The sun., 1910-08-10
SOME OF the DEEDS
OF MAYOR GAYNOR
Made Himself a National
Figure in Mayors
Chair
GRAPPlED WITH POLICE
Long Career as a Fighter With
Established Evils In
Brooklyn
GRAPPLED WITH POLICE

government h" hased his CONFIDENCE al
through his career right up tn his election
as Mayor of New York. during his cam
paign for which he repeatedly ss 4 to hrs
AUDIENCES IN brooklyn WHY should !
answer the lies they tell about m". trll
about n' to Won. my n",ghhors. who
know mo-
4 he found hlmsah as a young man.
countryman from upstate. IN the old
town Of flntbush. whore corruption ruled
and forty saloons did business with only
one license n" went to his neiRhhors
and 80 far worked upon their feelings
for righteousness sake-a generation
before MIR Roosevelt had made the phrase
from the Bible popular h"reahout-t that
they supported HIM in n successful EFFORT
10 down tho old Flatbush political ring
and force the saloons all to take out
licenses He moved - Brooklyn and
found there tho old Hugh Mclaughlin
machine mulctinC IN" city nv the ancient
and present method - selling To the
municipality private property ~ an eNor-
bitant priCe-sI $50. .Ooo for n water supply
plant winch tn" ring members had pur-
chased for sIs5 OOo- and appealing to the
people. his netghhors. against ring
which had been regarded as all powerful
h" beat the ring through IN" popular
suffragr He found John Y MCkare
doing a, Con"v Island what h" had s"cn
done IN tlathush and m Brooklyn, and de-
nnuncing hun IN appeals to IN" public.
he hea' INN at IN. polls and sent ham and
sixteen of hls followers 20 jail
A. ~. tune or tn. columbian CelahrH-
ZION H.. found moro hands charged fIr
than ,puld %" got together IN New York
IL. 4
lsdg. ~ tho graft and challenged the
hills that wer" presented. hat th" ring
sttll powerful got hlll through IN"
I,gislatur" authorizing the payment of
IN" eNorhi'ant claims Gaynnr went to
the Governcr and got the bill vetoed
H. declined Office on several occasions
after som" NJ these successes. but ran
for Jus'ic. NJ the supreme Court after
,h" Mclaughlin machin" had been started
on the run. and his triumphant election
with tn. BROOKLYN city ticket led to the
final uv"r'hTow ut that machine.
WhIl" on the bench he continued his
puht,cal activities both as citizen and
magistrate. not hesitaring to appeal 20
,h. popular attention even against the
prac'trrs of MS fellow Justices. although
nj attacking them personally. He set
lar rights tha; he interviewed ~ protect
George Dury from the police IN the i'm
broghn which resulted IN Mayor Nc
ClallanS dismissal - Police Commis-
sIoner Bingham. and within a few months
he was nominated for Mayor ~ this city
Up1n rcsigninE as supreme Court Justice
to quality himself ~ run he said
4 had thought 80 pass my lf" IN my
present exalted ONCE. but man proposes
and God disposes. and | am content. !
must now resIgn m order to be eligible
under the Constitution to receive votes
for MAYOR I hope | shall never regret
n for arm acting solely from a sense ~
duty
since his election a. Mayor addressing
the larger community either directly or
through letters to suhordinafes or by his
own physical acts. he has appealed 20 the
people az large exactly a. he had done
earlier. albeit he could scarcely command
the direct medium Of his old fashioned
town meeting
-Nagging AZ me does No good come
and help me Nv Joh - not easy. he
said once. and It waF quoted abroad
And again addressing 81" lawyers and
Judges a. the Waldorf -Ast0ri1 he sald
In IN. great ta-A that ! row enter upon
| mos earnestly ask for y0Ir good VII
and support without tho support "
Intelligent and un-"iHsh mon can 10
little indeed shaft NJ douht make
mistakes. hut jUdg. me Justly and help
me
To Mag s'rs'e he appointed he wrote
and lc' u boz puhlshai that tho town
rnao, uE might snow Of ~. Mako a
rr~olUtion Wh"n you are sworn m never
TO allow yoVI,els 10 b" moved Nv political
influences "r .ny any IMPROPER inter
terence.
And ~ another be- sari 4 hope and
trust that ~" morning ~ tn" day you
assume thls powerful osice you will feel
moro Ike lowing your head for assistance
and s'r-nG.h han strut'ing about 30
"a good man and yoI will ba a great Magl--
tra'- Be humble was another hI' os
his adytc" to Magistrate
Last Wednesdly night 10 went 20 the
night court. and on Thursday h0' vs'
a week ago on gring to the CIV Hal.
~ the morning he told 20 tho pubic
through the newspapers his observations
of what he considered wrong IN the ad
ininI-tratIons Of tho Police Department
aud the court ~ they had come before
HIM. and he took measures a. the Ch,ef
Magl~trat" NJ the CITY To- reform both the
IroD adrre in IN" court and the Cond'Ic;
and practices Of the police WHOSE lead
he has made hun .elf actually since he
entered upon the duties of the Mayoraty
PrrrIstance in this method and IN arts
of 'hIs sort had given him hold on ihe
conmunity's attention which was never
rela Sed and had made him also "a figure Of
, national interest and one who was
watched even abroad
Tlt'le ~ known Of Mayor Gaynor's
youthful life He was horn nfty-nine
years ago On a farm in Oneida county.
in this state. which had been cleared hv
, his grandfather and which his father
cultivated The villa ge ~ oriskany was
a tender memory ofhis childhood. He has
| told public audiences since he became
I Mayor ~ early days at the country school
| house. where he warmed his ears at a
wood burning stove IN the winter and