New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-11

as every knows. In fact the enrolment
was a mere skeleton, most of the districts hav-
ing only very few on the roll and only hand
full voted at the great majority of the polls
For instance. at the poll in Brooklyn Of Al
fred J. Boulton, who is probably the next in
the league after Mr.. Hearst. only two votes
were east, as I am informed by Mr.. BOulton
himself There were not ballots enough at any
poll probably. TO stun a teacup, let alone bal
lot box And Yet the bald statement of Mr..
Hearst that Charles F. Murphy, or Tammany
or some one. stole his primaries, or stuffed his
ballot boxes seems TO have been gulped down
by every partisan newspaper in the city. can
only say that prominent men in the league in
formed me that the sentiment in the league
was overwhelmingly for me- and that they pro-
posed to help TO have delegates chosen for me
at the primaries. and they did so, although l
requested them TO take no such part for me-
There is not pretenCe Of any irregularity even
in more than two three districts throughout
the city. and Yet four-ffths of the elected dele
gates all the city are for me, 1 am in
formed.
Mr. Hearst repudiates his league party.
viii not permit the convention TO be called, and
is having himself nominated by petition against
me. ! never had a moments jealousy of Mr.
Hearst, and hate to see his heart so blinded
p with jealousy and hate of me. am fully con-
scious that his great estate of from S50,OO0.OtO
10 65O0000O gives him a huge advantage over
me in one respect. hut ready TO meet him
before the people of New York l suppose we
are about to witness again such lavish use
of money by a candidate for Office as was never
before witnessed in American politics. and which
il continued must in the end debase and cor
rupt our politics and our system of government
But il may be that with all his money and news
papers and power the people Of New York may
not let him run over me so easily as he thinks
Mr. HEARST REPLIES.
Mr.. Hearst said in reference to Justice Cay
nOr's statements:
II Justice Gaynor has stated that promised
10 support him under any and all circumstances
and upon any and all tickets. he states what is
positively untrue. / viii try TO assume that he
is honestly mistaken, but il is difficult for me
10 do So as the proposition is so unreasonable
and impossible that il bears its refutation on its
face"
Judge Gaynor is not lifelong friend
deeply loved brother to whom a blind devotion
might be due He has been TO me merely rep
resentative OF certain ideas. an exponent of GER
tain principles While he supporting those
principles ! supported him. When he deserted
those principles ] parted from him. 1 still
earnestly following the principles which Judge
Gaynor falsely professed, and il does not seem
10 me- therefore, that I have deserted Justice
Gaynor but rather that he has discreditably de-
serted both his principles and his friends
Judge Gaynor, moreover. does not have to
bark back TO any imagined impression gained in
private conversation TO learn my attitude
toward him. l made a public statement of my
attitude on September 3. If that statement was
wrong, why did ne not correct me then? I said
in a public speech before the county committee
of the Independence League, We viii know
whether or not We can support Judge Gaynor
when know for what he stands and with
= whom he stands. I said October that be-
leved Judge Gaynor's opinions would prove TO
be entirely satisfactory but that he must be ex-
plcit and definite in the statement of his opin-
ions, and that he must explain adequately TO us
independents how he was going to be able to
conduct his fight successfully from the inside OF
the Tiger.
we asked for bread and he gave us a stone
We expected a ringing declaration of upright
ness and Independence. We received a grudg-
ing, hedging. lodging expression of opinion, or.
rather lack of opinion, and a squalid suggestion
that we indorse his evil associates on the Tam
many ticket. He invited us independents TO
enroll under the stained and draggled banners
of Tammany Hall, and in order to elect him
Mayor to abandon our opinions our principles
our morals. our independence, our self-respect.
He demanded that We tolerate his political
associates and forget his personal treachery.
He asked be liberal, to think as the thugs
and thieves 10 combine with criminals, TO sup
port uanderer OF course refused | have
never pledged myself TO support Judge Gaynor,
but if I had l would have felt myself relieved
Of any pledge by so Infamous a proposal
1T is not true that / ever asked Judge Cay
nor 10 come to my house in order to urge him
TO accept nomination. He came humbly UP to
my house, once. twice, thrice, hat in hand, of
his own accord and in his own interest. and l
p have 40 doubt that he had previously visited
Mr. Mupiy's house in the same abject atti-
tude. II is not true that | told Rudolph Block
or Judge Gaynor himself or any one that 1
would support Judge Gaynor under any and all
- conditions
As for Mr. Block the distinguished editorial
associate 10 whom Judge Gayaer so respect
fully and ludcroUsly refers. he is the editor of
the comic supplement of my Sunday paper. the
sponsor for Happy HooIigan the Katzenjammer
Kids and Judge Gaynor. His interest cvi-
oenced SO peculiarly in Judge Gaynors candi-
oacy merely goes further To prove that he has
sense Of huInor If not sense Of honor.
HOW CAN He BE so SIMPLE"
Charles r. Gelrng. when told that Justice
Gaynor had said that be did not believe the
delegates 10 the Independence League conven-
ton had been illegally elected said:
u do not see how any sane, intelligent and
honest man can think that there was no fraud
AT our primaries. Justice Gaynor must have
been misquoted do not see how he can be so
simple as 10 believe that there was no ballot
stuhing or other crooked work
If Justice Gaynor says that nine-tenths Of
the delegates TO the league convention were for
him, ] win say that all who owed their places
Al the convention were for Murphy. When
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