The evening world. Newspaper, November 15, 1912, Page 21

GAYNOR DEFENDS HIS POLICY: HINTS AT SECOND TERM Attacked, He Says, for Failure | to Make “Party Tools” His Department Heads, KNEW GRAFT EXISTED. } But, He Tells Merchants, Same Thing Occurs in Banks Without “Shake-Up.” A unique demonstration in honor of Mayor Gaynor marked the close of his speech at the “get together” dinner of the Merchants’ Association at the Hote! Nestor last night. As the Mayor din- ished, Instead of applauding, the 400 men fn tho banquet room rose to their feet and stood in silence until the Mayor! Was settled in his chatr. Henry R. Towns, president of the aveociation, was toastmaster. In intro- ducing Mayor Gaynor he referred to him as “general manager of a great business institution—the City of New York.” “I would just as soon be called gen- eral manager as Mayor,” said Mr. Gay- nor; “but it is not an easy job, I can tell you that. And yet some people say I've stood it pretty well, considering everything.” In the course of his speech, Mayor Gaynor intimated that he was not ad- verse to another term, PRAISES WALDO, LACK OF BACKING. Poles Commissioner Waldo he praised | ag “a young man who was entirely too | good to have his career ruined by being thrown overboard,” and of himself he | waid, “I just ask you men of the Merchants’ Society to hold up you finger | and tell me one sngle grafter or dis-| honest man or political tool of any ors that I have put at head any nent in this city.” Mayoi ynor sighed for political sacking that bad heen denied him, “O, I vould easily have got along then,” sald he “That ia the principal trouble, When a man hasn't got a political party | back of him he hag got to come out in| places like this and get the square heads of all parties back of him, “If he can't do that he might as well get out. It fs @ very comfortable thing to go into office as the head tool of a political party, and when you want to Guaranteed Pure Wool, Perfect Fit and Workmanship 3-Piece of guaranteed Fifth wear. get an evening Dress Our Only Store DEPLORES | * $50 to $70 ‘Tuxedo made to your measure that cannot be equalled g for less than $60, .00 Special for one week A Bigger, Better Selection Here Than Anywhere in the City and for Less Mcney Henry A. Ritchie & them to aend down the names they wang you to appoint. You can have an awful easy time if you do that, that [conceal graft. THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 191 ‘whed at all. I am bound to tell you tirat If one of the highest inspectors of the force had been caught I would not yand if anything goes wrong then the} have been astounded. I was looking for iwhole party is up at your back, but /ft. T came into this government knowing when you don't do that they are not at| that there was corruption in the police | your back. They try to Jump on you ust as oon as anything happens. force, I immediately set about so fram- ing the organtzation as to stop that corruption One Heutenant went wrong. “I knew how easy {t was to silence| And because of that [ was asked to the voice of some of, the hereabouty” said the Mayor. “I had seen that done more than once. Two) around and newspapers put my picture in the paper |Vverboard. Agy one of you men might and I think| Dave been my Commissioner and the with striped clothes on, one of them with @ ball and chain. “They suid I had sotd out to Ryan. I did not gare #o much, for I had suf- fered abuse, even as a young man, Mut @ man may have a growing family that he has to huve some regard for, and I cast about at that t for some as- sistance, and I #aw this association. I able to endure the yellow news- papers because I knew the decent people of the city represented by you were on my sid the question. ACCUSED OF “JOBS” IN TRACK AND DOCK DEALS, Referring to the attitude of certain, Men are deceived or make a mistake, newspapers on the New York Centrall tracks in Hleventh avenue, the Mayor sald: “Now, past of my equipment before I became Mayor, and, indeed, it is a part of your equipment, is to know that hav- ing a legal track put down through the) clty you carmot take it away by legis- lation. “They passed a silly bill and I had to veto men fad you awered: and Senators and Asso to see me and I said, te for that? And they ‘We know the bill our districts @t the next election.’ “Well, that applied to me just as much as It did to ihem, bul the stock that I came from an my upbringing was such that nobody on this earth could make me budge the fraction of a burley corn from what I ltnew ought to be done in a given case, and I told them so. And then came dowm the vials of their abuse. But all the while I had the support of the ou pedple, amd you and finally Legislature did pass my alternative bili. But you do nwt hear a pipe about it tn the pages of way of these all-wise and all-powerful noavspaper proprietors. “And here, a little while ago, came up this great dock question, and some pro- position was made to take in hand the South Rrool tain do same gentr “A Job, nm, docks and purchase Forthwith the great headings: ‘ihe ppose I will see my! again in a few day to it, and that much even In sy own family, BECKER'S CASE NO CAUSE FOR POLICE REMOVALS. “Very lately a Lieutenant of Police— not anybody at, the head of the police, out somebodymphree removes in rank of the force itself from being at the head, a Lieutenant of Poltce—was found to| merce, spoke after the Mayor. newspapers | turn ov is void whether you approve it or not, but we had to pass i on account of this news- paper proprietor, who would beat us in being sold out f with the T have got ed to it mow that I do not care about it, and I think my growing ‘sons and daug®ters also have got used it doesn't amount to everybody in the force. I was not going to turn throw the Commissioner “why? @ame thing might have happened to you. They are happening In banks and in bust Inatitutions every week and day. Is it anything extraordinary that in 10,000 men one goes astray like that, or five or more? Not at all. If T had been there myself it might have hap- pened to me, I think I would make a they would pvll the wool over my eyes] at pretty well. to people that are competent. “All T want, and what I want above all things, is to have honest people at the heads of these departments of the city, and then df any of these honest! o never will I turn around and brutally condemn them and throw any young man overboard and ruin his career— never. Never, vo long as he Is honest and is willing to start over and try to do the thing again and do it right, {t will be done right. T had to keep a still as T could, knowing that in the |1 would he sustained by men Ike you |men who think, men who know that|re things cannot be done in a day; men who say that !f the Mayor will even half do tt in bis term he will do a good! th | deal." 0: ‘The Mayor also gave his views on the pier question, saying MUST PUSH INSHORE WITH LONG PIERS, HE SAYS. “It looks as if we have been caught napping. The ships have been growing longer, until Mr. Ballin of the Ham- ourg-Amorican line told me the other day that while he {s coming over here with a 960-foot ship in a few months, we must realize that he wijl be over here with one 1,000 feet ton not long after, and I tell you to-night it will be 1,200, And that 1s why I said in thc Board of Estimate to-day that although the map has been filed for the 1,000 foot docks, we had better poke our noses still further inshore, because we had the room and make them now 1,200 feet long. “That would nave been done long ago, but I ember back when Mc-} Clellan was the h of the Dock Roard here—I was a newcomer, and « boy In the city of Brooklyn at that), time; but I distinctly remember that all that Was gone over, and it was seen and {t was decided, that the narrowness of thin {sland here was such, afd land |g space was so valuable, and the river was 80 broad and #o deep, that we) would not bring our docks Inland,. as! has been dohe throughout Europe, but continue the policy of perpendicular docks oui into the water front all around the city. in sh by “I might say to Mr. Tam willing to leave that! hole in his right temple. was discovered Fogel, with whom ho left instructions last night to call him this morning. was accld advanced ish Stimson that! pa that fs the policy of this city In respect of docks. It was maturely settled.” Appoint @ Police Commissioner oF a] have got in with corrupt peoste and to | Dock Commissioner or any other Com-|have been corrupted by them to take | ‘ missioner to send up the street for] raft, and maybe do worse, In order to ’ Why, T was not aston: SLAIN SAY FAMILY: | MYSTERY IN CASE Accidental Shooting, Says Cor- oner in Case of Ohio Lumber Magnate, John K. Sowers. COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 15.—Mystery rounds the death of John K, Sowers, esident of the Sowers Leach Lumber very poor detector of crimes—I think| Company, who was found dead In bed him home early to-day with a bull by nfs Accidental shooting in the absence financial or domestic motives is the unofficial verdict of Coroner Hanes. An open door at the rear of the house, a raised window and a sideboard | disorder, found by the maid when arose this morning !s advanced embers of the family as evidence aj that Mr, Sowers wan murdered, The fact that Mr. Sowers kept a volver under his pillow and that tt tally disc ia wainst the © cory. me credence to this theory. ——— 7 Signed. , Nov. %.—The Franco-Span- relating to Morocco arquis Manuel ‘orelgn Mins er, and Leon Geoifray, French Am- saador. treaty signed yesterday by Garola Prieto, the Spanish iat bas MENTHOL CANDY Cough Drops Quick elief from coughs, colds and throat strain. ive Wold Rverywhere Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, presi: “Leden’e Hee © Hundres Uses.” dent of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and former president, WM. H. 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