New-York tribune., 1894-06-26


Tho announcement that Richard Croker Is
about 10 return is not more sudden than MS ne
parture was. When he sailed away just seven
teen days ago apparently in robust phESicai
condition though probably not in cXub"rAnt
sprits. he left behind him the afiliciing s'a'"
mcnt that a malady which nothing but dcvo-
ton 10 his mothcrin-law could have ihducrh
him 10 neglect 50 long was sapping his vital
powcrs. and that months Of rcpOSe IN Europe
would be needed to restore them. Now. after
tviug trip ~ a French racecOurSc ana lew
doys Of lious meditation ut the graves of his
ancestors he is coming back and hopes 10 ar
rive in tim, 10 hear the Hon. Bourkc Cockran'S
Fourth of July oration in Tammany Han. Ills
medical advisers in Paris and London hav" not
talked with reporters We believe. bur they hav"
opparantly confirmed the popular diagnosis ana
convinced him that there is nothing the i'''"
with his material organism.
Having been thus relieved from anxiety about
hi, health II j. not surprising that Richard
Croker should quickly resolve Ia return 10 the
only Dlacc on earth which is dear 10 him. cX-
coming Of course. the ancestral domain which
shelters the relies Of his proscniors: and 10
man Of his wealth and luxurou, tastes that
mist bc a lonesome and melancholy though
streams If Carlsbad II is the most natural 'hins
IN the world that hc should abruptly change hiS
,,lons and sail for home aboard a steamer Sch"d'
MED 10 arrive at this port on or about July !.
Tho VOYAGE will DO him good. II his physical
condition IS already less than perfect ana Inc
,ro,prct of rcsuming his fay"rite pursuits aficT
an interval Just long enough to make 'h'm
donlly delightful and allurins viii oNhilAra'e
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& some atmospheric or other influence az WORK
hor. IN New York which is hancful io him while
he * Subjected to IT, bur from which he almost
/ inetantancously rccOvcrs In another environ
man, Indeed on three separate occasions nj
roohv events have seemed 70 prove n strange
susc.niiblity " that sort In his caS" II t'r me
( ,,ur,b ti,on experience should convince him mat
+, uos NOT q morbid dclusion. but that h" WAS
/ f., sorlous danger the doctors to III" contrary
Notwithstanding. he would merely have 10 take
ono,hcr more or less hasty departure lt' can
,rohahlv remain here a couple ~ inohihs III
| rorr,ct safety His intimate know'dg" "t MS
/ avn condition ard his quick discernm'ht VIII
olvc him n sufficient warning, ann money VIII
/ .ccur. . nrlyaic car or an officers Stai'room a'
- ,noncnt's notice In the mean time he VIII
h,ve had the cream Of The racing season ana
hay. Witnessed we trust. the complete rcN'oi"'
tlon of his mothcrn-aw
Wo observe with feeling akin 10 disgust lha'
some pretended friends OF Richard 'roher' "po"
whose unfaltering fidelity he had reason 10 rc1y'
I are intimaiing that he IS coming nome uhu''
storn sense Of duty with the intention "i con
crontiu, ,he Icxow Committee. and that II VIII
Inc an outrage il the committee adJonrhs p'loIe
hts arrival This swift and ineNplicablc chaiGe
NJ ottltude Oh their part Is painful III the IN
| ,rcn,e They declared when he went away lhh'
ho vas far above any such humiliaiing neces
! .i,. o,d that whoever said he required a vlndl-
oa,ion vas an impudcnt slandercr That. we
think is thc position which they ought l" nave
maintained 10 the last They know what MS
o,vn onnion was for they saw MN apaiiuoh
an admirable opportunity in the most conSpic
mans manner. and they have 10 reason 10 sup
nose that his opinion has changed All the
/ transatlantic cables are In order. ana II on lhr-
thor Thought a sense Of obligation To the com
,,un,tv which has served him 80 long had I'M
| ,ollod him In cOndesccnd 10 be served Win
| euhnoena he would have engaged passage py III
earlier steamer and landed In Ncw-f0rk thS
week To the false friends who are now INSULT
inc him he will doubtless pay suitable attention
an tho day of his arrival, even II he has TO
f,rcco the celebration OF the glorious four'h
oud q welcome from the Hon Bourke Cockran'
snoaking in the name and from the platform
OF the Tammany Society.