The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-17
he MET THE TIGER
Dick Croker EntertainS q
Wichita Man.
IN HALLS OF TAMMANY
Roosevelt Recalls Visit to
Wichita and Winfield.

Aren't you afraid the Tiger win get
you?
NO. am from Wichita. Kansas. where
We eat tigers for breakfast"
That's what James H. Mccall said to
Dick Croker. the grand sachem Of Tam
many Hall the day before the recent cleo
ton in New York
Mr Mccall and Col Loomis. after be-
/ Ing at the supreme cOuncn Of the Scot
I fish Rite Masons, at Washington visited
/ New York. Mr.. Mccall went down 10
Tagnmany and asked 70 see Croker
What IS your name2" asked the door
keeper at the famous political head
qua rters, give ne your card
He doesn't require that as he and
7 are old friends. said Mr.. Mccall
The Wichita man walked in and intro
duced himself TO the Boss
7 know said Mr.. Mccall, that you
think have a lot OF nerve with me. but
I am from Wichita, Kansas, where every
, man has nerve"
Wichita. wichita - said Croker, ''W ny,
there is whore my jockey. Johnnie
Ref IS from
Yes" said Mccall. u knew the lad
when he was riding COW ponies in the
alley"
tan If he wasn't afraid of the tiger.
They became fast friends and after in
Producing Mr.. Mccall TO his Iieutenants
Croker took him through the New
Tammany Han building
How arc the Democrats out in Kansas
Shot 70 pieces" said Mccall. we
licked them again last year"
You mean 10 say you are Repub-
lean said Croker.
hal r-fr,2u NJ Er~.fr1Tf0aD county
committee for four years said Mccall.
Croker looked embarrassed. but cleverly
made the situation more easy BY saying.
Now. that's all right. but you don
like fusionists, do you?7
No. I don't; we've had TO fight 1t out
in Kansas"
Wen. !" said Croker. Z thought so. We
have hard hght with them here. too.
and if you have any Republican friends
in New York, tell them what fusion did
in Kansas"
Mr. Mccall had quite a pleasant visit
With Tammsny and Croker. he said. /
talked candidiy with him. going 50 far as
TO say that he looked for an overwhelming /
defeat for his crowd
At Seth Lows headquarters Mr.. Mccall |
and Col. LoOmis visited, their host being |
NJ. Jerome, who was elected district |
attorney next day.
Crossing the Brooklyn bridge they heard /
somebody shouting after them and look /
ing around they saw Herbert Patterson, /
of this city. He said he hadn't seen j /
Wichita man since he had arrived in
New York and ne was very glad TO see
Mr. Mccall ard Col. LOOMS At Seth
Lows headquarters Col LOOMS met
some men who served in his regiment
during the civil war and naturally the
Kansans had a good time
Mr.. Mccall says that President Roose-
welt has the most remarkable memory he
has ever known man TO possess. When
he was introduced 10 him he recalled
the fact that Governor Stanley had
taken his little boy-Jacob McCall-into
the Roosevelt train with rim while in
Wichita. and when Col. LOOMS. of Win
field was introduced 10 him he said.
WINFIELD. I remember that little city
vel, there is Yhers they built a hog chute
for me TO walk on.
IL appears that at Winfield the COM
nittee built a platform near the Rail-
road for Col. Roosevelt to speak from
and to protect him from the crowd they
built sort OF a chute from the platform
to the train for him to walk through.
President Roosevelt remembered other
Incidents of his visit 10 Wichita and
Winfield and mentioned them
Col LOOMS and Mr.. Mccall have had
2 very pleasant trip and the stories they
tell OF the east are without limit
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