New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
CROKER FREES HIS MIND
Talks of Hearst's Defeat and Tom
n7any Politicians.
rcoprr,ss.. Ises. By Publishers Prss,,s

1rs1ian, , H.arst, and incidentally pa,d his re
spects TO his enemies in Tannmany Hall AFTER the
interview written he personally nlade SofFee-
tons II is therefore sort of official proeiS
the last, Croker declares. that he VIII nissAs-
In reply 20 question to what had caused
Hesrst's defeat. Croker replied;
God Almighty
7-bcn ne ADDED: His defeat a Judgment of
Heaven owing to his scurr.ous charges ana hi'
uncentIeuanly conduct OF the campaign NiAISl"e
every one who did not hold his ornnioh In a4i Hs
experience 1 do not remember campaign "hio-i
sunk TO such billingsgate
81 s.. TIesrvt referred to me as a corrupt poll
,,c,an II he thinks SO. why did he visit me IN -Ss
at Vantage and beg me TO resume the ieaoetsip - -
Tammany Hall? MIR. Hearst tulploreo me " .
enter politics saying that Lewis Nixon was iHO0
petent and that everybody wanted me TO retifh'
Hearst also confessed that he was annuous '"
enter politics and said I could help nim- NoM
Hearst putting in the position OF Delhs ~ l
-Plunderbund' with Belmont Morgan,
Root Roosevelt Ryan. Freedman ana the rev
Lindsay Parker. 1 proud TO be assoclateU W, W.
these gentlemen. for they have done more Loi 80"
York asleep than Hearst mas acco'iiP1S" -
conscious state OF mind
when was IN New York Hearst and were
close friends, and I always lhsed him. surrey
Hearst did not ST that time think me cofruP'.
do not know why he thinks SO now Hesfsl mas
greatly changed in the las: few years NOW ap
psrentlv he is controlled by the idea that he ls
greater than the Democratic party. be Is atoi-
tious 10 make the party his servant he is siaVe
body who is him IS angel, while everybody
who is against him Is demon
Because l think he is stfn danger TO Demoe-
racy / consider it my duty to speak. If Hearst
had been elected Governor and had continued rais-
ing class distinctions cursing those who made our
country and vidfying every one with oank a0-
count 1 am convinced he would have caused q
class war. bringing sadder days than any America
has known
His power 10 do this has not disappeared De-
mocracy should be guard against him tod
help Democracy if Hearstisn becomes its guiding
principIe"
charge made by Bourke Cochran that he was
corrupt politician, and he replied:
When Cochran was poor youth not only IN
troduced him politics, but as be had no money
! induced Tammany TO pay the expenses OF MS
Congress campaign When he got into congress
Cochran wanted to be appointed to the Ways and
Means Committee. I still had faith in him. ana
suggested appointment TO Speaker Crisp
Mr.. Crisp demurred. saying he feared Denoc-
racy would be sorry later: but finally Cochran was
appointed. 1 consider Cochran one OF the most
dangerous men in American politics All that is
necessary learn his character IS 10 look MIN
straight in the face and watch the little. closely
set. beady eyes roll in ms head ms Is Is me LI h
who into the Four Hundred and Is now preactt t
ing clean politics God save Democracy from sUch
! am unable to explain the attacks on me by my
onetime Tammany friends because OF my intervle"
dicate nay old friends whom | saw year ago
pictured IN hearst papers IN & sI1lPeu Pc +S % at and
thought ! was defending them
friend; 1 George SCanI-els friend when ne
when he wanted 4 friend. quinn says l not
the same Croker that was twenty years ago. ano
that l have become aTistocrat- ! want TO tell
Quinn have not changed since nTst mel MN hL' e1
tc ,t; 9I 1-,S - -.ee 80 1ovS 6esira 70 confinne
the internal warfare They had PEI. better leave my
ening the oggsnization
= always found Charles F. Murphy upright. hon
est ana well meaning. l am sill unable to ao-
venffa1 HsaG h. flrsfO
own man 5suzer1 for Governor Murphy allowed
III Seems, 70 l4es-st held his Indspendenss
stake before submitting TO such tactics. Senator
desert his fiends and The orgaazation It IS absurd
70 tccIse MN o5 FedeLIIg. 10 pe HeacleIous Is
gave open notice that he would retaIiate for the
0T am fislt sad the Tsst Of e t fcet was elected
am esIeeisty pleased VIII the election Of the
have won even If Tamrnany had not supported
Tie talk Of corrupt beiash is ali claptrap since
an unfit Judge. with the possible exception Of
sp Of john e and vas the 5HIS ohy bsmocrat Der oeza
He declined 70 appoint Michael Daily. a com:
The o0gTI on the gTou%pd % that he was TOO close to
1t 50 happened that / had opportunity to
enter the real estate business. and / wanted my
nTIn appointed city aucuoneers. as IT is legally
necessary for a majority OF the Judges 10 select
IeaI estate In IoT ms position All Of the judges
other. favored me. II has been said that this was
to4 Of Judge .Daly. but il is nor true
'lJaly had MS coI2rU man, Henry. named, and
case Iarnnlany believed DAILY was unfit and de-
cIined 10 renor1inate him. The Bar Association
first indorsed DAILY and then rescinded its indorse
meht II was wrong in this case. the fault was
not mine alone, as the action the unanimous
wish o. the TanInany leaders.
ash It1 judgment OF al fair minded persons
ca aPer 59 5sa51 8 Tta Shane d in ny 20
tochiah- / never old anything corrupt be-
pubcans, and that during the administration
Of Governor Black when Senator Platt and I
Dill me agreement was without result. as Gov
ernor Black declined 70 sign the bill Black WAS
tude, but directly aiter~ard lie being car
passed President Mckinley would now he alive II
fhe cartooned Plum 5erbunders are asssss;nat.5
the responsibility viii not be hard 10 trace
y affirm that on no other occasion have 7 nero-
tiated with the Republicans. II any one believes
specifically of corruption In my thirty
I'VE years of political hfe let him speak out I
''Regardtng the future. I want to dispel the ru-
could induce 10 reassert myself in TammanS
and play another part, part in politics m I out for
turned the political arena. Here in Ireland
with ny horses. am looking forward 10 the fifteen
when resumed the leadership of Tamnany in
df Ssa 90 9pEe only Hf{sF 6 Of the district
insisted the call must be unanimous / went
anvbody opposed me to lei him sfd dno asKea @ II
man. Nobody stood Then Mr. sheehan arose and
follow wherever I might lead viii never as s.
the position again. do not intend TO
cred returning 70 gather evidence for nv libel si,it