New-York tribune., 1909-10-01
TAnmAYYs CANDIDATE.


Well II is done. Murphy has Justice Gaynor
on his ticket. and Justice Gaynor has Murphy on
his back. Murphy has all the better Of il. He
won't have 10 make any explanations. What he
has done explains itself The ASSOCIATION is
creditable TO Murphy. 1t is discreditable to
Gaynor II will call for a lot of explaining from
him. and some Of il will never be explained
away. He is attempting 70 do what Hearst tried
To do three years ago-to take q nomination
that throws doubt upon his sincerity. We all
know what happened TO Hearst who a year be-
fore had 10000 followers in this city. What
Will happen 10 Justice Gaynor if men come 20
believe that he TOO. is ready TO forget his record.
his character. his reputation, his position on
public QuesJions-to throw aside consistency
for the sake Of Office
This nomination from Murphy is Justice Gay
nor's choice He preferred 10 be the Tammany
candidate. Into the anti-Tammany camp he
could have entered with peculiar fitness If ne
had entered il he would have had nothing 10
explain, nothing 10 apologize for. No one could
have raised doubt of his sincerity But the
anri-Tammany camp was irregular and the Tam
many camp was regular. Justice GaynOr pre-
ferred regularity even with Murphy and ne
has Murphy on his hands He Will thereto .
have TO tell the public how he, who has always
fought political corruption and been the enemy
OF bosses and machines. could lend himself 10
the purposes of one OF the most corrupt ma
chimes and one Of the worst of bosses New
York owes all its bad government TO Tammau-
and what little good government il has had to
anJi-Tammanv movements. ike the present
fusion. Justice Gaynor who has always stood
in the public mind for civic Righteousness. VIII
have to tell why he allies himself win Tam
many rather than with anti-Tammany. Tam
many will be strengthened by victory. even II It
, cannot use its Mayor and weakened by defesr
Why does Justice Gaynor let his name be used
10 strengthen Tammany: He is the foe Of the
traction trust" n use the language Of his press
agents; why. then. does he ally himself with the
political ring that. according TO his own words
has made the traction trust" possible, and with
the bosses whom he himself has denounced fOr
their services 10 the street railway interests
lie won fame as the prosecutor Of election
frauds. de pursued McKane TO jail Yet he
/ prefers TO be the candidate OF an organization
notorious for its corruption OF the ballot. which
+ has the criminal and vicious organized in its
4 service on Election Day and which with brazeu
efTronrery has just stuffed the primary ballot
4 boxes. Inconsistencies we expect in public life
I but these Inconsistencies are not superficial
! they 90 10 the depths OF Justice GaynOrs char
/ acter They impeach his sincerity. The people
have believed in him, we ourselves have sup
ported him, just because he did not do such
things or raise such doubts as he has now done
and raised by accepting a nomination from
Murphy. The UOlte face is astounding
But even If We Grant his sincerity which we
don't and can't as things stand now. what have
we? Merely a candidate who is singularIv with
out qualifications for an extraordinarily difficult
office. Justice GaynOr has no administrative eX-
perience either in municipal or business affairs
IN the citys grave financial situation other tai
euts than those which he possesses are required.
TTn r1,i,I ATr
any other man in public life He Is an agitator
rather than an administrator, and his unfitness
for the complicated tasks that viii lie before the
next Mayor OF the city should he as apparent 10
the public Mr.. Bryans lack of qualifications
for the administrative duties OF the Presidency
became IN the last campaign. We come then 10
the sole serious argument we hear advanced in
his support-to Wit. that he viii be d Mayor
whom Murphy cannot control But, even taking
thai argument at its face value. the city is not
reduced 10 looking 10 Tammany 10 supply an
auti-Tammany Mayor.