folk of his circle were cheerless and cold, for to be beaten is to be
hated in Tammany Hall. And so he made pretense of abdication and Mr.
Nixon appeared in his place. The sequel of that ill-fortuned
substitution is known.

"Mr. Croker will continue still to hold what Tammany territory he may.
He has money interests to protect. And yet, strive and plot and battle
as best he can, it is too late. His day is over and his power lost. He
will win such consideration and no more, as Mr. Carroll and the
others grant.

"It is to be doubted if Mr. Croker realizes how prone and dead he is.
One knows when one is wounded, but one knows not when one is killed.
Some near day, or some far day, Mr. Croker will seek to return. Then,
and not until that time, will he comprehend the palsy that has
stricken his supremacy. Mr. Croker will return only to be denied. And
that, too, will be as it should; for even a Napoleon comes back but
once to France."




=No Time Like To-Day=


Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying.