Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-12
HILL and CROKER
COMING BACK
Old Political Leaders To
Take Part In
Campaign
SIGNIFICANT SWITCH OF
These two To BRYAN
They Opposed Cleveland and Then
Came Into Line-They May
Repeat 1t With Mr..
Bryan
(Saff Correspondence)

'."''" p'hh'It Mn anu hitH-
ara Croker have been spending a
week together at the Croker place In
iIeiahd, ana that simultaneously with
,he announcement OF this rather re.
lliarkaDle WISH, the former boss OF
iaHmahy announces that he VIII
come 10 this country during the cam
paign ana give his moral support to
bryan!
ana right along with these an.
houhcements, BOSS Murphy puts out
u declaration full OF confidence, that
.he democrats are going to carry New
iork this year.
a conference OF Croker and Hill ut
lhe latters nome at this time could
hardiy laii 10 set all the political CUES.
sers a-nutter; and 1t surely has had
mat erect. In l9Oo, AT the Kansas
City convention, winch gave Bryan his
second nomination, they did not work
IN the utmost harmony; but really IL
was hard at that time to tell which
OF the twain was more interested in
me EFFORT to down Bryan. Hill and
Croker were two bosses OF that dele
cation.
Sosses Worked Together.
Hill wanted to force a conservative
platform through the convention.
Croker co'operated with him In this
ana gave him Gus Van Wyck for New
forks member OF the resolutions
committee. The conservatives had
control OF the committee, indeed, in
the beginning, and Bryan would sure.
~ be defeated In the platform room,
but for playing his last card: he tele-
sraphed the committee that unless
the money plank of 1896 were spccin.
cally, verbatim ct literatim, restatcd,
he would refuse the nomination.
That was enough. The committee
surrendered, and both Hill and Crok.
or were defeated while Bryan ruled.
Both Opposed Cleveland.
Eight years before that, Hill and
Croker had made common cause
against Grover Cleveland In the 1892
convention at Chicago. Croker did
that rather because he hated Cleye
land than because he loved Hill. New
York gave its delegation to Hill for
president, and Croker was for Hill;
but despite II all, William c. Whitney
deieateu them ana nominated CleVe'
land without his own state. II looked
gloomy to try to elect Cleveland with
out Tammany and with Hill sulkins
But Whitney went to Hill and got him
Strengthened out so far as was neces'
sary to assure he would do no active
damage. Then, to cverybody's sur
prise, Tammany came around ia
Cleveland. 1t did so because Croker
wanted to repay to Whitney favor
the latter had done him many years
before.
Still Have Followers.
Since that time, and since 1900, the
relations Of Bryan. Hin and Croker
have, from all accounts, become bet
ter than ever before. True, Hill and
Croker are out ct the active game;
but they are yet looked up To and re-
vcrcd by their ancient followers.
u they should decide To get togcth'
or, and, returning from Europe, make
Joint appeal to their old followers "a
stand for Bryan and put the Democra'
cy on Its feet, they would cause a
tremendous sweep OF the old enthus'
iasm In the state.
Mr.. Croker became reconciled to
Bryan even before Hill did. The
thing which brought both these men
10 realize mat Bryan was inevitable,