New-York tribune., 1909-10-18
WINS ANSWERS GAYNOR
PREDICTS HIS DEFE4T.
scvs He Has Forced Him Into the
Open and ShOsrn Him Unfit.

william n rvins ISSUED a statement last night
!. which ne answers Justice Gaynors speech OF
saturday night and dwells on the Tarnmanv can
saste't intellectual dishonesty" and "unntness"
re saws that II Gaynor will keep himself in the
rubTe eye long enough he viii get the worst beat,
snr Tsmmany nominee ever received He starts
thUs:
Ny principal EFFORT has been 10 compel Mr. GAY
e the people to let them see precSleT Hnip boI b2Hse
mind works / cannot too earnestly urge every
They are the most perfect possible Illustration 81
hs thorough Iao6 of qualification for the Office for
Peraton. personalities. eKsggeration, error and
Mr. WINS says that GaynOr admits having die
fEted the nominations Of Moore and Calvin A.,
rNering the justices question as TO vvhetber FaD
nErd vas asked 10 scsrfry the Republican ticket
ne SAYS there was no need Of such action as tba
people who made the fusion ticket saw to II that
clean and competent ticket for the Board ., gs,i
mate and Apportionment was nominated Con-
tinuing, Mr. WINS says:
This is only one illustration NJ NJ c.o,.
evn intsneciual dishonesty and his unuttersble
BE says thst Mr Calvin viii make the best
S5 y lon me 6osrd OF Aldermen the city has
en- nIne ne oesi president that the city has ever
GoVsn vas unsatisfactory TO Mr. Cavnor and
wants 1oRodv - on nj fhs oRn speech admits that he
poTiionment whom he cannot ssv with as he
The attack upon Mr.. Hearst is one which u,ist
IL, Selot NoGna repeat every night from now
hang: y snd hegged his indorsement He expected
@ 70 o l6oorSea @ or nominated by all parties and
of the stripes > eN0ep' the party
After referring to Judge Gaynor.s statements n,
the traction investigation. concerning the facts q,
which ne SAYS Gaynor betrays remarkable igno
vance. Mr. WINS says:
evident that the poor is wandering in his mind
~ Investigation was conducted with the utmost
fhoroughness and was carried 10 the last sfen
which was possible for any one to take
He condemns the old system and overlooks the
caHlidate ne now is and whose Board Of Estimate
Hno Apportionment he wants elected because as he
says, ! want no barren sceptre put in nv hand .
t5e sLeskz OF The fact that by act OF the Legis-
laIIre me RAPID Transit Commission empOw-
ered 70 contract separately for construction and
that II was my friends and mVssf if ~ GS tb sd
q q S9vsrnor Hughes who secured the passage of
He speaks Of the overcapitalization OF the old
Igllees- ~ ~ vas Governor Hughes and his friends
VINO mace such oVerca pitaZatiOn impossible in the
;Iae e 2y secqTIng The passage OF the Public Ser
that his history OF the past has no possible res.
uqn 70 anything that can occur in the future.
fte talks about the city's credit IN a way which
demonstrates oonclusively that ne knows nothing
si5r af he aSsT IS %lLhont waiting for the de
rowing capacity Of Sl6OOo0eeO but adds that even
annually thar viii be enough al the Same time
cntrely overlooking the fact that II that be our
large part OF il for docks, school houses station
ST IS not possible that ii should all be applied to
subway building.
II VIII be noted. moreover that while 10 Is talk
lrE incoherently about the debt limit he is very
careful not 10 urge the passage Of the constitu-
ilonsl amendment He talks about the fact that
he franchise sV1ndle is halted. He. however. had
uothing 10 do with haltinF n. He knows Il cannot
he repeated. and he knows that Governor Hughes
e the who halted IT, and that the whole credit
IS cue 10 cur friends and not 20 his.
The traction problem is one OF the gravest and
most serious awaiting solution. but Mr.. Caynor'
speech is the most conclusive evidence OF the fact
;nat there is probably more incompetent person
r he city than he 10 aid IN that solution.
In closing his statement Mr.. Wins hands this one
4 Justice 5asnor:
he vii only keep himself permanently before
tne ctt IS an exhibit from until Election Dav
III guarantee his defeat by the largest adverse
majority that has been against anv
Csn7idsfe ~ Tannarv Hall