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He told me that Grayson said he did not believe the President would be able to
go through another arduous term. He has a <sic>tendancy</sic> toward hardening of the arte-
ries and continual consentration of the mind is bad for that trouble. McAdoo
did not think the President would run, or wanted to run for a second term. I
replied that I believed he would run though I did not tell him that I see every
indication of this fact. People in office often delude themselves, and I be-
lieve the President is in this state now. I am certain he would be a disappoint-
ed man if anything should arise to make a second term impossible.
McAdoo would not think of remaining in the Treasury for six years longer,
and if he knew definitely that a second term was on the cards, he would take
the Metropolitan Life offer. If, on the other hand, the President should not
run a second time, he might consider remaining in the Cabinet and continuing in
public life, if that were possible.
Last night, Fire Commissioner Adamson and the Mayor's secretary came to
see me in great excitement. Murphy was insisting that Governor Glynn should
speak in Tammany Hall. They thought if this were done it would place the Mayer
in a ridiculous attitude, and they thought the independent democrats of New York
State would resent such action by refusing to vote for the Governor at the coming
election. They desired me to tell Glynn that he should not do this. I said
I could not reach the Governor, but they were at liberty to get this word to him
in any way that was feasible.
They telephoned me this morning that at twelve o'clock last night they
had brought about the desired result.
Ex-Corporation Counsel Watson telephoned to tell me of his conversation
with Governor Glynn yesterday, and of Glynn's request that he come and advise
with me. The purport of it was that Glynn did not think McAdoo was giving him
sufficient support. He claims that he has done everything the Administration
desired, and against his judgment had retained Osborn instead of placing Mc-
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