The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1899-10-24
CROKER IN COMMAND.
Tammany's Chief Appears mt the
WigWam.

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Wigyvam.
| NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Richard Croker
| appeared at the Wigwam yesterday, ard
| Immediately took charge of the local CAM
| paign. He seated himself behind the big
carved desk in the little half-private room
| leading off from the big assembly room
where the leaders gather, and at once
plunged into the business of running a
campaign. This business was not very
heavy yesterday, but the chief managed to
spend bustling day by holding consulta-
| items with John F. Carroll, Maurice B.
Blumenthal, Thomas F. Smith, and in
working over, his recent reply TO Lemuel
! Ely Quigg's discussion of the registration
returns
| There was large gathering Of the Tam
! many leaders in the rooms of the Wig
wan throughout the day, and great deal
of talking was done with regard to the
| conduct OF the campaign. Mr.. Croker saw
! many Of the local politicians and question
ed each one about the work and the pros
poets in his district. He also saw num-
| Der of Democrats from up the State. and
questioned them likewise upon the work
and prospects in the country districts. AL
though he is deyoting most OF his time to
! this city, he Ii not losing sight Of the
| country districts, some of when he realizes
must be carried by the party in order to
! capture the next assembly
Most CT the regular and familiar head
quarters staff of workers were at their old
places. Mr.. Blumenthal will have charge
of the speakers bureau and Thomas F.
Smith will, as secretary to Mr.. Croker, have
oh Of h. @1 - h. rtrrvx
committee. The nominees of the organiza-
ton have as usual. formed themselves into
| working committee, and each one is act
| lively at work in and about headquarters,
| when he is not looking more closely after
his own campaign.
| Mr. Blumenthai has already made out a
| programme for the speaking part of the
campaign, and he said that Tammany viii
| have twenty speakers III the Nineteenth
assembly district every night, in the su-
| preme effort the organization is making II
defeat Robert Mazet. He has also made
out a schedule of speaking throughout the
city that it almost sufficient TO cover the
| entire time between this and election day.
Part of Mr.. Cookers time was consumed
| yesterday in sitting for pictures. He posed
at the big desk while the fashlight pnoto-
| graphs were taken of him for use in the
pictorial daily papers, and several other
pictures were taken of the room occupied
| by him, with Mr. Carroll standing up at
| the desk and with Secretary Smith at work
at big pile of papers.
| Among the upstate politicians whom Mr..
| Croker has seen was DIR. J. F. Barnes, the
Democratic nominee for the assembly from
Schuyler county. 1t is currently reported
| that DR.. Barnes, although he is not yet a
member of the assembly. and is running
in a district that has been for some years
| represented by Republicans e,ected by con-
siderable pluralities, is already cand date
for the speakership Of a possible Demo-
cratic assembly. The selection OF new
man would of itself be a violation of pre-
cedent but the Democratic leaders admit
that they have not trained man they
could trust with such important duties,
and they seem TO have very high respect
for the ability of DR.. Barnes DR.. Barnes
also had a talk yesterday with Elliot Dan
forth and with his assistant, John y. Ma
SON
Mr.. Croker made use of the statements
given out by LemueI Ely Quigg last week
| and yesterday as a text for his first official
utterance for present campaign purposes.
He had already replied briefly TO the asseT-
tions made by Mr.. Quigg, but he took up
the latter's statement of yesterday and
elaborated his own reply of last Saturday.
He has said that the Republicans have
mace MIN the SpcCldI oDJSNl VI lHtII at
tack He is now using their own weapons,
and is devoting himself to Mr.. Quigg
This man Quigg," he said yesterday
has no standing among decent people He
has no position in. this community. He is
only a tool He is nothing more than the
mouthpiece of Tracy, Boardman and Plat.
He says that Tammany Hall has levied
an assessment of $500 upon every poolroom
in the city He knows that this is a lie.
Why dossft he name somebody? II he
knows that Tammany Hall has got money
from these people. he ought TO know who
got ii. If he will name any man, or COL
lection of men. who took money from peo-
pie who violate the law, | will see To it
that these, people are arrested and that they
are punished. Moreover, | will give Quigg
81 eco if he will name a single member OF
Tammany' Hall who has ever taken a sin
gle cent from anyone of these lawbrsakers
II Mr.. Quigg names anybody. and cannot
prove his charge, we will put him in jail.
IF we were offered such contributions
we would refuse them. ! don't take that
kind of money. | don't know single pool
room. l have talked with Chief Dsvery
about the matter. and have said to him that
such things should not be allowed
THE Republicans are 70 longer party.
They have changed from the party of Abra-
ham Lincoln, and are nothing more than
the party of Tracy, Boardman & Platt. This
firm has driven many young lawyers out of
business"
When asked about the sumnoning of
General Tracy by the Mazet committee. Mr.
Croker said that he hoped the committee
would have both General Tracy and Sena-
tor Plat before it and subject them TO a
! stiff examination.
But the committee will whitawash both
of them he added.
Mr.. Croker said that he intended to be at
headquarters from 10 a. m. until quite a
late hour in the afternoon every day. h
says he recognizes that there is great deal
of work TO be done in the present cam
| paign, and that he is going to DO his share.
THE KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN.