New-York tribune., 1890-05-29
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uE. CROKER STEPS FORWARp.
Something secms>to have moved MIR. Croker.
lie has suddenly decided to let the demands
If Nj. health wait upon those Of his reputation
and to come before the FaS,ctt Committee with
An, own statement a. - the charges made
AGAINST him by hi. old chum, McCann. IL
would he interesting to know the mental pro
co.sos bv which ne ha, come to this decision
and why he did not come to It long ago II
would seem as if man morally and intel
ectually capable of governing great Guy 'Ne
Now -Yorl. ought not 10 require five weeks OF
reflection after being accused oi gross ac'S
Of bribery. ~ he able to perceive the lmpor-
tance Of setting himself right Il was on
April % that Patrick II. McCann teSthed
undor oath concerning Mr. Croker and his acts.
| NcCanns declarations were explicit and CIR
! rimStopf,1I They represented Croker a. nav
inc shown the witness bag full of money
o.. having told him that the bag contained
$4,000. levied and raised for the purpose
! of brihng the Common Council IN the interest
Of Hugh J. Grant. and a. having invited the
! witness to assist in the enterprise ihey also
/ charged Croker with having received $4,000
~ a Lri'c from Hugh j. Grant for procuring a
Tammanv nomination for him a> sheriff OF
Now lorl.. the money having been paid IN IN
>talmont, Of $4,000 through Crokcr> infant
daughter. Flo>,ie These charges were scarce
~ spoken before the cables had put the sub
stance of them into Mr. Crokcr> possession
And Yet it required five weeks for him TO make
up his mind that they were sufficiently serious
10 call for his presence before the faSSeU
Committee.
If il were true that Mr.. Croker all this while
had been seriously Ill. no further explanation
Of his tardy action would be asked. brt the
information from Wie,hadcn has been that he
IVA, RAPIDLY recovering and II Is known that
/ he has been journcylng between mat pace ana
| Heidelberg as certainly very sick man oould
/ NOT d. ~ one doubts that Croker has been
aiing bat II looks queer that he should nave
/ got we'll and hearty just a week after the com
| miitce announced that il sessions Won1 De
suspended upon June l. and quccrer sui that
he should have fixed the date of hi> return
Al a time when % was notorious that senator
/ Ta~seft would bee on California. The obvious
comment upon these facts j. that q man IN
/ Crol,cr', pligbt ought to feel himself fortunate
/ In ro,,e,.ing the kind Of health which can be
/ rolled upon thus 20 serve his convenience"
/ When man ha, hi, health under such 'blliu
MANAGEMENT that hc can got 1t 10 take hum OF.
just when staying ~ home is most disagree
atlc and 10 b,ine him back when 10 D., safest
20 come hc certainly has a most acopmmodat-
ing sort OF constitution.
However. If the thing can he arranged, INC
committee should hear Nnat Nr Croker has 10
cav and should te ready 10 subject hin 10 a
rrd examination not merely upon ~" sub
icct, suggested m NrCauu', testimony, huf "a,
,o tho way, and means by which Nj Croker
ma, hoon governing this city. II" committee
know, that popular Government in NcV-l orh
/, the moro>t fiction and that the city is really
Governed D., Mr. Croker and the einmul Keep.
Dr. on. pueiIi-t~. conyiD~. " fences and plug
uglfo, who belong to Oh" General Committee
ol 1ammlny Hall. Now ai'cr Nj C'ok'rN
mind has lcon searched for information ~ Ia
what hc did with the $1,000 which "odia'hcr
Grant gave to his daurhtcf and concerning
which Mr. Croker recently .md hc had really
unite forgotten the amount ana after AT the
facts have been chcitcd concerning IN" flNO.-
0oo fund which he exhibited to Met ann. he
.hould be invited to describe tho methods 10y
which hc run, \eW-N oik how nc selects can
didatc, for Office how he assesses upon them
rhe amounts OF their contributions. what en-
cagements he places them under, how he con
troll, and coorceS them alter they get into
Office. by what system he appoints their suhor
dinato,. how he collects from the whole army
of hi, oficcholdcrs the amounts Of their tribute
to Tammanv. what he does with the money
how he arranges on election days 10 bring
out the vote " and. in short. how the supremacy
of the bose, and the halls is maintained. II
t.tfil I'm N,h -
INQUIRIES are being put. or unless he turns of
hi, health the committee will receive store
of curious and valuable knowledge.