St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-25
HE HAS HIS WAR PAINT ON.
A Red = Hot Verbal Scoring
for the New York Con-
gresham.
CHALLENGES AN INQUIRY
And Hints at What May Hap
pen When They
Meet.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The Morning
Advertiser tomorrow will say: Richard
Croker yesterday denounced Congress
man BOurke Cochran i'll violent terms.
In an interview at his Broadway Office,
ne said with emphasis:
al have become satisfied that certain
publications about the Tammany hall or
ganiZations and myself have been in-
spired by Bourke Cochran. and | now
have no hesitation in saying that | be-
lieve he has been going around in cor
nerS TO talk about ME and acting in a
way that sometimes leads one to be
termed an informer. Now, l submit
that it would be manifestlY more manly
and dignified for him to come right be-
fore the executive committee of Tam
many hall and say what he has to say.
''He has been termed. Or terms him.
self" continued Mr.. Croker, "a man of
brains. Now if this iuan of brains has
the manhood let him accept my chai-
lenge to come before the committee and
promise to go back TO one more thing
and tace him and discuss these matters
with him. | expect to 60 to Florida in
about ten days, and | hope to have the
pleasure OF meeting him before then.
Let US see il he can make good the talk
he has made.
II understand that he is to give a
great reception in Washington before
lie leaves there. know that the COM
mittee, if he comes before it, will give
him All even greater receptiOn-One
that he will remember longer, that will
make deeper and more lasting impress
sion upon him. ! would like TO have
the committee appoint a chairman of
an investigating committee to look into
all the affairs that he has been talking
about. He has told people l had to
leave Tammany Hall. | want this man
Of brains to make thorough tnvestiga-
ton of all the affairs of the OrganiZa-
tiOn when l was the So-called leader
of it.
"If he refuses to come before the
committee, then the next time | meet
him, no matter where it is. | shall de-
mand a personal investigation of him"
Il hope that the committee Of sixty
will hold a meeting soon, certainly be-
fore | 90 away. l have been waiting
patiently for such a meeting in order
that l might present myself and ask
for an explanation from this man of
brains. AS chairman of the committee
on correspondence he is still member
of the executive committee. Ii he
knows so much, let him come and tell
the committee to which he owes SO
much OF the prominence he once en-
joyed, and let ME also say that if he
knows OF anything that is wrong, let
him go before the present senate inyes-
tigating committee and tell all he
knows"
What was the original cause of the
i NJ
COckran?' Mr.. Croker was asked
That is generally KNOWN" was the
reply.
He was disappointed because he was
not supported by the organization for
United States senator in 1898, when
Mr.. Murphy Jr., of Troy, was nomina-
ted to succeed Senator HiscOck. He was
also disappointed because lie was not
renominated for congress this year. He
could not have been elected. He is not
a resident of this city. He ran ay
from his district just the way he ran
away from some of his friends. He lives
al Sand Point, l.. L., and do not think
he has been in his district since elec-
t on. Is it any wonder that one gets
sick of politics when he has to deal with
such characters. 1t is things like this
that constitute the diSagreeable feature
of politics.
Cochran never amounted to any
thing as politician" added Mr.. Crok-
Ell. ''He is like Western cyclone. all
wind. Of all the members of Tammauy
hall who are under obligations to the
organization this man has proved him
self the most uhgrateful for favOrs OBJ
tanned. lie never contributed cent to
his own election or the campaign fund
of the Democratic party. He claims to
have done great things for TammaGy
hall. If he was useful to it why does
he not take hold now when it is in
need of men who can be useful and not
be playing to the galleries.