The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

ri EW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE new
y mayor elect of New York and con-
gresham from the Twelfth district
somewhat serenely started off to Wash
ington on business the day after cleo
ton. He will pay no attention to city
affairs until after the adjournment OF
the special session of congress. 1t cam
not be discovered that George Brinton
Mcclellan has been stirred to any deep
emotion by being elected mayor. 1t
was noted on the night of election at
his personal headquarters in the Bar
tholdi hotel that he was not inclined to
mix" even in the Notification. The
headquarters on the second floor of the
hotel were open to all corners, but
the successful candidate remained on
the floor above the greater part of the
evening closeted with John J. Delany,
J. Sergeant Cram and later in the
night with Charles f. Murphy.
He Is Not Emotional.
In truth, the next mayor of New
York is not an emotional man. But he
is certainly a lucky one There is a
good deal in a name in these days,
particularly if the name be Mcclellan.
George B. Mcclellan, a son of the man
of Antietam, the idol OF the army of
the Potomac, and one of the greatest
military engineers that history records.
is today the idol of Tammany Hall. 1t
is a significant fact that the name of
the more successful Gen. Grant excites
no interest now except in the career Of
the man himself. His sons come and
~, all
small society reporters pay but little
attention to them.
But the name of Mcclellan is still a
living, moving force. Shorn he was of
the high military honors that he priced,
disastrously beaten though he was in a
race for the presidency into which his
friends unwisely forced him, his name
is as popular today as it was when the
men of the army alternately sWore by
him and prayed for him.
The heart of a man is peculiar or
ganism, almost as peculiar as the heart
of woman. In it somewhere beyond
fathoming lies the secret of the devo-
ton that Mcclellan, like the first Ma
poleon, was able to inspire in his men
alike in success and adversely
1t is necessary to recall this remark
able popularity of the organizer of the
army of the Potomac, in order to I'M
derstand the somewhat astonishing
success in life of his son, and to show
the worth Of name to a young man
of even moderate ability in public life.
George B. Mcclellan viii be thirty
nine years old Nov. %. AS a matter
of fact he is not more bright or able
than thousands Of young men that are
working at the desk or between pillow
handles. But because of his name as
much as-and perhaps more-than for
any other reason he has been elected
a member of the common council of
the city of New York, has sat as it's
president, and has been, and is, q lead
er in that powerful political body, Tam
many Hall, which, whatever its faults
may be- is the most powerful individual
organization in this country He has
served in the lower house OF the ma
tional congress five consecutive terms
and when he assumes power as mayor
of Greater New York it will be with
a somewhat remarkable political record
for d young man.
Senator David B. Hill, Of New York
who, like his mentor Samuel J. Tilden
believes i'll young men of the right sort,
was the first to see that young McClel-
Ian was d trump card in the game OF