The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-05
PROCLAMATION FROM CROKER.
'rAsuANY rs GOOD, WITH "0NE''
on - FEW" MAYBE, BAD.
Cl.ancst Streets. Bcst Police. Fewest
Robberies -BI ackmail All Taik-Cam-
paignins women Misicd shepard .
Great Man and Going TO Be Elected

obberies -BIa OK mail All Talk Cam
psikninE Women Misicd -shepard q
Great Man and Going TO He Elected.
The Squire was at the Tippers' and Tap
r.r.' Club last evening and received there
,,hs reports Of all OF his men in all of the
Lorouehs about the progress of the cam
,.icp. Although he told all inquirers
M he thought that his ticket would be
elected. It was plain that every one Of the
mon who were at the club was uneasy.
The SQUIRE broke away from the men who
lave kept him from talking during the cam
,aign and said a few words in the nature
Of prediction and proclamation.
Il am moro confident OF the success OF
the ticket this evening than / have been
At any time since the campaign began
aid he. I'VE will win by . handsome
ma iority. but I nave no figures to give out
a, this time. We will carry Brooklyn and
Manhattan. I have not given out the de-
tails OF the oanvasses on which our predic-
ion. are made. Why hould II II I did
the enemy would concentrate all OF their
energies In the districts which we expect
to carry tomorrow, and they would at
tempt TO out down our vote.
why should not Shepard run well In
Kinss county, He lives there. Brooklyn
ought TO give Mr.. Shepard a very hand
some majority. Brooklyn ought to DO
verv proud Of Mr.. Shepard for the manner
I'm which be has conducted his campaign.
The people over there ought to be proud
Of him FOR the manner In which he has
come out Of all Of his speeches for pure out
and-out Democracy. Mr., Shepard is one
would make a mod u Mayor, ard there isn't
any doubt that he will be elected Mayor
What effect do YOU mink the fusion
charges Of corruption. blackmail and NAL
administration will have on the cam
p. .11II Or that talk Of the opposition about
blsckmailers and thugs being in a con-
spiracy and running the city is simply a part
OF the conspiracy among the Republicans
TO frighten the voters and the people. That
ton 70 it, Have you gentlemen thought
how long Tammany has been in power in
New York during the last sixteen years.
pa. prosperity, has been brought about
and IN which all the great public improve
ments have been made
Somebody figured out that Tammany
had been In power about twelve years out
That's right said Mr.. Croker. tam
many's been In power all but about three
year,. and those were dead years. Now
Just consider the condition OF our city to-
a &: World "a II IN. SPITE sr.H Of sse s stss { that S,iy .l le
made on It. All 1 have got to say is that IL
as tho opposition claim blackmailers and
thugs run the city, thon I would recommend
that q Large number Of cities in the United
States be run In the same way. Every
right-minded man knows that blackinailers
and thugs and thieves couldn't run the city
in q decent way. and they couldn't run it
In the successful way in which New York
has been managed.
why, the other night a very prominent
man told me he was going to vote the Tam
many ticket for the first time in his life.
He said that rcd heard all this talk about
the awful condition Of New York, and hat
he made a personal investigation and that
he was not able TO find the conditions tho
fusionists tell about. He said he iidn't
hear OF any bank robbers, safe breaking,
aud thugs and highwaymen, like he used
10, and he was going TO vote for Tanlmany.'
Then Mr.. Croker told q story. 1t was
the story OF Lincoln and the critic who said
that Gen. Grant drank too much whiskey,
whereupon Lincoln said that il he knew the
brand OF whiskey he'd send some TO certain
other Generals.
That's a good parallel to tho condition
that exists here now, he said. Our OPP
position has been trying TO blacken the
name Of the city. II has lone IL for par
tlsan purposes. 1sn't IL strange that in
spite OF these attacks men Of money come
here 70 invest II, to go into business, to
build homes and bring up their families?
All this has been done under Tammany
administrations Why. it's laughable.
Il want 10 say that the newspapers nave
been very unfair. When / go over on the
other side, and I find folks talking about
coming over here to visit, | find that lots
Of them are afraid TO come here. and par
t~icularly the older folks. And you can't
give them any answer either. They won't
listen 60 you. II you try to tell them diff
f"ront they'll refer you 20 the newspapers
which make the city out so terrible. Those
Isople think that wher they land here
thaNFfn ~. T,lI.nm1N tr,0NE1 10 VI...a and
they'll have to walk around in mud up TO
their knees They think they wouldn't
dare 20 g. on. Afte- dark.
4 regret that Tamplaay has been held
tc-ponsibie for the w~rongdoing OF a few
men. No one man who hah been guilty
~ any wTongdolng represents the senti-
Insnts Of the Tammany organization
Mr. Croker was supposed 60 refer in this
20 the police scandals. He would not
say anything further on he subject, or
who the -one man was. and he added that
the organization ought not o. he held re-
si"hsible for the acts 81 q few Then
be went Oh
We have the ~cloanest streets In the
World The city IL better polcei thAn
Agv other In tho world The public aud
pedestrians are safer than anywhere elise.
anf banks and business houses and resi-
nahcrs are almost ssuurs from thieves
Loot - tie hank breaking that's done
IISadAys hofe H. from the inside, and
ulHs' - thoss pe1plo are Republicans
I'p can shield themselves easily In tbs
i"sspaI-n
The city . safer uIAn it ever va IN
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