New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-13
WHITMAN FOR MAYOR,
SLOGAN AT DINNER
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down that he realized "other honors are
vet to come to Mr.. Whitman. But the
speaker made his greatest hit In saying:
l ask you to remember that through
| this summer and fall when he stood N
| the forefront OF the battle for you ana
me he was perpetually day by day under
| a risk and danger, and that is the peru
| OF the streets to the man who does his
! duty, morning by morning, week by week,
| as he left the woman who IL at his side
TO do the harder womans share OF wait,
ing at home. knowing we'll the peril and
yet gladly sending her husband to the
discharge Of his duty.
We have drunk bis health. I ask you
to rise here and drink, each OF US know
ing that men are strong because some
woman waits to inspire him, and I ask
you TO drink the health of the woman
who has made his great work possible.
| Mrs. Whitman sat in a centre box
where her husband could see her as
everybody sprang to his feet and drank
to her health. Those who did not watch
her looked at the District Attorney, who
held his glass toward her with smile
on his face.
1t was inevitable that the Rosenthal
case should be rehearsed by one speaker
after another. The POSTMASTER, for in
| sldHCc, DtEHIl tue evening D NoW VI VTd-
tory with these words:
No better idea can be gained of the
| character OF the guest OF honor this even
ing than to follow his actions on the
night Of the murder OF the gambler
| Rosenthal. Here was man who was
shot down under the blaze Of arc lights
| on the main thoroughfare OF our city
| Apparently policemen were on fixed posts,
but the posts had been fxed far from
the scene of the murder. The District
| Attorney was telephoned OF the crime.
! He did not delay matters until next morn
ing; he did not send deputy or clerk;
he arose and went himself TO the station
and within an hour before the warmth Of
life had left the body Of the victim. the
| District Attorney had taken charge OF the
situation himself and had set in motion
all the machinery Of the law.
| II was whitman who rescued from
| oblivion the number OF that automobile
that murderers' car. the identity OF which
man whose patient. sleepless courage fol-
lowed up the clews his strong hand had
found. II was Whitman who had special
| grand Juries impaneled and a special
trial Judge designated. and II was he who
| secured the conviction OF Becker within q
month after the courts had opened In
| October.
Tribute for Golf Also.
DR.. williams. introduced az an Amherst
graduate and a minister's son. In COM
mon with the guest OF the evening. quoted
statistics eloquent not only OF District
Attorney Whitman's success In the
checking and punishment OF homicide but
also In the matter OF bringing derslict
bankers and trust officers to the bar OF
Judgment He did not forget either to
add tribute to Justice Golf. speaking of
the court in which Becker, the four gun
Ill lAt,t. TOT -
splendid example OF the trial court. such
as the annals OF English common law
have never been surpassed"
Mr. Hepburn brought the name OF
Frank Moss into his peroration with great
effect. Senator Borah pointed out that
one strong man had remedied the fault
which the people had begun TO think was
inherent In Americas system of juris-
prudence. and he congratulated New York
on the splendid showing IT had made in
this crisis OF It's career.
Mr.. Whitman said:
II doesn't make so much difference who
IS the District ATTORNEY II the heads OF
the various bureaus or departments. II
the members of the stan. wisely and
carefully selected and trained by years
Of experience. form such n perfect or
ganization that political changes In the
city create little disturbance in the office.
This can be done II the citizenship OF
New York will permit IL to be done. We
have tried and by we | mean tho men
associated with me- as well as myself. TO
bring the office up to n state of efficiency.
with the hope that IL may become a
permanent asset TO the good citizenship
OF New York. We have accomplished
something. but we have fallen far short
OF our own Ideals.
II political considerations are TO con-
troll I'm the matter OF appointments, then.
Of course. Il Ia altogether likely that
every four years there will be the clear
Ing out and the starting afresh, with
much that has been acquired at the ex-
pense OF the county In the way OF train
Ing. experience and competency lost and
with months. II not years. OF less efficient
service, "A spectacle which We have Wit
messed in this county over and over
again.
Keep the District Attorneys once OUT
of politics.