Show 1 4 4 r tf i f on Whom Crocker Crock s t f t t J Mantle May My F 11 t tJ tI I DC J Ji 10 J i 4 rda i 4 1 I it I 4 t A 11 IL t 4 a ad aS f i d S 1 1 1 L Jt Dr 10 J t TORN JOHN P F New York Herald HeraldA A new name is Lv on the lips Ups Qt Tam Tammany many sunny many men a new new figure fig re has hag ha advanced advanced from the background of leaders and nd now stands well toward the front at atthe atthe atthe the right hand of Richard Ri hard Croker The name and the figure are those of John JohnF hn F P Carroll clerk of the court cou t p of gen general g n eral seep ions vI Chairman of the Tammany finance committee and for former former mer Mayor Robert A Van Wy ks po political sponsor I Mr Carroll is 43 years yea old He is of I medium height rather inclined to i portliness s in figure invariably well dressed and in general appearance re resembling resembling resembling a successful business man manIn manIn manIn In a Wall street crowd he would pass without attracting special attention If you OU noticed him at all aU you would be Inclined to say There Is a man who I knows what he wants and how to get it in spite of ot opposition The impression of firmness and con concentration concentration concentration of purpose is given by b his smoothly shaven face well proportioned proportioned features with its square chin and slightly contracted brows His mouth has a good natured lift at the corners indicating good fellowship I when nothing serious is to be attended to His eyes are clear direct and pen penetrating penetrating The top of his head Is bald revealing an outline which hints at an evenly balanced brain inside insides I IlIr s Mr lIr Carrolls CarroUs manner Is wholly In ac as accord e ecord cord with his outward appearance He Heis HeIs Heis is soft spoken and his words are few and carefully considered If questioned he gives a direct answer without ex en explanation explanation and without any other topic than the h to him It I does 8 not expert in character reading to infer the native shrewdness s which has his nis path to the front rank In Tammany He bad no other hell in making his way He was ss born In Newyork N and educated in the public 1 schools and Manhattan college from which he graduated He Refs is a very ve firm believer In the doctrine of o ey Y York for Nev Yorkers which w enunciated by Mr lIr Sheehan the wrath of ot some of the cit leaders bo be because cause he was a of Buffalo and first rose to prominence in the politics of Brie rie county h hIi Mr M Ii Carroll became cashier r of the firm of Campbell Cmpbell Gal Galway way after lie e left lett coU his attention from toe the first was glyen given largely to pol pot I for which he early arly developed aj a aptitude He Joined the Tammany or organization orga ga in the t he old Sixteenth assem assembly bly lily dt district ot He d the at nt attention tendon of Joseph J then thena a park commissioner and afterward city chamberlain ln Mr Mc found the young man a place in the park department th lie he I t tile lIr life S 2 When Tammany Into chaos after the downfall of Tweed Mr Car l stuck to tol the organization and worked hard to restore order Recorder e r Smyth ip in 1879 1379 got him an appointment nt as at attendant attendant attendant in the court of general sea ses sessions and aDd he be was assigned to act as clerk to the grand jury Here he be be became became came familiar with the administration of criminal justice ju Among Carrolls C political friends was the late elate Ambrose who when he was elected civil judge appointed him clerk of the Seventh SeY nth district court courtIn In 1881 He retained that position un Ull till 1886 when he resigned signed i to t become clerk cI rk of the court of special S1 sessions at t 6 a year Upon the death of f John Sparks in Inlet let Carroll succeeded him as clerk of the th court of general sessions and oyer and aDd terminer As clerk of general ses see sessions si al pe he received r a salary of ot io o with an aji additional as clerk of f foyer oyer and terminer besides the fees Meantime the late Sheriff James A Fl ck got into divorce difficulties and found It necessary ary in 1539 to resign the leadership of the Twentieth district which had bed h d taken the place of the old Sixteenth Sixteenth Carroll was chosen by Mr Croker Cr to succeed him and an d he justified jU Stift d L the choice by his bis management Owing to divisions In hf the Democratic ranka and alliances with ith the Republicans R the th district had been en uncertain before betor Car Carroll Carroll Carroll roll took hold of or it He made himself popular WIth the younger men then broke brok the power of the county count Democracy and cemented the forces of Tammany by showing them that unity of action meant victory and Its rewards The Twentieth district was afterward I cut in two to form the and Carroll named name the leaders of both and still It III controls them though he retired from active leadership himself out of deference deter nce to t the wish of the judges of f the general genera term He now lives at 3 East ast Eighty first street In the dis district district a few blocks north of Mr r Cro Croker Croker ker her 2 S Mr Carroll has hag many of Mr Crokers Croker characteristics While he cherishes warm friendship and is I loyal to his hi I friends he is Js a good hater and does doe not forget scores until they are ue settled He is fond of his home bome life and does not no drink his only personal indulgence be being belag lag ing good cigars Among politicians he hi has earned the reputation of ot being able abl to say uno no and when he says it he h means It He has bu a a suavity which Mr Croker lacks and w which attracts even r strangers to him at once He is able abl to get through a large amount of work wor worIn In Ina a short time and to do it ft well At all aU times he is forceful for ful alert and am S Those who know him well wel say say that with Mr Crokers support he hew h will w I bring Tammany to a greater great r per perfection perfection of organization than it has yet ye attained and insure for tor it the position of state and national importance for fo which Mr Croker is planning Mr Carroll has ha been at various times time timea a member of the Home club of which he was w h treasurer and of the Manhat Manhattan tan Democratic and Wawayanda Fish Fishing ing lug club His Hla name nathe hs ie bc never been as associated associated associated with any political or other othe scandal and his record is clean |