Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-31
FEARS HIS MAN MAY NOT RE ELECT
ED GOVERNOR.
TAKES THE STUMP HIMSELF
JOSEPH CHoATE COMPARES HIM
WITH BALAAM-S Ass.
Thmmnny LeVying Tribute on the
biieSt Dens in New York 10
Raise Money for the CAM
pnign - ROoseyeIfs
Chances Good.

NEW YORK, Oct. SO.-Croker is on III
warpath. He has ceased 10 be the silen
man of mystery and of wire pulling. II;
case is desperate and he has come out int
the lisht Of day. HIS mask is disca.de,
aud he is no longer leader in secret deaf
ana questionable trading. In spite OF III
desire TO pose as the power behind tn
throne, he has been forced into the open
He has been compelled to face the pao
pie i'm his true character and take up tn,
cudgels boldly for his cause and his man
Van Wyck has been up the state all week
Croker has been tearing up ana down New
York city, desperate and. defiant, and echo
ing that old Insult, What are you going Il
do about it?'
The Tammany king is playing his mos
desperate game. lie has reached the CorR
in the road once more. He realizes tha.
his great ambition is at a critical period
and no more subterfuge or lodging caa be
1ndulged in. The people have forced Kim
10 declare himself. Van Wyck is ignored.
Croker is the king and the king himself
must answer. No protests from hirelings
or promises from plant tools are tolerated.
The real beneficiary and the director-ln-
chief of the conspiracy is TO be held re-
sponsible, and he has reluctantly come for
ward to stay his case.
Croker has been making speeches. He has
made mistakes. Rage has caused him to
attack men and institutions that were prac-
ncally proof against him, but whose re-
moval was necessary in order that Tam
many might triumph. Croker, as a con-
scienceless. unscrupulous. and daring dealer
in political trickery was all right; but Cro-
ker facing the people, defying them and
declaring honest men to be corrupt is a
finllra fboa ;C
Republicans are pleased with their prog
ress this week
one or the first charges laid at the door
OF Tammany this week was that vice is
being taxed for campaign purposes No
successful denial has been entered In a
general way, Indignant policemen and ward
bosses have called the accusation a cam
paign He- Nobody believed them Then
lhey have said that Republicans when in
power DO not hesitate to levy tribute on
crime. No specific charge, however. has
peen made, so no direct answer was neces-
sary. Men who know the crime districts
say that the assessments are being held.
iatnmany doesn't care to inquire of these
men as TO names, dates and places
Inc CITY Is now more disgraceful than
ever II was, even in the days when 1t was
considered the lowest depths OF infar1y had
peen reached. Dens of the most fearful in
AQutS are openly advertised, and, in spite
OF the all too loudly uttered protests of
Tammany that this lily white organization
is innocent of knowledge concerning them.
continue to do business and fiouish as
never before. One of the very worst-one
OF which the details are unprintable even
In the yelowest of the yellow Journalists
owned and operated by a man who is very
close TO the highest seat in Tammany Hall
Money, however, is in demand, and no.
body is as willing to pay as the men who
operate the dens referred to. a big CAM
palgn contribution is a mere trife to them
compared with the returns they can make.
Their vile houses are crowded all the time.
and the pretense at exposing them that is
made once in while by the yellow Jour
mails seems more like cleverly worked ad-
Nertisement. As a matter of fact these
wflte-ups and demands fer immediate
action serve to draw attention 10 the
dens, and the proprietors are willing to lie,
the roasts go on. The campaign fund
needs replenishing, and hence vice is a ne
that the town is wider than ever before,
disgraceful.
The cash question. too, is becoming ser.
ious to Croker and his man. The farmers
are demanding money and plenty of H.
Ihey are coming 10 town every day, and
when they go home they carry coin and
currency to be used to aid Tammany TO
break into the state treasury. Only few
Gays ago ruralites from interior counties
visited headquarters and carried OFF cash
Inat had been picked up in Greater New
= 1oIk- Ihey had large sum when they
fNeht nome. Monroe county alone got $40
~, which VIII be used on election day.
Ihis was the second trip of these parficiI
5aA oySoIC democrats, and ii is confident-
~ beLeved that they Will come at least
Money is easy down here for them and
Croker is finding out that the npfsfata noT.
IlGlan Is Just SlrCIVd n h
man who lives and moves and has his beinS |
IN the savory tenderioin. The cash distri. !
basis, but as there is no limit IN the aseefs
% ~ we paIl! no russ VIII be made If the |
81, rIi, Is exceeded There is deep
sci blah a1oRt TO increase the Van Ns,.cli,s
family perquisite, and a little thing ill.,
money cuts no figure. There are I5n aes
fore he uisIrdcts mr. m the state. The day be-
set aside for these districts each TaCoi, M3ss
a donation of $1,000 ~ ieNeiFIls
ii is conceded that il is unusual f,, 80,
-nuch money to be handed out So ~ ~
haNance OF election, as there is the cbancn
;,mmzrx nm iTiiS IL Eoi1E astray, but this year
Golfer Is without limit and the stataS da ~ ~ !,
nigh 50 demand for money is ns,sii,.
lpno me-: anu inc. me- with a smile and few we'll
CHOSEN words of cheer and advice
The ruralists, however. are kickinp over
the traces at Croker. They Complain tSst
smiled at his control of New Sorit t. ~
but, now that he is reaching out e.. ~
ehtre STATE, they arc hesitafng about ,-iy'
lilS theII interests into the keeping Of the
tiger: The statehouse is n tender snot u,i,E titG
the farmer especially, as well as Vii WIN w,
man who lives in the interior city. lie bns
q sort OF proprietary interest in the liz liz
building at Albany. and whiIa no i nii7
ways willing that New York CITY may Ia
gwen over 10 any set Of pIundGrcrs :bot
may happen along. he Is not so ready ~ |
yield over the StatChuuSe So n .or,,, -, =,
Croker 5 ambitions are not being rbcer"S |
along TO the extent that Tammany cioir,s'
The farmers are jealous. and when II ,so,,,,n. |
10 casting the vote that Will decide y,,,Stb',So |
the tiger shall dwell at Albany many =
man VIII hesitate. and in his del!b@ra!i,,,''
down. " '"tieu
One significant feature came ont ,r,s
week. Wall street decided to quit Intti,,t |