, Mar. 24, 1896.

40. Her., Mar. 15, 1895.

41. Evening Post, Mar. 24, 1896.

42. TR to B, Jan. 19, 1896.

43. See Ch. 19, n. 149, and Mor.504 n. The Venezuela affair was not settled until November 1896. For Cleveland’s reply to TR’s letter (“It seems to me that you and I have both been a little misunderstood recently”) see Bis.I.69. Mor.522.

44. Lod.204; TR qu. by Talcott Williams in Century Memorial to TR, 74; Mor.509.

45. Ib., 505–6; Chicago Tribune, Feb. 23, 1895.

46. Eve. Post, Jan. 14, 1896.

47. Ib.

48. TR to B, Feb. 2, 1896; Lod.213.

49. N.Y.T., June 6, 1896; Mor.503.

50. Eve. Post, Apr. 1, 1896; see Commercial Advertiser, Apr. 4.

51. Mor.525.

52. Journal, Apr. 11, 1896; AND.193; Mor.525–6; N.Y.T., Apr. 17. AND.194 confirms.

53. Mor.525; Journal, Apr. 10, 1896.

54. Ib. TR’s childhood friend, Fanny Smith Parsons, was watching from the gallery, and regretted that he did not behave to better effect. (Par.112.)

55. See Mor.524–32. Her., Apr. 15, 1896.

56. Sun, Apr. 16, 1896; Evening News, Apr. 19.

57. Eve. Post, May 1, 1896.

58. Ste.276.

59. World, May 6, 1896. The following account is taken from two articles in this newspaper, plus others in the Her., Comm. Adv., Eve. Post, Journal, Trib., and N.Y.T., same date.

60. Journal, May 6, 1896.

61. World, May 6, 1896.

62. Trib., May 6, 1896; Eve. Post, May 6; Sun, n.d. (TR.Scr.); Her., May 7.

63. Ib.; N.Y.T., May 7, 1896.

64. TR to B: “I am on pretty good terms with the old boy now, and he is trying to turn Parker out.” June 1, 1896. Press, May 7.

65. AND.30–1; Comm. Adv., June 2, 1896; N.Y.T., Apr. 22; Recorder, Apr. 28.

66. Recorder, May 20, 1896. See also Ste.276.

67. A copy of this statement, with TR’s covering letter, is in the New York Municipal Archives, Strong Mss.

68. Ber. 117–18; TR to B, June 1, 1896, also Apr. 26: “Unfortunately I cannot be sure of Parker’s financial honesty … I feel very uneasy lest he compromises.” Andrews memo, TRB.

69. Recorder, May 21?, 1896 (TR.Scr.).

70. Sun, May 28, 1896.

71. P.D. Minutes, 17; AND.148.

72. TR.Wks.XIII.126.

73. The following account is taken from Sun and Her., June 2, 1896, plus various artists’ sketches in TRB.

74. The mid-nineties marked the peak of the “bicycle boom” in the United States, and the proliferation of two-wheelers in New York City streets, combined with wagons and carriages, caused serious traffic jams long before the advent of the automobile. See AND.146–52; also TR.Auto. 187–8.

75. See, e.g., Her., June 2, 1896.

76. Eve. World, June 3, 1896.

77. Ib.; Her.,