Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-19
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Report of Mazet Committee Dubs
Richard Croker Dictator.
DEMOCRATS DODGE BRYAN DINNER
Miss Maude Come Coming in In
terest of the Beers.
r EVIVA L IN BROOKLYN


Special Correspondence Of The Evening StaR.
NEW YORK, January IS. 1900
Henceforth Richard Croker, by designa-
ton of the Mazet committee, will be known
as the Dictator" in contradistinction to
Senator Thomas c. Plat, who has long
been known the easy boss" According
to report, this comes about in this way: In
the original report, which was drawn by
John Proctor Clarke, assisted by Mr.. Ma
yet, Richard Cookers name was used. Both
men had reason to feel sense of personal
injury arising from their relations with the
lammany boss, and they were as much in
clined to roast Croker as Mr.. Moss was.
But when the time came to revise in ac-
cordance with the wishes of Senator Platt,
Chairman Odell took the matter and the
men in hand. and talked to them in a faith
erly way about the work of the Mazet
committee having fallen through by reason
OF its many mistakes. and that 1t was use
less 10 STIR up an unnecessary personal row
IN the legislature, when the democrats were
Wiling to take the ginger out of their re-
port. leaving out all reference to Platt Mr.
clarke was quite insistent at first but
nnally agreed to a substitute This was
the thought that struck him: I'VE have an
easy boss. and Croker says he dictates and
what he dictates goes. Why not call him
dictator? Odeii laughed and said it wasn't
henceforth they both rule; the situation
will be the dictator VS.. the easy boss
and occasionally the dictator and the easy
boss"
Democrats Who VIII Dodge Bryan.
A number of democratic politicians in this
city are preparing to take to the woods
when invitations to the various Bryan din
ners are sent out. There will be more re-
srets and previous engagements from pres
ent indications than ever before happened
on the occasion of a dinner in honor of the
national leader of the democratic party
Mr.. Bryan is expected in the city next sun
day, and on Monday night January % he
VIII be the guest of o. H. p. Belmont at a
private dinner, to which number of local
democratic politicians will be invited The
three Johns of Tammany are at logger
heads over the question of club dinner to
MIR. Bryan. John Keller wants to invite the
leader to the club. John Carroll wants to
give Gunner on large scale at a hotel
with Mr.. Bryan the guest of honor
John Whalen is saving wood and sending
OUT no invitations Several local democrats
of prominence have been asked if thew we're
going to attend any of the BRYAN dinners
Ihey all replied that they had not received
invitations. One man said:
snaii be out of the city at that time
Another said:
y should be glad to meet Mr. Bryan. but.
unfortunately. l have engagements for
every night next week"
Still another said:
have not received an invitation to any
OF the proposed dinners. and L an, hopire,
TINT they Will overlook me | am not very
well, any way and NAV he unahla 70 80
tend " "
There is much conflict of opinion in Tam
many over the political wisdom of enter
tanning Mr.. Bryan at the club. Some of the
leaders say that he should be invited as the
guest of the club or of Tammany Hall and
the dinner should be made a political affair
or national Importance. Others are en-
phatically opposed to any such arrange
nlent. They say that if the democratic
cub gives dinner in honor of Mr.. Bryan,
1t should be club and social affair free
from politics. Still others are of the opin-
Ion that Tanmany should take full adyan-
tase of this opportunity to show the demo-
Gratis of the country that the organiza ton
Is loyal to the national leader of the party
To Receive Miss Maude Come.
Forty Boer sympathizers among the Irish
residents of this city met recently to COM
plete arrangements for the reception here
of Miss Maude Come, the Irish Joan of
Arc" who will arrive on January %. 1t
was said that as a result of her trip
through the cities and towns of Ireland no
more Irishmen would enlist to fight against
the Beers. Her tour of this country will
begin at the Academy Of Music February
f. John OConnor says that the success of
the work in this city was assured. All that
is needed he says, is moral support. 1t is
the duty, he thinks, of all Irishmen to
strike England whenever and wherever it
could be done effectively. George w. Van
Siclen, treasurer of the Boer sympathizers
in America, who contributed $50 to the
fund. said that he was glad Miss Come
was coming here. There is a set of people
in the United States,' he says. who call
themselves Americans, and the way they
toady to the English just makes me sick.
They're going to welcome publicly a wo-
man who cast off her husband and has been
the toy of prince. She'll wave an Ameri-
nan nd 7
they'll welcome her. There is coming here
another woman, l haven't the honor Of
knowing her, pure and good, who ought to
be welcomed. That's the kind of woman
who ought to be welcomed in this country,
and not the other kind You would be sur
prised how many there are in this city
slaves to the British power. l went to the
presidents or cashiers of twenty banks and
trust companies, all personal friends Of
mine for years, to get them to take fund
providing for the families of the BOer SOL
diers, of which am treasurer in this coun-
try, so that contributions could be sent
dill ectly to them. They all said they would
take the account, but that l mustn't put In
the words Boer or Transvaal. because that
would injure them in London. So had at
last to put in my name merely as treas
urer."
Rumored Coming of English Golfers.
News has reached this city from London
to the effect that team of English anna
teur golfers may arrange to visit this
country next fall. Those VINO are said to
have signif1ed their willingness to come are
John Ball. jr., the present amateur cham
pion: H. H. Hilton, Charles Hutchins, Les
lie Balfour-Melvile, John F. Laidaw Hor-
ace Hutchinson, Robert Maxwell, ]. L.
Low. John Graham and S. Muir Ferguson.
The same report has 1t that a team of wo-
men. including Miss Pearson, Miss Dodd
and Miss Kennedy, may also make the visit
at the same time. Among the golfers in
this city the news is widely commented on,
but considerable doubt exists to the full
fillment of the plan, so many reports hav-
ing been printed of the coming of English
teams that players here have grown some
what skeptical of their truths. The reason
for doubling the present rumor is that none
Of the large clubs have been approached
with a view Of finding out whether such
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