The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-20
Gaynor Is Confident.

Gaynor is as confident of election as
q man well could be. In some rssDeots
he Is an extremely fortunate candidate
OF course. Murphy and his organization
ere behind him So, too. is the AfcCar-
zen organization in BROOKLYN. and Nc
Carer is as anxious for his election "a
Murphy possibly could be- In the event
or Iaynor's success, It Will be inter
estbsg TO watch Developments al civ
hall II is frequently heard here thar
McCaTen planted Gaynor on AIurnl,>,
just as he planted the Cannon-Tam-
many deal; that he arranged the matter
so skillfully that Murphy was led to
believe that ne discovered Gavnor
and that the judge was his candidate
McCarren, meantime. kept quiet, and in
his own skillful way saw to It that
Murphy WIS made aware Of the political
shrewdneSs Of picking Gaynor. McCar-
rem. s closest friends declare that the
Brooklyn senator is almost entirely
responsible FOR Gaynor being in the
race. and that no one understands this
better than Gaynor himself The fact
That the judge showed a disposition to
ac- independently and refused to he
oo9sed by Murphy may be due TO his
knowledge that MCCarren was behind
one Of the keenest politicians in New
York.
At any rate, the success Of Gaynor il
certain TO be followed ,,v sensational
developments. McCarren has been de-
MED his share OF political pap at CITY
hall for a long time. He is hungry for
IL. and II Gaynor goes into Office with
the knowledge and appreciation of the
tact that McCarren was an important
factor IN getting him there, the latter
NAV be depended upon TO take full ad-
vantage Of the situation. He wants 10
De the boss of Greater New York He
Hnds IL irksOme to COnftne his activities
10 Brooklyn. II GayuOr IS kindly dis
btsed toward MN, Mctarren can be de-
pended upon TO Gust Murphy from his
powerful position. II iS not unlikely
that Murphy by this time is fully alive
TO McCaTen's hand in Gaynor's political
/ future. lie mas Two courses open 70
MN, one Is To bury the hatChet and
enter into an alliance with his enemy
The other Is TO fight him. How large a
part Faynor would play is prOblemati-
cal Murphy Is fully as reSorcefuI as
NcCarren, and history records that he
has been victorious, even in the face of
opposition on the part Of the mayor
air Mcclellan virtually declared war on
Murphy and his tactics over a year ago,
hut Murphy went merrily on hts way.
lie Is still boss of his party in New
York city. while 10 looks as though
Mayor Mcclellan viii step into political
oblivion when he leaves city hall.
Campaign Is Warming Up.
1t Is. of course, out of the cues
ton to pick the winner at this stage
OF the contest The campaign IS be
ginning to warm up, and il is not
unlikely that some sensations will be
sprung 5cfore many days. At the
present time it would seem as though
Gaynor had the lead. Left to fight II
out between themselves Hearst and
Barnard would finish fra the ruck. In
pulling Democratic and Independent
Republican votes over to his new
party lies Hearsts only chance. He
Is certainly doing tEst TODAY. but
the volume on election day
win be sufficiently great to make him
mayor remains to be seen.
IT IS difficult TO see how Barnard
can come out OF the race victorious.
lie has demonstrated that he is game
and fair bat he is terrihcaIly haudf-
capped. His ticket has joined Hearst.
and that means the loss of many
votes. Hc is not a fusion candidate
and that means the loss of iudepen-
dent votes in both parties which are
opposed 10 machines. In addition hiS
-dililldl 81 10 % pooiiA managed that {
-unOrs are frequently heard that
Herbert Parsons, chairman of the New
York county Republican commItte,
pulling him out of the
race and throwing the Republican I
strength TO Hearst in last desperate !
attempt 10 beat Tammany liz Is dif
iCult TO believe that these rumors are /
ounded on fact, although &c f. admitted /
hat such a daring move would come
nearer 10 putting Tammauy out of /
business than anything else Mr. Pan
lard sccms TO be the type of citizen 4
who rCfus es to allow himself to be /
made d pawn and he probably will /
20 found in the race 10 the finish. I
ven though he sees nothing better /
han third place ahead of him.