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STRIKES At BAR ASSOCIATION.
Croker Tells Tammany Leaders His
OpiniOn of Its Memhers.

In a speech before the executive commit
tee of Tammany Hall yesterday afternoon
Richard Croker took occasion to give his
opinion of the New York Bar Association
in general and of Elihu Root and one or
two others in particular. He declared the
association embraced in its membership
only about one-seventh of the lawyers of
the city and added that those members are
to a great extent counsel for corporations
and trusts.
Then Mr.. Croker paid his respects to
Bourke Cochran as follows:
Bourke Cochran, who was the star at
traction of the occasion, and now poses as
non-partisan statesman left the demo-
cratic party for that party's good If he
or any of his new-found friends have anv
doubt of the correctness of this assertion
he and they may know where to apply for
particulars. They may come directly to
me-"
Croker then turned his attention to Mr..
Root saying:
hnderneath the surface of all this man
u1actured clamor lies the fact that this is
an attempt by Tweed's lawyer to re-elect
Iweeds judge, and in this connection il
should be remembered that Mr.. Root was
not only counsel for Tweed, but is the
private counsel for Mr.. Roosevelt, the re-
He is naturally anxious to create every
possible division in the democratic ranks
IN the hope of helping Mr.. Roosevelt. his
TREND client and political leader. He even
went 50 Tar as to go before the republican
convention with the startling assertion that
a man might have one residence for the
purpose OF taxation and another which
should be his real home
II may nave been forgotten that during
the Tweed reign and collapse Elihu Root
was ranged on the side of Tweed and his
ring In the very year in which Tweed
elevated DAILY to the bench my position
was v,a:aif dfscrosed by Iweeds action legislatng
fhyseil ana my associates out of power
In 1873 1t was common KNOWLEDGE that
tweed had stolen millions of dollars from
the public treasury, and that all the proper
~ "Hlcl p: $1,000 IN ms name and that of his
son, Richard M. Tweed, to whom it was
transferred by his father, was the proceeds
OF raids upon the city treasury.
On November 10, 1875, Tweed was con-
ricted on the criminal charges against him
On November % 1875. three davs aftar ~ W.
CONVICTION. his son, Richard NJ. Tweed to
"hom William NJ. Tweed had conveved biS
~ ~ oRRg1Iy R1iLy %hen the trouble began, conveyed
70 Ellhu Root four lots on the south sida
OF 64th street between Sth and 9th avanmas
lot the nominal consideration of $50 900
IN .he preceding July of that year An
soH su1' @ not'ler, with whom James. H Inger-
soi was silent partner in the furniture
business, conveyed to Elihu Root the nron-
erty on the north side of Goth streat ~
tween Madison avenue and 4th avenue
IN december, 1879 James H. Ingersoll,
10 Ellhu Root piece of property on the
sou.h side OF Goth street between 9th and
madison avenues for the nominal consider
alton of 900. eoti'uei
mention this fact to remind you that
this eminent reformer who is now 40 'st,. s".
net'ous NC. s,. ABOUT the purity Of Ihe bench, was
not not quite m so scrupulous in 1873, at which
time he served William Tweed. to the ex-
tent OF insulting the distinguished Justice
VINO VINO PRESIDED at the trial, and escaped pun
ishment only on account of inexperienca y
Next the Tammany boss turned his atten-
| ton TO Judge Daily, of whom he said:
49, NJ IS s1gnincant fact connected with
the canvass of Justice DAILY that aItboueb
ne mas been desperately struggling and
| pulling every social and political wire for
denomination for the past year not a single
one of his twenty-one associates has nrsad
or even asked that he be renominated or
pretended that his services justified the
| to forty-two years" eNe