Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-19
GOTHAM GOSSIP.
Nearly 100000 People Have
Left for Chicago.
Crcker's Rule Of Tammany Hail.
Quickly Made Fame.


NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 1S.-lSpecial. i
| Although 10000 fortunate and patriotic
| citizens. more or less, are at the Worlds
| fair in Chicago TO see that Manhattan day
| is observed properly, yet they are not
| missed upon our streets or in our homes,
| for there are nearly 100000 struggling,
| striving, toiling, moiling. pushing souls
| still left on this little narrow strip of land.
What changes the whirligig of time has
| wrought within Il few short Inonthsi Until
| 1t was known with absolute certainty that
| ,he fair was to be a success artlstically and
| financially there was nothing too mean TO
be said about ii by the New York papers.
But now the green Cd monster, jealousy,
seems TO have slunk away, and Manhattan
has really dome herself credit by contrib
uting liberally both Of money and eneour-
agement to the occasion, pausing in the
midst of an exciting political campaign to
give the affair the brilliancy of well di-
rected effort. Among the contributions is
a carload of cut flowers, which has just
left the city bound for the New York build
ing at the fair.
A Man of Tact.
Yet politics booms, and Mr. Richard
Croker is the most prominent man in the
city just now He holds Tammany Hall in
far closer subjection than it was ever held
by John Kelly. Yet his iron rule is both
judicious and progressive. He has marvel
Gus tact and common sense and believes in
new blood and young men. ''Tammany
has got to keep good men to the fore, - said
he the other day, ''or the public will have
no use for it. The people are mightier than
any political body, even than one SO strong
as Tammany."
And what marvellous career this man
has hadl Eight years ago he had hardly a
penny. so he says, and today he is worth
not far from million and has invested in
the past year and half or two years near
ly half that sum in racing stables breed
ing farms and city property Not only
that, but he has wife who is somewhat of
leader in society and has adopted or res
urrected Il tasteful and appropriate coat of
arms, Deus ALT eos''-''God feeds them
very good motto.
From a corouer to fire commissioner, a
city chamberlain, aud now at the head of
the greatest political organization of the
kind in the world, is quite a rise, but Mr.
Croker has sense enough not to let it turn
his head. He has completely lived down
the clouds that shrouded his name by the
killing of Mckenna some 20 years ago In
deed il is now claimed by his friends that
he did not fire the fatal shot Mt all The
trouble took place on election day at
Thirty fourth street and Second avenue.
A nolitical firht was raging between
Abram s Hewitt and James O'Brieu. who
were pitted against each other in the race
for congress. Croker was an advocate of
Mr. Hewitt and worked hard for his cleo
tion. and it having been reported that
O'Brjen's heelers were smashing the Hew
lit ballot boxes he determined to stop it if
possible The two forces met at the poll
ing precinct. and words between O'Briep
and Croker led to blows, and blows to the
fatal pistol shot. The case was tried, but
the district attorney. becoming convinced
that a conviction was impossible. allowed
nolle prosequi to be entered. 1t IL still on
file in the district attorneys Office.
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