The sun., 1901-08-25

day ay-Tsmmany to beat Any Con.
gienerate Ticket. They say. but Every
nsid Costs q Thousand or Two Votes
SARATOGA. Aug. a.-Here is the latcs. II :
formation regarding the movements Of the
Hon. Richard Croker and the Hon. John =
Carroll. With the Mayor. the equity
leader Of Tammany Hall and dozen or %
city officials here. Saratoga information
regarding matters Of especial interest 10 the
faithful Of the Wiswam ought TO be as re-
liable as that coming from anywhere. with
the possible exception Of Vantage. England.
A Tammany city Official. strong In the con-
hdencs Of the Esquire OF Vantage and OF his
American lodge keeper. silent John. made
the following remarks TO The Sun cor
respondent tonight
The paTers a-e gue-sli 2 again. ! ere.
NJ ssid. -anS they've got more etic-res
coming. They're all wrong. as usual
about ths-e particular matt'rs, Mr.. CIR
roll wont he IN New YORK on Monday, and
that " can gambl' On. Ho II still here
with Mrs. Carroll. and b" win remain hire
for several diy- more. The racca wont
end .erc until rlmrsiay and Carroll will
be herr until pretty nearly getaway day
] don't want L. is too positive about " !,
but TnE st.r were to gus.. that Carroll
dsy niKht, ! don't think the guess would
b. Wild % tho mark.
And now a word as TO the return Of Mr..
Croker You needn't bother about char
tering a tug To GO down the bay 20 meet
him Tor several days at least. Indeed.
you needn't expect to hear OF his sailing
from the other side for several days. That's
as close as ! carr to sail 10 the wind at
pr-sent. but | may add this. To certain
mepbers Of Tarnfnany Hall the day Of MIR.
4.
accidents, wss known before he left New
York. The date Of hi. return hc fixed to-
fore he went away. and unless something
unforeseen occurs. he will sail into New
York hsrbor on the day he appointed.
months ago.
As said before all this ha. been known
10 a few members Of the organization ever
since Mr.. Croker went away. but II was
Understood that nothing should be said
about the time Of his return, lssving that
to be found out and cabicd Ia this side by
the American correspondents In England
on the day the chief sails.
There are many Tammany men here.
hut II II h. OF any interest To you. ! may
say that there has been absolutely no dis
cussion Of politics since We get here. We
came here io have fun and we're having II.
About IN" only topic OF conversation among
Va " the horses and their ability 10 win bets.
Even the. Mayor can figure out the
dope with any Of the bookmakcrs. He
has been AT the races every day since ho
has been here and he's got 80 that he knows
a thing or two about the ponies, and don't
you forget II. Now you know all YOU need
10 know about the Taminany situation
To date. except that the Tannlany ticket
will beat any other old conglomerate ticket
that's put up this fall We'd feel bit
easier, however. II Justice Jerome would
not b~ ro Intermittent IN his raiding I'm
inclined a. think that members OF Tam
many Hall would H. willing To increase
Jeromes salary 10y private contributions
II he'd only H. more regular la the spring
ing Of his sensations Every raid he makes,
or causes Ia h. made. nak-- a thousand
or two votes for th" Tammsny ticket.
As to the candidates for Mayor and other
offices, | may tell YOU something that will
put a spoke in the Whecls of the political
speculators. There has been no talk Of
candidates by any on" entitled to talk
about such matter~, nor will there be until
MI. Croker returns. know whereof
! speak when | tell YOU that Tammany's
candidate for Mayor wa- not discussed with
Mr. Croker even by MIR Carroll when he
was on the other side. Mr. Croker asked
10 he informed upon the general situation
but he lc' VI be known that he didn't want 10
ak candidates with Mr. Carroll He told
John that II would he time to discuss such
weighty matters when his play spell was
over An he returned To New York