New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-25
A GAYN0R DECISION
DIR. II. jacob RECITES
MORPHINE CASE.
Calls Judge Public Danger
Germans Hear Hearst
at Hotel ASt0r.

DR. Abraham jacob Ldded one more
TO the many examples of Judge Gaynor's
remarkable decisions yesterday after
noon. The occasion was reception OF
the German independence committee to
w. r. Hearst at the Hotel Aston, and
aside from the candidate DR.. jacob
was the principal speaker.
His speech was by far the most i'm
portant of the afternoon. He recited
morphine case that had come before
Justice Gaynor. in which woman III
Brooklyn had nearly died from an over
dose of morphine, administered through
a mistake of a druggist in compromising
prescription. Justice Gaynor dismissed
the suit against the druggist without
even letting it go to the jury, saying that
morphine in the quantity in which it was
given TO the woman night be admins
tered hourly, as it never acted in GU
mulative manner
This demagogue is public danger
said DR.. Jacob. His decision in the
morphine case was based on ignorance
but he showed his impertinence when he
drove the honest. conscientious Brook
Ign physician, who had been called as
witness, out of court by unbecoming
and undeserved sarcastic ridicule. Gay
nor thus gave to the druggists the right
to compound remedies at their own sweet
will and possibly again jeopardize the
public. Such a man aspires to become
Mayor, and Tammany gives its support
to him"
SPEAKS IN GERMAN.
Or Jacobs speech was delivered in
German to an audience of more than
thousand persons, men and women, who
came to see and hear Mr.. Hearst.
programme of music and list of speak
ers had been prepared for their enter
tainment, and while it was essentially
political gathering it had more the air
of a social affair. When Mr.. Hearst ar
rived he was enthusiastically received by
the throng, which overlooked from the
ballroom into the surrounding rooms and
halls. But chair was placed for him
near the platform, and he was asked to
wait during several musical renditions
and until DR.. jacob had spoken.
Dr. jacob was placed before Mr.
Hearst in Difference to his advancing
years. In opening his speech he said
that he spoke not as a physician, but as
a citizen. He spoke in German, he said,
because he was told that German was to
be the language at the meeting, German
straight to the point. as Carl Schurz
spoke It. He spoke straight TO the point
with regard to Haffen's candidacy for
President Of the Borough of the Bronx
and then took up Mr.. Gaynor. Having
told the story OF the morphine case, he
said: Il appeal to every one here who
has the franchise to vote for clean
Mayor and for the fusion ticket. Who
votes otherwise commits treason against
himself, his family and city"
DR.. jacob said:
What would Carl Schurz have said TO
that German citizen of The Bronx with
whom l spoke a few days ago and who
informed me that the Germans IN The
Bronx We're nearly all for Haffen? Why?
I asked. Because he runs Independently,
he replied, Do you know wherein his in
because Of misconduct in Office he, as was
his colleague, Ahearn. has been removed
and that not even Tammany dared re-
nominate him? Yes, he is independent, in
dependent of everything that is consid-
cred honorable, only furthering his and
his adherents' interests.
ask you whether you believe that such
So-called Germans ought not to wait
twenty years before receiving the right
OF franchise instead of getting il
after five years.
THE MORPHINE CASE
Tammany reminds me of Gaynor. Are
Are there doctors here? For For suc iG
fact. all Of you--I have story to tell of
Gaynor that is absolutely true. Five years
ago there was n woman in Brooklyn who
barely was saved from being poisoned by
morphine. It was shown that a druggist
had compounded a wrong prescription, one
which contained one-tenth of a grain of
morphine instead of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES as
| the physician mad directed Symptoms of
| poisoning soon appeared and only the good
sense Of relatives, who discontinued Civ
ing the connection, saved the woman's life
| The apothecary was sued before Judge Gay
nor he did not even permit the case to go
10 the jury, but decided in favor of the de-
PENDANT This wise and learned Judge
contended that morphine in such quantity
might safely be administered hourly, even
10 one-fourth of a grain. for morphine
never acted in a cumulative manner-in
other words, when a dose is given the
dangerous
say that Gaynor apparently knows as
little Of medicine and chemistry as he
does Of SubWayS. the debt limit and sim
ilar things This man, who claims not to
knew where Tammany Hall is. has also
never seen the need Of fire escape on a
tenement Low else could he take ii mon
llmSeif 10 encourage tens of thousands TO
leopardize their lives by blocking these
exits with boxes and household utensils?
How can this candidate tell seven thou-
Sand pushcart pedlers that they NAV
block the streets. to the hindrance of the
danger PN0i'O
Ills decision in the morphine case was
based on ignorance, but he showed his inn
pertlnence when he drove the honest, con
sclenuous Brooklyn physician who had
been called as witness out of court nv
Unbecomlng and undeserVed sarcastic ridi-
cGIe Gaynor thus gave TO the drugoisfe
the right TO compound remedies at their
own sweet Will and possibly again leon
arolZec he public. Such a man aspires to
become Mayor, and Tammany gives its
supgQFt 10 nm. If this is permitted then
might ana not right Will prevail The de-
clslon rests with you. The Tammanv
henchmen must be removed in fhe MAJ
ner IN which they came into power
through the ballot I appeal to every one
here who has the franchise to vote for a
fusion ticket. Who votes otherwise CON-
mits treason against himself his family
and city.
MIR. HEARST'S SERMON"
Nj. Hearst said that his speech WAS a
Sunday sermon. He prefaced it by read
ing some extracts from a speech he had
made year before This was to show
that his position was not changed He
then spoke Of the German ideal Of citi-
zenship and said that it was the true
ideal. Some Of his activities and ,vave