The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-09
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IF. NJ. JORDAN,
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racy vas not 30 hard sor Croker 20 bear
ax he behavior os Thomas B. Reed vhea
Croker learned Mr. Reed vas 20 be . FAB
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CreksT viii now probably tc.e down this
eziogy. Reed fully Justified the Croker 10
co.sez~zt, taking the smoking room BY
xtorE- BE-. Croker was cut OF st
Taeve VAS one meeting between them On
the promenade GEEK. an the ship left the
rsSg to The Accompaniment Of Tar1rsAny
cheers. A hantxaaks. cordial On Croker's
part. plae.d and szb6y on Reeds. few
iox-.poken words and the speaker strobe
axzy, ossensibIy 20 look up the steward
-Four days later they net again. among
LITTLE group Of passengers hi2ddiec under
the Lee CT the deck house in a savage gale
How Ike some human beings I know
Of" remarked Reed. IN a deep bass. a. he
watched the gale a. work See that
wind. how Ii takes the crest az those
waves Wei. Just SO with these people
speak Of. must have their little rake-on On
everything that comes along
Men snsekered behind the upturned col
lars Of their storm coats. while Croker
locked seward with a wooden, express
sicnisss fzce-
AnotAer One FFoa Reed.
Once again dartag the voyage Reed
scored on the TammAnY chtsstain- Croker
voiced his views On ~ Filipino situation
with considerable directness-
1T would be national disgrace TO
abandon the conquest Of those islands."
said he 10 a group Of feilow-passeagers
I'VE must conquer them and then decide
wha, to do. We can keep the Islands. sell
them, trade them. or give them away. but
we must not draw back from the work Of
conquest and civilization American civil
ization mus, never knock under TO saw
agery. not much
In the pause which followed this unex-
pected outburst an English tourist irreie-
ventiy referred 20 his visit in Chicago. re-
marking that '1t was q bit wild" for q
big city
do you know" said he. there were
fifty-seven 'hoid-ups,' believe you call
them. during the four days I passed In
Chlcago?"
Yet, strange as IL may SEEM came the
deep voice OF Reed. this In the civilization
which the Fsi!p;nos refuse 10 accept. How
blind these savages are 70 the beauties OF
good government
There was a challenge In every word.
but Croker moved Oh without a sign.
Piece Of social Cruelty.
The Tamrany chief is accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Samuel Warren, and her
daughter, Mrs Stella Bowman A cruel
result OF the anti-croker feeling aboard
croker's niece, Mrs. Bowman She is
bright ob.sgfng ana popular. a skilled
pianist. and = charming vocalist con-
cert was planned FOR the las night of the
trip, under the direction Of the Countess
de- Fremont ard John Shaw. Of Boston.
Nine. schuman Heinck held position in
the programme. and Croxsrs niece was
billed among others for two songs Music
teers for the piano were many. bat
strange 20 say Countess de Brsuons could
nnd no accomVaBtst for Mrs. Bowman.
There was a general feeling OF in9igna-
tion among the passengers. Whatever the
opinion on Cookers case. his niece should
no. be- made 10 suffer. She had been pleas
an and obsiging throughout the voyage,
and the attempted indignsty was recog-
nized as cruel ard unjust
Miss Ethel Insnass. daughter Of sae
founder Of the American lire. slipped
Into the breach ard played the aesenpa-
nirsenss. N~ rsf
Croker was saiiow and sour throughout
the trip. He made bat two appearances In
the smoking room and cid most Of his
walking alone Two or three commercial
men. unknown 70 fame, joined him now
and again. but his mood xas suEiy rather
than confidential
Airs HIS Opinsess Freely.
But there was 40 difficulty in getting
croker's views on ali matsers-taas IN. up
10 thu po<nt a. which no has placed The
seal of silence or his lips He sneered a,
the Mazet committee. and io<6sy an
noanced his willingness 20 return and face
HIS snuuiss.ors AZ any time. Lei EN- GO
on with their attempt TO pry Into the pri-
vase affairs Of The men who happen 10
Be In business rivalry with Republican
concerns Every day they keep I, 40
means thousands Of new votes for Tam
many" said Croker
He assured small circle OF listeners
sihas the Mazes committee ~ouid never Dc
able in thousand years'' to prove the
raasappropTszsion Of dollar OF public rscn-