The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-19
MAYOR ATTACKED BY
TANNER OYER GLYNN
Republican Chairman Chal-
lenges Mitchel's Right to
Aid Governor.
HE ASKS ABOUT MURPHY

Frederick G. Tanner. chairman Of the
Republican State committee. addressed
an open letter to Mayor Mitchell yesterday
Gliding him for having abandoned his
fight against Charles F. Murphy and
Tammany Hall because the Mayor had
announced his support OF Gov. Glynn.
Mr.. Tanner ends his letter by asking the
Mayor a series OF questions.
"Inasmuch." he writes, las you have
undertaken to guide the municipal con-
science in respect to the head Of the
ticket II Is proper that the public should
know your opinion OF Gov. Glynn's fellow
candidates"
Thereupon he asks the Mayor II he.
the Mayor. is going to vote for state
Engineer Bensel and for william II.
sohmer He asks the same question
about Louis Hafen and John f. Ahearn,
both candidates for election as delegates
TO the constitutional convention.
You were elected Mayor Of New York"
writes Mr. Tanner. las a protest against
Murphy domination, and as late as Sep
tcmhr IA you were supporting Mr.. Hen
messy. who was running against Mr.. Glynn
on the platform that Mr.. Glynn was don't
mated by Tammany.'
After referring to the Mayors Letter
to Mr. Hcnnessy supporting his hght NJ.
Tanner asks: III Mr.. Glynn was not
dominated by Murphy. what was your
reason for opposing him? II his record
was good he was the logical candidate
IN the primaries. and there was no reason
for your supporting man like Hen
messy, without experience in public SER
vice"
Mr. Tanner then cites seven examples
I'm support of his contention that Gov.
Glynn is dominated by Tammany Hall ::
Packy McCabe the impeachment of Gov.
Sulzer and the elevation of Mr. Glynn
to the Governorship, Gov. Glynns APP
poirtments TO tho Public Service Com
mission the Governors attitude toward
James W. Osborne's investigation of the
HIGHWAY situation. the Governors atti-
tude toward the civil Service Commis-
sion. the Governors addition to the state
payroll and the entire State ticket.
81 repeat" continues Mr.. Tanner. that
YOU believed that Gov Glynn was domi-
mated by TammaRy when on September II
OF this year you came out against Gov.
Glyun AT a time when, other things be-
ing equal, he would have been your
natural choice at the primary. Instead
OF that YOU came out openly and en-
phatieally 10 favor o. Mr.. Hennessy. who
accused Mr.. Glynn OF AFFECT servi,ity to
the same Tammany Hall you have 50
often denounced.
You now say that after n private
interview with Gov. Glynn he has given
YOU certain assurances which cause you
20 support him. His pledges must have
been mos; specific to convince you that
the Glynn Of 1915 would be a different
man from the Glynn OF 1913 and 1914
whom, In the primaries, YOU rcpudiated
in the interests OF good government.
The very fact that you thought IL
necessary 10 get pledges from Gov. Glynn.
who has been In public office for many
years, showed that YOU had grave sus-
pciOns OF his qualifications for the Cow
ernorship. There are hundreds OF thou
sands OF citizens throughout the state
who have not had the privilege of private
conference with Mr.. Giynn.
II challenge your right to reverse your
entire anti-Tammany record and your an
taEonism to Glynn himself and to throw
the great weight OF your non-partisan
Office in favor of Glynn because " a pri-
vdte conference You have assumed 10
say in effect to the anti-Tammany voters
Of all parties who elected you : This man
is all right TIE has assured me privately
that he will protect the citys interest
AGAINST Tammany.' II is not enough. you
cannot hand over your supporters blind
folded.
In your speech at the Young Republi-
can Club IN brooklyn on October /. 1918.
you said in substance that Mr.. Sulzer was
being punished and Mr. Glynn elevated
to the GovernOrshlp by the Tammany di-
rcctOrate, who never dreamed OF honest
labor
The private directorate sat at Del
monico's last year TO punish Sulzer and
elevate Glynn 10 the Governorship. You
sat In a private conference ten blocks
north this year TO send the same Glynn
back to Albany. though within the month
YOU had characterized him as dominated
by Murphy.
Nor is there any propriety IN this pri-
Nate assurance from the standpoint OF
Gov. Glynn. When he was asked recently
by taxation OF real estate association to
pledge himself TO sign the bill providing
referendum on the proposal for n tax
rate on buildings. he declined to give
pledge, and this position was commended
by his partisans. II IL Is vicious to make
bargain for votes In the open, IL Is
doubly vicious 10 make bargain for sup
port In private conference"