The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-30
FIGHT IS BITTER
AGAINST TAMnANY
National Phase Lent to New
York Campaign by Speech
of Wickersham.
MAKES FIERCE ATTACK
ON GAYN0R AND HEARST
All Three Candidates RedOuble
Their Efforts as Election
Hour Approaches.

NEW YORK. Oct o9.--With United
States Attorney General Wickersham
bitterly attacking William J. Gaynor in
behalf of the Republican fusion ticket,
or3tory, red fire and invectivo we're
scattered nearly all over Greater New
York tonight. with the municipal cleo
ton only two working days away.
hundreds of minor mass meetings were
held, while the respective heads of the
three Observation-Disclosures, Democra-
TIC and RcpublIcan-were the chief
speakers at larger gatherings.
William Il. Hearst spoke three times
on The Last Side: William j Gaynor
spoke in Brooklyn and then came 10
Manhattan, while Otto T. Barnard, be.
ginning IN tho tbcatcr district swept
downtown, thcn up into Harlem. The
candidates confined themselves rather
to summing up their campaign argu-
mcrtS.
Hearst Makes Play.
Hearst. keeping up his appeal TO the
common people, struck a popular
chord tonight by announcing that if he
was elected mayor he would hire 4
spacious hall. where he would appear
at stated times for a reckoning AT the
hands Of the people-to answer their
questions and TO receive their advice
lie spoke also of ballot box stuffing.
lie said he was prepared to meet re-
peatlng at the coming election.
Forty tiger cubs have been sent
to Sing Sing he said. "and we ex-
pect 10 send 4 regular Hudson Fulton
parade to the same place during the
coming month. But we are going 10
kill the tiger this year-kiIl him and
skin him ana nail his hide TO the wig.
wan.
Mr. Barnard spoke principally Of
the police and personal liberty, sub
lcct used principally by GayDor. The
police department. he said, should be
reasonably removed from politics and
the enforcement of the law should be
reasonable, but not spasmodic.
Wickersham' Statements.
Attorncy.Gencral WiGkersham, speak
ing in Mr.. Barnard S behalf, added
bit of national flavor to the campaign,
- am not lrcre as federal Of
Gcial or a member of the president S
cabinet. - he said, ''but as citizen
and a taxpayer of New York. In this
capacity feel il my privilege and duty
10 aud in this effort TO put competent
aud honest men at the head Of the af-
fairs Of the city,
Pre-occupied with the intense COM
petition of their business. men are
prone TO leave city government 60 pro-
fcssional Office cc-scckers.
"Only when confronted with condi-
tlons, Us In the present campaign, is
tho average New Yorker stirred from
his absorption in private business 10
turn to city affairs Appalling rev
Citations Of mismanagement of city af-
fairs call urgently upon every citizen
to redeem tho city from its present
reproach Every consideration demands
a concerted effort 30 defeat The Tam
many gang.
Importance OF Office
''The mayor of New York is indeed
one of the most potent executives of
tho world. To what kind of man
then would a citizen Of New York, con-
ccrned only with the selection OF an
honest. IN effective administrator of
this vast estate. naturally turn! Surely
not tu Judge whose course upon the
bench has been characterized BY polIt-
zeal cbicaneIy and demagoglc appeals
10 popular favor; surely not 10 the pro
prictor of chain of newspapers dis
for their unbridled license
and their gross abuse of the liberty
of the prcss.
"No. be naturally would turn, as
hose who framed the fusion ticket did
turn. for their candidate for the mayor
altv, to a man OF wide. successful 'husi.
ness experience. Such Il man thew
found in OTTO 7. Barnard.
Gaynor on His Record,
Judge Gaynor. in his addresses took
The defensive aud leaned on his record.
He denied that he had ever been on
trial for violation of the tenement
house law. as has been charged by his
letractorS.
As to Tho charge that he had 3 month
Y income of $1,000 from tenement rents.
he truth was, he said. that he owned
property assessed at $4,000 and mort
gagged for $4,000. yielding him per
'ent on his investment.
Robert + Moore. Democratic csndi
late for comptroller, brought suit TO-
Law for 100000 for libel against vii
lam r. Hearst, because of an article
printed this morning in the American,
harging that Moore had been used as
dummy 10 obtain large loans for
harIcs w Morse,