New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
BAD EDITORS CAN'T WIN
OFFICE, SAYS GAYNOR
Mayor in Speech to Knights of
Columbus Asserts There's
No Police Graft.
HIS HARD WORK FOR CITY
Declares He Has Risked Health
in Seeking Solution of Wa
terfront Problems, With
out Reporters Aid.

Mayor Gaynor talked to knights of Co.
mmbus last night at the headquarters of
tho New Amsterdam Council, No. 307
West 54th street. These were fourth-de-
gree Knights. to whom William Onslaught
messy presented the Mayor as "the man
who holds position second only TO that
Of the President of the United States"
The Mayors subject was THE Difficulties
of Holding Office"
The Mayor declared there are people in
all communities. and more than fair
share in New York who are corrupt and
do not want good government.
some Of them" he said, ARE people Of
vast wealth, who can own newspapers and
can write you up or write you down
daily. At least. they think they can. |
do not believe they can. l believe man
is what he makes himself"
The Mayor declared II to be the in
terest Of many to have bad government;
that vast fortunes are made by bad gov
eminent. Some people, he said did not
want good government or successful gov
eminent unless they could themselves ac-
Complish IL.
Oh
to wait long time, for the people have
never yet elected a common libeller to
high executive office"
Speaking of the opposition that had con-
fronted him the Mayor said
MY own future and myself ! don't
care or bother about. While I am Mayor
/ want to be my own Mayor. / haven't
seen the inside Of a newspaper office since
have been Mayor That hurt some OF
their feelings. They think / should come
10 them and ask what they want me to
do"
With regard to police matters he said {:
They discovered the extraordinary fact
that some policemen took graft. That
never alarms me. Don't | know that?
They've been grating for years. But
there has never been less than there is to-
day Those who were on the police force
in past years were corrupt and went out
milionares. They got their share OF It,
they're not getting much to-day.
They found policeman who was get
ting graft. They found lieutenant Of
police who seems 20 have been one Of the
greatest criminals of tho age. But how
many bank officials and others are found
TO be dishonest? To-day no promotion is
obtained dishonesty, and not one dollar
is collected as tribute from the saloons Of
the city.
"It's Sipp the Blood Now"
The Mayor declared that any one who
entered office and attempted TO run a
straight course without fear or favor,
90 friends or foes. was bound to meet with
opposition and abuse
Il am going to speak 10 you tonight,
he said. about some things that We have
accomplished. Some people don't want TO
hear about anything but 'Gyp' the Blood.
Now it's 'Sipp the Blood believe
daughter, the social evil and and unfort-
innate women Their heads are buzzing
full of il. ! do not know how people 5
heads get so full Of such subjects unless
they know a great deal about them
The Mayor said that when he took office
there was some scheme known as the
trl-borough route" under consideration.
When this plan was put up for bidding,
ne said. not a single capitalist came for
ward because they could not see any
money in IT, Some wanted the city then,
the Mayor said to build and operate THIS
trl-borough route as If IT were the sim
plest thing in the world 10 raise money
Tor anything.
he said the devising Of new plan
the one now completed. took year ana
talf OF consideration and planning. ANA
during all that time" nc s.id, Il was
reading that [ was selling out the city to
Morgan. RYAN. Belmont and tho rest
We'll I'm sure didn't get any money out
~ il. and finally the others. the Controller
and others, honest men. voted for the plan
six months ago. Then they were cartooned
with BAH and chain. They were treated
even worse than ] had been"
Few Killed on death Avenue"
The Mayor then spoke OF The crusade
10 have tracks removed from Eleventh
and Twelfth avenues and said he had
found when looking up statistics that
Death avenue" really had less deaths on
II than any other avenue with railroad
on IL.
Outlining the work of planning for the
removal Of these tracks and their re-
placement by an elevated structure, the
MAYOR said that before the bill he IA
vorod passed the Legislature "dema-
rogue's by" calling for the removal OF
the traclI by a certain date. was intro
duced. re declared that people. how
ever. tire Of listening 10 demagogues-of
chasing after them" as they don't ind
their heels any pleasanter TO contemplate
than their faces"
The Mayor said there we're some mai
contents" in the city government and
that they thought themselves piouS "heH
as a matter of fact they were only
bilious He dwelt at length on what
he said had been done i'm the develop
ment OF plans for the Improvement OF
the waterfront. and that he intended 10
go to Washington to obtain the consent
Of Secretary Of War stimson to larger
piers I'm the Hudson.