Evening journal., 1900-11-16
As II Will Not Stand for Any
Such Thing
SAYS FAREWELL TO COMMITTEE
Meeting Breaks Up in COniugiOH Be-
cause Of The Attitude Of COrO-
ner Fitzpatrick

New York. Nov. 16.-The executive
committee OF Tammany Hall held a
meeting last night at which Richard
Croker bade all the leaders goodbye
and took hand in starting a move
ment to rid the city OF vice. In lit
tie speech the Tammany leader said he
was going TO Europe for health, not
pleasure. and introduced Isidor Straus.
president Of the Educational Alliance,
as a man who was acquainted with the
condition of things on the East Side.
adding.
IL hope you will give attentive hear
ing to his statements OF the condi-
tion of vice that exists there, and that
after you have heard what he has to
say you will use your every effort to
correct those evils as far as lies In
your power" IS
Mr.. Straus said he had met Mr..
Croker at dinner accidentally. aud had
talked with him for two hours over the
conditions In the East Side. and Mr.
Croker had asked him TO talk to tho
executive committee OF Tammany Hall,
and then addressing the committee Mr.
Straus told OF what was needed on the
East Side to suppress crime. He said
AMAA utr 40 a hNAAOAlA MAn AANluEnAlI
had cast up TO him the statement that
Tammany Hall receives the greater
part OF its revenues from people In
these evil conditions Of life, and that
no good can be accomplished unlei
the power of Tammany Hall is d
stroyed. Mr. Straus had repeated th
to Mr.. Croker, and the latter askea
him TO come before the committee
with the statement. and had promised
his aid.
Lewis Nixon then, by resolution, had
n committee Of five appointed to "in-
vest!gate the moral conditions Of the
city and to receive and suggest reme-
dies for the correction Of abuses"
Mr.. Nixon was made chairman, and
the other members are George Q.
Clausen. president Of the park board;
Col. Michael c. Murphy. president OF
the health board; John J. Scannell,
fire commissioner. and John W. Kel-
Ter. charities commissioner.
Mr. Croker then arose and said:
Il have nothing to add 10 what has
been said to you by Mr.. Straus, because
he is familiar with the matters on
which he has spoken to you. / hope
that this entire committee viii give its
run strength towards helplnB MIN ana
his work. We should heartily endorse
his remarks and aid him in the work OF
crushing out this awful crime. And
right here ! want to reiterate what l
said three weeks ago to you. and that
is that not one dollar comes into my
possession from landlords of poolrooms
and houses OF i'll fame, and If any one
OF you gentlemen are collecting from
any Of these people you had better get
out of the organization. II has no use
for you. You are a disgrace to it. The
organization can't and won't stand for
any such thing"
The meeting broke up In confusion
because of the attitude OF Coroner Fitz-
patrick, the Tammany leader in the
Fourteenth assembly district. who de-
MED that there were any disreputable
houses in his district. He said that
II there was vice there II was in tene-
ment houses, and could not be con-
trolled. To this Mr. Croker excitedly
replied that the coroner did not know
what could be done until some effort
was made.