New-York tribune., 1890-07-14
Joy AND SORROW AT cRoKER,s GOING.
COUNTY DEMOCRATS Not WILLING TO SELL
THEMSELVES CHEAP To TAMMANY.

COUNTY DEMOCRATS NOT WILLING TO SELL
THENsrLyE, CHEAP To TAMMANY.
Richard Croker. tho bo,,~ Of the brave, Of Tam
many Hall. sail, THURSDAY on the Columbia Of the
lIanbur. American Line for Hamburg ard it /, d.fl
cult 10 Judge whether hi, departure Will create more
JOY than sorrow. Among certain rammany chief, Of
the council, h, departure VIII b" hailed with Joy and
no tear, will De she'd b. them If he makes Germany
his permanent abiding place. II j. well known that
there certain Tammluy leaders who extremely
jealous Of the dictatorship the organization which
Croacr wicld- and they are among those who chucked
with ioy when IN" damaging disclosures were made By
the Senate cOmWttc" practically CCuyctluS Croker and
Grant II sharing the fee, of The Sheriff, Office There
are Tammauy mon. however. who Will really weep
when the steamer carrying their chcf slIl, away.
Mavor Grant for instance. will probably sicd bitter
parting with his cod ch'ld. rloS~c" Croker.
Hr Mr. Croker ard her li,;lr one, are expected
u De- taken along tA.~ line.
There IS lttlc doubt that I'd Murphy. r. Of
Troy th" chairman of The Drrocrr state Committee,
was moro or is> responsible for The circulation Of the
rumOr, last week, that ciott, W'ro being mldc by
the leaders of both the Tamuiuy and County Demo-
racy organizations to unite on local ticket mi, fall
II must have bccu gall and wOmwold -. some of the
most rampant Tamm nyite, - give 10 il. even hy
their silence whoH e-Scd regarding tie ALLEGED plan
- coalition. an appearance Of being tho righ thing 10
do. II only e,, - show how hadly frch' anCi they
arc and what md.sIa, 10 their prde they Willi /,
d, ruicr IN order to retain for oven short period The
political powers aud patronlg, which are rapidly slip
ping from them.
Governor iiu recently told hi, confidential friends
and advisers that a. candidate for the GDycrnprshp h'
was done for" Ind ohlns over hi, state, he that
he political jealousy Of half dozen more aSpir1nt-
for the place would insure hi- defeat AZ the polls. but
~ cannot aiYo~ in Wow ~ h Presidential aspirations,
to 70 out Of polite, altogether and lose hi, grip on
. fhp leo. pX,.u Th,ref-,rn
he set to work two Years ago to capture the Legis-
ature 50 that next year conld have himself elected
20 the ucd Satc- senate aud put a I'M the COY
rrIurs chair upon whom he could depend 10 maulg'
thc executive departures Of the the interest
| of hi, own Presidential boom.
lie could not depend upon such aS cN secretary
Whtucy, Mayor Ciapu, of Brooklyn. Roswell T..
Flower Lieutenant Governor Jonc> all of whom are
NOR, or Jess actively the Held at TN, early dat" 10
get the nomination Themselves. The Governor was
~hrcWd enough tO -cc that the mi,r" and lad man
,d tt,, .,us bc ,r.,ni1 7fiu could not yrin clin.f
the cnnity Of the county democrats, the 0ggr>,iyc
Of the Republicans, together With the ngt when
Will hc made by the ne" citizens movement
Germany, las brought HIM q the sam" condition Of
| mind. and he readily came to the conclusion. which
| no Governor had already formed that union aouc
would the organization from defeat. When Croker
and Murphy had their consultation iu Troy, tho Tam
pride Of the rank aud Me OF the rib" mu be humh'l
| and assistance must hr asked from thcir enemies.
concerns tho members o the Assembly L. be elected
this fall. But they what he j. after. and ~" il
| nencS that coalition "u TIC municipal candidates
would mean coalition on candidates for The AN'nIbN
| Ihr0ugh his state committee chairman h. therefor,
| pattcd Croker on the back and advised uaion -
Democratic forrco. with Murphy governor ana MN
self the nitcd Natc~ senate hc would feel pretty
certain Of the Presidential nomination In 1-'-
But the County Democracy l'ad".~ hiy" got hIitrh
| al the hHt They have seen rlmmauy com" INTO
power before. ana then 20 10 rioc, through ilF d,
| honesty OF her leaders. The County Democrats are
| Wiling to wait.