Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-22
HEARST PLACED THIRD
New York Politicians Do Not
Expect Him to Win.
MAY HURT GAYNOR'S VOTE
Tammany and Republicans Ready to
Combine.
BIDDING FOR HEBREW SUPPORT
Editorial Endorsement of the Demo-
cratic Candidate by a Catholic
Paper-Murphy Worried.
MAY HURT GAYNOR'S VOTE
BIDDING FOR HEBREW SUPPORT
Special From a Stafr Correspondent.

Special From STAFF Correspondent
NEW YORK October 22-No we'll in
formed politician in any political camp
thinks that Mr.. Hearst will be elected
mayor. Most of the observers think that
he will not poll higher than 20 or 60 per
cent of lis vote in 1905. and that he will
run third in the race. What, then, will
be the effect of his candidacy?
The effect will be what the purpose of
his candidacy had in view-to take away
from Tammany some of the extreme rad
ical sentiment of the town, which, If only
a silk stocking republican and a Judge
of the people" We're running. would go
to the judge and for the whole Tam
many ticket.
There is admittedly fair possibility of
the election of the anti-Tammany city
ticket below the office of mayor, thus
giving the opponents of Tammany a ma
jority on the board of estimate and ap-
rortionment. Whatever Mr. Hearst draws
for himself goes also to this ticket
1t is well known in political circles.
among the leaders and managers, that It
is no part of the tactics either of Tam
many or the republicans to allow Mr..
Hearst to be mayor. If the republicans
thought he were running ahead of Gay
d
hopeless third. they would swing to Gay
nor. William NJ. WINS to the contrary
notwithstanding. If Murphy should come
TO the conclusion that Judge Gaynor can
not win. he would swing enough of his
handy men to Barnard to insure that
gentleman's election, and grab off some of
his own county and assembly tickets by
way of compensation
Murphy Worried.
Mr.. Hearst is merely being used as a
pawn in the game to control the board of
estimate. and the compensations of the
game are evidently satisfactory to him
and doubtless highly commendabIe. In
the meantime he adds to the picturesque
ness of the campaign and interferes with
Mr.. Murphy S rest O. nights.
Mr.. Murphy has been much worried for
day or two over Judge Gaynor's violent
attacks on Hearst. He has come to the
conclusion that Judge Gaynor Is playing
right into the hands of Hearst by max
ing his personality the main issue of the
campaign-something that pleases Mr.
Hearst right down to the ground. Judge
GayEors ill-tempered speeches have also
worried others of his friends and they
are trying. might and main. to get him
to shift the cut and deal another hand
But Judge Gaynor is peculiar in one
respect-he-is not amenable to the voice
political manager. He has no managers
of his own, he has no executive commit
tee. no council of advice; but goes his
own way He is suspicious of all sug-
geStlon, even when it is we'll intended
and is inclined to attach Interior motive
to it.
Bidding for Hebrew Vote.
He is the hardest customer to handle
that the political bosses of Tammany
IA Tta
he has received lately was one made by
his devoted admirer, Abram Abrams of
Brooklyn, the millionaire merchant, to
receive delegation of some seventy-odd
ra Dbis. They came to his house, and the
judge was all compliments
He congratulated them that they were
oi race of such antiGu ty that at a
tine when the judges ancestors were liv-
ing in caves, wearing skins and eating
raw the meat slaughtered with stone
axes the ancestors of the rabbs had a
knowledge of the true God and laws
which are the foundation of Errp ran
civil. .zation today. The intellectusl $
must have smiled at the judges
less plag arism of Of Beacol. ,,'s
cleverest passages from his most ,ele-
brated novel.
The judge is bidding for the Hebrew
vote. He is going after the rabbis and
the leaders of the race on one line and
seeking the Hebrew tradesman Of Hester
street on another He promises the latte.
that II elected mayor there will be no ha-
RAISING Of his little business, no sidewalk
graft, no persecution for Sunday opening.
Down on the lower East Side last night
he gave the widest assurances Of personal
liberty protection.
The Catholics and Gaynor.
The Catholic Church has not yet taken
stand against Gaynor. 1t is not neces-
sary that II should indorse him. the ques
tion is whether it opposes him. The fol-
lowing appears III a Catholic newspaper
published across the river. The paper is
approved by Bishop O'Connor and Bishop
AIcFau and is edited by Father Cantwell
and Father Brown. This is part of an
editorial:
1t is undoubtedly true that some Cath
olics would take an adverse view OF Gay
nor and his nomination. But we think
they are mistaken who imagine that the
great bulk of the Catholic vote would be
hurled against Judge Gaynor. Nothing
of the kind would take place.
The Catholic voter. we feel convinced.
will judge Gaynor by the ancient Ameri-
can standard: Is he able? Is he hon
est? Is he true to the Constitution? No
tons his honesty. There is not a Catho-
lie in all New York city but believes
him faithful to the Constitution.
From our way of looking at things
we can see no reason, other things being
equal. why Judge Gaynor should not re-
ceive the support of loyal Catholics If
nominated for mayor of New York or
any other high Office n. o. NJ.