The San Francisco call., 1909-10-12
GAYNOR CHALLENGES
|. HEARST TO DEBATE
Despises Man "Who Smiles
While He Buries His Dagger
in Your Ribs
Editors Rival in Turn Is Scored
in Bitter Speech by Will
liam wins

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 last two
days-William r. Hearst and William ].
Gaynor-appeared before the public to
night for their first addresses of the
campaign. Hearst spoke at Carnegie
hall and formally accepted the nomina-
tion of the Independents, known as the
civic alliance, Gaynor appeared in
Brooklyn as the regular democratic
nominee
Hearst refrained from attacking his
rival, but Justice Gaynor in his speech,
aroused by what he declared to be
Hearst's breach of faith in repudiating
him, challenged the editor to meet him
in joint debate on the issues of the
campaign.
L want fair play above all in this
contest" said Gaynor. The open en-
emy l honor, but 1 despise the enemy
that sits back as an editor or other
wise, pretending to be your friend,
when he is only smiling while he
burles his dagger in your ribs. The
yellow comes out of a man if it is in
him. So 1 say let US have it out in
the open Mr.. Hearst
WINS ATTACKS GAYNOR
William WINS, republican candidate
for mayor four years ago, took an i'm
portant part in the Hearst meeting.
In fact, 1t was WINS who made the
oltterest attack upon Gaynor. He de-
clared Gaynor had participated in a
conference at a hotel in this city in
which he advised Patrick H. McCarren.
man whom WINS described as a
lobbyist" that the anti race track
gambling law, as passed by the legis-
lature of this state, was unconstitu-
tional. WINS said he was aware of
the personal risk in making such a
statement in that Justice Gavnor is
still on the bench
Hearst, in his speech. said in part:
I accept your nomination in the
satisfying confidence that with the
plan decided upon we can positively
defeat one of the most disgraceful
Tammany tickets ever nominated in
this city. l can see no danger to this
city in the election of Barnard or of
myself, or even of Judge Gaynor But
can distinctly see serious danger
to our citizens and humiliation to our
city in the election of the individuals
appointed by Murphy and McCarren to
represent the democracy in this cam
paign.
Murphy says that in our associa-
tion here tonight in behalf of good
men and good measures he smells a
plot. What he smells is the evil
stencil of the corrupt bargain between
Woodruff and McCarren and Cannon
and Tammany hall. This corruption
smells to heaven"
STANDS BY RECORD
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 L know it to be a fact that the
staffs of the newspapers are with me.
took the pains to find out how much
one of these same papers got out of
the city. In the last three years it
has been paid $235, ,O00.''
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 dollar-and the
very leader of all the demagogic news
papers himself has S55 900, 900 and is
now engaged in the very worst of all
this demago