New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Hylan Greatest
|aayor Ever'--At
|)irlner for Him
|, ,adatory Refrain Swells
About Tammany Board;
Hearst, Absent, Joins In;
Murphy Uses Same Phrase
rx,u Smith Echoes Words
1s;eago's Executive and
l,thers Add Their Praise
d Orgy of Superlatives

49,, esye last night at the Hotel
r.~.adare in honor of Mayor Hylan
,se greatest thing of its kind
v..manv - Hall ever pulled off. 1t was
- most harmonious. too. In all the
s..,sss there was not a jarring note.
I n, ~ kilograms from those who could
n,esent harmonized, too.
nov y1,1;er, M Randolph Hearst was un-
~ - as.snd. though Mrs. Hearst was
aole " n, Hearst sent telegram ex-
theAe .;.r lis regret in which he said
psess'asA sAsyor Hylan is the greatest
! ,aas ,v New York ever had"
MsSv GS,.,ies r. Murphy was there and
I oaslr.0 an. statement in which he said
/ .hat mayor Hylan Is tne greatest
! Mayor New York ever nad.
cbiearo's Mayor Joins Refrain
| M.yor william Hale Thompson of
ctts.rn MAS unable to be present, but
\ a'. ~ ssnt : telegram in which he said
ne. ~ aMayor Hylan is the greatest
u.nor ~ New York ever had"
Iobn p. 0Brien, Corporation Coun-
seI made speech. He said in part:
syayor Hylan is not only the best
4 Mayor New York ever had, but the
bsst It ever will have" He added
B .hss Charles F. Murphy was "the great
est Democratic leader III the world
i to-day
frank Hague, Mayor of Jersey City,
also made a speech in the course OF
which he referred to Mayor Hylan,
calling him "the greatest Mayor of
the greatest city in the world"
Mayor j. Hampton Moore, of Phila-
delpia said that Philadelphia ad-
mitted New York was the greatest city
in the world and there was no doubt
that Mayor Hylan was it's greatest
Mayor.
Even AL Smith had been tipped off,
and altho gh he was unable to be there
because Of the illness of his sister,
sent telegram in which he said:
aMayor Hylan's home rule campaign
Is one Of the greatest things that has
ever been done.'
J. P. Day Toastmaster
Joseph P. Day was POSTMASTER and
Rodman Wanamaker was chairman.
The Mayor made the principal speech
Of the evening. He attacked the news
papers which have criticized his ad-
ninistration, and "the interests" In
this latter category, ne named
'grafters, gamblers, Wall Street pro-
moters of fake enterprises, rent and
fa9d profiteers, bootleggers and inter
9tonal bankers" He argued that
sfiticism of the city administration
'fas damaging to the city's welfare and
iselared that the civic finances were
sound, that the public schools were not
being neglected, that there had been
no crime wave," and that New York,
q under his administration is zone of the
E best governed cities in the weld" He
also attacked the Legislature, put IN
word Tor home rule and intimated that
the differences between the municipal
q government and the Transit Commits
SION arose from the fact that the latter
body wished to hand profits from new
transportation lines to private corpora
hons instead of to the taxpayers.
ihe controlling principle in all his
public acts, Mayor Hylan said, had
eeea to fulfill the trust imposed upon
hlm without fear or favor and with
decent and sober regard for the rights
OF the people and the fair name of the
greatest city on the globe. He would
not claim infalibility, but he would
claim honesty of purpose in all official
acts. Constructive criticism has always
oeen welcomed by his administration
ne said. Labor must be protected in
Is Is right, and he was convinced that
tas removal of "an antagonistic atti-
sude between capital and labor will
pest speed the day of genuine indus
trial democracy"
Finds No Fault in Honest Rich Man
Inc Mayor said that there was no
ophgatlon the part of government
70 encourage "those self-seeking indi-
Ssauais and unscrupulous aggregations
oi wealth which are bent upon depriv-
ing the people of advantages and bene-
hts rightly belonging to them"
selhsh groups, he continued. were
constantly seeking special favors
through legislation and otherwise aOne
OF the reasons for the unwholesorna
condition is that grafters. gamble.
wall Street promoters of fake enter'
Pfles, rent and food profteers. boot-
ieggers and international bankers nc
ven as other groups of professional
easy-money grabbers, maintain a closa
connection with the corporation doni-
politics" eie"nehe IN
H. ne quoted the investigations of the
aeyer committee as demonstrating the
Guys financial stability, the AlmiralI
Gaaa SS jury investigation, and the
Saf's.ian M Endeavor Society, as well as
@ committee of Fourteen, as prov
T. ~ New York to be morally imn1acu-
M .s Inc school building program, he
NV NV. was the greatest ever under
manywhere in the world"
als Transit Split One on Profits
~, ies difference of opinion between
s. Board of Estimate and the Transit
ss;ssamission, he said, was con the cues
wv Of where the profits are to go
ssA the new lines. The Board Of
Ahate is determined that they shall
r in.o the pockets of the taxpayers.
ssa ;ss transit Commission apparently
Sys - not share this opinion"
,,. ,ae mayor gave it as his opinion
- ,sas tne newspapers for their own good,
~; ~ wen as to fulfil their obligations to
,ss.i s.f advertisers, should set forth the
sssamlrable - condition of affairs under
sa,,s ~ ayian regime. This, he argued,
nssaa. sa attract people to the city, thus
s,ss s,tiaiiy aiding our business enter
Selves. 'ne ne"spapeiS sne'n-
Nm his concluding paragraph, the
ivy. ruso' launched into a glowing pane
sssss strss, On New York, and described the
n;.a;isous feelings of pride and ad-
et;.soh with which the returning
L;hss.n Lsn aiscerns "the first beams Of
s'y IN the harbor."
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