Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-09-23
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Washinxton. Z. c., Sept. ls.-At th!'
I. time the principal turn on the politica
stage appears to be Burton and John
son In their new sketch. The NayoI
OF Cleveland" or Who Will BE II.
When Theo T.. Rurtou. our lovely and
cnugental pork dispenser OF river an
,harbor appropriations. announced rs
candidacy for the next mAyoralty Oi
Cleveland. there Vas q fanfare OF
itrumpets and an assertion that no less
q parsonage than Roosevelt himself
had asked him to sacrifice his Con
tgressSo0al status and try TO be the
mayor Of the Cleveland town. Not
. few people appeared to be- from
Missoust. and wanted to know why a
man like Burton. Who really has been
an immense credit TO bis State and
the country at large. should sacrifice
the prestige he had gained As q mem.
Der Of the National Congress and run
| for mayor in q town like Cleveland.
Il finally settled down to the impres-
sion that Burton had his eye on. and
had been measured for q senatorial
toea. and that II was wisdom for him
70 20 back . little for the prospects
Of the future. Rut then came Roose-
velt's announcement that he had no in.
tentioa whatever OF interfering In the
Cleveland mayoealty light. Then
svssybody knew that something vas
-. Now II appears that the admins
tratioa feels the necessity OF bolster.
nc up Q lost cause. and someone had
10 Be brought forward. possibly a.
. aseriAce. to snatch victory where
defeat means mach. To understand
The situatjcn in Cleveland. let MS ex.
pla'n:
Tom l. johnson has been mayor
twice over. and expects TO be II the
tAird time. After each victory he has
sarsagtAenea the machine 50 that II
- Dext to Tammany Hail IN New York.
tAs stronsest machine in the country
"a Democratic buttress In Republi-
can camping gruan6. He 10 what You
would call an aggressive man. not q
roAical. HIS machine 10 constituted
under poSalar favor. and 10 the result
os appeals 70 the public. largely upon
The regulation q municipal corpora
tisns md establishment Of . three
csus fArs On railroad lines. Do not
eonfcund this With socialism, for such
. not the case. The business inter
esas Of Cleveland. fearful that John
suo. Il again elected, would put into
eject municipal policies that would be
Astrimeotal to their interests. and
juaging that the margin Of safety had
bssn reached. enlisted the aid Of the
sAministrstioo 70 beaa johnson. which
at course neeessitated the nominating
Of q man vho was Of . political cali
bre much too large for . mere mayor
No one appeared to have the prestige
that Burton has. and besides, with his
kmown senatorial aspirations. two
birds might Be killed with one stone
and that thorn IN the administration
AesA, Foraker. might be retired with
honor. So Burton yielded and accept.
ID. Now what viii happen Is this:
II Burton wins. we'll and good--and
Aoe. TAN wtll receive . mighty sup
port, and Fosak&r viii be retired when
the proper time comes. But what II
b hoses. The administration. and the
sdministratioo's "favorite son" are
ant % 20 down In the general wreck
and . stagSering blow directed at the
Republican ramparts in the Middle
West. johnson has an immensely
strong hold on Cleveland. and many
supporters outside OF that big city.
Should he win. while he would not
displace Bryan from the PEDESTAL OF
Democratic hopes and favor. he would
easily be the second man. aud Bryan
and johnson would not 60 at all bad
together. He would make Bryan mil.
lions of votes where others would
make thousands. II would. indeed, be
strange to see Roosevelt himself
termed a radical. fighting . radical, an
appeaier TO the public-and We, cir
cumstances alter cases-Johnson, as
stated before. Is . Democrat IN = Re
publican stronghold.
One by one the men bers OF the ad.
ministration family are returning To
| the fold. Secretary Oscar 8. Straus -