New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-07
.TTSTICE G1YNOR OTT


Justirc Gavnor's letter of dcclination iustihes
the confidence of his friends that he could not
be prevailed upon tn accept tainted hoihhi-
ton II was held back 80 long mat good ciu-
zrns were beginning 10 suspect that they III"
made a false estimate of the man as genuine
and consistent rcfOrmcr: and when II appcai'"
Fl last. after an interval filled with ruihors "i
secret negotiations and deals. it was not rs out
spokcn aS il ought To have been. lhor' "'r'
too many evidences of Sclf-consclolish'sS III IT.
thcrc WAS y ullcrllous tone in his criticism oi
the BROOKLYN independent Democrats: ana lh'rc
WAS too much Difference paid To Senator Ill.,
whose nomination ought 10 have convinced jus
ticc ,;aynor that he himself was an anomalous
and imposSible candidate on the saline 'lch''
Rut we are not disposed To be hypcrcrl''"i
Iusticc t;avnor has come To his senses, solii'"
what tar,lily. but still Enthusiastically lie mas
got out Of bad company. greatly To the reilel
of all who were anxious To think well OF MN.
Justicc Gaynor states that the grounds for MS
rofrsol Of the nomination for the Court of APP
,o,ls arc thc reasons which he publicly AS
.;cpod for not wishing To be the candidate for
Governor. Apparently he refers 10 the dlSP''o"
sent to Saratoga relating TO hi, election 10 ''''
Supreme Court under exceptional condltionS' anu
asserting that he could not again so Sooh "P-
peal 10 the splendid individual integrity ana Ill
"tcngcncc" which stood behind the bal"'S cast
for him last fall. He is right In ASSUMING 'li'
his moral obligations to the good citizens VINO
supported him then i? campaign OF reior"
and conscience precludcd his subsequent ne
travail of public confidence by the acceptance
Of a nomination on the Hill ticket
4 year ago when the moral instincts OF inc
ncoplc Of this State had been shocked ana th'r
conscicnccs quckened bv the nomination Oh
MAYNARD 10 the Court of Appeals rs n reward
for his crimes. Mclaughlin named servic'api'
tool Mr. Pcarsall. rs a proper colleague OH 'h'
Supreme Bench for upright men like Justices
Cullcn and Bartlett In order 10 avert the as
grace of the promotion Of so unfit lawyer rs
Mr. Pearsall 10 the bench. the Republican jul
dietary Convention nominated aS his opponent
William J. ,:aynor a Democrat who had dis-
tincuishod himself by successful warfare upon
municipal corruption IN brooklyn The Repup-
licans with the aid Of Independent Democrats
elected their Reform candidate 10y great ma
iortv. ovcrthrowing Mckanc's foul conspiracy
to count him ont through systematic fraud
What would William j. Gaynor have said II
in ono Of fine pallscs ~ that canvass h. could
hoVc been revealed 10 his own wondering eyes
n 4 machine candidate like Maynard. cheek 10y
owl with Hi and Huxley. after twelve months:
Then he was a trusted leader III 4 reform cam
r,ign for thc yindlcation II the honor 81 In"
judiciary. for the publication 81 corrupt politics
and for the punishment Of election criminals
How could hc be- the confederate Of David Il.
Hi. who 'hcad-dcyillcd the whole Maynard
conspiracy" agans, honest elections the laws Of
IL. .rift 4 he
Court? He ought 10 have declined with dignity
and scIfrcspcct rhc tail piece nomination within
twenty four hours Ills friends have been un-
able to understand why he has dalli'd with 1t,
negotiated secretly with Mayuard's master ana
acted ~ though some Kind II deal with him
and the Democratic bosses was practicable.
What was # that created FOR Justice Gaynor
q sudden reputation year ago. II was his snc-
ccs,ful fight with Mckane aud gang of cleo
ton thieves. who entered into rebellion against
the Supreme Court. Their treason was made
ollous when they were convicted and punished
q. Ewbrcaker>. and rebels. But Mckan".
Sutherland Newton and their undcrling> had
not done at GraVcscnd anything that was essen
| tally different from the outrage> which David
| Il Hi had nstgatol and committed when Gov
nrnor Of New York The Grivcscnd rascll- nm
dcrtook mon-trou~ election crimes with The IN
| Strumcutaty Of padded registry Isis AMI
fraudulent voting. ana incidentally they d"hcd
| the authority Of the Supreme Court and became
rebels against the laws Of New York. But GOV
crnnr Hill with the help of Maynard Rice.
| Huxley and swarm IF other reckless follow
ors had successfully engineered Il conspiracy
even more monSlrouS. by which four Republican
/ Senators were cheated ont ~ their election the
| will OF the people reversed and the Legislature"
stolen: and Incidentally he had inSiigal"d local
Boards Of Supervisors and the state Board "i
/ CanvasserS To commit crimes: Ii" bad removed
officials for refusing tc violate their oaths and
had substituted for them creatures willing 10
certify to lies: and he bad counScllcd directed
and arranged the theft of election returns from
his own office and from the offices Of the Con
| trocr and The Secretary of State In dclibcIht"
and wanlon violation of the orders of two jus
iiccS Of the Supreme Court. Barnard ana 'nl-
len.
Justice Gaynor. after doing great public
| work an breaking up the Gravescnd gang. could
not with dcccncv allow his name to be associ-
atcd with that of the leader OF the greater and
foulcr conspiracy He has got out of il. *
every one expected that he would do His ac-
ccptancc Of the nomination would have implied
"A shrnkage in his own moral stature far more
| remarkable than the development of Senator
| Hill AT Washington. which has appealed strong
~ To his imagination. II he had not cut him
| self loose from these evil associations, honest,
! virtuous and conscientious citizens would not
have been able to recognize him the same
William j. Gaynor whom they supported gladly
in the Reform canvass Il year ago