The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13
rR0KERBACK AND CLIPPER.
,rsTEICT FIGHTs ARE HBALTHf
." FOR TIkNATH


',n. Investigated by Bnrieslue Mar"t
,,,,.. .Dcru oci atic Ciub Wakes Up.
.,...rr,tor vot hone yesterday on board
a., ,u,,riuan line steamship 81. raul ms
'nlr,upl where h. devoted his time TO
Cav .. hnI been n perfect rest, and he
"'' ,,,,,pypr aud stronger when he came
''' ,,,,,.g auGway than he had looked
49, .,.rL away The distressing car
w,tl, which ho was affected last spring
.rsal,c,,cd and Mr.. Croker is In fit
,.rtI,n {, take up tho work OF the iail
,.,, r,u,1er OF Tammany Hall was chary
~ ,n.. and iuluisitive "a the political
',,.,- hrrn He had requested his friends
.,.,L,. any demon atratiun on his return,
a,.,.,.,t,o,,rur, 10 his wishes. tho Tammany
,., rn'g,lnel from hiring steamboat ana
bas- tu,i.
L,.,o,i. state Senator Thomas +. Grady and
u,n.,, Commissioner Cosby. who 10 Mr..
,,..,,r'- i.hy-irlan. boarded the ST. Paul from
~. ,,,rnutInr boat Frank Croker. Thomas
! ,,urt Mr. Crpkcr's private secretary. and
A,Iy Free ,lr,nn. chicfof the coat brnshers and
.,.s, meyers won't down the bay on the reve-
,r....r,trr Anuruhcr II admirers Of Mr.. Croker
r,,n.r.1 AZ the American Line pier. Among
,,.,r wrre book Commissioner Potter +.
N.y.r who Is Mr. Cookers partner in the
rI estate business. Register Isaac Fromme:
Tax Commissioner William r. Greli: Secretary
" I,r II burke oi the Dock Board: Bridge
r.,ml.,nuar Lewis Nixon: Judge Daniel F.
,r,..,, pet.r J. Dooling, Fire Chief Croker.
I,rrv n. mour. A. r. Herman. Dock Commits
ar Charles F Murphy. Water Commits
.,,.r Dalton. Richard Croker. Jr,. Mrs. W. T.
.L.nkins Miss jenkins. A. jenkins and
J..rph ,ior,on. They talked with MIR. Croker
wIII. his luggage was being inspected. and
,h,.r watched him drive away with mis- sons to
tl.' I'm cratic Gun.
r,f,rr any one got chance to put question
:, Mr. croker IN his arrival. he had asked one.
Il WAS "Wnnt i, the Mazet Committee doing ?"
nItDa.aI,nurne until Sept. H." said re-
porter
"Too bad q. Exclaimed Mr. Croker. as though
r., meant IT, I'm worry sorry for that. | wish
TIM, the commute" would sit right up to cleo
t,r,., lay That committee makes more Demo-
crate votes than my other agency could Why.
thrrommittc" makcs thousands OF Democratic
votes every day it SITS
someone asked Mr. Croker whether he would
Interfere in the light in the Ninth Assembly
district wherr John c. Sheehan Is struggling
to maintain his leadership
40 shall not attempt to influence an fight
in any district" said Mr. Croker. Il have
hpoplo the fight in Mr.. Sheohan 8 district. and
that there are contests In other districts.
They are good for the organization. They stir
thiug- up and keep the leaders active. l did
not order any fight against Mr.. Sheehan. He
will he the leader OF the Ninth District as long
AS he can command the votes No outsider is
Permitted to interfere in any district fight.
That is the way that the organization is kept
healthy and strong The boys fight those
things out and run the districts. They are all
Tammany men and they are able to run the
diStrir's.'
OF national politics Mr. Croker would not
speak
It's too hot to talk politics." he said. 1T Is
very much warmer here than In England We
ha Ares burning on the Fourth Of July. but
he English people thought that the heat was
was extreme. They are not able to stand the
heat as we can"
Mr.. Crokcrs fellow passengers found him q
good travelling companion, except that he won
al the pools on the ships run to which he con-
trbuted. There were three of these. One
was Tor Sl05, another for S163. and the other
$50, On Friday he won the last pool. The
shps engines wero stopped for few minutes
about noon. and then tho other passengers
made UP their minds that an investig alton
should be made So they formed the steam
shp-St. Paul Mazet- In vesti eating Committee
to inquire into Mr.. Cookers wonderful sue
cess. Its chairman was Conrad Schweitzer.
chairman OF the Stark County. Ohio. Repu Bill
can Committee. The other members were H.
l.. Chapman, OF Ohio. Hunter WICK. OF the
Frohman company. Joseph Hubbard and
James Creelman. Macklin Arbucke was coun-
Sci TO the committee. and Matthew Snyder was
tolerated. on the distinct understanding that
he had no rights. whatever, as counsel to the
accused Speaker Thomas b. Reed was in
yited 10 act as counsel to the committee. but he
wouldn't accept the part.
I'll" investigation was held in the saloon
cabin and Mr. Croker was accused OF having
brlhcd the engineer to time the engined so
that the runs would equal Mr.. Crokers figures
Tn" evidence against Mr.. Croker was
supplied largely by George Barnum. who
testified as a detective. His evidence
was. that disguised in clean linen and
rubber shoes. he followed Mr.. Croker
about the ship. and saw him feed bricks int .
the furnaces. Mr. Barnum testified that he
saw Mr.. Croker throR 200 bricks into the fire
boxes 1t was brought out that Mr.. Croker.
On collecting the pools. did not tell what his
euess"s had been. but said Give 1t to mo.
Mr. croker testified that the barber told him
what to guess
Mr Croker was found guilty OF being q one
man power and the sentence was that he
should at once. by all the IN cans In use in Tam
many haiI. collect money for the Sailors Snug
Aarhor Mr. Croker contributed 500. and sue
cr"HHd IN getting so more. His counsel pro-
v'N'"a that III" whole thing was inspired by the
heIuhlran party. which had sent Speaker
Need abroad to watch Mr.. Croker. paying his
exercises with money supplied by the Cuban
JuLta
"F Cookers sister. Mrs. Warren. and her
u'"Hh'cr Mrs. Bowman. who accompanied
nln' abroad. returned with him.
ne Democratic Club has been deserted since
h' r'"er loft the country. Last evening ita
paf''Fs ana corridors were full OF Tammany
H''h Mr. Croker repeated at the Club that he
"o"'N not Interfere in any way with the fight
IN the Ninth District
NF, Hh"ehaN can say what he pleases about
n.'' sald MIR. Croker. Il shall not answer
nun NhaI, not attempt to aid or injure him
III ''' DISTRICT, II the voters OF that dstrc,
"an' that kind Of leader. it is for them to say
'H Tok"r will 60 to Long Branch on Mon
u'' h"do'S not know yet how long he will
4" mere tut It ia expected that ne will 60 t
80 "En a'"r IN the week
|''0P'aE'r Reed On his stay abroad. visited
'"n''' h",c,nm and Germany. Mr.. Reed anc