New-York tribune., 1909-10-20
FGAYNOR M lust RETRACT
MAYOR COMPELS HIN TO.
Judge BLameS Sten0graphers TO,
attack on Cuttings.

Mayor Mcclellan has compelled William J. Gay
nor Tammany candidate for Mayor. 20 make
written retraction or correction of the charge
made by Mr. GaynOr at Carnegie Han last Thurs
day concerning alleged crookedness on the part
of the Cuttings, OF the old 39th street
ferry property. and the Board Of Estimate ana
Apportionment.
The Mayor has received a letter from the judge
saying that it was all the fault of the stenog-
raphers and typewrlters. and that he Gid not say
anything that could be construed as charging a
corrupt deal between the Cuttings ana the city
officials when the city took over the ferry prop
erty. If the Judge had not promised TO exonerass
the Cuttings and the Board of Estimate and Ap-
portionment from blame the Mayor would have
taken it upon himself to make exact statement
of the case.
Judge Gaynor has promised in his letter to make
presentation of the case and gave the
Mayor the choice either of publishing his written
disclaimer or allowing him to make a statement
from the platform The Mayor chose the latter.
One of the most sensational features Of the
judges speech in Carnegie Hall last Thursday
night was his attack upon those responsible for
paying an alleged excessive price for the SSth
street ferry property. When Mayor Mcclellan
the charges in the Friday morning papers he
wrote the judge letter. calling his attention TO
the fact that r. Fulton Cutting did not any
part of the ferry property; that 1t was owned by
the wife of w. Bayard Cutting. having been in
herited by her from the Murray estate; that r.
Fulton Cutting did not support him CMcClelan)
four years ago. charged by the judge, and that
the price paid for the ferry property included
land under water and boats, a fact entirely over
looked by the judge in his speech
The Mayor wrote his first letter Friday, ask
ing for a correction. He received assurance that
day that Judge Gaynor at the first opportunity
would set the matter straight The Mayor waited
till Monday afternoon without hearing or seeing
any correction from the candidate. who had spoken
twice in the time. On Monday he wrote
again. and 1T is understood he said a number Of
sharp things. Judge Gaynor wrote the Mayor
yesterday. saying he would correct from the plat
form the wretched and inexcusable errors of the
stenOgraphers, the Mayor could print the letter
disclaiming responsibility for the charges
GOOD CORPS OF sTENoGRAPHERs
Tammany Hall pays a large sum for a steno-
graphic report Of all of Judge Gaynor's speeches.
He is reported by a corps of stenographers, who
furnish manifold copies OF all that is said to all
the newspapers The firm doing the work has had
experience in that line of reporting for years
and has the reputation Of being careful. Judge
GaynOr says the report Thursday night last was
extremely inaccurate and that he never said the
things purporting to come from him. The steno-
graphic report of the judges speech follows:
Now, sometimes the city agrees. were they al
lowed by law. and takes the property without
great reformer named Cutting haven't you? YOU
have have heard Of the Cutting estate. haven't you?
from the Battery over to s9th street in Brooklyn.
Cuttings financing the head Of it. got a most ex.
traordinary fever OF municipal ownership and
And FOUR o yesrs ago Wben teTs ere ie three
didates in the feids they favored the present in
cumbent. He didn't wish to stop it, and the fever
OF municipal ownership was on him yet. and few
bought bs de ferr Te neReT 6aS pad m nG
was put there only to exploit great land holdings
they made millions and millions and millions. and
when they had made IT and sold out their land they
he IN thoir md VVaE
stroke OF politics and a good stroke of municipal
city run t. and % the city bought it and the city is
running ST. II at 5a loss los NOV nov & OF lS G N year
sioners in this business The assessed valuation
81 as boats Fiat nd ths on e tax G a Is
ment-the assessed value-aceording to Lawson
betteT ma9 IN the worid what did the cuttings
sss sS6 sha ndw declare IGT th sS Gg
to its full value or auction Sage Pg Go at an events
and what did the city pay? Seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
the assessment on the assessors books is a mon,
in this city. And then the city bought the land
on the other side OF the ferry from the Cutting
from the record because wanted to give you
6 6e 40 e3acf bg @ oG OF o0 O The x
books? one million seventy-eight thousand dol
aFS How IN Ee EeheF DO Sou think e ey eW it's Check
for to buy it? -Four million rye i've hundred and sxty
that business is going on gentlemen, all over this
SAYS CITY PAYS FIVE PRICES
Every armory site every schooIhouse site every
police station site. every bit Of land that the city
bgn bg pd for IT. ana o. he on4 p is that es
processing reform loudly and who look upon a
cratic nomination as man rather Inferior to them
in the community and not TO be cIassed with the
EXQUISITE. and they do love reform so much and
load Of straw that costs s. too much. when some
of their crowd is In steel bridge contract
that costs 100000 too much. and not word about
Why don't they talk about that? Why don't
the head of the coffin in their chamber of hor-
t6Sr as as i that M could possibly happen If aid
a mile off.
The Mayor would make only the brefest COM
ment on the subject yesterday. Tammany Hall
IS supporting the record OF his administration and
he is supporting the Democratic ticket. IL he at
tackled Judge Gaynor at this time he would be
under suspicion. The published report of the
speech put the Board of Estimate in a bad light
and the Mayor could not rest under such charge
When the Mayor was asked about it yesterday he
said:
u wrote the judge about the charges purport-
ing to be made by him Thursday night last
at Carnegie Hall on Friday last / received an
assurance that at the first opportunity he would
make an explanation. I waited until Monday af-
ternoon. without seeing hearing anything from
the judge. and wrote him again, giving him the
facts as Of official record covering the transac-
ton. and asked him again for a correction. re-
ceived a letter to-day saying that he had been
rnsquoted, that he had said any of the
damaging things ascribed to him. and that I
could use his letter if 1 desired. or he would make
a statement from the platform that would be sat
isfactory I wrote him, saying preferred he would
make statement from the platform. have his
letter"
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