Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1908 — CHOKER GREETED WITH CHEERS [ARTICLE]

CHOKER GREETED WITH CHEERS

Ilia New York Friends Meet Him Down the Bay on His Arrival Today. New York. Nov. 20.—The news that the Lusitania, with Richard Croker rtboard, was sighted down the bay early today was the signal for the Tammany braves to get busy with their welcome for their former chieftain. A large excursion steamer , Lad been chartered to meet the incoming liner. The Tammany vessel was crowded tpr the rails with politicians of high and low degree, who shivered In the keen November wind that blew in from the Narrows. Despite the chi llness, much enthusiasm was manifested.