New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-20

HE LEAVES AN INTERVIEW ON
w, oN,,s IS QUITE As INTERESTING Ms
WAR Hr sAYs-rKA'sE FOE St''-''''''''

vn,t HE sAys-rRAlsE FOR siIEEhAN
AND THE vrGwAM
I-.,., t,reweI proclamation, given -
49,, iii. through his favorite organs just o''0'
leaving the country the St LOUIS Nes''' ,,
a,ed plenty Of amusement LOT P''' .,,re5
~ ,her, EXPRESSED surprise al the hcN'f
uaoao =, Mr. Croker's vocabulary ana MS feil"' n
INNS. ,,1r,,, With nouns adjectives ana verbs
=. .,,,,h tho ex-bass was heretofore suppoSed - ~
a stranger. , ,,tr,cacies OF
Mr. Croker's attempt to explain 'he ".'' r,,,o
cha tax rate led some of his irienus 10
that he had submitted TO considefap'e C'"'-...a 5
before entering upon the argument whic" =,
tho bnrlen Of the first half OF MS 'sie"'''o''
this he rorrayed the beauties OF the iai'''''""'
of blacknail and corruption with so 'nuVn r
mat persons who have been disappoHi''' a. ~
a., o,pcos froro Mayor Strong might be lei 10 DV-
,,eva that the voters of the city na'e -
- ,h.v o,,ar,hrew the scoundrels ana thieves VI
,ho Wiowam who fattenel on the substance u wy
taxnavers and amassed vast wealth rom 'o''''"7
fobbery and extortion ,,,,,.r,o,
Mr. Cookers praise for the poItct w.,
ard hr,gands who control the organization Al raS
,r.oon,b.s, WAS instituted. After assuring the
oaon, .bo. he never again would take an active IL
,eresr in The management Of Tammahy man "V'
ythstandng his great love Tor 'he '' 80
astonished his readers by saying ~ -
better set OF men. no more sincere '''o''
,oined together" He selected John c. Sheehan as
The chiefest among the capable and trustworthy
of the Wigwam. and declared that Johh was u'''e
RIGHT" and would always do right,
Croker was careful not 10 say that she' nan 'i'u
always done right" remarked retired warhorSe
Of the Tammany Hall General Committee yes'e'-
day HE could hardly have forgotten that onve
han when he lef; Buffalo and came mere tHeNe Nv.
wears ago was defaulter, and that ne "iu NO.
square things up with his bondsmen uhuI opPol
irnities unfoIded through his oinclal cohnectIeH
with the new Croton AQueduct put MIN IN I, posi-
Ton to settle. Yet this is the man whose Itaut.
ship Croker euloeizeS commenting MN as '"e
essence Of all that is honest and upright ,
Perhaps the most remarkable part OF MT croker )
essay was his attack Joseph pulitzer, proprietor
of THE World" II the almost UNANIMOUS
opinion OF politicians Yesterday mat CroKer had
never so completely exhibited himself TO dsad-
vantage. The belief general that n MI fu-
liter had been solely responsible Tor driving Cro
ker out of politics and out OF New-fork, the ex,
boss could not feel greater resentment toward
him. ...t. ~. a.. ,-.
and thought vas cash-cash--cash' was looked
upon as decidedly funny. coming from croker
whose sudden and mysterious acquisition Of wealth
MANY citizens remarked Yesterday that If Mr..
Croker had devoted few lines OF his long mani
festo to answering TIE oft repeated query. Where
did nc get itg' his "interveW" would have been
read with more satisfaction by the taxpayers OF
Eew-York, who cannot divest themselves OF the
conclusion that they IN some way have supplied
the cash" on which Mr. Croker supports his costly
racing establishments and lives In such marvellous
luxury both in New-YOrk and London.