Arizona republican., 1900-08-27
CROKER IS IN CHARGE.
The Big Boss Assumes Per-
 SOnaI Command
Will Visit Tammany Daily.-Pro. gress of Factional Fight.-Coler Also Ready For Work But Re fuses to Talk.

New GOrk, Aug. 26.-Bird ;. COler re- turned to town last night. Richard Croker got home this morning. The fight in the democratic party between Hill and Coler on the one hand and Tammany and MT. Croker's upstate allies is to center about here, with Brooklyn the scene of the most subtle contests for the control of the party and of the state convention, which is to nominate the democratic candidate for governor. Richard Croker arrived here with the corporation counsel. John Whalen, at 1O:40 o'clock. He went immediately to the Democratic club. ''I am in pretty good health," he sad, and shall start in at once taking an active part in the campaign. I shall remain in New York until the end of the campaign, and shall make my head quarters at the Democratic club. I will probably go to Tammany hall every day"
 MT. Croker refused to discuss the re- cent state committee fight and would say nothing as to the Hill-Sheehan- Coler combination to be settled at the pl IliidI AtS OIl august
 When asked as to the outlook for Bryan, MT. Croker said:
 The republicans have cause to fear the apathy in this campaign. This looks very much like a democratic year, and from all can see and all I hear Bryan will be elected president. I have come back to New York to help do that very thing, and from now until the end of tho c1 T1r hon ,,-iI 1,a found right in the thick of the fight for Bryan and his election" MT. Croker will hold his usual con ferences at the Democratic club to- night MT Croker had intended to take ac- tive charge tomorrow, but the death of Justice Smyth, whose funeral he will attend tomorrow. interferes with his plans. The situation in Greater New York MT Croker has fairly we'll in hand, and he will be able to devote great deal of his time to his new do- minions up state. The principal bat ! tie ground outside of New York city will be Erie and Albany counties. Al bany is the home of David B. Hill and Eugene Wood. MT. Crocker has a can- ; didate for governor in Albany, SupI ema | Court Justice D. Cady Herrick, who is | objectionable to Hill and Wood. Wood | told the reporters in Saratoga that he had said to MT CrOker and eX-Senator Murphy that he could not support thsm | and that his lot would be cast with Hill against MT. CrOker and Justice Herrick | MT. Croker's attention was called to l Woods statement. It was news to h m. 1 | He had never spoken to Wood on the ! subject; does not seek or want his aid and he prefers that a man of Woods reputation in politics should be associ- ated with Hill rather than himself Hill may have all the glory of partnership with Wood. If MT. Croker decided to make fight in Albany it will be on the strength of Justice Herricks caudi- dacy. The latter has d strong personal following and backed by Messrs. Crok- CT and Murphy can beat Hill. it is be , lieved
 In Erie county a great deal of hard work is to be done to win the twenty four delegates from there. It was be- [ lieVed all along that National Commit teeman Norman E. Mack could deliver , the votes of Erie to MT. Croker. He was out-played in the game of politics | by the expert hand of W. F. Sheenan. who seems to have more influence on his stamping ground. Buffalo, than MT Mack, who is the owner of d newspaper l and has the personal backing of w. I. Bryan. The situation in Erie is not hopeless. and the damage done there can be repaired by diligent and thor ough campaigning. The Croker men figure on 246 out of 450 votes in the state convention. By deals and combinations they may get more. The leading can
  Herrick Mir. Croker thinks he can win with him in the convention and at the election.
 MT. COIcr would not say anything when he got down to his office this morning.
 "I have made some remarks from time to time which I meant to have taken literally" he said. "Too much importance has been read into them. I'm not going to talk. I'm back to go to work. and the work is enough for ! the present. Let my friends talk. if they want to. I'm going to be busy" What is Croker fighting you for?" , asked d reporter.
 'I don't know anything about that, i replied MT. Coler.
 What is McLaughlln's attitude to- ward you?"
 Cant say" You said some time ago if they at tackled you you would fight. not run away. Hasn't the fight come?" I'm not going to talk about that, was the reply. I've been up in the country and haven't thought about politics." r
 That statement sounds like politics, 1 observed a reporter. and when, after q number of other questions had received l similar barren replies, he fell to mus-ng | hOpelessly. the controller smiled.