The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21

temporary hold upon the minds % the
voters all over the State.
Because the voters 81 both parties up
State have calmly decided In advance
that tho Mayor will run. his refusal would
mean q temporary lowering ~ Democratic
prospects. Temporary. however. this
lowering would doubtless he. Ravens.
who In clearly the second choice. though
far in the background while the Mayor
remains. would still meet no genuine
Republican diaapproval. The same il
true % shepard; II IL less true % Herrick
and Glynn. both ~ whom have once
been beaten candidates. IL il not true
az all Of Sulzer and % Osborne. Neither
Of the last would command anything like
the Republican or Democratic strength
n the others But the salient fact that
appears in the talk 81 Republicans is that
a great number seek only a reasonably
satisfactory Democrat They prefer Gay
nor, but any decent Democrat who can win
will serve at pinch.
An attempt on the part 81 Tammany
Hall 70 dictate a yellow dog ticket-this
alone seems TO imperil Democratic pros
poets Not few Democrats deplore the
present universal prediction Of Demo-
cratic victory. because they dread the
possibility that IL may tempt Charles p,
Murphy to use his undisputed control II
the convention 20 force some small and
unsatisfa ctory man upon a helpless CON
vention. Nothing else in tho whole po-
litical horizon seems to disturb Demo
Gratis. big and little alike; factional fights
are too trivial to signify; differences
about platform do not exist. because no
Democrats are in the least concerned
about platforms. But about Tammany
Hall and the programme Of Mr.. Murphy
they are really anxious. II 10 tho one
peril. in their opinion.
Precisely because they know that the
strength 81 Mayor Gaynor il too great
to admit Of any Tammany Hall inter
ference therefore. not = few Democrats
arc daily becoming more insistent in
their demand that he consent to run.
Not in ten years has a situation hung
more completely upon the decision ~
one man. His acceptance will cause
rejoicing all over the State; his declina-
ton will start apprehension hardly less
general For. however generous the Re-
publicans may h.. the Democrats are still
that the prospects 81 their
party are too bright IN permit their heing
spoiled by traditional Democratic ash
ninity: their fear Of their own destructive
il almost the absurdest
thing in the situation.
II Mayor Gavnor IL nominated. the
friends Of Mr.. Ravens insist that he will
not take the second place. Not improha-
blv this decision NAV be revised. for in
the Mayors present physical condition
he will obviously he unable To campaign.
and the burden 81 the hattie will thus fall
upon the second candidate. The proba.
bility that the Mayor will 10 a candidate
for a higher Office in two years offers a
speedy road IN promotion 10 MIR Ravens
The friends of Martin II Glynn will
doubtless urge him for IN" place. a. will
fhuse of Bissell 81 Buffalo Glvnns record
A. Comptroller would give him strength
IN any place ticket which included
Ravens Glynn and Rissell. together with
Niavor Gavnor. would he the strongcs'
presented Ivy either party IN recent years.
Unul Mayor GHvnor decides. however,
all Dem ocratlc gossip will h" idle IN"
decision m ms case rests with himself .
II he withdraws the hattie between Ha- I
sens and his several rivals will 10 moro |
nearly equal. vet N the minds - the /
ma joritv II the Democrats and Rapuh- .
leans with whom have talked Repre-
sentativ Havens's present strength far
exceeds that Of any other asprant