New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-19
.GAYNOR IS AN UPL|FTER
Mayor Says So HimseIf-ExuItS
Over Curran Downfall.
WALDO GETS HIS PRAISE
Tammany Aldermen Lauded,
While Criminals" Who Tes-
tilted Are Lashed.

Waldo is one OF the finest men in tho
world: Gaynor one Of the greatest teach
ers in the world. tho Tammany aldermen
who defeated the Curran committee re-
port are all decent men; Gaynor Is the
worst foe Of tho grating policemen IN
this city. those who testified against the
police before tho Curran committee were
almost all criminals; Gaynor Is great
reformer. the Curran committee is paru-
san and wicked. Gaynor is a great up
litter
Mayor Gaynor himself said those
things He said them yesterday. when he
dictated an interview 10 his stenographer
and then handed out copies OF II to the
"ragbag' and other newspapers.
The leader Of tho Tammany aldermen.
Frank Bowling. likewise gave out an In
terview from the city Hall II was terse
and 10 the point. lie said
We won because We had the votes.
and We had the votes because We had
truth and logic and reason and justice
on our side n those things had been
with the advocates OF the Curran com
mltec report We would have lost"
Here IS a comment from Emory II.
Buckncr. counsel 20 the Curran COM
mttce. when he heard what the Mayor
and Bowling had 10 say.
THE refusal OF the aldermen 10 vote
upon the nfty-one constructive recon-
mcudations which were based upon ten
months study. IS unfortunate and inde-
fcnslble As for the charge OF incom-
potency against Commissioner Waldo, all
tho kings horses and all the kings men
cannot change the record. The report
was defeated. at least the constructive
part Of it. not because those VINO voted
against II did not believe IN It. but
because they did not want 90 give any
credit 20 the Curran committee"
Henry II. Curran. chairman Of the com
mittce. went TO New Haven yesterday for
the Yale commencement II was In his
absence that the Mayor issued the up
mt statement. which was As follows:
My efforts To- gradually teach the DO
lice force and llrt II up and make II bet
ter have been greatly embarrassed by
this little partisan adermanic commit
tee But all the while ! have gone on
from day to day, teaching the police and
also wedding out the old grafters from
authority among them
ct * Of no use for me TO complain
about the endorsements which | have
had to meet The atroclOus thing was 10
call miserable old male and female Grim
inals before the committee 10 tell their
twenty tales. felt certain that
the decent men I'm tho Board Of Alder
men would not stand for such business
any more than the people of this city
The whole partisan and wicked effort was
bound 10 burst into a thousand pieces
i'm the end and that is what has hap
pened.
we can now all look calmly back and
see the great reforms which have been
worked out in the police force during the
last three and one-half years. Some cases
Of grating were disclosed. Certainly that
was no surprise To the community. Did
We not all know that there had been
grating for some years. and did We not
all start in TO do away with II as fast as
We could?
But let IL now be- remembered that
every case Of graft disclosure has come
from the lips OF men and women whose
gambling houses and vile houses were
seized by the Police Commissioner and
put out Of business. Every single disclos-
ure has been the result OF the Police
Commissioner doing his duty II these
proprietors had never been put out of
business they never would have said
word
And other proprietors are now threat
ening the police with disclosures IL they
dare to touch them. Let them all come
on. We are ready for them