The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-19
ENTIRELY TOO MUCH CROKER.

The proceedings of the iubila-
ton in New York over the pres
ence of Mr.. Bryan. are interesting
to the faithful but somewhat mo-
notonous. MIR. Croker met Mr..
Bryan at the station. Mr.. Croker
took Mr.. Bryan in Mr.. Croker's
handsome carriage, and the two
made progress between 1000 of
Mr.. Croker's policemen to the a.
Partments Mr.. Croker had provid-
ed. MIR. Croker was closeted with
Mr.. Bryan for an hour. Mr.. Crok-
er escorted Mr.. Bryan to ban
quet which had been spread, not
in the Moorish, as first planned,
but IN the Louis Quinze room of
the Hoffman house, where a re-
galement costing s12 per plate,
exclusive of the wines, was served
to t1tty guests. At 7 O'clock Mr..
Croker escorted Mr. Bryan in the
Croker carriage to Madison Square
Garden, where Cookers henchmen
had dutifully assembled. Mr..
Croker called the meeting to or.
der and Mr.. Cookers secretary
read the resolutions. Then MT.
Croker took Mr.. Bryan to another
stand and introduced him to the
multitude. At 9:3o Mr.. Croker
drove Mr.. Bryan to Cooper
Union and introduced him again.
At 1o:4o Mr.. Croker accompanied
Mr.. Bryan back to his apartments.
1t is not recorded that Mr.. Croker
slept with his friend that night, SO
it may be assumed that Mr.. Bryan
called for the eau d espagne and
sprayed himself about midnight.
Mr.. Croker .permeated during
the New York engagement. His
motto was: "You can't lose me,
Willie" He enwrapped and en-
veloped the candidate, much as
certain pythons are said to do
their victims before swallowing
them. 1t may be surmised that
the process of being led around
like dancing bear by a man Of
Croker's record was not agreeable
to Mr.. Bryan. Mrs. Bryan would
not like 1t, nor his friends or asso-
ciates. He is alive to the scandal
OF such open hobnobbing with the
boss, unquestionably more flag
rantly representative of more that
is base and prejudicial in Ameri
can political and business life thar.
any man on the continent. Mr..
Bryan is not naturally one to be a
hail fellow we'll met with those Of
the tiger stripe. But the exigen-
cies of politics! Mr.. Bryan is not
his own master. He knows he
cannot hope for success unless he
carries New York, and that he
cannot carry New York except
through an alliance with Croker.
Yet the two standing together
the one an idealist and the other
the grossest of materialists, make
a remarkable group. 1t recalls
the famous words OF John Ran
dolph OF the union heretofore un-
known of Bilfl and Black George,
of puritan and blackleg.
But it is probable that Bryan
will lose rather than gain votes be-
cause of his Haunting flirting with
the Tammany chieftain. The
thing has not been done in cor
ner. Tammany's braves were GER
tain to vote for Bryan because the
boss said so, whereas the public
celebration of the union between
the two is likely to excite prediu-
dice among those who like Mr..
Bryan but have contrary feeling
for Croker. The reform forces Of
New York, who three years ago
followed Henry George, are not
likely to relish being chained to
the chariot wheels of one whom
their sainted leader, almost in his
dying breath, denounced as the
greatest unapprehended criminal
in America. Doubtless, Mr.. Bry-
an realizes this fact, but Croker
proposed to be the whole show,
and the candidate dared, not pub
licly affront him. Mr.. Bryan was
between tempetuous blue sea and
and the other, and like the Indian
with the turkey, it was case Of
"heads | win, and tails you lose"
One may imagine there was not
much heart in the smile that he
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