New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-13
FOR MURPHY'S TICKET
GERMANS PRAISE GAYNOR
They Ought to Get Some Political
Jobs, Says Leagues President.

The German-American Citizens League Of the
State of New York held its city convention last
night in Terrace Garden There were a hundred
and forty executive members present representing
total membership OF sixteen thousand Resolutions
were passed indorsing William J. GaynOr for Mavor
and the entire Democratic county ticket The con-
vention also Endorsed the Democratic borough can
didates for Manhattan and The Bronx The Kings
Queens and Richmond tickets were not indorsed for
the reason that there were not sufficient delegates
to represent those boroughs All the candidates for
justices Of the Supreme Court on the Democratic
ticket were approved.
William Randolph Hearst was denounced by the
speakers as political renegade" and an ''tln-
Scrupulous politician" He was called a Iebtpirg
change artist in politics and the chief exponent Of
yellow" Journalism II further said that the
Democratic party, which had been made influential
by Seymour, T1den and Cleveland, fell to a low
estate when it nominated Hearst for Governor Of
New York.
Gaynor's name cheered every time II came
before the convention. He was termed the incor-
ruptibie judge who sent John Y. McKane to prison
lyn
The convention called to order al o'clock
by Chairman Alphone g. Koelble. After the roll
had been called Secretary Lorenz j. Gut read
resolution to the convention that was Iaudatory
of DR.. Cook and Herman Ridder and that de-
nounced LORD Beresford and his plea of a rnio,
of defence OF English speaking nations There
was little discussion of the resolutions and thew
were unanimously adopted
Chairman Koelble then spoke on the necessity of
the German people of this city becoming identified
with elections. He told the convention that they
were always well treated before election but after
ward they were always treated with indifference
He said the recent parade OF the German people
OF the city caused the politicians to realize the
strength of the German Americans, and now as
result of this realization they should get some
thing in the way of having man-Americans
appointed to office.
The preamble to the resolution iudorsing C;aynor
and the New York County Democratic ticket began
follows:
believing the prOtestations of the COMMITTEES of
ticket in the pendRg SF ctS election Of
your executive committee presented TO such com
Two OF IT'S most representative members for mem
Although at such time the league numbered
close 70 five thousand members. the controlling
10 consider the names we submitted and appoint
such as represented nothing more than Them
commit the league to scramble and lcke P' fo o%
nominations as price for saving the city. into
One Hundred, the Parsons. Woodruff and Hearst
to lei all parties nomnste snd then nb9osC I nut
best from among them
Justice Gaynor himself favored non-partsan
nomination, but recognized that the majority Of
the voters OF the greater city were of Democratic
body for good government The learned jurist re-
Sented the condition OF the SelfCOnStituted
of the city that he must not accept the nominal
tion of the strongest political party in the greater
city
And W. r. Hearst. In politics a
lightning change artist. sligning himself with
any party that might be of service to him. eating
one day out OF the hand OF the political leader
he had denounced and the next day biting the
hand that fed him, himself unscrupuIOus and n
political renegade. he questions the political
ethics of his betters
All that is honest in the German character must
resent the duplicty Of the forces which are try
standard bearer.