Show 1 CROKER DEFENDS TAMMANY Says Reformers Never Did Anything for New York Organization tion thu Helps Poor Man Yan Dublin Oct 24 In the course of an in interview Inv v tt w published this evening in the Tel Telegraph Telegraph Richard Croker referring to Tammany Hall and its alleged bad rep reputation reputation reputation said It is a case of giving a dog a bad name If anyone connected with the or organization organization organization however insignificant his po position position position does docs anything dishonorable Tam Tammany TamS t S many is blamed i The reformers never did anything for New Kew ew York The great bridges the ele elevated elevated railroads the public buildings and everything else are the works of Tam Tammany Tammany many man If there was corruption why did not the district attorney prosecute some somebody somebody somebody body Tammany Hall has succeeded su en entirely entirely on its merits It is the most dem democratic democratic democratic Institution In the world If any anything anything anything thing is wrong with It then something 1 wrong with the people themselves It ItI I stands not only for the poor man but for forthe forthe forthe the foreigner f newly landed in America It believes as against the Republican party part that the foreigner should receive re the benefits b of the American constitution as soot as possible It stands all an around for tor equal rights |