The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-31
CROKER VOWS he Is REGULAR
WILL SUPPORT WHOEVER GETS
THE STAR, EVEN BELMONT.
No Great Hurry shown. by tho Way. About
Appealing to the Courts for O'Grady
-Tammany Men Understand Trhey May
Vote as They Piease-Lessier Hustling.

Vote as They 81 Hustling.
Az all OF his adherents have said he would
do, Squire Croker gave formal notice yes
terday hat in the Congress fight In tho
Seventh district. he would be regular and
support the man whom the courts put under
the Democratic star, even II that man Is
Perry Belmont.
Mr.. Croker succeeded In making the
announcement in such words that all Of
the Tammany men understand that they
are not bound to wear their shoes out work.
ing for Mr.. Belmont. and his lieutenants
know thai they are to do as they please.
Some Of them think that they will vote for
Montague Lessler, the Republican can
dIdate, rather than Fritz Iindinger. the
independent Democrat. Here II what Mr..
Croker said yesterday:
II the. courts decide that Mr.. Belmont 10
/ viii support him and advise my friends
fH'f toid him that BslmSnt 4. declared tSy
aSsy cO Snd the tS S De the Of ls sfs tr FS%,ne 70 . .sr nls
declared by the courts to be the legal nominee
I'd support him We must be regular we
Now ,hIs case i 70 be 1TPgesled and wan,
IN 19s sraf the ars sStf jury % %oSia' f'' re-
psSsst !, hSy leaders SS c eS me to mo me G anS sssed
them wonidn't interfere, l have, given
r. S5GTr' i But suS IT, B siRS'ny'' n isa many many
other d%isaRpointed Democrats thinks Il
/ do not suppose that the papers will, be-
; 5s%,,. and VII Viii DO CAT e j can /. to, & help dss '6 s. F &c SIas
No orsGnization could live il i was managed
psrsonsily. That would Be no way 70 run
ga saniration in public to % Support Belmont.
sense ssss s,s. sPn !, I, y ,ss,. se :. ; ~. ii / did d q. ,Sa; t, ia
When se, % backing independsnts !
a liar, I would lose the confidence Of the lead
ers who knew Il and OF the Organization
The application 20 the Appellate Division
for a review Of the decision that, Mr.. Bel
mont is the regular candidate did not ma
terialize yesterday. Col. Murphy said II
would probably be mad tomorrow or
Thursday" which does not seem to indi-
cate great haste considering that the bal
lots must Ee printed n distributed be-
fore next Tuesday, and that they will be
printed with Belmont's name under the
star unless something intervenes pretty
quick.
MT. BelmOnt SdlQ yesterday tndt ne WAS
about through with the controversy with
Mr.. Croker, having his campaigning to
attend to. Mr.. Belmont said:
4 morning naRec states that we are wssips
General Committeo. Of. tho First Assembly
district Is called 20 be held tomorrow even
ee@aSsdfidacryy The P rank and He d psmmanyy
Hall, and many of its leaders In the Congress-
iST be dlst5IS, are eo inRPSr'iff IS lss sh as r 'nS TSsS;
leader alone who Is carrying on this malicious
warfare against me. altogether on personal
personality excludes the idea Of any personal
feelings on my part: my relations, with him
with. him of a disa greeable nature. There
personal attacks upon me. and II Is. that he
Is being used as the instrument OF personal
s sas ,ss ri SSS ie to allow on a p earoS Gir sonsidersn
lions to influence his political actions. We
ss,ate 81 New Ysork, but we have never had
a moro fagrant exhibition OF 1t than in this
casa
Montague Lessler, the Republican can
didate. shook hands with 5000 voters in
Manhattan on Saturday. Yesterday and
TODAY hs IL meeting voters OF Richmond
county. speaking to them personally OF his
canvass. The Republican County Commit
tees have issued personal appeals TO every
voter in the district in behalf Of Mr.. Lessler.
whose Headquarters are in the Cosino-
politan Hotel. West Broadway and Chambers
street, Manhattan, and the Crsbtree
Building, st George. Richmond county.
Mr.. Lassler will address mass meetings at
tho Pavilion Hotel. New Brighton, on
Thursday evening, and the German Club,
Stapleton. on Saturday evening Other
SPEAKERS will he Abe GrIber. e. q. Mas.
Linn Bruce and President Cromwell Of the
Borough 81 Richmond.
The Hon Perry Belmont. h would
like to be- Congressman from the Seventh
district. made two -peeches lsst evening.
The first was in the crowded little hall 81
The Greater New York Democracy at 1876
Greenwich street. Mr.. Belmont devoted
himself 20 discussing the straits into which
the Democracy uf Now York state had
fallen owing 20 personal politics. He did
not mention nAnss
A. the ns-rOnd NESTING In The rooms Of
the Jos phi D. yelling A-,pciation A. West
Houston and Sullivan rirs-'fr, som" one
49, fire 10 Two rkyr0ck"'- and a half dOzsn
red lights A zig crowd listened 10 the
four sI@,eDh makers Who prescribed Mr.
Belmont Tho candidate again dilRtod on
the evils ~ personal pulItlc. Oth~r sIsll-
binders made rIs-eh"- after b" had
finished
~" total pgislraflnu IN ne di-tn~ is
2i.4bs Ia the Mayurtlty oah,A.~ 22.2A
,Yt't were oast TITO political itad'r- "a