The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-21

boss of Rhode Island is the man who discovered young Gerry. Talking with Providence newspaper man one day, Gen. Brayton observed: There's another Democratic million aire in Newport for you Democrats to cultivate. His name is Gerry, son of Commodore Gerry. understand he wants to get into politics.
 The reporter made inquiries, printed story about Gerry and published him up and sent him to the city coun- cil From that day on he has been a factor in Rhode Island politics.
 Is Big Navy Man.
 Two years later MT. Gerry was de- feated for reelection. While in Con- gress he served on the Naval Commit tee. Loke most Representatives from coast States where the giant guns point toward the ocean, MT. Gerry favors a big Navy and made two good speech es advocating a large increase in Uncle Sam's ships. He says he has not changed his opinion on that subject mittee in the Senate.
 INIT. 1SlTy IS 1Ht0TeSlou III CIl11u WSl- fare He and Mrs Gerry have done lot of work for the poor children of Providence. He is an officer in the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
 After his election to Congress MT. Gerry purchased large estate at Warwick Neck, not far from the home of the late Senator A1drich, in order that it might not be said by his op- ponents that he didn't live in the dis trict he represented. Here he spends eight or nine months of the year, open ing his Washington house after Thanksgiving.
 For a number of years it has been the practice of MT. and Mrs. Gerry to give Christmas dinner to the poor children of Providence. They engage Infantry Hall, one of the largest in the city, and pile the tables high with turkey and fxings. huge Christ mas tree, handsomely decorated, oc- cupies the center of the stage, and is loaded down with toys for the young sters.
 Each boy and girl receives pair of overshoes or nittens, every boy is giv- en a toy of some kind, and to every little girl is presented a doll fully dressed in the height of fashion.
 In the Summer the kiddies are marched aboard the Gerry yacht which looks as big to them as an ocean liner. There's a good band to play the wedding march, Yankee Doodle" America "TIot Time" etc., and when all are aboard the skipper heads for the bay. The good ship Owera steams about until sunset; when she heads back for the wharf, and the little ones are returned to their waiting parents, tired and sleepy; but not. too tired or too sleepy to cheer for MT. and Mrs Gerry.
 Not Politicians Choice.
 Of course, some cantankerous Re- publican will say that these things are for political effect but the fact re- mains they have been doing this for years and that when the fathers Of these youngsters went to the polls No- vember the z, and the names of Lip pitt, one of the biggest employers of child labor in the State, and Gerry, one of the biggest children's entertain CTS, in Rhode Island, flared up before them on their ballots as candidates for United States Senator, they voted for Gerry.
 The campaign for Senator was short and snappy As one of Gerry's supporters put it: Peter took all the snap out of Iippitt at the start and, actually ran rings around him After our candidate got agoing, Lip pitt didn't have a Chinaman's chance to win. We put Lippitt on the de- fensive all the time. Lippitt was ob- liged to keep both hands before his eyes in order to ward off the Gerry blows"
 But the most interesting thing about the contest on the Democratic side is that when the Democrats nominated Gerry, few of them be- lieved that he had a chance to win.
 Rhode Island hasn't got to the new fangled age in politics yet. They don't have the direct primary The chances are that if they had Gerry wouldn't have been nominated, say some of the wise men of the party.
 Way back last spring, Gerry, it is said, had his eye on the Senatorship. He was willing to run Tor the po1lti- cal exercise he would get out of it, he remarked to some of his friends. If the wise men of the party be- lieved that there was a chance of defeating Lippitt it is said that Fix Gov. Higgins would have taken the nomination. Indeed, it is said, that the Democratic harmony committee named months ago to parcel out the nominations held the matter in abey- ance for long time, hoping that Hig- gins would consent to <be the party sacrifice.
 Short and Snappy Campaign.
 Congressman ,O'Shaunessy arose to remark during the summer that if the good people of Rhode Island and the Providence. Plantations wanted him to be their Senator, he would con- sent to run, but there were some members of the harmony committee George Francis O'Shaunessy to wear the toga, and they saw to it that he was renominated for Congress.
 Finally, after many weeks of de- lay, the Senatorial nomination was of fered Peter went to it as he would go over a hurdle astride his best Ken lucky jumper.
 He has built up quite a personal political machine, and as soon as the die was cast he summoned his lieu tenants about him. That was less than three weeks before election. There was no time to lose.
 Gerry's chief of staff was George H. { -Allthers, a young lawyer, who was I1 1SC 0rnfo 5,fI 1,a