The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-10-12
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Brooklyn, N. r, Oct. 7.Ths feaow-
Ing letter from Judge Gaynor. dseiin.
ing the nomination for ths olBcs e
judge Of the court Of appeals. was
made public last evening:
Brooklyn, N. T., Oct. s, 1e0A-Hoa.
]. w. Hinckley, Dear Sir: The rease1s
which publicly assigned for los
wishing to become the nominee mr.
governor preclude me from acceptile
another place on the ticket 10 may be
seen by referring to them, and am
therefore constrained to decline the
nomination for Judge Of the court Of
appeals al grateful ~ feel for Il, ard
a. much 90 I should like to hoad
place Of 30 much usefulness. THIS
would suffice; but I feel impelled to
say more. The voice Of the plain,
every day people IL to-day, an actual,
living voice, yea, 1t is, or 1t never was
In the history Of the world: and, In o
contest In which 1t should be summed
up. could not be a candidate for Of.
fee and be silent, US usage and eti-
Quette would require me to do In my
present case.
The center Of thought has passed
from the few to the many, and q great
peaceful political struggle is now pend
ing In this country which is to decide
whether the center Of power shall
remain there also. 1t has more than
once seemed to me that should have
some part In this great contest when
1t came, but II the time Is not to be, I
still hope may be able to feel that I
have done, not much, 1t is true, but
yet something to move my day and
generation forward at least . little,
and to better the condition Of this COM
munity in which my lot has been cast.
I might stop here, but II I did It would
seem to me that had left something
appropriate unsaid in view Of recent
events. I am not without feeling, and
cannot refrain from acknowledging .
vibration Of pain that Organizations
avowedly working unselfishly for high
political methods and for better gov
ernment should afiirmatively refuse
to endorse my nomination In advance
Of my acceptance or refusal. On the
other hand, the
Spontaneous Manisestatien
OF the general Democracy Of the state
toward me. which never expected to
see, and which can only interpret
as full approval Of my past public
conduct, has made upon me an Inn
preston too profound to ever be af-
fected. Circumstances do not permit
me to accept the nomination they have
rendered to me. but my hand and my
heart go out to them oil the same.
1t is now nearly five years ago that
openly objected as IN individual cit.
izen to political methods which !
deemed low, base and unmanly. and
TO ofhcial acts which l deemed heart
less crimes, Involving as they did the
SPECULATION Ut the peoples hard-eArned
money for the enrichment OF few
Who followed politics as trade and
made public officers their mere tools.
l felt that I had q right to speak, for
In the face OF gross wrongs to the
people among whom lived had eat
silent for fifteen years, and silence
often gives the right to speak; bat!
furthermore, from an impulse which 1
cannot define. or reason which u too
inscrutable to assign. found myself
unable to sit longer silent The his
tory Of the four years Of effort which
ensued, by appeal to courts and 70
public opinion, cannot now even
SUMMARIZE; but, in this hour In which
my name Is being tossed back and
forth by contcnding political factions
and In which have broken asunder
the bonds of my perplexity and seen
my duty clear. l beg to say In justice
to myself, and I trust with due mild
ness and without any egotism. that
throughout 1t all was never helped
In Money or Otherwise
by anv politician or political orsanix..
tion or faction whatever: and mn if
In the end finally nrevaiIed r. "a.
SOLELY because the neople. honeat and
unaoIAah undoratooi mo .nd ,aes,,,
n,.od th.+ a. al avants -.. t..,ns
nl1eu ula, ~ an esen's Mas tIyn8
iore, 10 poiiticians or poNticai orean.
izatlons: ,,s., ana rememperins u. .nst Wnat-
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