The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-06
NEW YORK'S NEW MAYOR.
SKETCH OF LIFE AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAN

| George Brjnton Mcclellan. who by Tues
 gays election becomes Mayor of Greater
 NeW fork and a possible candidate for
 tne presidepcy on the Democratic ticket
 next year. Is sixteen years the junior of
 Ma9or Low whom he defeated. The only
 son or Little Mac the Union general l or the civil war, hs was born in Dresden,
 ner,any, NOV; 2, 1865, and is therefore
 nearly tnirty-elght years old. His parents
 were visiting Germany at his birth. and
 soon thereafter 1eturned to the United
 states. states. where the son. an only child. was In personal appearance the mayor-elect straight, vigorous, athletic-looking, ciean-shaven man of middle height. He Is aIways carefully dressed, and is consid- cred one Of the best looking men in Con eaes. During eight years service as a rom the point of view of his party Iriends. who predict all sorts of public Denents from his administration not T,.nstanding s,nai the fact that he has been eiected as the Tammany candidate
 Tn my public duties take orders from TO man; MT. Mcclellan is reported to m nave said when ordered by the head of Perry PeaRy Rs,ria' Hal MT. Nixon. to support navaI committee. If this Is to be his motto as mayor, Greater New York will pc agreeably surprised, for it has been SSeenerany Sea charged and believed by both paign just closed that Mcclellan was the colorless candidate of unscrupulous lead CTS who expected to do with him what s1y sney pleased If they succeeded in electing him MT. Mcclellan was graduated from Princeton In 1886. after making A good rec ord In both scholarship and athletics His ttalnlng In the languages was especially dnrtou tmutougn. hi as was shown by the fact that | the Germans, Italians, and other foreign porn voters in their own tongue. His
 nrst work after leaving college was as a
 newspaper neVn reporter in this city. For three
 formed the acquaintance of the Tammany
 leaders. who have pushed him forward ever since. '"Boss'' Croker especially took a, liking to him and made him treasurer
 a two ,he e.ars SrookIyn bridge in 1889. Then for or the board of aldermen, and in 1895 he district.
 Before becoming candidate for Con- gress young Mcclellan studied law at Co-
 lumola University, and in 1891 was ad- | mtted to the bar. For several years he
 was hrst lieutenant of the Eighth Regi-
 Mens, ana then became colonel and aid
 qe-camp on the stan of Governor Hill HIS social tendencies are strong, and he
 Is member of many societies.
 MT Mcclellan has served eight years in
 congress representing a peculiarly mixed constituency. His district includes the gashouse district" of the East Side. the tenderloin' and that portion of upper
 sendom In the middle of Manhattan Is-
 iand north of Twenty-third street and be- | ne has been a better representative than l the average city congressman, but his ac- ! tons or utterances have never attracted
 national attention. He developed at l washington reputation for courtesy, pleasant manners and clean decent liv- ing, but did not become forceful on any | important measure. His age, his friends
 say, forbade this and they claim he often I EhnWnd rn dfcnroffav, n1 ,l debated military subjects often, and in
 1900 was reelected on his declaration that
 the Philippines should not be returned to
 spain and his outcry for an investigation or the conduct of the United States mili- | tary camps He has served on the ways l and means committee
 1 During the campaign MT. Mcclellan s enemies declared that when in Congress
 ne voted for measures favoring silver as
 standard of currency, though regarded I by his constituents as gold man. In
 April, 1902 he is said to have answered
 one of his critics on the floor of the House liam Jennings Bryan is pretty good De- mocracy, nine times out of ten" The fact that he has been unswervingly faithful
 to the Tammany interests that have made him Is claimed by his friends to be only
 one of his many political virtues
 Chicago Tribune.
 An Analysis by an Opponent. | Goorge Brinton Mcclellan Is 3S years old the son of Gen. George B. Mcclellan | Little Mac of the army of the Potomac
 who ran for president against Lincoln ir:
 1864 -'
 He graduated from Princeton in 1sSs | worked as reporter in New York until
 1SS9 and then took his first gift from poli- l tics when he became treasurer of the
 Brooklyn bridge. He held there until 1888
 They made him president of the board of
 aldermen for two years and in 1895 elect
 ed him to congress. where he is yet l In his New York jobs Mcclellan did
 what he was told. He had initiative. no doubt and has yet. for he has brains but
 he also had wisdom beyond his years.
 He was democrat and belonged to Tammany Therefore, he obeyed orders.
 kept regular. and went along Democrats in Tammany like him. Dem- | ocrats out of Tammany like him. Every | body likes him. He has learned the secret
 of success in politics: Be regular and say | nothing
 | Mcclellan Is a handsome man, strong. and straight. and sturdy, with face that | inspires confidence and begets condolences | He has chin enough to make him a fight
 CT, if he chose to fight. and the mouth can | compress into stern and forbidding lines ] His nose~ds good and straight and his \ eyes are well apart and bright. His fore | head Is broad and high, and his hair thick and glossy.
 His shoulders are wide and square. his