The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-12
GaYnor and Hearst Fire First Guns of Battle for the
 Oflc6 of Mayor
GAYNOR REITERATES
 PREVIOUS CHARGES
Irvins Makes Bitter Attack Upon Gay. nor While Hearst Speaks and Condemns Politics in
 New York.

New York. October 1.-Two candidates for mayor of Greater New York who have been engaged in bitter denunciation of each other during the last two days William Randolph Hearst and William J. Gaynor-appeared before the public tonight for their first addresses of tine campaign. Hearst spoke at Carnegie hall. New York, and formally accepted the nomination of the independents, known as the civic alliance. Gaynor appeared at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn as the regular democratic nominee.
 In his formal address Hearst refrained from attacking his rival, but Justice Gaynor in his speech aroused by what he declared to be Hearsts breach of faith in repudiating him, challenged the editor to meet him in joint debate on the issues of the campaign.
 T want fair play above all in this contest said Judge Gaynor "The open enemy 1 honor, but l despise the enemy that sits back as an editor or other wise, pretending to be your friend when
 7 SHia Sh'iiAAAS hlplt lC DuIleS Ills dagger In your ribs. The yellow comes out of a man if 1t is in him. So I say let us have it out in the open. MT. Hearst
 Bitter Attack by Wins. William NJ Wins, who was the re- publican candidate for mayor four years ago, took an important part in the Hearst meeting. In fact it was Iyins who made the bitterest attack upon Cav : nor. Among other things he said that Justice Gaynor had participated in a conference at hotel in this city in which he advised State Senator Patrick II. McCarren and a whom wins described as lobbyist" that the anti race track gambling law as passed by the legislature in this state was uncon- stitutional.
 Wins said that he was aware of the personal risk in making such a state ment In that Justice Gaynor is still on the bench. William J. Gaynor." he con tinued. ''has a judicial history of dema- gogism and political trickery And as to the statements that l have just made. he must either get off the bench or he Will have his opportunity of having me disbarred
 His whole life is chapter in poiit- ical hypocrisy and l shall take q large part of my time during the next two weeks in demonstrating it."
 Judge Gaynor Speaks.
 Judge Gaynor spoke before crowded meeting in the Academy of Music. Brooklyn. The non-partsan character of large part of his support in the pres ent campaign was indicated by the pres ence of the names of several republicans on the list of the meetings vice presi- dents. A former republican acted as chairman.
 In his address Judge Gaynor dwelf. for the most part, on his past record. Judge me by my past" he said. If man has followed the dictates of a machine all his life he is likely to fol- low it when he gets into office But if man always has been known as an opponent of corrupt government you can pretty nearly rely that when he gets to be three score or so years old he Is not going 10 take his orders from any unworthy leaders.
 Tt has been said that am likely to be swallowed up by the Tammany tiger. but If there is any swallowing to be done. | am pretty strongly of the opinion that you will findNme on the outside.'
 He then touched indirectly on the re- publican nominee. MT. Barnard saying;
 Reference to Barnard.
 Tt is an absurdity and an impertinence for any one who has never studied the science of government who has never held position under the city government. to aspire to be mayor of this great city.
 The newspapers are not all with me, and perhaps that's no misfortune
 But I know it to be a fact that the staffs of the newspapers are with me and the n fba took pains today to find out how much one of these same papers got out of the clty-money which would never have been spent had l or any other competent man been at the head of the government. In the three years it has been paid S235, ,O00--- wasted money which could have been used for schoolrooms. What paper was 1t ?"
 He continued that later in the campaign 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 man, shout traitor to every man who has laid aside dollar-and the very leader of all the demagogic news papers himself had $55,O00,oo0. and is now engaged In the very worst of all this dem agogery.
 Speech by Hearst.
 In his speech at Carnegie hall, Mir. Hearst said in part:
 q accept your nomination in the satis- flying confidence that with the plan de- cided upon we can positively defeat one of the most disgraceful Tammany tickets ever nominated in this city. can see no danger to this city in the election of Mir. Barnard or of myself. or of even Judge Gaynor. But I can distinctly see a serious danger to our citizens and hu- initiation to our city in the election of the individuals appointed by Mir. Murphy and Mir, McCarren 10 represent the democ- racy in this campaign
 "I firmly believe that the denocratic party can never again take an inspiring stand for righteousness and progress until it has freed it's throat from the strs ngling
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