The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-01
GAYNOR TO LEAD
The DEMOCRATS

New York, Sept 9o-The Democrat
jc convention Tor the city of New
York nominated the following ticket.
For mayor-Justice William ]. Cav.
nor, of Brooklyn,
For mptroller-Robert NJ Moore
of Manhattan.
For president of the board Of alder
mon. John F. Calvin, of Manhattan.
The Tammany cohorts were SO
strong that they oveTode with ease
the opposition faction headed by Sen.
Rtor Patrick H McCarren OF Brook.
lvn who hoped to secure the renomin.
alton of Comptrolled Metz. The con.
yention nominated for this office. Rob.
ert NJ Moore. president of the Com
mercial Trust company. the Tammanv
selection.
May Be Triangular.
In the mayoralty fight, Justice Cav.
nor's chief opponent will be Otto T.
Barnard, president of the New York
Trust company, who was nominated
BY the Republicans few DAYS ago
and who has some assurances OF sun.
port from the fusionlsts There Is a
possibility that the Independence
league will make the contest n trian
gular one by naming a separate tic.
ket. The convention adopted a plat.
form denouncing the recent tariff leg.
islatlon and ob1ecting TO Interference
IN local affairs by the Legislature. 1t
advocated municipal ownership and
the building of additional subways by
the city.
There was no mention or even in
direct reference In the platform to the
retiring administration of Mayor Nc.
Clellan, who led the party to victory
four years ago. This rathor astonish-
ing omission called forth considerable
comment Outside of the mayoralty
fight the chief interest in the cam
paign will center in the contest for
district attorney who will be nomin,
ated at a separate convention later.
Jerome Sealed Own Doom.
District Attorney Jerome's attack
on Justice Gaynor earlier In the week
makes 1t unlikely that his candidacy
for reelection will receive Democrat.
lc endorsement. The attack received
scornful. but brief mention from sey-
eral speakers tonight.
The Republican candidate for mayor
Mr. Barnard, was also referred to
One speaker spoke of MIR Barnard as
an unknown man whose nomination
was forced upon the Republicans by
"the Taft family"
He continued; The Issue is drawn
shall the people OF New York select
their own Mayor"
Irralf
endorsement which Mr. Barnard re-
celyed from President Taft.
Justice Gaynor.
Justice Gaynor is 5s years old He
became nationally known nearly
score of years ago for his work in
breaking up rings In the Democratic
party and for his action in securing
the conviction Of John Y McKane,
known as the Gear of Coney island"
for election frauds,
In national politics a consistent and
life long Democrat, Gaynor was nom.
mated for the supreme court by the
Republicans and Independents of this
city and since that time has twice de.
clined nominations for governor OF,
fered him by his own party He was
prominently IuSullOuCu lU1 the SeCODu
place on the national Democratic tic
ket at the Denver convention last
year
New Era Promised.
Justice Gaynor in a statement to.
night said:
Il have not asked for the nomina-
tlon and 1t comes to me without even
a suggestion of any pledge, under
standing or condition whatsoever. We
have reached the end of an old and
tho beginning of a new era in the gov
eminent Of this great city which
should be an object lesson for good
and an example TO the cities Of the
nation.
Annoying interference, lawlessness,
lawless arrests and impHsonments,
dishonesty and corrupt methods are
doomed In this city. Our Is a govern
ment of laws and not OF men. 1t must
not DO turned into a government of
men and not Of laws The vice of ar
bitrary power is a greater menace TO
free government than all other vices
combined