New-York tribune., 1909-10-04
GAYNoR AND rAmmANY.

So lately as June of this year Justice Gay
Tor, at a Brooklyn meeting called 10 urge the
building Of the Fourth avenue subway. in I'M
mistakable words denounced Tammany Hall, its
bosses and its administration of the city. He
had discussed tie bankruptcy Of the traction
companies. their watered stock, the inadequacy
Of their service and. in general. the evils Of
which there had been public complaint This
condition could have been prevented he said, If
the city had had the right kind of government
Then he continued:
But those who put into office. into the
highest Offices not only did not warn the people,
hut with the miserable bosses whose harlotlike
tools they were. were in the Job up to their
aTmpits. And some Of them, bosses and eX-
officeholders. millionaires. went abroad to spend
their money. and living the lives of con-
temptible millionaires who do not even know
how to spend their money decently. And God
forbid, but must add that If one comes here
for holiday he must have dinner, with public
officials of repute to adulate him and bow
down to him.
The reference in the last sentence is to the
incident, then recent. of the dinner to Croker
on his visit TO this city. which was attended by
several judges and by the District Attorney Of
this county. But how is it worse to attend a
dinner TO retired boss of Tammany than to
become the candidate of the actual boss Of
Tammany? The retired boss of the order which,
according 10 Mr.. Gaynor, was up to its armpits
in the looting of the traction companies comes
back 10 this country and II smells TO heaven
VIII decent people let bygones be bygOnes and
forget that he was once working for his own
pocket all the time and gather about the festive
board with him. The present boss of the or
ganization-no better man and the organization
Unrepentant and unchAnged-needS a candidate
TO save the day for him. and he has only to
turn 10 the bench to find a refOrmer who will
let bygones be bygones and serve him in his
hour of need. Which is morally worse:
But of course, Justice Gaynors apologists
and its kind of government. Is he? Let him
prove it. Let him show that he still stands
where once he stood He is helping Tammany
To fill the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
with its creatures. Most of them will turn out
L be no different from those oficeholders whom
he described as ''harlotlke tools of miserable
bosses" And this body. not the Mayor, will deal
with the traction situation, handling which in
the past has email led bosses and OfficehOlders
T. retire 10 Europe as millionaires When the
Tammany Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment has a subway contract TO let il will ap-
proach its task with the knowledge that very
influential firm of Tammany contractors wants
10 force the successful bidders TO let il nave the
construction contract. just as a Tammany firm
got the Pennsylvania station contract. Tam
many aims to reproduce old conditions through
the Gaynor candidacy. If Gaynor is going 10
fight Tammany, let him say so. Let him pledge
himself TO destroy the organization Let him
apply TO Boss Murphy words as full of indig-
! nant contempt as those he applied in June to
1 ex-Boss Croker.