Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-25
CRoKER's COMMENT.
The Former Tammany Leader Hopes
 Bryan Will Win.

Dublin, July 25.-Richard Croker will return to New York this fall. AL though disclaiming any intention of taking part in the coming democratic campaign, he expressly stated that he was in favor of Mir Bryan, hoped he would win, and thought that he could do so.
 .'I am going back to see some of my old friends" he gave as the explana- 'tion. T have been away four years in January, and it's long enough" ." It was while watching gang of men in the hayfield at Glencairn that MT Croker was shown the front page headline of Dublin paper containing the story of the Denver convention.
 So it's done," said Mir Croker "Well, l expected 1t. Bryan is go9r man and the old party ought to win. But who's this Kern?"
 After lapse of several minutes MT Croker continued:
 "Oh, I suppose l will find number of strange names when 1 return. He's from Indiana, is he? Suppose he can land the state? Yes, the republican party has been in power too long. It's time they were getting out"
 Removing his pipe from his mouth, MT Croker said with emphasis:
 What sort of men have you got over there, anyway? There's Roose- welt; he's all right for writing books. but you don't want that sort of man for president. He only knows one game. He doesn't know the top and bottom, the man that shoots craps on the corner and the man that plays bridge in his club. He knows himself and his set, that's all. D'you see?
 And Hughes! Say, that man ought to be in the Salvation army! That's where he belongs. When is his term up, anyway? This fall? How do you explain New York standing for man like that, eh?
 "Cut out betting! You might as we'll cut out eating. It's human na- ture to bet. All life is a gamble. That hay out there is gamble. Those pictures you've taken as a gamble. You can't go to bed at night without gambling on your getting up, and you cant put a shirt on your back with out going into a game of chance.
 Why, I bet Elder Hughes gambles himself, only he does it in a different way. He says to the bookmaker. you quit your way of making living. but I won't quit mine. You take money on the races and take money on the business gamble or the law gamble the biggest con game profession known-or something else. And the people of New York put a man at their head like that. tell you men like that never ought to be let out of bed. They are one-sided freaks. They don't know the people. They are dragging the country down instead of up. They are taking away our lib- erty and showing us back to the old blue laws.
 Roosevelt is the same kind. Look here. who would be elected king of the world tomorrow if there was an election for every mothers son on the Elobe7 Roosevelt? Hughes7 Not for a minute. But whof King Ed ward. There's the most popular man in Chrisfendom. And whyg Just be- cause he's the sort of man ! say ought to lead a nation--a big man. a broad man. a man who knows the whole game and not a part of It. an allg around gentleman who enjoys fair game and understands the poor tip- ster in the two-bob ring as we'll as the rich maa somewhere else doing the same thing
 No. sir. there's more freedom. ac- tuaI freedom here in Ireland to-day than there Is In New York. And men like Roosevelt and Hughes are the cause Of it.
 When asked for the exact date of his return the reply vas. Cant tell xoa now. Probably as scon as racing Is over