The morning call., 1894-10-06
o WISH TO HARM HILL.
Whom He Thinks a Most Able
Statesman.
;UT HE SCORES THE MACHINE
And Pays His Respects to the
Political Enemies Who Have
Opposed Him.

BROOKLYN, N. Y. Oct. 5.-The follow
the nomination for the cffice OF Judge of
the Court of Apreals, was made public
this evening:
BROOKLYN. N. Y. Oct 5. 1894.
Hon. j. W. Htnckley-Dear Sir: The reasons
which 1 publicly assigned for not wishing TO
become the nominee for Governor preclude
me from accepting another place on the ticket,
as may be seen by recurring to them. and am
therefore constrained to decline the nomina-
ton for Judge OF the Court Of Appeals, as
grateful as 1 feel for it, and as much as
should like to hold place OF 80 much useful
ness. This would suffice, but feel impelled to
say more.
am not without feeling and cannot refrain
from acknowledging a vibration of pain that
organizations avowedy working unselfshly
for high political methods and for better gov.
ernment should affirmatively refuse 10 indorse
my nomination in advance of my acceptance
or refusal. II is now five years ago that
openly objected as an individual citizen TO po-
liiical methods which L deemed low, base and
unmanly. and to official acts which deemed
heartess crimes, involving as they did spola.
tion of the peoples naldearned money for the
enrichment Of a few who followed politics as
trade and made public officials their mere
tools.
felt that had a right to speak, for In the
face Of gross wrongs 10 the peopls among whom
lived had sat silent for fifteen years, but.
furthermore. from an impulse which I cannot
define or reason which is too inscrutable to
assign, 1 found myself unable TO sit sen {
longer. The history of the four years OF effort
which ensued. by appeals 10 courts and publ C
opinion, cannot now even summarize; but in
this hour in which my name is being tossed
back and forth by contendlng political factions,
and In which have broken ssunder the bonds
of my perplexity, and seen my duty clear, beg
10 say. sin justice TO myself. aud L trust
with due mlldness and without any
egotism. that throughout it all 1 was never
helped in money or otherwise by any politician
or political OrganiZaio or faction whatever,
and that II in the end finally prevailed 1t was
absolutely because the people. honest and un-
selfish, understood me, and recognized that at
all events l was trying to do right. Owing
nothing, therefore. 10 politicians or political
organizations, and remembering that what lit.
tie have done to lift Government up was done
a, a private citizen, do not value any Office
so highly as to wish to achieve 1t against the
opposition of those whom 1 had sup
posed would be my friends. III
thought the withdrawal Of my name would In.
jure Senator HIPS canvass / would try to see
some way TO allow it 10 remain, for his recent
development In the national Senate places him
with the foremost public men OF his day. Be
tween him and his opponent he should, aud
/ trust will, prevail. Though this letter takes
me away from promotion In the line OF my
taste 1 have written it without ct, for II
keeps me In line with my past / write il tC
the hurt of no man, but In justice to all men, t.
the public and myself.
To thine own self be true
And IL must follow az the night the day
Thou canst not then be false to any man,
w. j. GAYNOR.