New-York tribune., 1909-10-07
GAYYoR'S ASSOCIATES.

The man who covered with scorn those who
would dine with ex-Boss Croker has got him
self into worse company. He is up TO his arm
pits" 10 use his own expression, in Tammany'
tie enters the campaign the associate of those
who have been conspicuousIy active in making
New York's government bad. With his name
on the ticket will go, for example that OF
man who was covered with shame IN lhe
Iexow investigation. One of the most eVI
forces in New York politics is the Sullivan cian'
which marshals the floating vote and the Grim
inal elements for Tammany. With the name o1
the Brooklyn reformer and prosecutor of Nc
Kane must also go that of one of the leading
Sullivans And what the Sullivans are on the
East Side Jimmy" Hagan is on the West-a
Tammauy district leader of the lower type. AS
sociation with him alone on the ticket would
cover a less self satisfied egotist than Justice
Gaynor with confusion.
The ticket throughout is a typical Tammany
ticket The least objection can be made TO the
nominees TO the Supreme Court. The nomina-
ton of George F. ROesch, of LeXow fame, TO the
CITY court is one of those indecencies which
Tammany can be depended upon to perpetrate
at regular intervals. George Gordon Battle,
candidate for District Attorney, is simply a
Tammany lawyer who can be depended upon
10 be the plant tool of Murphy in office. Chris
topher D. Sullivan. candidate for Sheriff. is
nomination which should disgust the people of
this county Hagan. named for County Clerk is
Just as bad. Joseph Haag appears 10 have been
named FOR Borough President because he lived
next door TO a district leader and presumably
was in his livery. He is nothing but Tam
MANY underlinC The rest of the candidates are
unknown or unimpOrtant. And into this gallery
goes Justice Gaynor, Which is worse, 10 dine
with Croker or 10 be the candidate of Murphy
and the associate on the ticket of Sullivan
Roesch and Hagan? How can the people be-
lieve in the Justices professions If he says
nothing about the outrage upon himself and
upon public opinion which Murphy perpetrated
Tuesday night?
We hear much about the victory for public
opinion in the nomination of Gaynor. Murphy,
We are told. bowed before the people" Where
was the victory and where was the genuheXiOn
Tuesday night? II was Murphy all along the
line. The less Murphy there is in the head Of
the ticket the more Murphy there is in the rest
OF il. 1t was confidence in Gaynor's strength
that led the boss 10 make such indecent nom
nations as those of Roesch and Sullivan and
Hagan. and confidence that his mayOralty can
didate had swallowed his self-respect that made
the boss dare associate such nauseOus names
with that of the judge.
Is Murphy mistaken in the man who had such
fine scorn for Officials Of repute" who would
dine with Croker? VIII Justice Gaynor permit
himself 10 be plunged up 10 his armpits' in
all that is most disgraceful about Tammany
Hall? Two fusion candidates, Mr.. Mitchell and
I Mr.. McAneny, refused to let their names stand
upon the fusion ticket unless its makeup con-
formed 70 their standards, Is the boasted re
former from Brooklyn less OF a man than they
Is he willing 10 have his name made by
. word? What shall he say unto the splendid
and unselfsh public virtue, intelligence and in
"tegrity of this city" supported as he is on the
one hand by George T. Roesch and. on the
other, by Christopher y. Sullivan