Evening star., 1898-11-11
AT TER THE ELECTION
New York Politicians Trying to
Figure Out Causes.
VIEWS OF CRIMMINS And CROKER
Each Accuses the Other of Making
Rank BIunders.
HOW QUIGG WAS DEFEATED
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
NEW YORK. November 10, 1885,
Reaping election aftermath seems to De
the order of the day in New York city and
state. Republicans and democrats alike are
explaining how it all happened. The joy of
the republicans over the election of Roose-
welt is tempered to a considerable extent by
the remarkable democratic majorities
achieved in Brooklyn and by the fact that
a majority Of the congressman from New
York state will probably be democrats dur
ing the next two years.
The independents and some good demo-
Gratis, like John D. Crimmins, are saying
that Croker did 1t. On the other hand, Gro
ker claims that the soldier vote is RESPONSE
bic for the election of Roosevelt. In sup
port of this fact he points out the defeat of
Quigg by Captain Chanler in the fourteenth
congressional district. From this Croker
concludes that this is soldiers year and
that the only way the democratic party
could have Won in New York state this year
would have been to have nominated hero
of the Spanish-American war. Not having
a hero available, the democrats were fore
doomed to defeat when Roosevelt was NOM
mated.
John D. Crimmins, the street car king
and the Civilian king" as he Is called here
in New York city, has apparently forgotten
that Tammany may have something to say
about franchises and street railway extern
sions during the next three years. At any
rate, he is attacking Mr.. Croker for the
turning down" of Judge Daily. Said Mr..
Crimmins in an interview:
Mr.. Crimmins on Mr.. Croker.
Judge Van Wyck, man entitled to the
greatest respect, admirable candidate
from every point of view, disappeared from
sight soon after the Syracuse convention,
and Croker took his place in the public eye.
1t was great mistake. Mr.. Croker talked
too much; he forced himself too far for.
ward. He became an issue.
He made the great mistake of interfer-.
ing with the independence of the judiciary
He should have sunk personalities and
prejudices in the interest of the party He
showed unwise leadership when he did
otherwise. He placed his party on the de-
fensive in an issue which should have been
avoided 1t set the people of the state to
thinking. If the master of our local govern
ment assumed to dictate to judges, what
might happen, they argued, If this man be-
came master of the state government
Would his success be followed by dictation
to the highest of our judicial bodies the
court OF appeals? l haven't the slightest
doubt that thousands of votes I'D the state
were turned by this very issue.
Among my friends in Tammany Hall
are those who after years of faithful serv-
councils, and naturally have been brought
close to the leader. These men tell me
they have found new Croker this year.
They say their suggestions and their ad-
vices have been coldly thrust aside by Mr..
Croker, and that the calm, silent man. who
was considerate of advice and anxious for
Information. has become a dictator, regard
less of the opinions Of others. His power
was never SO absolute. 1 am told that
leaders who formerly consulted with him
are afraid of him. and that the scenes in
the Democratic Club are those of servility
of slaves to master.
Il consulted with Mr.. Croker regarding
the nomination of Judge Daily, presumiug
that my suggestions would be received in
a friendly spirit / found later that Mr..
Croker bulIheaded from the start In
be turned. The issue followed a matter
of course, and the republicans pushed it
with all of their power
MIR. Croker on MIR. Crimmins.
Mr.. Croker did not take the advice of Mr..
Crimmfns and stop talking even at this late
date In interview he said:
You can say for me that Crimmins Is a
sorehead and likes to see his name in
print well as to hear himself talk. If
Crmmins thought the agitation in favor of
Judge DAILY would hurt Van Wyck why did
he press it so hard? The votes of the ju-
dietary candidates shows that Judge Dalys
failure of denomination cut no figure. L
had nothing to do with the campaign out
side of New York. The rest of the state
was in charge of the state committee and
others. AS to what they did l have nothing
to say.
This last statement of Mr.. Croker is to
say the least misleading. The state cam
paign for the first time in the history of
the democratic party was not in the charge
of the state committee. The chairman Of
the state committee, Frank Campbell of
Bath, was unheard of during the campaign
The central figure was Senator McCarren,
chairman of the campaign committee of
ten Inls committee was appointed upon
the initiative of Mr.. Croker at the Sara
toga meeting. This campaign COMMITTEES
had charge of the handling of the funds
sent up the state for electoneering pur-
poses, indeed conducted all of the details
of the campaign usually deyolving upon the
state committee
This campaign committee was dominated
by Mr. Croker from the beginning to the
end of the campaign. In fact, he made his
headquarters at three places, the rooms of
this committee at the Hoffman House. the
Democratic Club and Tammany Hall. Mr..
Campbell, the chairman of the state com
mittee Secretary Benedict and other pro-
nounced Hill men are protesting against the
blame for the heavy republican vote and
the light democratic vote being saddled up
on them at this late date.
So thick is the atmosphere of gloom at
the magnificent new Democratic Club so
many and so bitter are the attacks now be-
ing made upon the leader of Tammany Hall
that Mr.. CrokerS personal friends expect
that he will sail for Europe in few months
and that he will again devote himself to his
string of horses still remaining on the 9TH
er side.
This does not argue that Mr. Croker ex-
poets to retire from the leadership. He has
repeatedly announced during this cam
paign that he expects to retain the leader
ship of Tammany Hall while he lives 1t
simply means that he will probably take
another of his long vacations, the forward
movement of Tammany Hall having been
checked by the votes of the farmers of the
state.
BOSS Does Not Feel Defeat
Mr.. Croker and some of Mr. Croker's
friends do not consider that he has BEEN
defeated locally. They argue that any man
who can nominate candidates who sweep
the metropolis by majorities reaching to
$4,000 or $4,000 is a political power that
must be reckoned with.
The heavy majorities obtained by Van