New-York tribune., 1921-10-22
Jerome Rips
Mask Off Hylan
And Tar111nlanv

lean" or "The Journal" wrote for him.
lie always uses the poor boy who has
come to New York; am only plain
man. The man that started the phrase
plain people, was Abraham Lincoln,
but challenge you to find in any poll
teal speech of Abraham bineoln's
where he sought to make al out
of the misfortune of his boy ood that
he wasn't able to get an education. 1t
is a cheap thing-playing that plain
people stuff.
while we may have felt sorry for
Mayor Hylan, we may have our own
hearts rent b. the pathos of his early
youth, that doesn't make him any bet
ter fitted to rule the city of New York.
What has he got on Henry Curran :?
If Henry wanted to play this sob stuff
look what he has got to play. The son
Of poor widow. He has no excuses
to make for his education. He is a
university bred man. But how did he
get his university training? Did some
one hand it to him ON silver. slaver :?
He won it; he worked for it. He Got
it by waiting on table in college and
running an eating club. He got his
law school training by working on
papers: Of course, after all, to. get an
educst!on you have got to have some
thing more in your head .than bone.
! But you know the real friend o. the
plain people was q great, eminent
Democrat1Sulzer. TIE did the plain
peowe stuff to ~Ssisl, and it seems
TO- me he ought to have ended it for
the people of the City of New York
when he sent Word to the traction mac
rate: Mr.. Ryan, tell your father pm
the same old Bill 1t is the same old
II Ian. doing the same old friend Of
the people stuff. Camoufape and smoke
screen. We are sorry he didn't have a
better chance in early life. We are
i sorry he didn't have more oprortunitv
10 take advantage of opportunities that
he did have after, but | don't know
thst that qualities him to hsnd'e the
ulgrest business corporation in the
world. s-'9
Question of Education
Education is primarily for you WON
en- voters to deal with. 1t is primar, "
Tor your orators to tell us men what
you think about it. 1t is your JOB to
deal with. | would leave it entirely to
you, cut there are certain things that |
ceannQt keep my hands off. have got
70 say word about it and then leave it
20 you, Affairs themselves speak moro
eloouently than any men could. 1918.
$4,000 ,chi 'dren on part time; 1919. up.
fwards of So 900, 1920, upwards of s.
COO; 1921, awards of 10000 on part
time.
Your choice in the election is Just
thls-the choice of a chief executive
1or the greatest business corporation in
the world. 1t is not that man is a
friend OF the people; it is not that he
was poor boy, or any Of that sort of
cheap stuff, which should appeal to
your intelligence CIR determine you1
vote. But it is whether the mans
aplilty and business capacity fit him
TOT the JOB that he seeks, and that il
the ground of choice that you should
determine as between Henry Curran
and John Hylan. So it is therefore en-
tirely germane to the inquiry to ask
wnat ehe business records, what the
character, abilitv and business capacity
of these two candidates are. The frst
real record of business career / can
find Of Mr.. Hylan after he gave uu
manual labor was thoroughly honorable
to HIM as far as l can ascertain. But
when he got into the higher branches
OIL business his first venture into bust
ness was part ownership in patent
on bicycle whistle.
Auto Deal Is Disclosed
There Is nothing dishonorab'e abou,
trying to make money out of bicvclo
Whistles. And this is the commence
ment. the business commencement. OF
the chlef executive of great business
corporation. But be that as it NAV
the next step was not as clean as ~
bicycle whistle. The next one was til.
Black Diamond Automobile Company
We!l, the Back Diamond Automobile
company brought in another plain m Al
n the people; 1T brought in one Alfred
n. Goslln- who was poor boy. too. be-.
fore he got convicted of periurv ir
france, and unfortunately got tangled
up with the law here, and he seryed
two terms in this country And ther
ne tound this plain man of the people
,onrst ,'chn. seeking for company in
the h-acK diamond automobile concern
ana tS9eSt chm. not having naade verv
good headway in that business ventura
asked Alfred to come in. When Homes,
John got nailed in that, he said. he de.
clared Tor the public record: Il never
saw MN; never represented him.
never heard of him. A pretty state.
ment.
I AND unless you happen to know
that Gos'in made an affidavit. in which
ne snid that when Hylan was runnino o
FOR Municipal Court Judge in 1905 tha,
ola pat. Turner that dear old COLLEGE
chHm OF Hylan's, had come to him and
sald ,tyian did not have any morev "a
run his municipal campaign. he wouid
Ike contribution. Goslin said: .Ts
you assign certain judgments Il think
II was against this same Black Diamond
company. after get them. after I get
hold of those judgments, in Substance
wlll pay you. Turner, 81 900 for Wv
to use in Hy'an's campaign. and ,v;,l
lend Hylan $1,000 for campaign pur-
poses sA'
'"Now, If the thing stood Goslin's af.
1davit and Hylan's simple denial
there was nothing else would never
take the word of that crook against
anybody. would say Hylan was thor
oughly exonerated. But it is no donbt
coincidence that Miss Irene Maher
Gosl'ns stenographer, on October @
1903, gave Hylan check for $500
which he cashed. That on October =
1905, irene Maher gave Hylan a checl,
for $3.50, that is $3.50 On November
g. 1905. the man that he did not know.
the man he had never acted for. the
man ne had never seen, gave John r,
Hylan that check (exhibits check J
Drawn on Wells, Fargo & Co. 1t reads: 3:
New York, November 8, 1905, Wells
Ff 20 a. Company Bank, pay to che
: order of John F. Hylan one hundred