Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-16
GOSSIP POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE.

he left that job. are not convincing: they
ring holowly; he appears merely to
chuckle in obedience to habit. Mr.. Low
by the way, once considered that he
might have a chance for the presidency
through being mayor of New York. He
forgot all abou. that foolshness. how
ever. after he'd been mayorizing for
about three months.
Take. too, the case of young George B.
Mcclellan, now the mayor of New York
When Mr. Mcclellan was a Tammany
member of Congress he was one of the
most agreeable. not to say ebullient.
young men in the legislative body. Life
seemed always 10 be swimming in rose
and trimming over for him. He was
there all the time with wreathed smiles.
AS he walked briskly down the Avenue
from the Capitol on the sparkling winter
afternoons his countenance diffused
warmth, glow. cheerfulness.
Well, Mr.. Mcclellan has become a
soured sort of a young man. l attribute
it solely to the fact that. he has been
mayor of New York. l am among those
who believe that Mr.. Mcclellan wasn't
elected mayor the last time. l have heard
it stated by insiders that Mr.. Nice .ellan
entertains something more than sus-
picion Of that same general essence him
self. The fact; anyhow, that his title
was more or less defective was what
might be called a Knockout in its effect
upon the disposition of young Mr.. Nc
Clellan. He seemed to curl up, SO to
speak, from that time.
Moreover, he has been savagely criti-
csed in and out of his party all the time
he has been holding down the job. Under
his regime the annual expenditures of
New York have become something stu
pendous. Extravaganza has reigned SUI
preme Impartial critics appear to be of
the opinion that Mr.. Mcclellan has not
he has not even pleased the people who
made him mayor He has not been even
on speaking terms with Charlie Muir
ply for some years. Thus, not being
able TO please his own gang, and certainly
not pleasing folks who expect New York
way of municipal ts-which
New York hasn't got under Mr.. McClel-
lan-the young gentleman has become de
cidedly acidulOuS as to his temper. He
no longer appears to care much for any
thing or anybody, politically speaking.
Yet it is the easiest thing in the world to
remember the time when young Mr. Nc
Clellan, for his own promising traits as
we'll as for the fact that he was the son
of his father, was looked upon by the po-
good chance to get the democratic nomi-
nation for President when his hour
struck. 1 know of my own knowledge
that young Mcclellan confidently ex-
pected to get the democratic nominal ton
whenever the ubiquitous omnipresent and
persistent Mr.. Bryan could, in the provi-
dence of heaven, be eliminated from the
equation.
Now, however. Mr. Mcclellan doesn't
expect anything. doesn't seem to want
anything except permission to fade away
and be let alone.
The answer, as it is viewed by shrewd
scrutinizers of situations over here. Is
that Mr.. Mcclellan has been mayor of
New York. 1t is deemed by the wise ones
that he made the political blunder of his
life, taking him as an ambitious young
political gentleman, when he accepted
that job.
AS to Mr.. Gaynor's alleged aspirations