Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1893 — CROKER'S QUIET WAYS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CROKER'S QUIET WAYS.

she Great Politician's Vnobtrnslveness Surprises a Visitor. Richard Croker, the biggest of all New York’s professional politicians, Is not a striking-looking man at all. He looks much more like a success* ful turfman than the controller of the greatest political force in American national affairs. But although

Mr. Croker admires horses, and has recently purchased some fine ones, the turf is only a divertisement. His serious occupation in life is that of running the great Tammany machine. He has served a long apprenticeship and knows his business from the ground up. He is now nearly fifty years old and has been in active political life for thirty years. He was elected Alderman when only twenty-three years old, serving several terms. He held many successive offices, finally becoming Eire Commissioner under Mayor Edson and being reappointed by Mayor Hewitt. Croker is an Irishman by birth, but he has been a resident of New York City from infancy. His family was an honorable one, his grandfather having been an inspector general of the British army, an uncle a member of parliament from Cork, another uncle a captain in the army, while other relatives were prominent in social and political circles. His father was a farmer and an educated man, who emigrated to America to better his position. He served as an officer during the war in Gen. Sickles’ brigade and in the Tenth New York Engineers.

RICHARD CHOKER