The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
Now Realizes He Cannot Keep His
Promise to Carry the Empire
State for w. j. Bryan.
10000 IN GREATER NEW YORK
is ALL THE PLURALITY THE TAM
MANY BOSS REALLY EXPECTS.
ssThe Old Man Knows He's Beat" an
Expression Used by Some of
Cookers Followers.

CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Telegraphing from
New York to the Record, w. L. Curtis
says: MIR. Croker practically gave up the
fight for the presidency this afternoon.
After receiving reports from the Tammany
leaders in all the election districts in
Greater New York on the result of their
final canvass the best he could do was TO
figure out 81, 900 majority for Bryan in New
York proper, 200 in Queens and 1,5OO in
Richmond counties, while the reports from
Brooklyn showed a probable Republican
majority of 1900 in Kings. I have these
figures from unquestioned authority, al
though Mr. Croker himself refused to
verify them and said they were all rot.
He would give no figures himself, nor
would he tell the result of the canvass as
reported to him, nor would he make any
estimates as to the result of the election,
as he is accustomed to do on the Friday
proceeding election day every year. In
explanation of this departure from his
usual custom Mr.. Croker said to the re-
porters that it was impossible TO make
an accurate canvass this year because
many people refused to tell how they are
going to vote for fear of losing their jobs.
Just think of the terrorism and intimi-
dation.' he said. There was never any
thing like it. People are so afraid of the
trusts that they dare not tell their nearest
friends how they are going TO vote. They
keep quiet. It's no wonder. Suppose you
and / were working for trust. Suppose
somebody came along and asked us how
we were going to vote. Would We tell
them? Not much. Would we dare tell
them that we intend to vote for Bryan?
Not much We wouldn't dare TO. When a
man comes along and asks you who you
are going to vote for, who knows who sent
him? Who told him to find out? The
trusts. SO he keeps his mouth shut, and
we can't make a canvass because people
won't talk, so there won't be any estimate
this year. But / know who they are going
to vote for without their telling Half the
men who walk in that Republican parade
tomorrow will vote for Bryan. have had
letters from half of them and they told me
so'
Mr.. Croker is said to have shown a
great deal of temper over the reports, and
the Tammany leaders have not suffered
such roasting since they can remember
He told them that New York city proper
must not show less than 5000 majority on
Tuesday, which is 5000 more than it gave
Van Wyck. But even IL he gets that and
the same majorities Van Wyck received in
Queens and Richmond In 1895 he will have
only 71.0oo, from which must be deducted
whatever Republican majority is given IN
Brooklyn. 1t is considered that Brooklyn
will go Republican. Scarcely anybody
doubts it. The local Democratic leaders
over there admit that the Republican
presidential ticket viii have 5000 more
votes than Bryan and Stevenson. but the
Republicans claim 1900 or 10000. and many
of them even more. Allowing Brooklyn
10000 Republican majority. which is a very
moderate estimate, Cookers own figures
carry Bryan TO the Bronx with only 6l,-
600 majority to be overcome py the Repub-
leans in the rest of the State, which "a
certainly good for 10000. Croker allows
Mckinley from 5000 to 5000 majority in
the upper counties
THAT the old man knows he's beat as
the boys around Tammany Hall say, Is
shown by other evidence than his lost tenn
per and his reckless talking According 20
custom. county chairmen from the interior
CONTINUED ON SEVENTH FACED