Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-27
GAYNoR 8 AVAILABILITY.
Friends Think lie Would he Accept.
able to bryan.

Holland, in a special letter TO the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. says that
recently Mayor Gaynor's name has
been menti Soed." as the co,loquialism
Of politics expresses It. IN connection with
the democratic nomination for President.
Whether Mayor Gaynor win ne brought
very prominently before the convention
at Baltimore or not depends upon one
or two contingencies. But II his imme-
diAte friends could have had their way
there would have been at present no
more than remotely suggestive refer
ence to the Mayor as a man who has
| much Of that qualification for a preeiden-
tal nomination which Ia called avail
| ability. Some Of these who have been
familiar with the political career OF May
or Gaynor have In all sincerity assert
| ed that the Mayor Is as able a politician
! as Roosevelt. although his ability IL OF
a different character. Gaynor Is very
apt pupil OF the kind OF politics which
| was taught by Samuel j. Tilden- Had
ne been Of mature years in Martin Van
Burens day he would have been denom-
mated the prize scholar in Van Buren,
school OF politics. That IL the secretive,
| undemonstrative skilfuliy burrowing
method OF politics as distinguished from
that OF which Roosevelt is MASTER
namely, successful appeal TO the public
and the marshainG Of large numbers OF
men to his own purposes. Roosevelt
however. can be very secretive. and no
possesses kind Of taciturnity which Is
concealed by voluble and epigrammatic
Iuttsrance.
Mayor Gavnor must have known a year
ago that his administration Of che city
OF New York had succeeded in many
ways. although while he was making his
canvass for Mayor the prediction was
made that he would fail as an executive
officer in these directions. He has not
aienated the great business interests of
New York. and has in fact. gained the
support or confidence OF many of tho
leading business men. He has not for
feited the support OF those who work for
wages, although II was with peremptory
methods that ne put an end to the strike
Of the street cleaners ny declaring that
they we're mutineers. being public SER
wants He mustered the strike Of the
expressmen. and vet he did that without
FORGETTING the support OF the labor or
ganization. In one OF his speeches he
was audactous enough 70 intimate that
attacks upon the trusts which had been
made by prominent men Of the State OF
New Jersey would be OF greater avail II
: the State OF New Jersey we're TO take
from its statute books the provisions
which have made the organization OF
the trusts possible. He has the reputa-
I ton of being scholarly man. and Is so
far as the classics are concerned. as pro-
found reader as IL Colonel Roosevelt
himself He ia one Of the few men IN
public life to-day who is a master OF
sinewy vigorous. accurate use OF the
English tongue. AS a letter writer he Is
UNIQUE. These, OF course. are superficial
qualifications. but they have served tr
fix the attention Of many persons In othe,
: parts of the country upon him.
GAYNOR AND BRYAN.
Probably the chief availability which
Mayor Gavnor Ia presumed by HIS friend.
r now to have as democratic candidate
for the Presidency is the belef thar Il
he were a candidate he would be more
likely TO gain the electoral vote OF New
! York state than any other democrat
< There Is also the incidental availaoilit!
. discovered in what IA believed TO be TIT
: truth-namely. that Colonel Bryan would
himself most cordially approve the nom
. nation of Mayor Gaynor. although thu
Mayor is probably not Colonel Bryan
\ first choice.
3 Last winter. when Colonel Bryan wa.
lin this city he met informally some o
the leading democrats of New Yorl
city and State He then said in appar
: ent sincerity that he had no thought o
2 obtaining the nomination himself. II
; was. in fact, quoted as having said tina
:. he was now convinced that a maJortt.
n of the people OF the United States dl'
r not want him to be President There
J.; fore the chief interest which he woul'
lhave IN the democratic national conven
ton would be conferred In the platform
OF course. II was easy TO see that
Colonel Bryan wrote the platform n
least two OF the democrats now promi
nently named as candidates would not
without being unfaithful to their ow
convictions. be able 10 stand upon II
u These two are Underwood and Harmon
But there is little doubt that Mayo
II Gnynor would accept any platform Brya
u might write.