The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-12
CAMPAIGN IS ON
IN NEW YORK CITY

New York, Oct. 1.-Two candidates
for mayor OF Greater New York who
have been engaged In bitter denuncia-
tion OF each other during the past two
days-William r Hearst and William
]. Gaynor, appeared before the public
tonight for their first addresses of the
campaign Hearst spoke at Carnegie
Hall and formally accepted the NOM
ination of the Independents, known as
the Civic Alliance Gaynor appear.
ed in Brooklyn as the regular Demo
cratic nominee.
Hearst refrained from attacking his
rival but Justice Gaynor In his speech
arraigned what he declared to be
Hearst's breach of faith In repudiating
him, challenged the editor 10 meet
him In joint debate on the issues of
the campagni
II want fair play. in this contest"
said Gaynor. "The open enemy |
honor. but | despise the enemy that
sits back as an editor or otherwise
pretending to be Your friend when he
Is only smiling while he buries your
dagger In your ribs The yellow comes
out of a man If 1t Is In him. SO | say
let us have IL out in the open. Mr..
Hearst"
William Wins, Republican candi-
date for mayor four years ago took an
important part in the Hearst meeting.
In fact, It was WINS who made the
bitterest attack upon Gaynor.
He declared Gaynor had partlclpat-
ed In a conference at a hotel in this
city In which he advised Patrick H.
McCarren. q man whom WINS describ-
ed as a lobbyist that the anti-racc
track gambling law. as passed by the
legislature in this state, was uncon-
stitutlonal
Wins said he was aware of the per.
soDal risk in making such state.
ment in that Justice Gaynor is still
on the bench
William J. Gaynor," he continued.
"has judicial history of demagog-
ism and political trIckery. And as to
the statements ! have Just made, he
must either get OFF the bench or he
VIII have his opportunity of having
me disbarrcd His whole life is a
chapter OF political hypocrisy and
shall take q large part of my time
during the next two weeks In demon
stratlng it
Mr.. Hearst In his speech said in
part:
Il represent Your nomination. and
we can defeat one OF the most dis
graceful Tammany tickets ever NOM
mated in this city. | can see no dan
ger TO this city In the election OF Mr.
Barnard or of myself or even OF Judge
Gaynor. But ! can distinctly see a
serious danger to our citizens and hui
initiation to our city in the election of
the individuals appointed by Mr. Muir
ply and Mr McCarren TO represent
the Democracy In this campaign.
Mr.. Murphy says that In our as
sociation here tonight in behalf Of
good men and good measures, he
smells plot. What he smells Is tho
evil stencil of the corrupt bargain be
tween Woodruff and McCarren. and
Cannon and Tammany Hall. This cor
ruptlon smells to heaven
Judge Gaynor dwelt for the most
part on his record
Judge me by my past" he said
THE newspapers are not all with
me and perhaps that's no misfortune
But | know II to be a fact that the
STATS of the newspapers are with me-
/ took the pains today to find out how
much one of these same papers got
out of the city. IN the last three years
II has been paid $235 900"
He said he would publish the list
OF money thus contributed by the city
TO newspapers.
Then. taking up Hearst, he said:
These newspapers cry out against
every good, shout traitor to every man
who has laid aside a dollar-and the
very leader of all the demagogic news
papers himself has S55.000.0 900 and Is
now engaged IN the very worst of this
dcmagogy"