| Show CROKERS CHEERFUL WAY A good many years ago when Boss I Tweed was in charge of Tammany and Samuel J Tllden was In charge of I Tweed that is when he was the great political boss of the State of New I York there was an election and after it was over Horace Greeley published ian i-an open letter directed to Mr Tllden I reminding him that the receiver was I equally gullY with the thief and pointing point-ing out to him that In a certain ward in the city the Democratic majority returned exceeded In numbers all the men women children horses nnd mules I In that ward Mr Tllden maintained n discreet silence under tho accusation The reason was because It was true I looks as though the purpose of that same organization over which old man Tweed directly presided and which Mr Tllden indirectly ruled was Intending to try to repeat that history next Tuesday Tues-day I will be kept In mind that Mr Bryan went to Tow York n month ago i was the guest of the great manipulator I of tho Tammany society which rules New York that when Bryan rose from the table he remarked that Tammany Is great ant Croker Is Its prophet A man of Crokerjs trend of mind will return every possible favor for that toadyism I is perfectly understood that Mr Croker has made his fortune I In part through the levying of assessments assess-ments upon the saloons the gambling fraternity and the lost women of that I great city of New York and partly by Corrupting Judges to make decisions favorable to his own plan for manipulating I manipu-lating the stock market A man who would do that would do anything I Is known that Tammany Is tho I most corrupt and violent of all American I Ameri-can political machines and the other night at n great meeting Croker as an Eastern paper says passed to the I front of the stage with a Bowery slouch I and demanded a free ballot and n fair count Then In order to establish I freedom and fairness he stated the method which ho recommentlecl should be followed I was In these words My advice to Democratic voters tho country over Is 1 to congregate about lie polling places in the evening of election day count noses and then It i the election returns for Bryan dont tally with their count to go Into tho polling places and throw thoso follows In charge of tho ro turns Into tho street Readers will note that that was spoken spo-ken by a man who Is Mr Bryans prophet In this campaign I is n hint to Democrats everywhere to bulldoze the polls and to add to tho count until they get majority enough for their uses This plan has evidently been In Mr CroUors mind for a long time else he would not have so recklessly wagered his money on the result of the campaign I cam-paign Wo think the result will be that perhaps Republicans also will keep track of their voters down to the smallest est ward and see that there really Is I a free ballot and a fall count The difference dif-ference between Mr Croker and Mr Bryan Is that Mr Bryan has been preaching anarchy for the lost four wqeks doing what ho could to excite all the class and race and partisan prejudices of the vicious and the Ignorant while Croker being practical In his methods proposes to use brute force if necessary neces-sary to Insure what he would call a fair count and that he is shameless In his enunciation of It Is due to the character of tho man who believes in brute force and that brains arc given men simply that they may exploit their clcvUtr in some practical way cither i for personal 01 political advancement |
