New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-10
CARNEGIE HALL CROWDED
IN TRIBUTE TO GAYNOR
Prominent Speakers at Meeting
Called by Committee Appoint
ed by Mayor Kline.
PLAN FOR MEMORIAL FUND
Money To Be Raised by Popular
Subscription, but No Gift
More than S100 To Be
Accepted.

New York needs a Car Mayor" said
Mayor Gaynor to r. Ross Appleton some
time ago and Mr. Appleton. commenting
last night on the statement in a eulogy
OF the Mayor at meeting held in his
memory at Carnegie Hall. said:
And Mayor Gaynor must have felt
that he had not fallen far short Of the
city's need when he said. in so nearly his
last public words I have been Mayor.
Mr. Appleton, who presided. introduced
Justice John n. Herman, of Utica; Justice
Luke u. Stapleton, Of Brooklyn; Rabbi
Judah l.. Magnes William X. Wilcox
and John d. Finley. State Commissioner
Of Education.
The meeting. held under the auspices Of
the Mayor Gaynor memorial committee.
appointed b. Mayor Kline. was called 20
order by Mayor Gaynors successor I'm the
presence of about 100 men and women.
on the platform sat the heads of various
city departments and men prominent in
business and professional life.
In the first box sat Mrs. William j. Gay
nor. her sons. Norman and Rufus. and
her daughters, Helen and Marion. Mayor
Gaynor's two married daughters were not
present. With the Mayors family was
Ralph Isham. friend.
James Speyer. member Of the commit
tee. introduced a resolution calling upon
citizens To raise fund for permanent
memorial to Mayor Gaynor. The resolu-
ton was adopted by a rising vote. Nj.
Speyer said that It had not yet been de-
cided what shape tn memorial WOULD
take. but that subscriptions, no matter
how small. would be accepted. To make
it truly popular no donation Of more than
500 would he received he said
Mayor Kline. speaking Of the resolu-
ton. said ne hoped that this. in addition
20 keeping alive the memory of Mayor
Gaynor, would also serve 10 cultivate in
New York's citizens the qualities Mayor
Gaynor exemplined in a high degree-un-
ninching courage the highest integrity
and an absolute devotion 10 the public
interests.
THE enduring fame OF that restless
and complex man" said Justice staple
ton. will have its roots In hts judicial
career He had no weaknesses I'm the ad-
ministration OF justice. His Impotence
was with the laws delays. His intol"r-
ance was toward the inefficient processing
equipment. His rabid aversion was
toward the pcttifogger. The judges pen
was never dipped I'm vitriol except In de-
nouncing fraud and condemning violence
He never laid aside the breastplate ~
Justice. he always drapcd IL with the
mantle OF mercy. His learning was pro-
found. his studies were thorough. his
tendency was philosophc His knowledge
Of history. biography and philosophy was
extensive and nastertul. IL was mystic
and worldly wise
Rabbi Magnes. In his tribute. said
Mayor Gaynor looked upon this won
drous city az place for the gathering OF
exiles. His learning and his sense OF his
tory made him understand the great
movements that, from the Republics re-
ginning up 10 this day, have brought the
worlds peoples TO our shores.
American democracy did not mean for
him a dead. pale uniformity. He rejoiced
10 see this city the meeting place OF a
multitude of peoples. with their varied
national and racial and religious cultures
Each had for him its story. its meaning.
IT'S value In the new national life that Il
here developing under free skies
4 male chorus Of 30. from the United
German Singing Societies Of New YORK.
gave a musical programme.