New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-12
SAYS HEARST'S PLEDGES
ARE VALUELESS.
Brooklynites Hear Justice Promise
That He VIII Not Be BOSsed
if Elected MGyor.


Justice Gaynor's speech could well be divided
into FIVE heads-self- -gIorihcation. a decnation
to criticise the other candidates on the Demo
cratic ticket with at least. inferential praise for
Tammany attacks on w r. Hearst attacks
Herbert Parsons through his father. and attacks
on the newspapers.
The beginning of his sspech was freely
sprinkled with r. and principally devoted
to telling what a fine man he was He de
scrbed his early life in Brooklyn. and said that
he had devoted his life to helping the people
Every year. he said. he had set apart portion
of his time to destroying corrupt government
and those who corrupt government. But the
speech was carefully divided under the various
heads and each was treated in about the same
length He soon passed from himself to others,
with occasional comparisons with himself. show
ing wherein he excelled in civic and other
virtues
1t had been expected that Mr.. Gaynor would
offer some personal remarks on other candidates
and persons concerned in the campaign. He did
not disappoint his audience. The most malevo-
lent partisan could not complain of a lack OF
bitterness in some of the attacks, particularly
those on Herbert Parsons. in which Mr.. Par
sonss father was made the v5,-icle. And in his
attacks Mr.. Hearst Mr.. Gaynor absolved
Tammany from the charge of stealing the In
dependence League primaries. taking the glory
10 himself.
When he reached the question of the other
men on the ticket Mr. Gaynor insisted that he
was not nominated by Tammany but by the
Democratic party of all the five bOroughs. Tam
many he said, was small local organization in
Manhattan and responsible only for the
borough nominations in Manhattan. 1t would be
an exhibition of the worst kind of bossism for
him to ask that any of the borough nominations
be changed and it was fraudulent and shame
candidates"
Mr.. Gaynor's personal attacks were prefaced
by the statement that he intended to conduct
this campaign on a high level and without
demagoguery. But there was preliminary is
sue. he said which 1t was necessary for him to
discuss before he took up the real issues of the
campaign. The preliminary issue developed into
a series of virulent personal attacks Mr.
Hearst was the first one 10 receive notice. and
bore the brunt Of the fray. though the most BIT
ter attack was Herbert Parsons.
GAYNoR ON WAR DANCE.
In the course of his remarks about Mr.. Par
sons. Mr. Gaynor said that the nomination for
Mayor had been dangled before the face Of
Henry L. Stimson. who was the who had
had John E Parsons. father of Herbert Par
sons, indicted, and who to prosecute John
E. Parsons. Dancing grotesquely about the
with the mayoralty nomination on the end of a
stick Mr.. Gaynor mimicked;
Come off Stimson. Let the old man alone,
Stimson"
And then he proceeded to say that no man in
Tammany Hall would be indicate TO
make such proposition.
Il wouldn't know Tim Sullivan if 1 saw
him." he said. But believe in my heart not
one of the Tammany leaders would do such an
indelicate thing that"
Comments were freely made afterward that
Justice Gaynor could not be praised for the
delicacy of his act in thus attacking Mr..
Parsons through his father.
The attack on Mr.. Hearst began with the
statement that Mr. Gaynor had had the offer Of
Mr.. Haarsts support-the promise. he said-and
throughout his attack he dwelt on those words:
But had his promise" 1t was here that his
frequent references TO the Bible failed him. He
was obliged to apologize for not being able to
remember the Biblical quotation on promises.
He could remember however. that he had been
told by those to Mr.. Hearst that his
promises were absolutely worthless. They
warned me against him in advance" he said.
DIDN'T STEAL PRIMARIES
Referring to the Independence League pri-
maries. he said that they had not been stolen.
but that the members of the league had voted
for him. Those in my favor" he said. had
only to go 10 the polls with two friends
win the election
One of his points that brought out consider
able applause With all his newspapers
and all his S65OOO,OOO, by the Eternal. I'm not
afraid to meet him before the people,
He credited Mr.. Hearst continually with g
fortune of S65.OOOOOO and laid all of Mr. Hearst's
interest in political affairs and such measure OF
success as he had met to this fortune saying
that If it were not great as RockefelIer's it /
certainly was one of the great fortunes of the /
country.
other expressions that he used about Mr.
Hearst were:
yellow comes out of man if it's in him"
He had never held an Office. never been in !
public life, and yet has assumed TO say that |
with his s65OOCoO0 ne could be President and |
with jump, bound and a leap go right into |
the White House"
Mr. Gaynor said that he had been advised |
that it was an indictabe offence for Mr.. Hearst |
10 order Charles E. Gehring not to issue the /
call for the Independence League Convention.
At one point in his speech his excitement car
red him away from his usual careful references 7
TO the Deity. and he declared,
by God. no oss will pull me down"
At the end of his speech he gave the pledge /
that he had several times before said could not .
he dragged out of hm-that If he were elected /
he would not leave the Mayors Office to run for
Governor.
JUSTICE GAYNoR's SPEECH.
Justice Gaynor said;
v,,h., CANA here drst l began in the town OF
FlatbUsh then of twelve thousand Inhabitants,
and after a few years moved into the city OF
TrookIyn and shortly after moved in here saw
once ri the CITY Hall sight which has never
Ieft nv mind II was the first day for the pay
ment OF taxes-and you know the saying is that
there are two certain things In the world. death
and taxes and tax day always comes around. and /
iron, the door of the room in which you entered
~ nav the taxes extending out around a square