New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-01
WHITMAN MEN PLAN TO
STEAL GAYNOR THUNDER
Executive Committee Hopes to
Get District Attorney Before
Moving Picture Machine.
RINGING SPEECH DESIRED
This Will Be Recorded on Pho
nograph-R. w. Bonynge
Chosen to Head Leagues
Finance Committee.

luduCe OOUlIHlCCee.
AT special meeting Of the executive
committee of the Whitman Leagues OF
the City Of New York, held at the Whit
man Leagues headquarters, in the Hotel
Manhattan. last night it was planned to
have District Attorney Whitman shown
to every citizen of the five boroughs In
the talking-moying pictures during the
coming campaign.
To carry out this plan the executive
Attorney to go to one of the studios OF
the Edison people and deliver ringing
speech. which will he recorded on a
monograph at the same time that n NOV
ing picture machine operator will see to
it that his every gesture as he speaks
will be faithfully portrayed on several
thousand feet OF film.
This project is apt TO hurt the feelings
of the Gaynor boomers. who have been
quietly nursing a somewhat similar plan
OF their own. II was their intention TO
put on the thrilling one-act moving
picture-talking machine drama written by
Mayor Gaynor and enacted by him. his
secretary. Police Commissioner Waldo.
Fire Commissioner Johnson and big
Bill" Edwards. Commissioner OF Street
Cleaning.
In this Gaynor talking-picture act tho
Mayor and his Police Commissioner LAID
the New York Police Department as the
finest i'm the world and assert there was
only zone little lieutenant" In the entire
force Of some ten thousand men who was
unlike Caesars wife. But this was before
District Attorney Whitman put four
police inspectors behind the bars and
started other police Grafters OH their way
to Sing Sing. incidentally. some Of the
letters written by the Mayor to Little
Dog Spot. Aunt Mary and a few others,
all In his honors familiar hand. were to
have been photographed and thrown on
the screens.
Whether this latest plan OF the citizens
who are lighting TO throw the Mayor to
the wolves will have any effect on the
schemes OF the 18th street wigwam re.
mains TO he seen.
The Whitman executive committee also
adopted the report Of the subcommittee
proposing that other headquarters be
opened throughout the greater city TO the
number Of twenty. as necessity may re-
Quire.
Several stores in other boroughs than
Manhattan have been selected as possible
sites for headquarters, and decision on
these will be made i'm the next few days
II is expected that before the middle OF
July there will be two more Whitman
headquarters In Manhattan. two in
Queens. two in Brooklyn. one In the
Borough Of Richmond and two in The
Bronx.
Robert W. Bonynge was elected chair
man OF the committee of finance.
Many friends OF the District Attorney
who hope to see him get the backing OF
the Progressives in his fight for Mayor,
and who heard William l.. Ransom. chair
man Of the municipal platform committee,
chosen recently by the Progressive party
ORGANIZATIONS in the five boroughs speak
before the Progressive Club OF the 18th
Assembly District OF Kings County last
night believed that the speaker indirectly
Endorsed Mr.. Wh!tman's candidacy.
What the supporters Of the District At
torney regarded as an Endorsement OF
their candidate was the following extract
from Mr.. Ransom's speech:
80 far as ! am able to ascertain and
interpret the views OF the rank and tle
OF Progressives within the County OF New
York II is sincerely that national politi-
cal party lines. issues and interests have
no place I'm this municipal campaign. No
man becomes less qualified or less avail
able for any nomination on the city ticket
by reason OF the fact that he is or is not
Republican or a Democrat, or more
available because he is or is not a men,
Der Of the Progressive party"
Friends OF John Purroy Mitchell. Col
lector OF the Port, are hoping he Will fol-
low the example Of his former associate
In the Board OF Estimate. Borough Presi-
dent McAneny. and throw his hat in the
ring.
Mr.. McAneny has already been placed
In line for an antlTammany Mayoralty
nomination by his friends. who have scat
tered 5000 buttons showing the Borough
Presidents face surrounded by an in
scription saying he would make a fine
Mayor.
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