New-York tribune., 1902-08-14
TAMMANY is 4" BROKE.
50 THERE'S A BOOM FOR JOHN FOX TO
FILL THE EMPTY GOLFERS

S-..o,s y Y. A.lg I8 (Specian-ihe lnlpTeS
sion prevails among the DeIlocIfl.~ =
ssfbsred st Saratoga that when Joill oA' 80
5laa Cor E7rrore recently, returns 70 bhis colIIs
:, -, t,rfrs with him from Vantage the slgnet
ring Of King Croker and viii stralght"ay De
atoe..s 1eo6er Of raumany Hall. According 10 TINS
authority on the subject Of Tamulany poh,cs Inc %
tenure of Office of Joke" Two Spot ana 0'O'
# Derery Characterization, is OF the SUI lsn,es,-
and viii give way directly the otleI Il-i4--e
that is being Planned Is made 49,.
The reasons given 10 substantiate 1hlS oeiel-
and there is gainsaying th4' i - eotS
.yrourd every day-are strong ores II Is u8-la'e'
"a ne 2 f9et that for the first zine in many q DAY.
the treasury Of Tammany Han Is empty ana "I-e''
,ba term empty is used. that is exactly What Is
meant Ii is said to be literally true th2t u1Ie -
rot a dollar in Tammanys treasury Anu '10 '10
on the eve Of a State campaign! tniess s'io-le
and imperative measures are taken the ope4---e "l
the contest for the State Offices viii md the belno
rratfc machine I'm New-Tork City without the
snews Of war. Said man today VINO mas LOT
years been in he forefront Of the Democrallc
RANKS and VINO hopes still 70 fight a winning Da''t
there:
Tarnnanv Hall Is broke. That IS tough "oIu'
but there is 10 othe- that can thlhk OF IAat 81
accurately describes the sltuation-fat broke-Just
fat broke-busted-down and ont Joke "o
sno:' and Sport" and their ilk have done the
business and unless something IS done. ana oole
quickly Tammany VIII be a negligible factor "heh
the State campaign.
No You are dead right. Such thing never
happened before. can't remember the time When
Tamrnany was broke, but broke she is now. WY :
Because the men who have been running TarlInaily
lately have done Their best 70 ST f tS ma
fdence the public in the rellaplllly OF VI.
they must have been suffering from tenp9SILALg pSL
but violent attack Of softelng OF the b[Ath u G 5
TseI We Soger a% INV Jtborit so trustworthy in Tam
Hal f1lf
corpora tons which have long oontTipute ts ~
paign funds lberality. almost win pr9o5,,i-
ity will continue their donations Ihgy no ION loIef ~
have any guarantee that the money tney ~, suim @ -.
VII Wi ,5fd be 1ToPeIly T r 1te1Sed SeG0Ii7''
When Lewis Nixon quit soIlleIIlig mig ndU ~, n ave
Joke" Two Spot ana sport DeveTy I may CS
who write and the public who read pohJsat. .t aFt- i
cles. but he has way oi hitting Iss ; on III .is lam
gnage You will ind it in the dictionariess IN a
year ,,Isbo 9I tT@ AMI yiHTphy viii stick TO to
Everybody who is anybody in TaInm2ny IdsIi @ Is Is
looking for the man horseback You caTI2oJ
run any great enterprise without a lea0e&r & aI1 i d
political machine IS the lease ukel. !; el!teI m %
the wide wide world TO prove an eAceplloli u 'iii
John Fox has gone to Europe, and | have ave no no
doubt that he viii see Croker. ana iIlat ne VIZ
may oe ma -, 49, Ia. Is The man who will
1-ne in Croker's stead. have no doubt sucn Is the
magic Of Croker's name. that if he should seh99
Word agIeSs 9f s Mas his viii that John Fox should
II John Fox were leader Tammany would not De
l,roke very long. The corporations ana great
ness interests would give their former conulIu-
lions freely knowing that 4 strong JuSlMuI tlIy
hand was once more upon the helm, even though
II was not the hand that had so often sleere0 the
ship through trOublous waters. s =
I am not alone in the views have expressed.
am ia position say that there Is a strong OK
sentiment growing up in Tamm2ny tiall- All me
oi5finers save such q under the immediate
,5o-nination Of Joke Two Spot and Sport =
how they viii live in political history-are as
gusted with the farcical doings Of the regency; A
regency is only & regency at its best, and when
Tohn Fox gets back from Europe you take my tip
there VIII be doings.