New-York tribune., 1921-10-29
Mayoralty Nominee AS
serts Hearst Papers Falsi-
fyWhen They Say Mayor
Has Cleaned Things Up
Cites Experience
Of Mrs. O'Grady
w o m an Commissioner
Forced to Resign as En-
rights Friends W WentFree

The belief Of the Mayor that Hy-
Ian "favorite" could do no wrong has
been responsible for corruption, mis-
management and inefficiency in many
of the city departments, Henry H. Cur
ran, coalition candidate for Mayor, de-
clared last night in his speeches in
Queens. Mr.. Curran dwelt particular
ly upon corruption in the Police De-
partment and told tho remarkable
story Of the resignation Of Mrs. Ellen
O'Grady as Deputy Police Commits
sioner because she could no longer re-
main in the department and retain her
self-respect
The coalition candidate accused Will
liam Randolph Hearst OF Justification
In saying that the decent men and
women of the city should vote for
Hylan because he drove vice from the
city. He declared Justification was a
daily practice of Hylan's newspaper
sponsor.
This cry Of Hearst that Mayor Hy-
Ian made the city clean,'" said Mr..
Curran, sis 50 far removed from the
truth that it would be ridiculous we're
it net for the fact that the welfare
of our city, the health and happiness
of men, women and children living in
the five boroughs, are vitality concerned.
With Mayor Hylan in City Hall and
Enright at Police Headquarters vice
has not been driven out"
At Three Big Meetings
Borough President Curran spoke at
three large meetings, at the Flushing
High School, the Lyceum Building at
queens Village and at the Jamaica
Training School. The people of
Queens gave him an enthusiastic re-
csption. The candidate caused much
laughter and applause when he de-
clared that it was a question of doing
no wrong If one was "in right with
Enright." He said that the Mayor and
Enrlght worked on the theory that
vice is not vice between friends"
Mr.. Curran's speech follows:
When Hearst says that the decent
men and women of this town should
vote for Hylan because he drove vice
from this town, ne tells a deliberate
lie. But he does that every day. He
is lying and trying desperately to re-
eject his 7-cent fare tool, Hylan, just
put over the 10-cent fare transit plan
In Boston. He succeeded there. and
under the Hearst plan the Boston peo-
PIE have worse transit service than
they ever had before. And they have
TO pay lO-cent fare for it. Hearst
handed them that, too. Hylan and
Hearst, between them, tried to sell
New York City this traction gold brick
three years ago and failed. That was
transit. Now they are once more try
ing to fool our people into believing
that Hylan drove vice out of New York.
They will not succeed. We are on to
them down here; and our day is coming.
This cry of Mayor Hearst that Hy-
Ian made the city clean is so far re-
moved from the truth that it would be
ridiculous were it not for the fact that
the welfare of our city. the health and
happiness of the men, women and chill
dren living in the five boroughs, are
vitality concerned. With Mayor Hylan
in City Hall and Enright at Police
Headquarters vice has not been driven
out.
Declares Vice Is Protected
Il am going to tell you of vice that
was protected because Enright's friend
was in right l am going to prove
this from the records. I am going to
prove it by the sworn statement of one
of Mr.. Hylan's own appointees.
ut is a disgusting story that former
Deputy Police Commissioner Ellen
O'Grady tells of conditions at Police
Headquarters under Commissioner En-
right, but it is story that has it's
parallel in almost every department
where Mayor Hylan has placed favor
ite. According to Mrs. O'Grady, a
friend Of Commissioner Enright could
do no wrong. What mattered the fate
of few young girls? The all-protect-
ing shield of the favor of the Police
Commissioner was placed squarely be-
tween the evildoer and the law when
that evildoer was 'in right at the City
Hall or at Police Headquarters.
Here is the story that Mrs. O'Grady
tells: On complaint of woman who
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