Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-25
MISERABLE TRASH
 SAYS JUSTICE eAYNoR
An Article in MccIure's Magazine De-
 nounced by Nominee for Mayor.


 New York. Oct 24.-William J. Cav
 nor. democratic nominee for mayor of New York, granted an interview by re- quest tonight in which he attacked the writer of an article in the current is-
 sue of McClure's Magazine, who charged that traffic in girls is fos-
 te1ed under Tammany rule. Charac-
 terizing the article as miserable
 trash, Judge Gaynor said among oth-
 CT things
 Now. none of your newspapers-lsss
 my permission to use this without
 saving you asked for it. ] am not vol
 unteering it. You asked for it.
 This writer is a mere political and
 racial bigot. It sticks out in almost
 every line. He has the traits of ignor-
 ance superficiality. recklessness and
 irresistible propensity to falsify which
 are the characteristics of the Hearst
 writers and which people have got
 onto at last. What grand article could be written on the subject in- stead of this miserable trash
 He Is just vulgar, bigoted fellow
 who Is trying to make political capi- tai. The fact is, as everyone knows who has read or travelled, that the. city of New York is the most decorous of the large cities of the world. with the lowest percentage of this vice of any of them. And yet there are i'm pure minded political and race bigots whose delight is to lie about and slan- der New York in this respect and in others. They are a detestable lot, and hope for an opportunity to make them shut up or get out.
 We all look with profound rever- ence upon the great body of our cler- gymen. Jewish, Protestant and Cath olic, who are constantly working for the moral welfare and uplifting of our people, calling in the assistance of the CIVIL government to aid them when necessary, and who gradually and steadily and constantly do so much good. But those few defestable. sensa- tionalists. notoriety seekers and polit- ical and racial bigots. are deserving only of contempt. This writer shows the mean bigotry that fills his soul. He does not scruple to lay the evils he mentions to the Jews as a race. I be- lieve that | am as familiar with the inbred and innate virtuous manhood of the Jewish race here as is any man and say that this man is maliciously 1 1nrutnful of Jewish womanhood and 1 manhood. He also casts reproach on Irish here. | Nor does the purity of the women of ! the pure people need any defense | against bigOts. Nor do Irishmen any | where in the world need to be defended 1 rom the charge of being in a traffic of | women Out with the scoundrels who make such a charge"
 Charles F. Murphy leader of Tam many Hall, who dismissed the charges IS ridiculous yesterday, came out with ! statement tonight in which he cites few historical facts arguing in ef- ect that if such conditions existed, re- ponsible officials elected by the peo- 'le should be held to account.
 New York. Oct. 24.-Gencral Theo- lore A. Bingham. the recently derosed 'olice commissioner of New York. when sked today if he thought the "n.hite lave tra;c, which has been made the eature in an anti-Taums1y inagaziuc rticle. really existed here. said:
 That there is an immense traHI. of hat sort in New York there is no uestion. I had absolutely no part in he prepara ton of that article. but it's pinions concide exactly with my own. was nearly two years after became olice commissioner that I first beganN } realize the extent and peril of such raffic. and took steps to suppress it. he police arrested many women. but hen they found that the men behind rem seemed to be wealthy and of -rong political influence. they became scouraged."