Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-25
CROKER SNEERS AT COCHRAN.
Tammany's Former Chief Complaint
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The Now York Morning Advertiser. re-
publican, today publishes the following:
Richard Croker yesterday denounced Con-
gresham Bourke Cochran in violent terms.
In an interview at his Broadway office he
said with emphasis:
Il have become satisfied that certain pub
locations about the Tammany Hall Organi-
cation and myself have been inspired by
Bourke Cochran, and 1 now have no hest
tation in saying that believe that no has
been going around in corners 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 digntied for him to come right
before the executive committee Of Tam
many Hall and say what he has to say.
He has been termed or terms himself"
continued Mr. Croker, "a man Of brains.
Now, If this man of brains has the man
hood, let him accept my challenge to come
bef0re the committee, and l promise to so
back to one more meeting and face him and
discuss these matters with him. l expect
to go to Florida i'll about ten days and L
hope to have the pleasure of meeting him
before then. Let us see If he can make
good the talk he has made
Il understand that he is to give a great
reception in Washington before he leaves
there. l know that the committee. If he
comes before 1t, Will give him an even
greater TccepliOn-one tndt he VIII remem-
Der lOnger-that Will make a deeper and
more lasting impression upon him. 1 would
like TO have the committee appoint him
chairman of an investigating committee to
look INTO all the affairs that he has been
talking about. He has told people | had TO
leave T9mmany Hall. / want this man Of
brains to make a thorough inv estigation of
all the affairs of the organization when l
was the so-called leader OF it.
If he refuses to come before the COM
ne 1
ter where IL is. | will demand a personal in
YES LEGATION of him.
Il hope that the committee of sixty will
hold meeting soon, certainly before | go
away. nave been waiting patiently for
such a meeting, in order that | might pre-
sent myself and ask for an explanation
from TINS man of brains. AS chairman Of
the committee on correspondence he is still
a member of the executive committed If
he knows so much let him come and tell
the committee To which he owes SO much
OF the prominence he once enjoyed and LET
me also say that If he knows of anything
that IS wrong, let him go before the pres
knows"
What was the original cause of the d:f
ierences between yourself and Mr. Cock
ran? Mr. Croker was asked
THAT is generally known" was the rsply
lie was disappointed because he was
not supported by the organization for
United states Senator in 1883. when Ed
'"'N bhH' Ji''ol Troy was nOfnlna ted to
succeed Senator Hiscock. He was also dis
appointed because he was not renomina ted
ior congress this year. He could not have
been elected. He is not a resident of the
city. he ran away from his district lust
as ne has run away from some Of his
friends. He lives at Sands Point L. 4
and | do not know that he has ever been
IN his district since his election. Is 1t any
wonder that one grows sick of politics
when he has TO deal with such characters?
1t is things like this that constitute the
dsagreeable feature of politics
COCHRAN never amounted to anything as
a politician added Mr. Croker He Ia
like a western cyclore-all wind. OF all the
members of Tammany Hall who are under
obligations to the organization, this man
has proved himself the most ungrateful for
faVors obtained. He never contributed q
cent to his own election to the cam
paign fund of the democratic party. He
claims to have done great things for Tam
many Hail. If he was useful to II why
does he not take hold now when 1t Is in
need OF men who can be useful and rot be
playing to the galleries."