The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-02

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His Csntinuanse IN Pewss - - DsseosS
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Dlssrics LEADER -rssksrS 'bsssru
20 Contro, Declared impsssfbas
On account Of the confusion into which
The Tammany men have been thrown by
Sheir defeat at the polls and the subsequent
vftbdraval of Richard Croker from The
nominal Leadership many Of the most In
6uential msmbers Of tho organization arS
at present q little undetermined a. 70 h
their future course Of action VIII DO.
Lewis Nixon. who has hesu placed u
the bead Of the Finance oopamittee at the
order Of Mr.. Croker. fcr whom Mr.,
Croker has asked the same confederation
and rsspsot shown to himself. b practically
unknown TO the majority Of the membsrs
and workers In ths organisation. He has
been accepted for the time, - any one
would have been accepted. a. st least
good enough 70 attend to the detail OF the
organisation at Q time whom there 10 little
Il importance 10 require the attention Of
Shs leader.
Nr. Nixon b regarded more - . ohief
clerk than ~ Q leader at present. His
H0t010 BSAd8 " WIN SskoaA&S~sSh W. ~
dsterminsd By the results Of the primary
elections that are TO b held this fall and
those that are 10 be held In the following
ysAr, -whsa thsrs viii 30 another municipal
oanpaign.
Tsmmany does not care much about the
vDsalt Il any State election. IL doss not
ears 70 mach about tho result Of the election
~ year - b would II n did not think that
0hsrs was no chance for Democrats 70 win.
II viii b glad 70 let the upstate Demo-
wata, with Senator Hin ct their head, take
he responsibility for The campaign this
fan and bear the burden Of defeat. Richard
Croker would not have given up the leader
ship'of Tsmmauy had he thought that thsre
was any chance to win this fall. He 10
wiling that Mn Hill shall have all the
glery that can b got out Of being beaten
Tsmnany men will not talk about the
future Of tAsir organization II they are to
b quoted They say that n h too early
for them 10 do that, for they have not had
time to and themselves and to mako out
what 10 going TO happen.
Thsy are waiting to see what the new
city administration will do and what Mr..
Nixon win do. Until they ave had time
20 make up their minds on these points
they arc going TO say nothing that may
be called up against them In the future.
In the meantime they are suspending
Judgment, and watching. They have not
made I'D their minds about Mayor Low
yet. AZ present they do not fear him 70.
blows at Tammany for the sake OF Grip
They believe that he will seek TO strengthen
his position as a non-partisan Mayor, not
by hurting 'Tammany as an organization
nor by building up the Republican party,
but by trying TO give the city a good ad.
m~inistration. II may pain Mr.. Low and
his friends TO know II, but the Temmany
men like this programme, for they say
that Il means that they win be back In power
years hence.
But Tammany men do think that Mayor
Low may change his policy, and they arc
also apprehensive OF the effect that tho
administration Of President Cantor and his
associates from the Greater New YORK
Democracy will ave on the Hall and its
members. So what they say now must
be taken az the tentative statements OF
men whose own minds are not made up.
Tho situation in Tammany. Hall Is mixed
lust az present said the leader OF an East
Side district TO a Sun reporter. From the
beginning Of 1901 we thought that we had
a pretty hard time before us. and we made
our minds that II there was fusion among
the anti-Tamrlany men and they went
into the fight Ia a practical way, we would
nave a hard timc 10 win ont.
As the year went on and we saw the
getting thicker and when at last
the fusion was complete among tho ltepub-
loans and the others We all realized that
we had tho fight ~ our lives'on our hands.
This was the situation when Mr.. Croker |
to this country from England.
mir. Cookers q wonderful man Many
Of US thought that II was n bad thinR Tor |
him 20 stay away from here most Of the
time and then 20 come back and take
charge and dictate the nominations that
We were 20 make. Ten years ago we would
have gone 20 hin and told him this, hut
for tho last few year. II has been a tough
Job 70 tell Mr. Croker anything that he did
want 20 a
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