The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
FAREWELL
ADVICE TO THE CLUB.
Mr.. Croker said:

The change made in the Finance Com
mittee by the appointment Of Lewis Nixon
in my place will, l hope, receive the same
consideration and good will that l have
enjoyed in the organization in the past. l
have received many letters from young
men who desire 10 Join this organization,
but don't appear TO know how to come in.
Il advise that every effort be made to
bring these zoung men in.
mo organization can be built up on a
patronage from the Republican party. We
should stand on principle and not on pat
ronage. This Organization has controlled n
larger vote when it had 10 patronage TO
Offer than when it has been in power.
IF yOu are beaten in the future II will
be due solely to neglect in your districts.
BE honest. and YOU can bring back into
the Democratic party the vast army of
Democrats whom we have lost in the past.
l hope you will give Mr.. Nixon your hearty
cooperation and support"
Lewis Nixon. after Mr.. Croker had con-
cluGed. arose and said:
This honor is unexpected. | sincerely re-
Grot that Mr.. Croker is about to retire. /
have always been willing to serve in the
ranks. hut | would not take this position
and be Il, fgureEead."
John F.'cirroll was not reelected deputy.
Mr.. Croker has decided absolutely To re-
tire from the active work of tha orSaniza-
ton. He has completed all plans for a long
absence from this country. and in less than
Two weeks will sail for his country seat 1T
Vantage, England.
CEONET'S CLOSEST FRIENDS
SURPRISED by THE CHANGE.
This arrangement. while ii has been
talked of to some extent recently among
the leaders of Tammany Hall. is of Mr..
Cookers own making. his purpose being TO
follow out his well-known plan OF shifting
IT. l,,-l., l1-,I-;,- ,-1,
leader to younger shoulders.
The change came as a great surprise TO
many of Mr.. Cookers closest friends. many
the chioftain - remain at the head of the
organization.
Lewis Nixon. for some time. has been
looked upon as the strongest and most
virile of the younger men of Tammany
Hall. As a man of affairs. he stands in
the forefront among the business COM
munity.
Mr.. Nixon's greatest claim to fame has
been won by him as a naval architect who
has designed some of the finest men-of-war
afioat. and a builder of boats of all classes !
and types.
LEWIS NIXON \ son !
A VIRGINIA FARMER. !
Lewis Nixon and his Crescent shipyarL
at Elizabeth. y. j.. are known. among IA
val experts, at least, all over the worli.
and it is there that he puts forth his best
efforts and does his hardest work. With
all he has ACCOMPLISHED in the past. he mas
Il future before bin, as he is only 10 years
old.
Mr.. Nixon was horn at Leesburg. London
County, Va. on April Z. 1861. His fathers :
family came from Ireland in 1710. first set
ting in New Jersey. Later his immediate
moved to Loudon County. where
took up extensive tracts of Land and
engaged in farming.
His grandfather was a farmer. and his
father, Joel Lewis Nixon, was a farmer,
school teacher. Judge of a Mag
office, Sheriff and Colonel of the
Loudoun Guards. Virginia State troops. Mr..
mother was Mary Jane Turner of
the Turner family. well-known in the So
cial and political history of Virginia.
EARLY SERVICES TO THE
United STATES GOVERNMENT.
After obtaining an education i'm the COM
non schools and at the Leesburg Acad-
any, young Nixon was appointed as a cadet
at the United States Naval
IS years old and known as q reckless
yolngster'' when he entered the academy,
ne was graduated in 1882 at the head of his :
lass.