The sun., 1901-10-24
WOULD Be MAYOR -FOUR TIMES
M0UYRE AGAIN NOMINATED BY
SYRACUSE DEMOCRATS.
Now ser,ins His sixth Year - Mayor.
ard the Republicans Hope To Heat
Slim on His Record and IIis Tammsny
Nrthcsts Uis Personal FoIiowtnE.

.erve ,hree terms of two years each as
Mayor of a city of more than 10000 nhab-
i,ant. and then receive unoppo-ed the
nomination for a fourth term, he may
fairly bs said to have a strong hold On tho
peopIe That IL what James X Mcclure
Of ,hi. t.iiv has done. and his friends In the
Democratic party. whose nominee b" H.
are banking on this personal popularity
Of the candidate % stave on defeat that
the Republicans expect 20 administer.
The Republican nomination has gone 70
Jaw r. Kline. a lawyer, and the campaign
il 10 be made on Mctiuire's record IA he
past ak years and the exposure M anes'n
hammany methods IN his administration.
II remains Co be Seen how much effect thcse
expo.ures will have on the Mayors own
following, the people who know him as
jimmy Mcclure. q good boy.
McGuir" was horn IN New YORK, mn ne
came here at an early age and has grown
up with the CITY. His parents were In only
fairly comfortable circumstance just
where Young Mcclure received his early
education Il not quito clear 70 those VINO
have listened to his campaign speeche-
during the Year, oi his PoIt'cal we, VIZ, n,1s
north 81 the Erie Canal. which divides me
city-ha A W In efcct 60 the Germans who's"
votes he IL after
NV friends, you have known me long
time I, Is here that played AZ boy
and here | attended your Hchool
Their. IL a parochial school attached 10
the hig German Catholic Church on the
North Side. There Is also one on the South
Side. attached To what Ia now ~. Johh
Catholic Cathedral When Mcclure makes
q campaign speech In the latter neighbor
hood he says again In eNect. TO the ,lrirh
.My friends. you know me well 1played
here as a hoy and went 10 school with many
OF you
eral campaigning method Of the man
A. II happens. be- lives. and has lived Tor
years. IN that part Of the city where the
residents Of French descent are grouped.
and TO them he appeals ~ n neighbor
10 far a. II known he never piayed AZ .
boy. or went 70 school. or lived In the He
brew quarter, but he has carefully made
friends there The Hebrew residents have
always been represented In his adfninisra-
tion, and the FIRST Hebrew policeman In
Syracuse was put on the lore" htet
does no; neglect the colored people during
campaign tim.s II has been his custom
to make a house-to-house oAnvaSs OF tho
district
As for the Italians, they ar. generally, r,.Ll;,
considered his supporters. Tom Marvel
Is for Mctiuir. and that means practically
tho whole district for MARVEL is banker,
broker boarrier and boss Of most OF the
Italians In the city He runs bank ana
money exchange. keeps a boarding house
and a saloon and builds sewers
He also keeps a general store, whioh
attracted some attention when the Mcclure
administration was under Investigation
by committee Of the state Legislature
a year ago MARVEL admitted 10 the com
mittse that most Of the Italians In the city
had received aid from Mctiuire~ Poor
Department during the winter preoeding
h- Last reelection The aid was mostly
In the form of orders for supplies on Mar
wells store
IL NAV be remarked here that Jacob Sehl,
the man who was McGuirc's Oversc'r of
Poor AT that time. Was aftsrw ard indicted
for acts committed during his term OF
Office He " a. tried twice, but the Jury
disagreed both times. Before he could to
tried again he died. Other mcmber- Of the
city government were also indicted Tor
budget Juggling, hut nothing came OF the
cases, though the Republicans think enough
Wa shown Of Nc, ,iuire methods To turn
many Of hs former supporters from him.
Mct,uires bitterest enemies admit that
he il a hard worker al all times and trele--
during political campaigns IL was un-
doubt.dly by hard work that he reached poli,-
ical prominence He left school when very
Young, but his education did not stop there
His evenings were devoted 20 study, and II
NAV perhaps tie as well said of him a. OF
any man that he ~ relf-made
though he -seins To have always had
political career In mind. he has proved a
s,cceS=nil business man A. a boy he en-
tered "A hardware firm and advancei until
the sign over the door became Kennedy.
Sons 4 Mcclure The firm failed alter
Mcclure became Mayor and gave most of
his time To- city afair- He reorganized IL
later lie H. al-o Interested In an Insurance
company, which WIS brought to the at
tention OF the Legislative Investigating
COMMITTEES on the ground thai " wa getting
city business.
chief interest in the Catholic Sun. pub
lished ia this city, and ~ far NJ that sort
of paper can be political II 10 - In Mct'uir"
interest Later, he or a company Formed
Of Democrats led by him, started the hsHin1
Tsie gram. taking the plant OF the morning
Courier when that old organ of Democracy
died of lack Of financial nourishment from
the party The Telegram gets political
pap enough 60 keep alive and of course
IL McGuire's personal organ
Mcclure first attracted the attention of
the polit III ans when he was making rpcechee
~ the labor lyceums and similar gather
ings He was then youngsier, hut he
showed that study had given him grasp
81 public Affairs beyond his years. Then
he won place IN tho local Democra'lc
party by his knowledge Of tho tarin issue
Of which ha had been a cloee student.
This put him TO the front rapidly as n
campaign writer and talk.r and the leaders
began 10 recognize james n Mcclure
No a factor In the party He was welcomed
20 the Informal meetings in the Vanderbilt
Hotel lobby. whore there Il art of local
Amen Corner
There he swapped arguments with the
old men of his own party and OF the other
and soon demonstrated HE ability for
several years hs sought no Office hring
content 10 go on the stump In every cam
paign for the regular nominees Of the party
During the-s years Of sy~eChmaking In
every part Of the Citv he made the friends
who rallied to him, when. after steadfastly
declining nominations for minor oflcee, h@
wss finally put NJ the head 81 the DEM
ocraiic Ciiy ticket, He was elected and
took grea, pride In the fact that he was
tho Youngest Mayor 81 a large city In th"
United Siates He was then "a
Mayor Mctmire's political ambitions are
not confined W Syracuse and he has oh
tanned some recognition IN the State and
national organizations ~ his party New
York had some chance of getting acquainted
with him las, wear when b" was Chairman
of the Executive Committee 81 IN" state
Democratic Committee AMI was ostensihlv
In ~hArga - the Bryan csmraign He has
h,-rn m.ntionei NJ 'imes A. n candidate for
Governor ~ lasuteutan' -Governor
Tho MAvor u not a handsome man. u"
will admit that But hi- audienc~- do not
stop ~ think about physical beauty when
he gets to talking. Hnd u wa. through his
ability a. n platform sJeak~t that h@ won
a.. ha H.