The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-11
HEARST ATTACK G
BY GAYNOR FOR
BREACH OF FAITH
Shocked at Perfdy," He Says,
Declaring Editor Prom
Used His Support.

NEW YORK, Oct. lin a statement
full of sting and bite. yet devoid of in
vective, William J. Gaynor, the Dem
ocratic nominee for Mayor of Greater
New York, has fired his first big pro
Jectile of the municipal campaign in an
attack on William Randolph Hearst foi
repudiating him as a candidate aftef
having promised to support him..
Early last week MI. Hearst issued a
statement, saying positively tina ne
would not run for Mayor, but would
support Justice Gaynor. Two days later
he accepted an independent nomina-
ton for the office, and, reversing his
former position, declared that Justice
Gaynor's associations with Tammany
had influenced him to withdraw his
support. Surprised at this action, JUS
tice Gaynor Issued a brief statement,
charging Hearst with breach of faith,
and today he is out with a statement
and letter, purporting to show that
Hearst had urged him to run for Mayor
nearly six months ago ION any ticket
and %pledging his support.
To strengthen his statement, Justice
Gaynor first made public a letter ad-
dressed to him by Rudolph Block, who
occupies an editorial position on the
Hearst papers. Under the date of DC
tober Q, Block, while "regretting ex-
ceedingly to be drawn into the affair."
reviews at some length what purports
to have been the details of meetings
between Hearst and Gaynor early last
summer. The letter says in part;
Shortly before Mr.. Hearst left for
Europe last summer he asked me to
bring you to his home. l think this
was the second or third time you mad
ever seen him. He asked you if you
would not run for Mayor in the fall
and said. I don't care what ticket you
run on, I'll support you"
Mr.. Block goes on to say that Hearst
declared that he would support Gaynor'
even if nominated by Tammany, on the
theory tina he was opposed to Tam
many methods but not opposed to Tam
many when 1t does the right thing.
In addition, according to Block, Hearst
then promised Gaynor the support of
his newspapers.
Commenting on these circumstances
Justice Gaynor's statement says;
ITO this statement of Mr.. Block. I
duu Ildl dllcT IeluiiliiE liohi hoiOP
l saw Mr.. Hearst in September, &C
cording to promise. He said that he
had in no way changed his mind. and
hat he would support me whatever
ticket I ran on, or whoever nominated
me. He reiterated this repeatedly, and
with apparent earnestness. He came
out into the hall to the elevator as ]
was leaving, and ook me by the hand
! and told me to come out with a state
ment that I would run n that hi
would support me-"
Hearst gave out a statement answer
ing Gaynor in which he said;
'If Judge Gaynor has stated that
promised to support him under an.
and all circumstances, and upon an.
and all tickets, he states what is posi-
lively untrue. 1 will try to ASSUME
that he is honestly mistaken, but 1t 1
difficult for me to do so. as the propo
sition is so unreasonable and impossi
BILE that 1t bears it's refutation on 1t
face.
GAS for Mr.. Block, the 'd~istinguishe'
editorial associate to whom Judge Gay
nor so respectfully and ludicrousiy re
fers. he is the editor of the>comic sup
plement of my Sunday paper, the spon
sor for Happy Hooligan, the Katzen
hammer Kids and Judge Gaynor. HI
interest evidenced so peculiarly Il
Judge Gayncr's candidacy merely goe
further to prove that he has a sens
of humor, II not a sense of honor.