The Washington herald., 1908-02-02

! New York, Feb 1.-The nomination of
/ Theodore Roosevelt 10 be the next mayor
/ Of New York. made and seconded by
Jacob Riis. the Presidents intimate
/ friend, set the old-time politicians gos-
siping last week about the time Roose-
welt was the Republican candidate foT
mayor IN 1856, when Abram s Hewitt was
elected. with Henry George a surprising
1 ly good second, and Mr. Roosevelt a con-
fessedly bad third.
Would Mr. Roosevelt consent to accept
( a fusion nomination with the Hearst
people as allies. they asked? Would he
discuss local issues and the sins Of
I Tammany Hall from the hustings and
would he make seven OF eight halls in
one night in an automobiles even nine
as William NJ WINS did when he was
running for mayor two years ago?
Would he speak from the same platform
with Max Ihmsen or William r. Hearst?
/ Mr. Roosevelt IN the early part Of Oc-
/ tober. lSs6. was slated 10 be the candidate
+ for president Of the board Of aldermen.
/ He was twenty-eight years old then and
/ had served in the assembly three years
and headed the New York delegation to
/ the Chicago convention which nominated
James G. Blaine for President IN 1884
I O. B. Potter had been slated for mayor
until two days before the convention.
which met In Grand Opera House Hall
on Friday. October l.
His Nomination.
Elihu Root was chairman Of the con-
vention and Chauneey NJ Depew made
the single nominating speech. lie was
cheered as he asccnded the platform and
announced the Republican policy Of pro
lection I'm these words.
The Republican party says something
which is in no sense ambiguous and
which everybody can understand and
/ It says IL after an uninterrupted expert
ence iu administering the government
during twenty-five years-that the trade
1 or this continent shall be- fostered by
protecting American industries
The reason for this speech was well
/ understood by the machine leaders. for
/ Mr. Roosevelt at that time had not vet
freed himself from "a suspicion OF free
trade leauiuEs. Mr. Depew continued.
"There is in this city a young man
/ who comes fully up TO the ideal Of
what the mayor Of New York ought 10
I be-a young man who went into the
legislature with the enthusiasm Of youth
and none Of the lessons of experience.
/ when be committed a wrong be- had
the rare courage to admit his falling
and If ever be- entered upon a wrong
track be had the nanliness to ask some
. body 10 point ont % him The right track.
The name Of this young man is Theodore
+ Roosevelt
When the cheering had subsidized and
+ the nomination was about 20 be made
I hy aCClamatDu. Isaac Dayton. described
as ga Republican who had a habit ~
/ being in a hopeless minority" arose with
a protest
4 II DO not ike 10 differ with the majority
Of the convention in this matter" be-
said. "hut I do not believe thar Mr
I Roosevelt would be the choice Of half q
dozen men in this convention If left TO
-heir OWL choice. l repeat thar I do not
F believe that more than half "a dozen men
present intend to honestly support Mr..
+ Roosevelt for election"
That shorter Word Used.
/ There We're Kisses and many loud yells
T OF that shorter and uglier word. but
f 1iT. Dayton continued.
Il am not protectionist and never
was. I know that Theodore Roosevelt is
you run him as a candidate for mayor
after what AR Depew has said?"
Mr. Depew made a little speech that
made everybody laugh and which estab-
Ished ROosevelt's regularity apparently.
+ The convention named him with one dis
I sentiHe, vote. Mr.. Depew said:
sF .rF
many Things. He was brave enough when
. he saw that he was in error 10 seek tn
advice Of older and wiser men. Like many
young men when they leave college he
was free trader. He may not have
/ had entirely orthodox religious views,
But DE is no longer free trader. He
+ is cured OF that"
When they took the news Of his nom
iuation 20 Mr. Roosevelt at the Union
+ League Club that nigh, he admitted that
until tWenty-fcur hours before he had
not been spoken 10 formally about the
mayoralty
1 Il feel il my duty TO accept, he said.
/ Should I be elected. one Of my first en-
deavors would be 10 check the enormous
/ waste OF the city's money by a whole
/ sale discharge of the countless useless
employees who are retained merely on ac-
.
II think ] could serve the Republican
party best by devoting nay whole at
tention 20 serving the city Of New York
and by making appointments solely with
! refereQCe TO the efficiency with which
/ appointees can fulfill their duties with
ont paying the slightest heed 20 partisan
affiliations and by striking boldly at all
abuses of power. in dropping useless
/ employees from the pay rolls I should give
no heed whatever to either personal or
political considerations, regarding solely
/ the public service"
His Campaign.
/ 1Ir Roosevelt opened headquarters AT
/ the Gilsey House and the county com
mittee got busy at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel The campaign was short. but
+ lively. Mr. Hewitt and Mr.. George eX-
changed argument, logic, and sarcasm
with each other AT long range. All the
/ labor organizations the Rev Father Nc
/ Glynn. Father DuCey. the Rev. Heber
/ Newton. and many prominent students of
/ economies were out for George. Tam
many Hall and the county Democracy
! were combined for Hewitt
! The Republican machine went through
/ the motions Of making an energetic can
vass for Roosevelt. Johnny Simpson,
/ John J. O'Brien. Judge Patterson Clarry
/ Meade, Fred Gibbs, Shed Shook, Barney
/ Biglin, John " Jacobus. Johnnie Nugent.
/ George HilIard. John II. Gunner, John
H. Davenport. Steve French, Frank Ray
mond. ". II. Ten Eyck. Jacob Hess, John
! Reisenweber. and the other old-timers
who kept the organization together prom
4 ised votes enough To swamp the other
/ two candidates
/ we viii win over both our opponents
/ Mr.. Roosevelt declared in the opening
/ of his campaign. and he was cheered lus-