New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-21
STIRRED UP BY CROKER
HARDER WORK DEMANDED OF TAM
MANY DISTRICT LEADERS.
THE BOSS. FEARGNG TIE DEFEAT OF VAN WICK
ADOPTS A. FOR HIM UNUSUAL COURSE

THE BOSS. FEARING TIE DEFEAT OF VAN WICK
ADOPTS A. FOR HIM. UNUSUAL COURSE
CORRUPTION FIND HANDED OFT.
Richard Croker seems badly frightened over the
prospect OF his candidate for Governor being de-
featcd He IS reticent man. and even IN the
face OF defeat usually maintains silence ana an
air Of confidence So alarmed was he yesterday
that he hurredly called meeting OF the Tammany
Executive Committee. and to the leaders assembled
made a speech that developed into violent de-
rnand upon them TO work harder His remarks re-
nectcd alarm and also gave vent to his spleen
against the Bar Association
At this meeting the requests OF district leaders
for money were considered. and apportonments
were made Tammany has raised by assessing
office holders and by backmail on gambling houses
saloons brewerys and dlsorderly resorts. an I'M
mense corruption fund THIS money Is being spent
freely.
CROKER'S EXHORTATION
Mr. Croker had the following address read to his
Ueutcnan,s at the meeting yesterday:
The attention OF the members OF the committee IS
called TO the necessity Of very active canvass III
their respective districts. The people are ue'v a
mined upon a change of administrator ana ""
mus. moi hermit through any neglect OF ours that
they should he deceived OF distracted regarding the
true issues OF this campaign. -, -, MOO,
For INSTANCE tomorrow there Will be meet
ing Ct the Bar Association which Whi'f Ia WIS lil
and thorough Democrats is at me same tiInS G0i
Stpcret
ear service in henalf Of the enemies of the people
mauagcrs Of this meeting care nothing about JUS
ce DAILY except far as he rlay DC used 20 sen G
he the medium through which these men may seek
raise false issue go that ne atelGn 81 " Wv,
party and the interests whlGh 'heSe men n1 Ths
ways shown themselves wiling 20 Ietsnd, TaS
shown bv the coupling together OF the names oI
Justices DAILY and Cohen and claiming th1t 2er Tn
Z hc har uh lie no act <
ices has had an experience Of only nine months
That the meeting tomorrow evening Is part
fact that last year when Justice AndrtWs WAS no n
talk ~ an attempt on the part Of this organization
TO control the judiciary. Nor was there any organ
of the peonie who insist upon the right to retain
or change their judicial officers as to them at the
time seems proper
JUSTICE DAILY SNEERED AT.
NO lawyer will pretend that Judge Daily was Sc
ectod for his present position on account Of con-
splcuous legal ability. Nor can II be denied at the
time when he was elected Judge he could neither
have been nominated nor elected Judge without the
Friendship and patronage and support Of william
NJ Tweed II a question farly submitted 10
our convention as whether his services upon tho
bench has been such 10 Justify lenGtheninS
hi. term from twenty-eight to forty-two years.
| And when the convention decided that from among
| the members OF the bar thor" could he s"l""t "a
those who had given better satisfaction 10 the pub
| lie and who had greater claims u.'on thf - mo-
| 10
neonl. there was no idea in any mans mind that
= JIdgc should be selected for any other reason
iaga questions as came before him without refer
rnce TO the position politics Of the people inter
eS Tha supreme court bench Of this department Is
respected throughout the state and country Tor us
connection II should be remembered that with but
| n single exception every one OF me twenty-five
SANITATION and elected to their Prfsfnt Poft9ns by
TttiC elected through
nrSyapiziiion 10 furnish Il single instance whore he
has been interfered with In the impartial discharge
TRUST BUGABOO LUGGED IN.
But you will always nnd that every time this or
ganization names Il thoroughgoing Democrat free
from evarv suggestion Of corporate control
| these mon who are the attorneys Of trusts and
other combinations OF capital. pretend TO regard IL
az an attack upon the Integrity OF the judicial
system. My experience has been that at every
convention where Judges were to be named the
| men asked for both by corporations and their at
men whose training and RECORDS Justlled snch cor,
porations IN regarding them as their especial
You are urged to present this matter in just this
way 70 The people OF your several districts. and
then let he Bar Association hold all the Repub-
lean meetings which may P%a@ , me nes manage
try Of voters On Friiny and Saturday 81 this week.
Sec 10 IL that every Democrat and patriotic citizen
/. registered so thar ne may nave an opportunity
TO .ofc You need spend time at these head
these two days DO out In your several districts and
see that ,hc men in charge OF your election dis
activity and by the attention which YOU pay TO
this most important matter show them that YOU
expect and will Insist upon equal devotion upon
THIS Is = Democratic year. and victory Is already
,s u. from The full Of bs sy