Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-11-11
VARIOUS OPINIONS ON The
ELECTIONS.


on Tammany's estate. 1t Is too large,
and the chIeftalns can easily survive
a period Of separation from the purse
strings. It is OF course-a very serious
thing for an organization like Tam
lmany to lose the board Of estimate
and apportionment. One cannot over
estimate what has generally been
termed the cohesive power of public
plumber, but the Tigers hold has not
been altogether broken, and thoughts
OF possible plumber to come should
have a cohesive effect. Besides which,
there Is little doubt that New York
has been governed in such way as
to suit New York, in large measure.
The New York Sun seems to realize
this, and 1t takes the election Of an
undesirable citizen very seriously. On
the morning after It said:
Judge Gaynor, certainly the most
unfit candidate ever offered for the
mayoralty in the history Of the com
munity, has been elected by an inn
pressive plurality. The fact is full Of
sinister significance.
I'VE discern In 1t a deplorable mani
festation Of public temperament, and
irrepresslbIe determination to give
effect to sense of deep and wide
spread resentment, but to do so with
out a thought Of the consequences or
of the moral delinquency involved in
the act"
On the morning preceding the cleo
ton The Sun had thus alluded to
Tammany's candidate;
Whoever is elected, the commun-
| ity has at last a reason for gratitude
TO It's wise and pure monarch. No
matter II the mephitic plague should
continue for four years and the blind,
the deaf and those with an imperfect
sense Of smell be enyled and enviable
as they have been for the last few
weeks, still are thanks due to our IL
llustrious potentate and grand elector,
the supreme werowance Of Tammany.
He has taken Gaynor off the bench.
Even should the city lose, the courts
and the State have gained immeasur-
ably
Judge Gaynor told recently how he
expected to prosecute a number Of
people after the election. He was
accused, among other things. Of being
IN sympathy with the race track gam
blers and other undesirable elements
We are inclined to think, however
that II would BIO well for him to start
that movement against The Sun.
The Washington Post, having before
II the early returns, saw therein some
things to which il refers as follows;
The elections indicate that the
people Of the country, from Maine t
California, are tired Of too stk deus
reform. Wherever they had al op
portunity they turned down self-ap
pointed reformers' and elected plain
ordinary American citizens to office
: Gibboney. the Philadelphia reformer
Tom Johnson, the Cleveland refOrmer
and Heney. the San Francisco reform
or. we're beaten outright and Viii;
I lock. the Toledo reformer. barely so
, through.
The campaign and election In New
York attracted most attention, bu
there was really no issue involved
except the old issue OF Tammany
! The big guns OF the Republican ant
Democratic parties took no part 4
: the campaign. The outcome has n
n bearing upon national issues. Tan
+ many elects Judge lGaynor. but lose
9 control OF the purse strings. So Il
i victory is barren The organization
l. however. remains lntact--the bes
3 fighting machine IN the country.
a THE lack Of any real Issue In IN
2 New York campaign accounts for N
l. comparatively small vote cast for Nj
2 Hearst. lie Is AZ bis best when igh
2 ms agEresslvely on elear-cut issue
J. The outcome, In our opinion. has n
y bearing upon Mr, Hearsts pOsslbl
strength In future struggles. He Is
man 10 be reckoped with hereafter
o The elections. while locally int
II esting. had little or no relation 10 NJ
70 tional questions. The results after
y very few hints a. TO the attitude {
10 the people toward tariff matters, Il