New-York tribune., 1909-10-01
GAYNOR TO THE VOTERS.
Era of Official Oppression Is
Doomed, Says Candidate.

When Justice Gaynor learned last night that he
was about to be nominated for Mayor he made the
following statement:
am fortunate 70 set regular nomination as
ePPonS r OF Tans the S SsTPssR W0uS have been
in my present exalted Office. but man proposes
and God dlsp0sss and am content ] must now
tiOn TO receive votes Tor Mayor / hope I shall
never regret 1t, for l am acting solely from
l have not asked for a nomination. and 1t comes
undeTstSndns or Condition WhasevsP % n kn6E Sc
people or New YORK. and they know me- feel
know that the hour has struck They know that
s0a 0 o. schools and ihs Colleges OF f M
neeisv ann nSo0 OK o a 81 our for good e
we have reached the end OF an old and the be-
& wheS n 5e % az osec son of s
good instead OF a bad example to the cities of the
Unlawful and annoying interference. oppression.
prisOnnents without any charge OF Criminal Of
Tense. lawless trespasses. and extortiOns dishOn-
Of the City Of SeW York N free n peops o9 % s1
init to being governed in an ignorant. lawIess and
over themselves unless that time OF decay has ar
or for free government Ours is sovsrnmeTt Of
laws and not Of It is being turned here and
laws Those put IN ONCE are the servants oS the @
community to act under and administer the laws.
set themselves up as superior to or better than
Any one Office who imagines himself SO good
and virtuOus that he can rule as he sees M With
his powers and conduct is a dangerous character.
10 our ee esss es sfOrary power Is greater menace
more to be dreaded than all the other vices
wake and especially the detestabe vices OF oficai
extortOn % q and blackmail The good man in Office
taN always re remember that he Is setting example
"nEn 4ttSi. Wi. De roli1~ed by his bad successor
again, against the cltys morals. fame and financial con
There is not a more decorous and ORDERLY citv h
the the world as every one who has travelled knows.
saS sate and sound and yet few sensationaIists
some of them in that most unhappy of ali condi--
uo9ns-namely not quite mad enough for bedlam
have with the aid OF few reckless newspapers.
aRd Europe Sat Ws ar. this country
financially bankrupt. anu
And I say, unto the splendid and unsslfsh public
virtue. intelligence and integrity OF the CITY v-tb
out regard to national party names or politics
long without break or falter to destroy and pre-
up and make il intelligent and decent. 4 saw unto
SSt an ON that th s Sser the hrs Of January next
we To,tI have so long done ! am conscious % many
life has been sufflcientiy studous Ieborions anI
experienced. especially In matters OF government
The government OF New York City is highly
limitations and checks. and even the most NJ could
not enter upon II without misgtvings and anxiety
do as he please and every one who has eVF V o5s Ss
into the office OF Mayor with that crude notion
disorder and corruption. however honest the man
You can no more run the government OF this great
city than YOU can do any other difficult thing with
out having FIRST learned how by study and expert
ence The next toLr years of my life are dedicated
to that work.
! confidently hope for the patience. good will and
help OF truthful and decent newspapers The less
said about the other kind the better. I hope those
who read them will grow less instead OF more
FOR now these many years. in season and out
OF season, even with the perSisteucy Cato call
Ing for the destruction OF Carthage. have taught
that national and state politics and issues have
nothing to do with city elections. and from that
view do not now abate so much jOt or a
title.
We have parties. but after city nomina-
tions made by them national state issue
question of high low tariff, Of how
OF deal with the Philippines. for instance. should
influence any fair and mind TO how he
shNUld vote National men and measures for