Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-17
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM
Croker Bids His Tammany Chieftains
Adieu in the Wigwam.
SAILS FOR EUROPE SATURDAY
John F. Carroll and John WhaIen
Left in Charge.
CRUSADE AGAINST VICE
CRUSADE AGAINST VIC
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

sonal request of the chieftain, was for the
purpose not only Of maintaining unity and
harmony in the ranks Of the organization
during Croker's absence abroad, but to in
form the various district leaders just whom
they were to look to for advice and instruc-
lions during the chieftains sojourn abroad
and until the mayoFalty campaign of 1901
Is to be opened.
During Cookers absence John F. Carroll
will dispense patronage and attend to all
routine work, while John Whalen will d.
rect the policy of the organization in all
political and municipal matters John w
Keller. president Of the club, it Is asserted
Is no longer In favor with Croker and is
to be deprived Of power. In the club and
the organization Kellers only official du-
ties will be the delivery Of after-dinner
speeches. 1t is said that his turning down
is final. and that he is no longer on the
slate containing the names of possible
Tammany nominees for mayor next year
The paramount policy of Tammany during
the absence of Croker is to be silence The
district leaders nave received a tin from
the club to stop talking. and most Of them
now refuse to say word on any political
subject. The Two Johns' are to use all
the available patronage to keep the work
ers in line and to head off opposition clubs
in the districts. 1t is expected that Croker
will leave emphatic orders to keep I'D the
attendance at the club during the winter.
Il-FeeiinE Toward Croker.
A report that Croker has made a large
sum of money specializing on the result
OF the election is current. and it has in
creased the bitter feeling against the Tam
many chief on the part Of his followers.
who accepted his ante-election predictions
as sincere. The report started in the Demo-
cratic Club, where 1t is now common COS
sip that Croker, Andy Freedman John r
carroll and few others who had the in
sioe lid were heavy buyers of stock in Wall
street on the eve Of election, and that Ia
week they realized enormous profits. There
Is no longer any attempt to conceal the fact
that on Thursday or Friday before the cleo
ton Croker received estimates and ranorts
from the district leaders and confidentia1
agents showing that the plurality for Rry-
an III this city would be less than 10 O00
Croker knew at the time that a heavy re-
publican vote would be pollei I'D the stare
and that the defeat of Bryan was assured
1t is said on what appears to be good
authority that ex-qov.1 Stone, before Clos
ing headquarters here. confded to his
Irienos the statement that Croker had
fooled him. Stones friends say that ha
1eeis very bitter toward Croker and is
convinced that the Tammany leader was
not sincere in the claims he made hefore
the election. "eA'io
Tam1nany politicians say that II all the
Iacts ABOUT Croker's stock deals on the
eve or election come out. and 1t Is clearly
established that he made large profits by
speculating on information which he re-
FUSED to make public. the trick will hurt
MN worse In the organization than anv
ahins ne mas ever done 1t is asserted that
anti-Croker organizations will be formed
IN every assembly district in the .,ity bv
Iammany men. who feel that they were de-
hoeratefy deceived by the chief in the last
campaign. One such club has already been
formed in the twenty-third assembly dis
trict, and in Harlem there is a strong. quiet
movement to push ex-Postmaster Charles
w. Dayton to the front for the democratic
nomination for mayor next year.
Bishop Potter's Fight on Vice.
Bishop Potter's charges of the ex-
isterce Of wide-spreading, fasrart vics
on the east side and its protection
by the police have been formulated.
They have not yet been made pub
lie, but enough is known about them TO
state what the form and substance of the
presentment will be. The charges will be
presented to Mayor Van Wyck in the form
of memorial by the Episcopal bishop of
New York, in which he will say that he ia
acting at the request of the diocesan coun-
Gil The memorial will be terse and con-
else. 1t Will declare boldly that as a re-
SUIT or a personally conducted investiga-
ton the bishop knows that families and
children In the tenements are brought in
daily contact with the worst forms of vice,
which is allowed to flaunt itself under the
same roof The forms Of vice most prev
aicnt VIII be enumerated without men
uonlng names or addresses The indifrer-
ence of the police to complaints and their
allowance or the worst sort Of resorts to
continue will be described in a new nara
graph
The fact that money Is paid by vice to
ponce may not be charged directly in the
memorial, but 1t is the only inference that
can be drawn from the description Of vice
conditions without police interference The
memorial will say that Bishop Potter has
proof OF his charges, and that he prays the
mayor to order an investigation that will
reSDOnSihiljfv ha let .
the evils mentioned In the memorial None
of the leaders of the movement regard
Bishop Potter's presentment anything
more than a preliminary step.
Mayor Van Wyck cannot avoid replying
to them. Ii he either refuses to make the
investigation requested or if he denies the
existence Of the vicious conditions referred
to there Will be a strong appeal to public
sentiment that Is liable to result in an ar
raignment OF Tammany Hall processes such
as New York has not known since the days
OF Parkhurst and Lexow. The date for the
memoriafS presentation has not yet been
decided upon 1t may be almost simulta-
neous with Bishop Potters address on God
and the City, at st. Paurs Chapel, one
week from tomorrow.
Anthony Cemstock VIII Aid.
The Society for the Suppression Of Vice,
OF which Anthony Comstock Is the head, it
Is said, will soon begin the most extensive
raid on pool rooms and gambling dens ever
undertaken In this city. The work of OBJ
tanning evidence has been under way for
some time and the Comstock society has re-
ceived the aid of many earnest citizens,
who have formed themselves into an organ
izatien for the betterment of the city. The
evidence collected from these sources and
by the Comstock agents themselves is very
considerable and discloses most startling
condition of affairs. The city was laid out
in districts. and certain members were as
1t until they had put every questionable
place 1t under scrutiny. This work COW
cred considerable period. and when it was
completed the evidence was turned over to
District Attorney Gardiner. Col. Gardiner
has turned the evidence over to Mr.. Com
stock. The agents OF the Society for the
Prevention of Vice found that it was all
good. and in the course of the investigation
unearthed considerable other matter.
Big Nugget of Gold.
One Of the largest gold nuggets ever
found in a placer mine left this city for