The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-08

action Of Mr. CroEeris but the forerunner Of
his ultimate absolute retlrement from the
County Clerk Henry y, PurIoy. who has fire.
ou.ntly beer mentioned as The Ro.sibls SUE sue;
leadership. said Of Mr. Crofsr's snnounss-
NJ DE. not , surprise , %ssThs plsc. which
Hsll Il peculiarly sxsctins one John kelly
because Of the place which he held AZ the head
Hubert o: Tho%p.os, found dead IN his room.
10 embsrsd. and those who knew Thomp;
SSnr es't Of f S.w shs S sS:h t re.
resulted In his untimely demise.
LII. 1.-The g sane causes which broke down the
case. His health was badly * altered 10 1880.
Perstion By a temporary a6sndonment Of the
leadership and visit 70 Europe for treat
line IL sssS s son. Sssn hn$ e.
Ss: q b: place t But Sst I. not
outdoor .port,, and Of Nj. horses, He wants
iss and ss: s .hin Then. toe, 1 hs
aimed a. R'S nS T a. he Knows S that
the public rather enloys seeing a public man
70 h the Il submit SHs SspD. ss
Z: might ssyf .tScd !, lsDS sS c Rrl
than douSlsd by this fact for he does not wish
them to have constantly paraded before their
sHe wants some one else to have a share d
the responsibility at least; For instance; in
coming f fail do not SsilsVs that III. Croker
will make the selection; he doesnt want
sign ~ Chairman of the Finance Committee
lthe man who 10 actual iesderl but l do believe
sIpsCtsd Of him in the future; that he is not
going TO put his nose TO the eLindstone for seven
II he is going TO retire ssilssder. however,
hope that the orRaniZation will get as good
ne h a sss No sHs
such nrnns:s o. ehstsessr there !. les. ds.ir.
;ss !, sy'f q;
agreed with him. and have never hesitated to
Ss, S MisSom Of 9PMnoecs sof
and testify to his honesty not only as politi-
cal leader but as A. public Gp 1 Was as,
p Ia dean mi lion: Of the eitys money. In ali
from fSra SnSW. Rssc
Sf! don't believe there is dis
AS I said, hope the organization will ind
es able and honest leader to succeed him. but
Unjust add that man 10 q fool to take the
place. have always desired to have q part In
never want to assume the cares which de:
volve upon the leader Of so great political
equalization as Tammaay Hall"
MIR. Purroy went on to say that MIR. Cookers
partial retirement might BIO accounted for in n
measure by the PROBABILITY OF extra demands
on the leader this year.
About every oight or nine years" said he.
there Is discomfort expressed with the ad-
min,stration OF local Affairs. no matter how
good that administration may be. There 10
Tammany IL the object OF attack. Then there
are the men who have not got what they want
cd In the organization. In time ana under
fostering conditions they form nucleus OF
rather powerful opposition; To Say the least.
demands, on the leader Of Tsmmany Hall Will
be unusually onerous." -.-F.--ssA7.'- 49,
Although Mt. Croker was not chosen leader
Of TammAny. Hall until 1885. he had. per-
with the dirsesion q the csnpsiGn q 1855.
which resulted In the election OF Hugh J. Grant
after . long series OF defeats at the hands OF
the County Democracy. He was assisted IN
Iosw. TSc%ss \. iiiroy. the Present Mayor i:
and James A. Flack. Leader Kelly was very
Ill at the time. On Mr. kelly's death . boom
was started for Charles f Loew for the vacant
lesaership. but the district leaders. or . ma
was chosen. His Ad IA inistration since that
time has been mark cd by nm unbroken series
Of successes, beginning with the election Of
Abram x Hewitt lone OF the victories OF which
boastI and ending with the maenificsnt plu-
ralities piled up for the Democratic CO ndidates
at the last election. when other Democratic
stronghoids were surrendering to the enemy.