New-York tribune., 1901-10-22
CROKER TRUST IN THE CITY
MIR. LOW so DESCRIBES TA1rJfANY
RULE LIVELY NIGHT IN
COOPER UNION

Judging from the crowds and cheers IN and
around old Cooper Union last night Richard
Croker might well hurry down 70 the steam
ship Office and get his rugs his deck chair and his
body servants together. for it will not be many
days more before this town viii have no further
use for his services as director general and
treasurer of Father Knickerbocker's populous
plantation.
There were Democrats all around the lot''
last night. Inside Cooper Union they were
packed in thick at the rear of the hall that
when belated delegations with bands and flags
got there all they could do was 10 throw the
banners and flags in on the heads OF the crowd
and then sing suggestive tunes like Wen Hang
Dick Croker to a Sour Apple Tree This may
not have been pretty, but historic fact il IS
worthy of recording, because IT was sung with
a vim that betokened trouble for the Democrats
Club.
William Hepburn Russell, William B. Horn
blower. Seth Low. Edward VI. Grout Justice
Jerome and Charles V Fornes spoke TO a great
multitude inside the hall. while outside. where
the bombs went "boom," and shed their red
light. younger speakers. with throats warranted
not 10 crack Iaded the autumn night air with
reasons for voting against people who work for
their pockets all the time at the expense of the
taxpayers and rentpayers and the parents of
little children to whom school privileges are de-
MED IL was great meeting, and no mistake
great because when the speakers appealed to the
manliness and independence OF their hearers.
the responses came with a rush and vehemence.
"Croker's little bit gloomy these days" said
a jolly faced man on the way out OF the hall
to a Tribune reporter. He ought TO drop into
of these meetings and join in the fun when
Jerome begins TO play horse with his hired
men"
AN ABUNDANCE OF FUN.
Certainly there abundance Of fun last
course Mr.. Low and Mr.. Grout added their
particular brands. and then came Jerome With
such variety of verbal condiments and cordials
that he secured for himself place in the 'front.'
rank as a rostrum chef.
Mr.. Low made the point that the city is a
trust in the hands of Croker and his men. and
he told of Marks and the Fire Department sup
plies. Freedman and his monopoly of bonding.
Horgan & SIattery and their large fees. the
Barney dumping scows that dump garbage ex-
pensiveIy. the Roebling hreproofing concern. in
which the Croker boys were interested. and
Naughton & Co. the contractors
This city government under Croker has be-
come a business trust think you see" said he.
"and I'm not at all that there is not
gambling trust I do not know" he continued
with tinge OF sadness and with lowered voice.
that the principles of the trust extend 70 the
OF vice. but. on the other hand. do
not know that they have not
Mr. Low won the greatest applause when he
said:
we want the Mayor OF New-York City to
stand like a rock for the city's interests against
every man. however rich and strong: against
every agency at home abroad. and even
against Albany. if Albany is against the city OF
New-York"
Hardly had Mr.. Low got the words out of his