New-York tribune., 1917-10-19
Judge Admits Essentials
Asserts Mayor at
Rallies
Slavs to Help Fusion
Murphy's Man on the Tobo,.
gan, Declares Emory
r. Buckner .

speeches last night in Queens tina, u.
accusations brought against John Fl
Hylan in connection with mis- relati,.
with Alfred r. Gosiin. swnder s,s
convict. had been proved by Judge Hv.
Ian himself.
"On what possible theory" askedA.
Mayor, should the people Of New Yut
elevate to the position Of creates, ,rvr
a man with this record behind him~
The Mayor took up the points m,.,
against Judge Hylan 50 FAR In the d,l,
disclosures Of his past and pointed o.,
the weakness Of the evidence Juar
HyIan had presented 70 rcfuts Il,
charges.
Judge Hylsa nss proved ,he "a.
against himself not by his denisls, b.,
By what he fails 70 deny" said u,
Mayor. Judge Hylan may bring ls.l
suits 20 mystfy the public before elc.
ton. but il will be just a. easy forhr
10 drop these suits after election as,
was for the agents Of Gosln 70 In,
their strike suits when their yictir,
showed fight.
Says Judge Admits Charges
From the afFidavits Of Hylan's frisr;,
and from what Judge Hylan himself a.
mits one fact stands out strong si
clear. Judge Hylsn may attemp, =
prove an abb as 20 details OF tie
charges made against him. out he Ia,
pleaded guilty 20 the essential facts
presented in those charges
Referring 10 the affidavit OF Edgar A.
Whitney, former agent OF Goslr,
given out yesterday Dy Frank Moss,
counsel for Judge Hy.sn. the Mayer
censures Mr.. Moss for making the az.
davit public without ar explanation o.
apology in view Of Whitney's past rec.
ord.
Whitney swore that Judge Hya,
had never represented Goslin as cog,.
sci at any time. The Mayor pointed
cut that whitney, in 1904, was ar.
raigned in General Sessions on 1
charge OF bookmaking; that in lW
he was convicted on a charge Of graz.
larceny. although this conviction vas
reversed. and that in 1912 he was ~.
rested again on a charge OF grand l,f.
ceny preferred against him By the N,E
York Credit Mems Association.
in 1917 he makes an affidavit %
prove the fitness Of a candidate .sr
Mayor of New YORK City" said Mays'
Mitchell.
Traces Whitney's Record
Going further back into Whitney',
record. the Mayor said that Whitns7
had confessed 70 District Attorney
Jerome in 1901 that he had taken
money 20 use his connections with ID,
Psrkhurst society 20 tip OF the poh.l
when illegal resorts were 20 be radei
Frank Moss, as counsel Tor the Parn
hurst society. examined Whitney fo'
six hours at that time.
"Mr. Moss is now Judge Hyan''
counsel" said the Mayor 1T is cgr.
Gus that Nr. Moss should permit Whit
news affidavit 20 be offered 20 the pub
lie without explanation or apology
Referring to the disclosures yester
day alleging that Judge Hyan a,
tempted TO charge his wife's cousin
s2,280 for collecting q judgment o.
s3,780. the Mayor declared that tsi'
charge was no less revolving 20 is'
people of the city than what has gone
before.
"A lawyer who is not ft 70 repressa'
his own relative Is not ~ 20 De Nsyol
Of New York" the Mayor concluded.
Emory r. Buckner, OF the Nitene
campaign committee, explained that d
considered Hylan as good a. eliminated
because OF the recent disclosures O
the Tammany candidates past, viii
more to come. together with me ul
doubted rising OF the Hillquit tide.
"Hylan is on the toboggsn," he sac
"and they won't even let him holler io'
help"
Mayor Mitchell put in one Of ne
busiest days Of his campaign yest.''
day. He made six speeches. ne sP
peared bef)re the Commerce Club, "a
the Greenpoint section Of Brooklyn, a
noon. ard delivered one OF the lonst''
speeches II his campaign up 20 dsis
covering all the Fusion campaign =
sues. and discussing particularly m'
Greenpoint subway problem, when },
Of particular interest TO the people o.
thai section.
Later in the afternoon he aid m'
cornerstone of the Cumberland stree
Hospital, in Brooklyn, where ne d'
livered an address. He received
large delegation Of various Sls'on''
organizations AZ Fusion headquarters
in the Hotel Manhattan. before stsriin.
on a whilrwind tour Of Queens h''
night with speeches az Jamaica. flD"'
.ng and Long Island City.
Professor Nichae! T. Pup.n, OF 20
lumbia University, headed the deles'
tion of Slavs who called upon the N,!
or at Fusion headquarters The gee
CATION was composed OF citizens o. 81
the Slavic races-Po!es, Russians Lhh'
uanians. Serbians. SioyaAs, Croa'loh,
Slovines and Szechs. most OF "noI
have relatives or friends nghung WIZ
the Allies.
Prof Pupin declared tha' they yer
going 20 Organize mass meetings .
every settlement for the various s.A'',
races in tire city ard lo eyery'n...''
they could % revlcct Mayor Niief
He declared that the Saws .be.ie,,.s..
that any one wh) voted agalnH ~
Mayor committed en- act % iIsAs0,.
The Mayor accepted an invitatoh :
address a Slavic mass meeting lue'Ss,, a.,
night IN the Central Opera House ~
East Sixty-seyenth Street.
Urges Auditors To Aid Loan
Mayor Mitchell urged his sudlen's.
10 buy Liberty bonds az the nie,'."s
in Queens lie renewed MS enSn'.t
to Judge Hylan TO meet him on =,
platform and discuss any or al .. "a
charges which the Tammsry ,s, SsI
date has made against Mayor ME-. nI'.s
personally and against his s'"'"
trstlon. ,.Ar,
There are three reasons why ''''
Hy!an has not met me. ssie .,t
3 Mayor. First, he has no fAe", a..
/ knows il, and knew 10 when ne =.
his veiled insinuauons. Seeona,, .ar
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