Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

ablest of the group, not convinced and under
his vigorous though secret urgings the ring re-
doubled it's efforts to beat the man
At the proper time the proposition from the party
in power to make combination with the outs was
sprung upon the public. 1t created almost much
of sensation had Gormly S rejection of the sup
port of the opposition 1t hailed side
evidence of the fairness of the party in power
and of the Central Society, which many people mag
ined needed no alliance of that kind 1t
sideredias testimony for the claim that the party in
power had nothing to conceal, since it admitted the
outs to it's councils and that it sincerely DESTROYS
of giving New York a business administration in
which all factions and parties should be represented
There truth in the contention, too. The only
faction party that would not be represented by
this alliance would be the common people
Wiser heads, however, realized that atruistc
methods were inconsistent entirely with the real
spirit of either party and in the alliance con-
of the Gormy party seized upon this idea and made
the most of it. In the beginning, Gormly's adver-
tisements including his political manifestos had
been printed in every paper IN the city. They were
paid for as other advertisements are-and why
not? But the Central Society had put the screws
certain journals that owed much to its influence,
refused any of Gormly's unique proclamations.
They protested themselves entirely ready to print
his business advertisements at the usual rates:
Gormly retaated, OF course, by withdrawing all
advertising of any sort from them and doubling
the space he purchased in the other papers. Nat
uraly therefore, the press divided into two sections
and those that favorable to the new candidate.
The abest editorial talent in New York
listed as never before in this campaign.
incidentally, nothing that he could have said
done could have so increased the business of his
store. His business rivals and associates indeed
suggested, and the suggestion was quickly seized
upon by the administration papers, that the whole
thing clever advertising dodge, and that
Gormly simply using his candidacy to boom
his store. There satisfactory answer to
this argument which of the best that could
have been devised, and it was harped upon assidu
ous y although their leader vigorously defended
against this charge by his army of fighters
THE general counsel for the Gormly mercantile
operations was a very distinguished law firm,
one member of which had held Cabinet position
in the national Government number of years back.
The legal and political moves in the game we'll
known to them, and they afforded Gormy i'm
amount of valuable advice. They that
all the provisions of the law regarding his candidacy
were complied with; they advised him of the neCeS-
sity for clerks watchers, and other minor officers
connected with the election and carefully sought to
preserve the strictest legality and to that all
requirements of the election laws were fulfilled
The expenses of the campaign were enormous.
Not cent paid out for bribery or for the pur
pose of influencing votes in any improper way; but
the hiring of halls, the payment of the expenses of
meetings organization, transportation, printing sal
Gormly himself had not realized how great these
penses would be; but he paid them without blenCh-
ing. His resources vast. He put at the dis
posal of his candidacy all the accumuatons and
earnings of twenty five years. He saw that by the