Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-04 | Page 1 | Croker Says He is Too Old to be a Leader

CROKER SAYS HE IS TOO OLD TO BE A LEADER New York Dec 1 In an interview WIth Richard Croker the Evening Post today Quotes quote the Tammany leader lander as saying You won wont t see He much m h more leading on en onn ona my part in n the future I am getting t oM old oMand and worn out a and I cannot c t thone be a Held field horse hone for everybody any longer I ad admit admit admit mit that the leader of Tammany hall should stay ta in New York aH an th the year round and I cannot stay Itay here for tor more than a part of the year If I tried to stay here all aU of the time Um I could do no work at atAH ataU atall aU all AH All this talk about me roe being state leader and tr trying in to dictate in national politics is nonsense I T am In no eon con condition to do any kind of leading but of f course I 1 will always take deep d Interest in Tammany the best I can When asked if he was training anybody to succeed him as u leader he be replied Oh Ob ObI OhI I have ban not come to that yet Tet and I have not planned m my future except that I will go 80 to England in January or February The Tammany executive ex committee will meet next month and you may hear more of the matter then