New-York tribune., 1910-02-04
SONG FOR GAYNOR
FLUSHING GREETING.
MAJOR 4rouses Enthusiasm at
business Men S Dinner.

Mavor Gaynor. in his journey last night
t;,rouqb Queens, that borough of magnih-
ca,,+ distances to the annual dinner of the
riusbine Pusiness Mems Association, slum-
bored ,eacefully III his automobile, to be
-,,d.1v awakened on his arrival at the Old
Arn,orv where the dinner was held. by
sor- shouted from hundreds of masculine
threats in his honor. Not so George Nc
Arenv President OF the Borough OF Man
haitian. who also was d guest
Nr NcAnenv took a taxicab. which be
bave3 ss all good natured taSicabs should,
he expIained. until he reached the other end
o@ tie Oueensboro Bridge. Then it tainted
;,,e,orio,,Sl,. ~, the trolley tracks and the
1,o,,ou,,, president transferred himself to
--..eo.e oo- which stopped at Flushing on
IFS vav back to Manhattan He DID not
e1o.-, .nd +l,ere was no song to greet his ar
;,I r+ ho+, got there in time to speak
o,,t their municipal minds and receive the
yociferous cheers Of the diners.
4. 1-s+ tho Afayor elected to speak or
email things as he called them. among
which was the putting in order or the olu
fire bell In Flushing, an improvement ln"'
seemed to be popular with the a"oi
There are many small thiheS III ''.'
city" he declared. that need attehtloir,
Continuing, Mayor GaSilor sdiu'
first duty of government is to the wear
and ,,rinAuentisI In the community. ms
government of ours Is soNe' ii''''
laws and not of men. 49,
These business mems ASSOCIATIONS "llo'1
are TO be found in all parts of the city at
the centre of the city's thought, ITS near
and its brain. and / see no reason "hy theS
shouldn't rule the city. You should leei u
once and for all that national ana S'at7
noIitics have nothing whatever to DO WIN
a city government. IF you realize 'h'S hli'1
act on it you will hold the balance VI
power.
Here we are population, as the present
census will show-and il Is no" oSi"e
taken-a pproaching FIVE millions OF peop'e'
a rich people and a moral people III sFtt7
of what has been said CrIticlse Pup'0
officers. but criticise them fairly
You have heard that the city was oll
the verge of bankruptcy. l nave hea4u ~
all over. even in Europe, and these repoi %
en1anated from the City Hall, sometimes
on the eve of an issue OF bonds; but IL 10
not So.
I'VE have q debt of $500 coo 600. and Parls,
with rot half the population, has o5ot u
nearly $500 ,000,'' he said ne s"Alo
comparison holds true with otnsr ci'l07
other parts of the world and they nave"
ANYTHING like our assets oaCh u .'iN
There are ro bonds on earth SO ap90iU'-'
sure of payment as the bonds OF 'lie 3
city of New York, and II IS most liHP'l 0''
that this should be generally redilHeo lo"'
for we are about to float another polio lS7ue'
.RI+ the feeling Of uncertainty Win lS-
gard to our bonds is still rife thanks u
fbe recent campaign Of dfscredlt' eSpeciailS
I'm Europe. where SO many of the city Sc
curities have to find market Sthi' VIII
the help of Mr.. ProndeTgast' the toh''o'l9l'
and the other men in the city government
and backed by the sentiment or Such puSi-
ness men as you, wa expect TO sell the iiS"
bond issue at par. Why, the bonds OF the
citv of New York are better than those of
the United States.
II want to say also. and DO II "ltIio"I
fear of contradiction from any man elther
here or in Europe, that this is one or the
most decent, orderly and moral large clties
on the face of the earth. There are only
a few who decry it as rotten with VICE.
but, dear me- what a noise they make.
You know one grasshopper sitting on a
fence makes more noise than NOBLE feIo
grazing III the pasture only few feet
away"
Mr.. McAneny remarks "ol' "N'
largely to praise of the Mayor.
We find ourselves in the CITY Hail. at
least those of us on the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment," said he, acting IN
concert without one single break The
course the Mayor has taken has made that
,,ossihIe Ard We hope 10 fulfil all the
promises made on both platforms
Among the others at the speakers table
were District Attorney De Witt. Of Queens
Borough President Lawrence Gresser, A.
thur j. O'Keefe, former Deputy Police Com
missioner; Justices Garretson. Maddox and
Crane. of the Supreme Court, and William
II. Maxwell. City superintendent Of Schools
George ". Pople is president Of the asso-
citation Judge Harrison S Moore. one OF
the trainers of the city charter. acted as
toaStmaster.