The times., 1899-06-24
CROKER COMING HOME.
Tammany Chiefs Presence Needed
ID Crrrh ReNolters.

New York; June 23.-It was reported at
the Democratic Club last night that Rich
ard Croker IS firing of his stay in England
and will come home sooner than he ex-
pected when he sailed away two months
ago. Croker promised to come back in
August to testify before the Mazet Com
mittee. On the day he sailed he said he
would probably come back in a steamer
leaving Southampton about August II.
His change of programme is attributed
to two widely differing cause.-the un-
satisfactory running of his horses on the
English race tracks and the tendency of
several of the subordinate leaders in Tam
many Hall 10 kick over the traces in his
absence.
Friends of Croker have been busy with
their pens during the last week or two
describing for his benefit the Indifference
of certain district leaders and public Off
cials to the line of policy mapped out by
him. Whether the complaints are justified
by the facts of the case does not appear,
but it is certain that Croker's correspond
ents have endeavored to impress him with
the failure of John f. Carroll, the deputy
boss of Tammany, to keep the machine
working smoothly.
Certain leaders in Tammany are known
to resent Carrolls power and do not con-
suit his wishes Carroll is in constant
communication with Croker and is said
to have informed him of the open revolt
OF some of these leaders and of the Tam
many members of the board of aldermen
against the policy of Mayor Van Wyck
and other general officers of the city gov
ernment who were selected by Croker.
1t was not until Croker was away that
the members of the municipal Legislature
openly antagonized the mayor and Comp
troller Coler.
The orders of Carroll and of the district
leaders have been contemptuously ignored,
and Croker's presence is deemed neces-
sary by some of his personal friends 10
compel obedience.
One of Croker's most intimate advisers
said last night: Those fellows in the City
Hall would not dare to stand out against
the mayor and Coler If Croker were pres
ent. They will get in line in a hurry as
soon as he comes back | shouldn't Won
der If there were some first t-class political
funerals soon after he shows up. The
rebels don't fear Carroll because he isn't
half as strong as Sheehan. Sheehan knew
how TO manage the gang and Carroll doel
| not. Besides, a lot of men in the Hall
| don't like Carroll. That's only natural
! however. The majority of the district
ieduers uoH IKE dHypouy WHO is ueIe-
| gated to watch them"
Three or four district leaders who
were most urgent in urging John C.
| Sheehan to resist the power of Richard
| Croker two years ago are suspected Of
secretly aiding Sheehan to win out against
the Croker forces in the Ninth Assembly
district The fight in that district is ho
one and if the primaries were held today
Sheehan would snow the Croker crowd un-
der. Carroll has made an Intellectual at
| tempt to stem the tide against the Croker
element, but has not succeeded in doing so
There are signs of Independence in one
or two of the Harlem districts. too
| An additional fact that lends color tc
the belief among members of the Demo
cratic Club that Croker is coming home
late next month is that some of his horses
are being prepared for the midsummer
stakes and handicaps both here and a
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