New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-11

CALLS JURIST"S SURREN-
DER TRAGIC SPECTACLE.
Rabbi, AnaIyzing Tammany Ticket,
Says One Drop of Mir Cannot
Whiten Bottle of Ink.

Rabbi stephen S Wise in an address on THE
Spirit of Compromise" bitterly arraigned JUS
tice Gaynor yesterday for his surrender to Tam
many Hall in accepting the nomination for
Mayor To a large congregation, in the Free
Synagogue in S1st street, Rabbi Wise declared
that the jurist had all but effaced the splendid
work of a lifetime by hiring out to corruption
and bosses in order to for Mayor of New
York
DR.. Wise referred to the life of Justice GaynOr
as having been spent in warfare on civic cor
ruption and said that he had compromised at
/ this time by refusing to turn against the ban
ner of piracy"
AS candidate for the executive head of the
city Dr. Wise declared that Justice Gaynor was
being used to wash and hide the hdeOus face of
corrupt politics, and if there was any desire to
reform the Tammany organization 1t was not
being shown at this time Then he added that
no respectable man could purify the Tammany
organization, which he characterized as the
most corrupt body in the history of politics
A TRAGIC SPECTACLE. SAYS RABBI.
! After speaking of the Tammany ticket the
rabbi denounced the Brooklyn jurist for allow
ing himself to be placed at its head declaring
| that such spectacle was little less than tragic
He pointed out the refusal of Grover Cleveland
| to lead a ticket in Buffalo which was not made
!
| dress by saying that Justice Gaynor had been
led into compromising with the men against
! whom he had battled to eliminate political law
| lessness and corruption. Describing Justice
! Gaynor's action DR.. Wise said:
We have during the last few days witnessed
| a striking illustration of the spirit OF compro-
mise. as 1t has brought low 1urist of learning
probity and distinction. In accepting the may
oral nomination from polluted and pointing
hands Judge GaynOr has stopped TO conquer
hay
/ must have holly.
Assuming that Judge GaynOr did not seek a
nomination from Tammany Hall. he would nave
won the respect of every decent rlght tIiHiiLs 1i
fellow citizen if to those who dared TO ask MN
to carry the banner of piracy during TINS cam
| paign he had answered in words win "nlch as
| a student of the Bible he cannot help being Ia
| miliar rs thy servant dog that he should do
this thing?"
| After life spent in waging upon civic
| corruption, Judge GaynOr has been unequal 70
| the great refusal" and instead OF scorhiuly
rejecting the proffered invitation to head
| typical Tammany ticket. he has lent the dignity
! of his honored name to the worst of causes.
1t is the happiest augury for our civic future
that New York views with pity and with anger
the plot to make Tammany Hall seem respect
able during the election season by covering up
its hideOus face with GaynOr mask. Under
the pressure of necessity il may from time 10
time nominate a respectable candidate. but me
time is past when a candidate, however hlSn
! his repute ere fallen can make Tammany Hall
EFespectable
QUOTES GAYNOR AGAINST HIMSELF.
If Tammany Hall is to go year after year
decade after decade in its grating and footing,
| and then is to wipe out its sins by nominating
| a respectable man for office there Is niue nope
| that our city be permanently freed from It's
| foul and fell clutches.
| faced by his act of hiring OUT to the men
whom he has called the miserable bosses ana
! their harlotlike tools" He has chosen the easy
| path He has preferred a domination with
| what he ina giues to be the certainty of victory
| to a nomination from the Independent citizen
/ chi NJ NayK could
his election and what are we now to thlnk or
his words in the past years, during Wnlcn 1, ne ne
| has bitterly arraigned the corrupt ana ld"leSS
| bosses of his party?
When Tammany Hall nominates ticket
made uD of Roesch and Sullivan and Hagan, 1t
is altogether fitting and proper but wren d
| CSavnor consents to lead such ticket, the spec
tace becomes little less than tragic Men are
said 10 rise the stepping stones OF thelr ueSu
selves to higher things. 1t must be that Judge
! Gaynor dreams Of rising on the stepping stones
of his finer self TO the hlgner lhIhSS oI POii1'"
fame and power.
Tho difference between Judge Gaynor and his
fellow candidates. DR.. Wise said, was that while
they were SHINING in darkness he was SHINING
against the light Speaking of Gaynors state
ment about answering an inspired call Or. Wise
said:
Without assuming to interpret the visions
which come 10 Judge Gavnor il is hard to be-
lieve that the tiger has assumed the form Of
an angel Of light and has hidden him take up
the battle on behalf of finer. noblcr New York.
mandate TO accept its nomination. one is re-
minded OF the words of the poet: God moves
in mysterious way his wonders TO perform
TAAIMANY'S FAKE REFORMATION.
But there is nothing mysterious about the body
which asks him lend II, for time. clOa<
OF Responsibility. Everything about il Is PLAN
and Inmistakabe. and il is known of all men
tnat Tammany Hall is one of the most corrupt
political organizations in history. Perhaps Judge
Gaynor thinks Of changing TamInany Hall. al
though the character of his associates the
ticket gives Indication of prediction con-
version its part.
II there be those who believe that Judge
Gaynor can change that organization for the
of such a change in the personnel ut the ticket
which led by him? Should he end mis-
ciates be elected he would at best become Il
negligible factor. for he would be OUtyOted in
the Board of Estimate and Appointment, and
would by his associates he doomed be little
more than an earnest. Well Meaning. vCCiferous
figure
Such as dream that the acceptance of It's nom
ination by Judge GaynOr will change the char
acter Of Tammapy Hall seem to forget that one
drop of milk cannot whiten bottle of ink II
Judge GaynoT truly in earnest he would
pursue the course followed by Grover CieVela nd
when ht was nominated to be the Mayor Of Buff
falo He would not accept tins nomination until
the Uarty bosses assented to his stipulation that
the rest of the ticket be made Up of men of
I character and personal worth The party lead
| ers demurred. but he insistent. And Grover
| Cleveland marched straight from Buffal0 to
Albany. and from Albany To Washington be
eau he would not compromise
Judge Gaynor's sorry plight has been brought
mise