The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-17
PL.ATT VS.. CROKER

| The political movement In New Yor,,
known as the Mazet Investigation. inst,-
tuted by Boss Platt and his tools In the
| legislature, has aroused considerable at
tention. The interest attaches chiefly to
the evidence Of Richard Croker the lead
| er of the Tammany organization. who
| was prompt to volunteer his testimony
on learning that the political side show
was about to OPEN
| Richard Croker is an active nolitician
He has been such for number of wears
He has never held office except as a mem.
Der Of the New York board Of aldermen
number Of years ago, and as police
commissioner by appointment of Abram
5. Hewitt when mayor of New York. No
one pretends that Croker has ever been
| guilty of official misconduct of anv kind
| Ills appointment as police commissioner
| was made by Mayor Hewitt in recoont-
tion Oh the injustice Of a charge which
had hung over him years before, and
OF the facts relating to which Mavor
Hewitt had personal knowledge. Rut
Croker is the head of a political orpsny
lzation which. in all local contests but
one, has been successful over the oreani-
zation of which Thomas A. Platt is the
head The one is Democratic organiza-
ton. The other Is Republican organiza-
tion The one Is in power. The other is
out of power, and is trying to get In.
Mr.. Croker, according to his virtuous
political assailants, possesses all the quail
tiles which would enable him to rrle suc-
cessfully in the Internal regions, save the
possession Of pair of horns and q
cluDbed foot How bad a man he is. view
ed from the standpoint of the virtuous
Republican spokesman, perhaps the fol-
lowing from the columns of our neighbor,
the Dispatch, will make as plain as any,
thing that might be laid before the read
| er. Here is what the dispatch saws of
Mr.. Croker.
There is in all the history of the coun-
try no parallel for the impudent effront-
cry or Dick Croker, who proclaims him
self the leader of the New York Democ-
| racy and finds none SO bold as to say
| MIN nay. 1t is an awful commentary on
| the politics of the metropolis when such
an iiliterate ruffian as this can sway the
politics OF a state and possibly hold the
balance of power in the nomination of a
candidate for president. 81 amt talkin'
for myself" says this fellow, but If
others say l am the leader, am This
| IS the thing chosen by the New York
democracy to speak for it. And as goes
| New York, SO goes the Union Heaven
save us from such a Democracy! Even
Organism Is good by comparison
This is Republican comment-editorial
| comment, it is called-on public char
acter of whom the writer palpably knows
nothing whatever, except as his own as
sumed devotion to political ideals enables
him to imagine. 1t is splendid speci-
men of the foolish and malevolent COM
| ment which is usually made on public
man by his political enemies, who in his
| place would in all probability render
themselves worthy of having said of them
all that they say of others
1t is only the thoughtless and those who
| are made dishonest by their political par
tisanship that will pretend that a polit
| ical party or organization should be held
responsible for the personal misconduct