Show 1 ICROKER IS FR BRYAN The Tammany Chief Sets All Doubts at Ret I MAKES OPEN DECLARATION HEBBASKAN JUST TEE MAi TO LEAD DEMOCRATS I Stronger at This Time T Ever Before and the Big New York Organization Will Do All In Its Power to Push Him O to Victory New York Nov 27Richard Croker who is to sail for Europe tomorrow was interviewed today at the Democratic cub He said I I want to say before my reparture for Europe that William J Bran will be the standard bearer of the Democratic > Demo-cratic party In the next national campaign cam-paign The fight will be against trusts and imperialism and Mr Bran is the only man to led such a fight Tammany Tam-many ball will give him its heartiest support you may rest assured of that Na runnIng mate for Mr Bryan has been selected yet Several name have been under consideton but no de on has been arrived at Ills Talk With Gorman I There is not any truth at all said I Mr Croker in the statement that Senator Sen-ator Gorman and I had been talkIng together about another candidate Sea atorGorman and I had some talk about national politics but he is interested in autotrucks and weve talked more about that than anythIng else I have not changed my opinions about Bryan since I came back two months ago I belIeve that he Is stronger than eye bore and that he Is just the man we want for next year Mr Croker on behalf of Tammany Hal today agreed to contrIbute 300 to bun Sergeant Bill Anthony of the MaIne Mr Croker asa promised to give 10 personally to n fund to erect a monument over the grave of the marine ma-rine rineThe Philadelphia Times on Sunday instructed a burIal company to procure pro-cure the body and bury I When the offer of Tammany Hal became known in Philadelphia a representatIve of the newspaper telegraphed insisting on burying Anthony Money For Anthonys BuriaL I 111 Croker sent for Mr Carroll the manager of the burial company and told hIm Tammany Hal wanted to pay 0 toward the expenses and i was agreed that thIs amount should b added to the amount the newspaper promised to pay nd the marine be given a more imposing burial athe Chadwic of the alne had been at the club durIng the day to ee Mr Crolcer The athorltesat WashIngton Wash-Ington luid been communIcated with and had given consent to bur the sailor In the national pint in the GrCEI wood cemetery The body wI be transferred trans-ferred by the undertaker to the marine ma-rIne hospital There It will be met and taken charge of by the UnJted States marInes as if the sailor had dIed there Father Cha wlck cannot officiate at th0 funeral on account of the rules of the Catholic church which forbids a hhurch funeral for one who has corn mltted suicide but the marines chaplain chap-laIn has done all he can to give the brae marIne a fitting burial Some form of service wi be gone through with at the marIne hospital |