The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-15
1ssolUfs UNTRUE, s1ys stEsoE.
a Nee. sr R.ss,.s As.-t Aneres Ts--ssy
Csbats Agstpet Cr,her.

Csssis Aesisst Crsssr.
30 long ss Tsmmany Hall vas attacked By
personal abuse Of its leader. neither Richard
Croker nor any Of his friends took the trouble
10 reply to the manifold aspersions on HE
character and his sets Now that Mr.. Croker
has retired from the leadership into private
life and II still followed By abuse. he nnds
plenty Of champions ready to defend him.
Mayor Gilroy replied yesterday to . story pub
lished to the effect that Mr. CrokeTs retire.
msnt was not voluntary. but forced abdics-
tion brought about by auarrels with the Mayor
and others who are high In the councils Of the
wiRvam.
There are 80 many falsehoods In the story
that l cannot refrain from denying them,"
said the Mayor to his ouestioner. In this
chronicle l am described as fatterine Mr..
Croker for the purpose Of capturing the leader
ship through the favor Of Mr. Cookers friends
Now. wish to say in most emphatic fashion
that am not manPuvrinR to succeed Mr.
Croker ss leader: that am not q candidate
that its demands would be destructive OF the
health 81 the man who would consent to take
Il: viii say. Though, that SO long as hold
terest in public affairs | will chserfully sdvise
with and lend M, assistance to the leader Of
scriped as having had an exciting ytsnsIe'
suited 10 Mr.. Croker's threatening to write his
letter Of resignation then and there. This IL
and the recital OF details IL anything but excit.
With Mr. G52ss5 in ny s never had ss
those Of the Ssr%sst irisndship. and nothing
when We fst sscs%s s..osstsa ssIii eIsts
ject esri.iniy none on he SUBJECT n 81 pstsoS
age; ss he's been suggested. No such scene
The Mayor then. proceeded to dispose o. the
story which has been so freely circulated by
enemies OF the Tapmany organization. that
1890 there was . conspiracy to vrest the lead
ersshIp n the equalization from him.
no one stood By him more warmly. than I
did. and wish 70 say right here that the
at that time tried to pndermins Mr. Croker as
leader were absolutely untrue and have no
S.pGstiop II fact Here too desire t. ssy
little fri%tion and with such absolute good viii
the so-caiisd leadership Of Mr. Croker
One Of the dissoveries that the writer Of To-
days attack on Mr.. Croker makes is that Mr..
Croker wrote out his resigna alton in 1890 on
the the app1intns5t Of the tassstt invs.tisatinT
deny it. absolutely and emphatically. Nosuch
letter was ever written. attemp pied to be writ
~. ii :. ~, ~ VI oaa
ing OF the mythical letter to Its alleged return.
wish TO emphasize the fact that Mr.
Croker was not selscted for leader, As has
been suggested. He never forced himself
nor was be forced on the organization He
absolutely grew into the leadership. and no
man was more startled than he when he dis
covered that he was looked up to as the leader
and by common consent was recoe niZed as
such. Mr.. Croker grew into the leadership By
reason OF his Ireful attention to the details
OF organization work. by reason Of the amount
o. bis devotion t9 and energy IN the cause
aptitude for leadership which he In other ways
developed.
The enemies Of the organization. too have
hau q great deal to say Of Mr.. Croker's oppos-
Ing the election OF Congressman Cochran q
sachem OF the Tammany Society on personal
grounds. There Is no truth In that story. Mr.
Croker at n 10 time intimated that he desired
the defeat OF Mr.. Cochran as Q sachem. The
differences between Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Cock
ran have existed probably for . rear. and .
great deal that 10 alleged to have been said By
each regarding the other. in my judgment
II believe that the two men drifted apart
more because Of the fasehoods OF tale bearers
than for any other reason.
This relationship OF Mr. Croker and Mr..
Cochran aud the old story OF O former attempt
OF Commissioner Martin and his friends to
seize control OF Tammany Hall are referred TO
by me because I think the people should be
set right In these matters and understand how
little basis there Is for the m any columns which
have toen printed on both subjscts."