Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-05-16 | Page 2 | Croker to Stay in England

CROKER TO STA 1 LONDON LONDO i Way x 16 In In an interview t Wanta Wantage e Richard d Croker said that ere f Yere ere he lie in n New YO York he would certainly cert t vote for Robert l A Ac Van Wyck as asbrand grand brand sachem of Tammany ny Hall and that Mr Van Wyck in m h his s opinion was I as as fine a man as ever e drew v breath and anda andi i a a good Mayor Mr Crocker said sald that Thomas L. L Feitner had b ben been en his lifelong lifelong life life- long ong friend but that he had had been grand sachem achem many times In in fact for too long ong a a. time h Mr Croker said he saw his own friends split up some of ot of them voting for Mr Van Wyck and others for Mr j Feltner He expressed him himself elf as very I Sorry that Lewis Nixon had resigned I as S chairman of the finance committee He Ile said he had given no orders but I that he had left the matter entirely to the the leaders to decide Mr Croker said the he had cabled Mr Nixon ix n last Wednesday Wednesday Wednes- Wednes Wednes Wednes- day lay to do just as he pleased and If Mr r. r Nixon n could not i control them it t. t as as not my fault Mr Dir Croker said he had no Intention of bf returning to New York in Augu August and that he could not say when he would go back