New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-13
cpoK FRS STATEMENT.

Saratoga on Iu'5NH9f
weeks
CROKER'S STATEMENT.
>, ST.. Formal interview Mr. Croker taxes up
Mr. Bryan at the start and says
,.,,. yr,a,.s great strength lies in ms sym
-, o., o,d knowledge Of the plain p'"P'e'
No other American has ever be'h ~
Tho masses He understands ana I'''S '''
,c,lor and the toilcr understands anu "uS''
,ir, 7 consider him to be one of the greatest
men America has produced. 1t.
..,,.i,ht, tho coming year the Dem'crhuc
marty, must agree upon its National programme
ard nronare for the overthrow or uuS's an"
,,r,,ar,alIsu,. I believe that the party VIII Nv
united and harmonious g..
Naturally | am principally int'res''u -
socurIng a National platform that VIII oe I"
source OF strength TO the party IN my wv"
stato We hope TO carry NeW-fork TOT w,
democratic candidate next year am s"''S"'"
that nothing will be done 10y the he@' N''''
cratic National Convention that VIII nrl'e any
good Democrat away from his party
"rb,s silver question will be regulated IN
o.d corpr,ss may be safely trusted to
settle the ratio
"rbere never has been time IN my eN
rer,ence when the Republican party has so
CLEARLY shown ltS unltntsS " DV ~
tho National Government. Mr. Mckinley has
,urred the war in the Philippines into Il partisan
aoharoe FOR his own reelection. The Admins
,rotor has purposely dragged out the struggle
and is spending tens Of millions Of the people !
nancy without making any serious effort 10
bring the war to close this year
oThis Presidential election takes place next
vear and the Republican managers are openly
making nreparatIons to use the war as a means
NJ working up another outburst OF popular en-
thusiasm Just in time to sweep Mr. Mckinney
into second term.
"But the people who are paying the war taxes
are beginning TO see through the plan IL Is
almost incredible that a President OF the Chlteu
States is willing to desolate and destroy thou-
sands OF homes and TO shed the blood or the
unfortunate Fnipinos chiefly 10 keep himself
and his friends in office, but the facts are
20 he seen by every right-thnking man.
"The situation is go shocking so indecent
from the ordinary American standpoint that
thousands Of Republicans are turning away
from McKinleyism in disgust. The strongest
men IN the party have turned their backs on
the Administration.
MACHINE POLITICS DEFENDED
"In New-York City the party was never
stronger We will carry all before us this fan
The metropolis Is thoroughly Democratic The
CHEAP talk about machine politics has lost It's
force
Every great public improvement accom-
plished In New-York-good streets. underground
wires extension Of the dock system. the great
Croton nqueduct. the new courts, rev parks
low taxes the Harlem viaduct. the kingsDrldse
Bridge. the Speedway. the pleasure docks TOT
the peoI le--is the direct result of machine poll
tics.
"I fail to see anything accomplished by the so
called reformers while they have been In power
within the last fifteen years.
zone OF the most childish and foohsh IDEAS
advanced by the reformers' is that organization
,s not necessary to achieve substantial results
A business house is a machine church Is
machine a bank is a machine, newspaper IL
q machine The more perfect the machine the
mora GOOD It can accomplish for the community
DisappoInted men use the word machine 10
s.ionatize the regular political organizations
q, both parties and to create prejudice against
politicians.
ct believe that it is the duty of every man III