Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-09
MAYOR GAYNoR.

Word has Just been received th't
Mayor Gaynor OF New York. has been
shot perhaps fatally Ever since tho
election OF last November Judge Gay
nor has been prominent figure before
the American people. lie was elected
bv citizens who desired TO end the ruic
of graft In New York. and he has been
faithful to the trust Imposed by the
people That, I'm all probability, ac-
counts for the attack now made upon
him by the assassin. II he dies, he
falls a martyr t. the cause OF honest
city government. By the side of Lin
coin, and others he viii stand in Amer
lean history as one who fought for the
American people and died In defense of
their rights.
Judge Gaynor was placed on the
Tammany ticket, undoubtedly In the
hope that his name would elect the
rest Of the ticket and secure for thc
Tammany chiefs the control OF offices
and city funds. He had already won
fame by his work against political
rings He was elected But Tammany
lost the offices Of district attorney, con
troller president of the board OF alder
men. presidents OF the boroughs or
Manhattan, Brooklyn, queens, the
Bronx. and Richmond and three seats
on the supreme court bench II los
control Of the patronage OF the city
and therefore, Of the class OF voters on
whom it largely depended.
Judge Gaynor was described as po-
litical chaIlatan. But his IDEAS as
expressed In statement published he
fore the election, seem to be perfectly
sound He said:
Il know the people OF New York ana
they know mo ! feel that do not
need to say word to them. They
know that the hour has struck. They
know that in the slow rpeniug OF time
By the work of our churches and Of
our schools and colleges of all kinds
and Of all Of our Influences for good
especially uron our children as they
have grown up. we have reached the
end of an old and the beginning OF
new era in the government Of this
great city, which should be an object
lesson Tor good. instead Of a bud eN-
ample 10 the cities Of the nation
"Thc vice of arbitrary power Is a
greater menace 10 our blcst system of
free government and more To be dread
ed than arc all the other vices com
: bined All of the other vices follow In
its wake, and especially tho detestlble
vices of official cxturtion and black
mail. The good man In office who Is
tempted to exercise arbitrary power
should always remember that he 81 set
ting an example which will be followed
by his bad successor. Likewise are the
slandcrers and knockers against the
al. Al
dition and credit TO be now made to
shut up.
And I say unto the splendid and un-
selfish public virture. intelligence, and
integrity OF the city. without regard to
national party names or politics, which
! so well know and which has worked
80 long without break or falter to de-
stroy and prevent official wrong doing
and to lift government up and make IL
Intelligent and decent; | say unto you
all that after the first OF January next
we fight on the inside, and not from
the outside, as We have SO long done
lie kept his word lie fought the
evils on the inside. lie saved millions OF
B dollars to the city, by ending the graft
system ON advertising alone he saved
& hundreds cf thousands OF dollars, by
adopting honest business methods.
( II his enemies think they can
I stem the progress he headed, by telling
7 him, they are. We hope. mistaken
5 Mayor Gaynor's work will go on. As
martyr he will bc a force not only In
New York. but throughout the coun-
Try Even the dead speak. We hope
the wound may not prove fatal, but We
I feel assured that even II it does. II
Twill result In good to the cause 70 which
he was devoted.