The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14
rAa PASSING OF W. }. eAYnon

! THE PAsslNo OF w. J. oAYNoR.
The sudden death of Mayor William
~. Gaynor of New York, removes one
LOT the most interesting and engaging
characters of contemporary public
and political life. He was man of
great ability, fine qualities and ex-
hibited an original and quaint spirit
that was a constant Joy TO the disin-
tereahad as II must have been sting.
ing tile 70 those who bestirred it
Ito ascSS Nm. His utteranees, and es-
pecially his letters for his express
aIons were mostly in epIsfolary form.
addressed 10 Aoasual correspondents
onstitute aHtlnct contribution to
the literature Of the day, though they
geaM1ied a flavor Of ancient philoso,
that made them rather rcminis.
an exemplary
ler or not he was IA notable
the executive Of the great,
scratic community in tho
world it is hard to %Ay New York
politics are still as they were when
John Quincy Adams pronounced them
the devils own ineomprehensiblas 2
and they seem to delight In the great
city to exalt men for the purpose OF
pulling than down. ana The political
adopts Of that town rejoice especially
IN aerobatiq performers Thus It Il
Interesting To find that while Mr.
Gaynor had the support Of only one
of the important newspapers for eiee
ton fqAlr ars ago. nearly ali the
ilewsp save that one looRsd {up
on his Wahdidacy for reelection for.
malIy launched only the day before
he left upon his last journey and
wholly Independent Iii character
He has been such gad.ny while IN
office and has stung and bitten SO
many hides that he has come in foa
a very severe course OF criticism, and
a fair judgement upon his work has
not yet been taken Ii was a pity
that he could not have been spared
to bring his stewardship to a public
FAtAN'diAtiAts Ns nv AletA lttAtlAibA W AN
by his Offering for reelection on a
ticket of his own make-up. TO sae
what verdict would have been passed
upon him by the people whose inter.
cets he had In charge Certain It
II that he has been his own master
IN office, and has directed the affairs
q the city according to standards o.
Ills own choosing and BIZ rules made
tcut Of his own mind He has not
4 been bosscd by anybody, and has
i yielded TO no dictation He has been
highly intelligent in his actions, OF
that there can be ne doubt, but
whether he has been always practi-
cal and efficient is another question.
Naturally an irasc.ble and sharp
tongued man the hurt he received
three years ago when an assassin
wounded him scsely undoubtedly
racked his nervous system so that he
was never after wholly normal and
was swept away frequently by floods
OF temper. The wound that was prob
ably the CHIEF contributing cause OF
his death after three years. unques-
tionably affected the whole course OF
career rs mayor of New York city,
and its influence must always be con
sidared a factor in estimating his of
fetal character and achievement
What he might have been had he es
capped the assassin's bullet three
years ago it is impossible to say
, Certainly he would have been some
what more tolerant and, perhaps
: more efficient than he was, which is
TO say that he might have made quite
unique and an extraordinary rec
, ord. AS it was, he certainly was one
/ of the hest and beyond all question
! one Of the ahlest mayors the metroao
lis has ever had, and he will long be
held in remembrance as a rare anS
original character
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