The sun., 1897-12-16
SOME OF CROKER'S VIEWS.
HI6H PRICES FOR BONDS Snow
CONFIDENCE IN TAMMANF.

90 VIZ. Croker-POasibiitties OF Rapid rrnu.
cit Under the Tammauy Administratisu,
LAKEWOOD. N. j.. Doc. 15.-Richard Croker
returned TO Lakewood at $3.50 o. clock this after
noon. lie declined to discuss his hurried trip to
Washington. and imm odiately went to his room.
where he remained until the dinner hour. Con-
trary to tho programme as arranged earlier in
the wook, Messrs. Van Wyck, Carroll and York
did not come here to-day.
Iti surmised that Senator Murphy found
several flaws in the Brooklyn slate and that
there was some correspondence between Mr..
Croker and tho Brooklyn leaders on the subject.
After the Brooklyn slate had been revised by
Messrs. Mclaughlin and York to suit the
wishes of MosBrs. Croker and Murphy, Mr.. York
win no doubt revisit Lakewood. probably this
week.
When asked IL he had noticed the bids ro-
ceived by Comptroller Fitch on Tuesday for
over S6, 100000 Of New York city bonds, Mr.
Croker said:
II did most certainly. It was splendid man.
Hesitation OF tho popular confidence in tho Dem
ocratic administration that will take hold on
Jan. 1. Before the election mon like Pulitzer
and tho reformcrs OF the Citizens Union were
shouting from the housctops that the res.
toration OF Democratic control would work
ruination to tho credit of the city. They
know when they made these statements that
they were false. So did the people. The
Democracy won the greatest victory in its his
tory. Now note the quick result as exompliied
In this bond sale. Tho $4,000. 900 worth of
bonds sell at an average price OF 1O6 and a frac-
tion. The bids for 3ia per cont. reg gstered bonds
were the highest on record, ranging as they did
from 1O529 to lOs.49. That is n splendid rcfu-
tntion OF tho calun nies hurled at Tammany
during the canvass. 1t is we'll 10 note that these
record.brcaking bond prices were made at tho
end OF an administration. In the course Of which
at least one hond salo had to be declare off be-
cause no ono would bid above par, and none bid
for the whole Issue even at that 1t shows that
the banking community. like the people of tho
greater city in general have full confidence in
the Democracy
Mr. Croker, through Senator Grady, made
public tonight the following letter. which he
received from w. T. Stoad:
MowBRAY HOUSE. NORFOLK STREET, STRAND,(
Richard Croker Esq, Ntr YORK. 'e'' % 9'''
DEAR MR. CROKER: l am sending you by this
IeSow report OF course, Il is S very % old Is story @
sytd fsSy0dp; ,b Saf S as we had very pleasant time on
venture to hope you win bo Interested in seeing
the way in which The L,,xow report strikes one
whom hope you VIII admit was not an unsym-
I read the little interviews with you which
telegram to the New York JI'orid In which in
changed my opinion about You. &s nor does @ Ds lSe
book relnte to you. and indeed am. as You will
see, see from or the closing chapter. very much dis
tstration in your hands may be marked by he
gratifying absence OF the scandals which were
exposed beforethe LeNow committee.
IA q to
70 ss sase Of 70 he
the ofccteaTep Tepress1tsstres@ OF the people. If
OF New York as false TO democratic principle,
quite as ss ss.Snsy ron as have hay done ho,
You which Dus!isSsd in wi" The Rerfe% y te have %
ssof IN M New TS5 s o0 so ods s nE Sst
reader ,s1ds may haze 70, both before him do not
point Of view, although. OF course, YOU will find
agreat difference OF opinion between the Gov
ara tho findings OF the Lexow Committee.
yN,,ll Wshins you very happy chEstPss srr nm'
Ng. Croker was questioned this evening on
bis attitude os to the playing OF baseball on
Sunday In the Greater New York He said
baseball playing should not Be allowed on Sun.
gay a, Sveii rs on any other day: am in
Sunday and find enjoyment In i, nnd there nro
thousand, of citizens who would find good. hon
not make any difference whether it Is played on
srndn% or week days, as there is nothing de-
"rbng b far SEE Sivd IheTg i
according TO my mind. bciieve in trusting the
people ard the more you trust them the better
I'VE voted Tor personal liberty commensurate
with tho law. Why tic up people so they can
fal way on Sunday. The rich and the wel.to.do
enjoy themselves every day in the week when
Soso MS work x DAYS m tho
ESins Sunday i they %Snt You can trust
1t would simply furnish rational onioymcnt. If
golf + oSws5 f. ,S be Sunday why
/. PrsSidcnt ci The New @ TcSi Baseball Club
fMer M several Years. s' James J. coosan another Of
Mr.. Croker's close friends. controls the Polo
he sas .n sere who arc
on tho attitude OF the new Administration to;
ward rapid transit declare that the proposed
hole-in-thc-gronnd scheme Is impossible under
tho law. Ono TNmmany man, competent 70 talk
ON the subject. said to-day that 1t was bis im::
The Appellate Division of the supreme Cour.
might bS in the ease case the PrSyi;si9RRs 4; Rs Of
dergroIna der S soSsSo % The law. as Interpreted by
this Tam,nany man. requires that g the contracts on
law re requirss that u ad vert sissments for ali
bids for contracts shall be published
are 20 Sec Th" last day
Thich the CONTRACTS for THO new new % road SHOULD i
TO- and the Appellate Division not having rem
0ered Its decision the contracts cannot be LOCALLY
made. the Tammany man declared.
The question as u whole will have to be taken
up by the Tammany administration. Tammany
Will no obliged. said THE Suns informnnt to
propose a new scheme OF rapid transit, one
which will have TO be brought about by legls-
laton and The vote of the peoHlc. As this whole
matter, however. is merely the opinion OF one OF
the Tammany men. it will have to be taken for
what II Is worth.
There is one reason. however. to believe that
the new administration iB unatera bly, opposed
to the underground scheme. One OF the chief
arguments OF Tanmany in the last campaign
against reform rule /" in New York city was
the fact that the Public Works Department
had, through gross negligence and misma anaRe-
ment caused the streets to be torn up and dis
ease spread In consequence. 1t does not seem
logical that TamnRny will brave the criticism
sure to follow - similar action on their part ani
on more gigantic scale, after having 80 severe
~ denounced he work OF the reformerB
The drift OF opinion here is that tho fact that
ne in m 81 ra se vi m @
give the city cheaper and safer rapid transit than
aohome lnAkes II Rlmnst certAin that such will