THE OUTRAGE ON MR. GAYNOR

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 894, 13 August 1910, Page 5

THE OUTRAGE ON MR. GAYNOR

"A VALUABLE POLITICAL ASSET." By Telegraph-Press Assooiation-dopyright. . (Roc. August 12, 10.15 p.m.) New York, August 12. Mr. Gnynor, Mayoi of New \urh, who was wounded by an assailant.as he was embarking for Europe on Tuesday, is doing ivell, and a speedy recovery is expected. Many suggestions are being mado'as to Mr. Gaynor's chances of selection as the next Democratic candidato for tho Presidency. The outrage, and the .consequent sympathy with its victim, is looked , upon by some as. a valuable political asset to the , . Democrats. In a recent article the "Louisville.Herald" said: Mayor Gaynor, who presides over the destiuy of New York, is amazing his opponents and surprising his friends. Since entering upon his duties he' has manifested a grasp of public questions,, and a tactful, determined manner of going about his business, that is in striking contrast to the rhetorical character of ■ the campaign he waged for office. ■. Those who looked for him to make a ; spectacular, talkative official, who would be .long on aphorisms and short on action, are finding • their estimate of tho man at fault. Those who counted ppon him to make an averagely good and honest executive, conceding the usual patronage to-the -party machine, and dosing his eyes to many things that were not enough on '.the surface to be publicly offensive, have been. disappointed. ... Gaynor is anything but a figurehead. He has abandoned epigram and Epictetus, and set himself deliberately ; to the Achievement of real reforms that will place his administration, iif the pace be maintained, among the best that New lork has enjoyed. . ,