New-York tribune., 1909-10-06
INDORSED BY HUNDRED
ALL FUSION CANDIDATES.
Gaynor Sympathizers Object to Ban
nard, but Are OutUOted.


the men proposed Was made by the labor mem
beFs Of the committee. The Gaynor syrnpathizers
made q lot of fuss over the Endorsement OF otto
7. Barnard tor Mayor.
At hFst the committee started 20 take up tns
candidates one by one and nearly three hours were
consumed over the question OF indorsing Mr. Ban
rard. When the vote was taken Il was q 70 = IN
favoV OF Mr.. Bsnnard's Endorsement
II was then ten minutes before mianight. and a
motion made % indoFse the ticket as a whole was
debated only ten minutes before It's passage as
already mentioned
IL has been known for soune time that there were
some twenty Gaynor sympathizers in the commit
tee. and their action not surprise last night
They did most Of the talking, some in decideoly
heated and irnmoderate vein. But they were al
lowed pretty free rein
After the meeting was called to order shortly
before o'clock n number OF letters were read
among them from Henry Ia stinnson. who had
been seriously considered by the committee as It's
candidate for the mayoralty nomination In It ne
praised SIT. Barnard highly. saying:
understand that the question Of indoIsing The
nomination of Mr.. Barnard for Mayor Is 70 De
brought 10 before your full committee In the ne5r
more than twenty years, take the heery %. oL
the position as I conceive them OF all the men
whose names have been mentioned during the last
few weeks in connection with the HayoTaIty. I
believe him 20 he the by all odds the best fitted
TO M that difficult office. he presents tne rare
ctaI training considerable political experience, and
srcs s' tth Tas ses el ~ 0e our ana os eut soes and
moral problems. Four years Of his administration
rsven the snsr Of oP the e nanoes ana putt
ting them upon sound business basis but would ls
fcr the honest man 20 1--we IN.
/ understand that the fear has been expressed
in some quarters that by reason Of his corporate
ana Wall street experience he might not be alert
with public service coTporations such sugses-
sion e aimoss absurdy az variance with the facts
Az such matters is perfectly Wen known emons
actrnent OF the publC service law of this state.
and the creation Of the Public Service Commission
Street. He made a special examination Of the
wGrSng % OF TIE Wisconsin PG5!S Ittlss Les. CS ts7
he has more lately taken issue with many Of ms
bank system IN ,bs ib{s3ss, o. small depositors
In the broad issue between the modern progressive
es a6 ERs o5srSeRSs P0ey 0'E Popar
Known a. .Tesetion' MT Bsn99srd has .6 always ays
fear that such man would fs to DO his utmost Sst
sworn duty as Mayor IS simply preposterous The
suggestion that because he Is, or in the past has
dreetOT i1 in several snan hoIdins companies CON:
trolling public service corporations Ia portions OF
thsFefSTs uR to ,, Es2resSnt the city n de7H
But his other activities are guarantee Of his
some Of e our most difeait city problems Last
spring. stimulated BY the widespread distress ana
founded Gin eo-oPsTatiOn with JACOB H ScnifIl ana
uaent Exehange-an organization intended to rem
edy some Of the defects Of employment bureaus,
istence place more than seven hundred men in
positions; he has been as outspoksp N his de-
he has been fearless IN criticising their snort
house Sas rs4 1a 'es oa OGsah o sEhose Bor rs S
the Tenement House Department Of the city gov
Of the chaEity ar orga15zation nj Society ane vas the
great reforms. He founded the small Savings
Association OF this City which has now nfty thou
posit; also the Provident Loan Society. Which
aims e furnish the small and poor borrower with
than those available 70 the large and the rich
phases Of our CITY proSens has already deVoted
many years OF time and thought 70 working them
bToadened and enriched by that experience
oers OF the Republican oTganization OF the Zth @
movement: shared Ia o{ such men as Msssrs. 3
James W Perry and others. Which resulted II the
enactment of the state primary lava law which
than any oGer % s Single step within nv = rsooectoS
Recent events have shown that even this primary
perience and advice would De most helpful in such
p9bcah wH5h eab o taf ase S e W Tsgs ~ @ held
In the utmost respect oy an Of his associates. 20
could administer the once according 20 any other
thaH an the hgasst stsHgaTqs o. msriI enc sHesecy
popular IN his old district believe
son Hf foree n 1h csp g a l3d h I as Mayo
he viii be the man above all others qualified to
Victory
Mr.. Price as secretary OF the committee on
didates OF the Committee OF One Hundred which
had met at O'Clock and ratified the fusion ticket
as passed by the fusion conference in the after
noon. presented II TO the meeting. The ticket in
cluded Otto 7, Barnard for Mayor, William II.
Prendergast for Controller and John PurrOy
Mitchell for President of the Board of Aldermen
the Republican nominees; the New York County
kHrt and Fha
tan Borough ticket of the Republicans. with the
exeeE':on of the four nominees for Coroner. and
the Brooklyn Borough and Kings County tickets as
agreed TO by the Republican organization there.
The committee candidates of the COMMITTEES
Of One Hundred offered the following resolution;
Whereas. The Committee OF One Hundred was
called into existence for the purpose OF securing
tion m ne cifx of New YoTE and
Whereas. The above ticket Is the result OF the
tion Of this Committee Of one Hundred and Is a
non-partisan ticket OF trustworthy and capable
Resolved That this committee will support the
ticket above named
William ". CoakIey. leader of the labor members
of the committee az once objected on the ground
that he was a member OF the committee candi-
dates and had had no notice Of the meeting Chair
OuterbTidge said that no notice Of the meeting
had been sent 70 his office and the meeting had
been held one hour for him
Nfr Coakley became personal and when IL began
70 look II some unpleasant things would be said
II moved that the committee so into executive
session and the newspaper men be excluded This
lost by vote OF 3 20 -
Mr.. Coakley argued that the fun committee should
defer indorsing the ticket until les members had
had chance TO look up the records OF the different
candidates.
"If you don't want 20 hear me- shouted Coakley.
you Will hear me somewhere else. don't want a
ticket jammed down our throatS-"
Julius Henry Cohen remarked that no ticket was
being jammed down any ones throat. but that Mr..