New-York tribune., 1909-12-13


est, depends upon the community itself. II
IuptiOn. You will not get any better than
you deserve. and you 90 not deserve any
better than you get Hartlton has said:
plan how you will. devise what you will.
in the last analysis you nave got 10 put
Iower somewhere and Trust tnose IN ~noST ,.Sii
get corrupt government Water does not
rise higher than its source except now ana
then YOU can force II up by artinclal
people except for a short time during the
excitement OF a political campaign
think We are getting better every day.
You have only got 10 look back a few
years in the history OF the city. when one
his boss. who was surr1Inae1 TIP oy ~, To- boss IS
went 10 Europe. but many OF the little
bosses are still living here and enjoying
their ill-gotten gains 7 was told in ths
recent campaign not To saw this or l would
lose some votes. but I did say u, and l
guess I lost thousands OF votes. The stat
one OF these bosses. and he came here and
was entertained at a big PUBIC "a alnneJ, siy1
which. was attended BY some OF CUR hign "a
officials I don't say these Things 20
wound anybody. You all know how uue
they are and I refer 10 them only In the
interest OF The commqnlty: s+r, r,xs-.
strong 7 mean the oblique moral We"
some people put on their citizenship
To illustrate his meaning exJustice
Gsvnor told a story Of a client he once
had who had some large dealings and
contracts with the city. He said that
this man was planning 10 take advantage
Of the city for a large sum and that ne
told him very frankly that he didn't
think IL was honest, whereupon the man
looked him over from head 20 foot ana
remarked;
Well. 7 wouldn't steal dollar from
YOU. but the city-oh, that's different
matter"
CONSIDERED LEGITIMATE PfE4f-
THAT was his moral conviction" said
the fudge. "He wouldn't take dollar
of vour money. no matter how rich you
were. but the city-oh. yes. There are
lot Of people who look at the matter tne
same way" He continued:
have been going to Europe since I was
a young man, and | have cprne 20, 20 Iro oT7
conclusion that New 1orh Il ths ms Io-Id
5arIy and moral large city IN the NOIlu-
Tbe CITY has been sandered by rev peO-
Die. and these few people have mace S IoS
OF noise. I have heard II $40 5, ,,-. -. ,Ciss
grasshopper in a field will make more no,,a -
fLsn a whole herd OF cattle But mere ar
n ousands OF good men. ministers ah1 anu
priests and others; s7;orstS Sio canditions. we do
ana ana s s.lsi - - rouch from them as from the
sensation mongers With these tSs "oTssfi .enssTion
am going 10 work; with theSt
mongers ! am not going 70 work
He then told OF an investigation he
vas making Of the white slave traulc-
He said that although he was not yeI
Mayor. he had already held CONSULTATIONS
on the subject with Professor jerks. OF
Cornell. who is working for the Cnl'eo
States government: that he was going
m have Professor jerks help him when
he went into office. and that they would
go 10 the bottom of the subject He had
sIso had a conference with the Police
Commissioner on the subject. he said
Justice Gaynor's opinion is that IL IS
largely up 10 the federal government 70
suppress the vice by safeguarding immi-
grafton
He referred 20 the recent Sugar Trust
scandals. saying that he had called at
tention to them in his recent campaign.
but for some reason a majority OF the
press had not thought il very important
TO go into the subject at that time. a
certain magazine which he did not name.
he said. after devoting pages TO telling
how the government had been cheated
out of millions by false Weighing for a
period of eight years, printed brief
editorial in which il said the fraud uaS
awful but that there was no evidence
10 show that any OF the responsible
heads OF the trust knew anything
about IL.
Just as if." he continued. these dock
woIIopers had put millions of dollars into
the pockets Of the trust just for fun"