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John Sssnn.u. eS. Pin. Commissioner.
%, lard Yesterday that u wss Mr.. Crokrr's
.iltv 20 rone hom, and TAX. charg. %
I,mmanv Hail f"r ,h- purIn-r of saving
80 Hgauisatiun Mr. Srannell said that
OBJ" 'riumyira'" vas q failure. and that
,i,h no ur" a, i,S head IN. Tammany or
.;,nisa,,ou was RAPIDLY losing It's power
AMI cuh.savrn--s
When Mr. Croker laid down TN. leadership
f1anmany IA. last time but Oh. he mad.
= rtcu-r for taking u up again the pl~a
hat h- friends were not bcing treatcd
'arlv. and " was largely duo To IN. urging
and the assistance of air Srann-ll and few
..i. tuners like him that Mr.. Croker was
abb 10 uu>i John 4 Sh.~han from the
leadership Mr Srannell thinks that tho
~ friends Of MIR croker are going To fare
fadlv unless h" comes back. and others
are likely ~ JON him IN the effort To bring
VI Croker hack 10 this country permanently.
There - little need for = recapitulation
= the present conditions in TammAny
HAIL said MIR ScAnnell In answer 20 a
question a. To what he thought ought To
hs done. IL " enough to cay that the
.ondition- 81 to-day are not the conditions
nat promi-. solidarity and succ~ss. and
vet with the organization in good shape
victory next year II sure. That triumph
= worth working for. ] arm ready TO work
Tor 4.
20 done there IN TO my mind only one
snswer Send for Mr. Croker and make
lin return to this country and To the head
= the organization The leaders OF Tam.
many should demand that unitedly and
in-itiVrly. IN such a manner that MIR Croker
would have to obey
Mr. Croker is tho greatest leader that
1ammany ever had. I do not except even
John Kelly: great and good man though
no was. MIR. Croker won many battles,
o-, few. His victories ov-rshsdowed his
defeats Ave 20 one.
II Mr. Croker were TO return. the differ
cnce- and divisions In Tammany Hall would
disappear. The chasm would close. His
,omlnR would establish confidence and
decision where timidity and fear are now
And what In more. Richard Croker II the
only man the only personality, that could
bring this about For that reason tho
leaders should demand that he return.
MIR Croker would have no night 20 re-
fuse this request Whatever his personal
wishes were, do not think that he would
decline n He should rell every stick and
every splinter Of his estate In England.
He should live In America. stay in America,
and make his home In America all the year
around.
.Mr Croker should give himself abso-
hItely to Tammany. Tammany has hon
ored him. followed him and obeyed him
in the past II has the right 10 command
his presence here. and do not think that
he would refuse 20 como. He is needed in
thi. crisis Tammany needa him and he
should como think he would
"A committse should be appointed bv
the TamnAny organization. and IL should
Law the situation before Nr Croker The
COMMITTEES might carry the demand in the
form Of the resolution. II should insist
that Mr. Croker sell all hi. English property,
and II necessary establish him-.f IN a
country home In this country He could
get ons as good for his health as i the
climate Of England. and b-tt-r for Tam
nAnys, within 100 miles of New York
Everything that binds him 10 England
should b. sold At ono,. He should be made
tho abeolute had of Tsmmany Hall
Il do not know how many Il IN. district
leaders Of Tammany Hall viii asrre with
what ! say. This is what ] think. how
ever
Tsmmany men who ~ere AZ the Metropolis
and other resorts last evening said that they
did not wish 70 discuss Mr. Scannrll's state
rn-nt From what they said, however, II
vas clear that they Thought that Mr. Croker
himself would not he surprised when he
heard what Mr. Scannell had said. and that
Mr. Scannell probably knew What he wa.
talking about when h. -aid that he thought
Mr. Croker would return II he wa- re-
queeted TO. In fact some Of the Tam
many men said that they though, Mr.
Croker bad intinated 70 Mr. Srannell that
he might come home II there Wa a demand
for him.
The Regents get less and ess respect
every day from the Iammany leaders
No ono cares a rap what they do or sav Of
anything II now seems probable that
they cannot hold their plares even until
after the primaries.