The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-04-18
LAW, NOT THEPEOPL
FIRST, SAYS GAYNOR
No Patience with Officials " hO
Fit Actions to Public
tlamOr.
Mayor Also Pays Respects Again
to the llparSt> and the
PulitIcr>.

Mayor GaNnor spoke in genera. terms
hrt the 800 men at thu dinner OF the
citizens Association Of BAY i,idrr and
Fort Hamilton murmui"d "SnlZcr' last
might. when he said
Il have no pati.nco at all may aS
well say IT plainly with thus" elected
tp Office who come In saying that they
are going to do Whatever the people
want. That IL no way to enter into Of
flee. The way To enter into office -
with the intention at doing what the
law requires and then within the law.
1t was tho ,wcniN-S.Nth annual dinner
W the ASSOCIATION ana many city Of
tCial4 were present. There was long
list ~ speakers annng whom were
Comp roller prcndorgas, and Public
Sc,,ic. Commissioner George Y :
W.i.ams
When William + tcarN introduced
tn" Manor. nc spoke in high terms of
his administration. That gave the
speaker his text lie said in part.
Il ,nnnh tn" chairman fos ais Kind IN.
tlpdu,t'ru Ne said that he hesita,"d
about saying much that was good uf me-
b-onusr h. knew | would not like to listen
would lih. to listen to # but the fact s
I N"', seldom got the Chauc" to listen tu
anNtn'rg good | have grown so used tu
b'.uS ,puk"n III "f that l. d""S not sound
right when anybody says anything good
of nr. feel a. though th"r" was some
tn.ug In" matter. have been abused So
rlucn !u my time that when anybody like
tlca:N u"ir SAYS something good OF me
tl,nK ;hri" must h- something the matter
with me | think the cOmptrollcr feels a
little b't tnst way too. because Tor the
last yea ur - II. has not been dealt with
any TOO gently either 10y som" of tines.
abuscrs VI ne. particularly about the sub
Nars Bur II : all over, and hope wei!
oven
Tho Mayor then spoke 0f some Of the
mo t,ngs IF the board of Education:
We ST there sometimes ard hear our
e,lN.S compared to Tweed and ancient
mal,factors who left bad memory after
them" he said For instance. the day
that "" passed the subway business
finally ". all sat up there in II row, and
"" kept rs still and as square faced a.
We could and i've peop. spoke think
the, were sent up hy the Hearst news
paper office. The Comptroller H. helping
m. out Hut I was going to say Just what
ne suggested To me. He is not able to
Iencuub"r. and neither am |. that any Oh.
Of them was quite sane
These are tn" Kind OF people that
Hearst generally sends up to ,alk TO US
Now and then the two !itt" fu!itzrrs h"ll
add To- Ia" number. and send up two oT
three puny little fellows Ike th,msclV.,
To tell us what to do But on thls par.
tiCular occasion they called us Tweed and
all the 'UalefaCtorS that have preceded Us
: for ifty years. and We let thrm all talk
And on" of them went back To- the rear "t
the hall. and when everybody had said
have this to say anyhow. that This is th.
first time in my life that was allowed
TO express my opinion fully.
TIE citizens can be very helpful to
our officials by exercising patisrC. and
intelligence Mere abuse is no good W.
have received infinite help IA the large
things which we nave done sine. came
into office from the different associations
throughout the City lik" yours. You hdN.
sent delegations Sometimes YOU lay.
din. cred from us. Sometimes you agree
with us But IN either case YOU help US
because your difference was honest and
YOUR help was honest But when things
degenerate into mere abuse and INTO party
auimoslty-I won't say party animoSity.
but little PARTISAN hn!inusiIy then yuu ear
get very little good out of government.
When YOU put r"uri" into "ff,. tuat
settles y, From that hour on yUu want
d to t"Ip th"nl II l. lbt party matter at
all II il a matter of good government
And now, II YOU Will ALLOW me To- leave
my self out OF IT," cas-" Just tor one mo-
m-ut, beg 10 say that looking all olrt
tbs country al the cities and the States
and lookinr over EuTop. So far ~ | am
familiar with Europe. from the Comp.
troller and the Borough Presidents 70
,n- heads Of departments Of III" city there
IS not - more competent body ~ men
,UN NsLv,, I , M. fnnttI % IL "A 1 EpnW
"Why. some Of our newspapers h-rs
would lead III. rest Of the country To think
, that those in office here az. lot Of thugs
They are pictured thugs in the papers
some nf them even with balls and chains
on their legs and "" must not blame IN,
rest OF n" country Il they tnInh there i
som" truth In that, although | nope ~
nav. said enough IN tn" last year or tive
10 make the whole country sit UP and
3 take motto. that We nave some news papers
h"r" that are utterly un"o.thN Of belle!
in any respect whatever They al" tna'
because their propri"tors are that. Wher
YOU get low bred newspaper YOU nav,
got a low bred proprietor behind H. Blood
viii tell IN everything.
This must be said, however, ~ any
government. however Intelligent or how.
ever good 1t is-and | allud" to govern
'nent OF course among "A free psopl---hoW
ever good and intelligent 1t may be-. mos
OF what il done that is timely and good
originates not In III" government itself
bu, from the outside. Government after
all only registers the Will " the pcOpl.
within the law. ] have no patience al al
Il may as we'll say II plainly--with thus,
elected 10 of'ic. vino come in SAYING thai
| they are going to do whatever the peopl.
want. That IL no way to enter into office
The way 10 enter into office is with tn.
Intention OF doing what the law require.
and then within the law. The prnple car