The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-02-14
THE TRIALS OF GOVERNOR sIu
Ter

Governor Sulzer of New York went
INTO Office declaring that he was under
obligations to no individual or organ
ization. and had no political debts to
pay on at the expense of his integrity
ana was free to act as his conscience
! dictated. That he owed his allegiance
to the democratic party only because
1t embraced the tenets of his political
faith; that he recognized no boss and
promised that his administration
would not be controlled except as he
himself influenced and controlled it.
His enunciation received wild plaud-
its from the enemies of Tammany
Hall and the World, because of its bit
ter enmity to Murphy, could not say
too much in prise of Governor Sui
zer's public utterances.
But the governor had hardly warm
ed his seat before the World is his Sc
verest critic. and accuses him of max
/ ing a blunder in appointing Justice
Edward +. Mccall to succeed William
| r. Wilcox as chairman of the public
service commission of New York
! city.
The World boldly proclaims that it
is Tammany appointment, and that
10 is the first serious blunder of Gov
ernor Suffers administration At a.
time. IL says, when he should have
shown his strength and his leadership
he has surrendered to Fourteenth
street. which we presume is tanta-
mount to saying that he had surren-
dered to Charles F. Murphy.
The fact that Mr.. Mccall has been
on the bench for the last ten years,
the World says, in no way changes
the record. He, it asserts, was a Tam
many lawyer whom Tammany made
Judge 1t goes further and says
that he is affiliated with the inside
clique of Tammany hall, and has been
mentioned as its mayor
The New York Evening Mair bull
moose organ. which has no utilization
with Tammany hall. says that after
| the toll of four weeks the appointment
OF Justice Mccall to the head of the
public service commission is a wei
come relief because the appointee is
a man of acknowledged ability, ener-
gy and integrity That because he
| possesses all these rare combinations
| his nomination is properly regarded
as a happy solution of very unhap-
py situation.
| Prophetically the Mail says that he
will be transferred from the quiet OF
| the court to a veritable storm center
of opposing forces. lie will be car
TONED as a creature of "the inter
asts." pilloried as betrayer of the
peoples cause, denounced as the ally
Of the traction ring in the looting OF
millions upon millions (the more the
merrier) of city monies. All this will
come to him regardless of any course
he may take.
The Mail pays him the following
! beautiful tribute:
Naturally. the justice turns reluct-
antIy from his chosen profession, and
particularly from his dignified posi-
ltion on the bench. He did not want to
turn out Of lifelong paths, he had no
Ambitions that were not satisfied
where he was. The call to duty found
him ready. however, and the sacrlflce
he makes emphasizes all the more
strongly the spirit of civic loyalty and
learnestness with which he undertakes
a task full of prejudices, perplexities
and. unfortunately, thanklessness.
II seems to us that bearing such
reputation for uprightness, honor and
integrity. the World should have
waited until the new appointee made
some false step before ruthlessly and
lrecklessly criticising the governor for
his appointment A man under the
severest charges is supposed to be
innocent under our Interpretation or
the law until he is proven guilty so
how much more innocent ought man
IN he bearing the reputation that the
Evening Mail accords to Judge NC
Call?