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i { C PHOT a ee a cs renee Gavia sa nat m Vere OMMUNITY SHOCKED OGRAPHS OF MAYOR NJ, GAYNOR HELD PUBLIC OFFICE FOR 20 YEARS Fight He Made on Graft Ring Swept Him Onto Supreme Court Bench—Sent McKane to Prison. Wittiam gay eh: Gaynor, lawyer, furist ’ and politician, Mayor of New York for almost four years at the height; MADE NAME FOR HIMSELF of his career, was a man whose eharac- ter wae a puszle even to the kinditest of his critics and whose life was ruled by the aingie dominating imp: of his stone—then he knocked this out and the Whole rotten structure toppled. GHT ON M'KANE, The climax came in the then famous <nd now well remembered McKane fight. John Y, McKane, then head of the own will and convictions, As @ Justice! highly organized machine of corruption en the Supreme Bench and as Chief at Coney Island and tn the adjacent Executive of the City of New York his/ territory, had bought up a private water | tenures were characterized by anrumled | Company for $185,000 and induced the and Pe upon hig own wil) S0vernment of Brooklyn to purchase the nd er iapalienos Of the advice or |#AMe for $1,000,000, which meant @ proft gene an. imo: of more than $1,900,000 for the boodle counsel of othe Gaynor came of solid farmer stock— strong mentally and physically, rugged, Qetermined. He was born in 1851 on a farm near Oriskany, Onelda County, N. Y., which had been cleared by the :.xe of tis Irish grandéather, a handy pioneer tn the wilderness up-State. He passed @rough the bitter strugsie of a farmer {ad’e existence, fought his way upward through successive stages of an educa- tion, worked doggedly {¢ not brilliantly as’ @ reporter for a while, pushed his way into the law and finally by sheer foree of his indomitable will and enersy mado himecif a figure in the eyes of the whole nation. NATIONS WATCHED HIS GAL- LANT FIGHT FOR LIFE. When he lay within the shadow of Seath dor weeks, ntruck down by an # sassin'a bullet on the deck of one of the North German Lioyd liners at Ho- boken three years ago, the whole na- tion and other natlo intere’ e4, huag on the bulletins from his bed- His recovery was hallod with ‘evrywhere and the name of Gay- to such nation-wide tmport- his was one of the names tr ite the Presidency before the Demécratio National Convention last summer. Such war the ech remarkable for th niew he made— dometlines del!verately—remarkable also for she sheer, charging impetus of hie mental effort for advancement. Geynor's family were poor $0! nor grew nent of a man lk, The c he seanty boy had to fight hard for imary education ho recelved, alters hee the district school nating periods at with long days behind the plough. He inanaged to spend enough time at the Whitestown ‘Seminary to effect his graduation; then he went to Boston and Became a teacher In the public # ols there. He gave up teaching and tried his hand at reporting for a while, studying law in the houra off from his work. ‘Chen, restless at his slow rise in the profession of newspaper work, ho! abandoned the city room and entered the office of Ward Hunt, a noted He ton la@yer, who afterward became @ Justice In the Supreme Court of the United States. MOVED TO FLATBUSH THIRTY- EIGHT YEARS AGO. Lt in 1875 Gaynor moved to Flat. Lie oe ‘& remote suburb of Brook- lyn, and once more he was forced back to mewepaper reporting to provide a steady Income for himself while he pur- faved his unremitting studies In the la He worked on several Brooklyn papers, covering’ the courts and familiarizing Dimeelf in this with court practice and procedure, Finally, in the latter part of 175, he was admitted to the bar ‘and began the precarious practice of Nedghng lawyer. Karly in his residence in Flatbush young Gaynor—then a slender, @yed, pale cheeked man of thirt, [himself with the independent of the Democratic party in Kinge County and begun to be known as @ eritic of the then flagrant corruption of ‘the machine In his own party. By ti diligent research and careful avoldangs Political affiliations, but we: of anything that might mmack of the according to the Mayor's at jhis tight against Otto T. ring. Against the power of ‘Boss McKane Gaynor matched his strength alone. No citizen would dare t lend his name to A taxpayer's sult, each appalled by the idea. of fighting the Czar. But Gaynor finally got a sult into court and paid the whole costs of the fight, $14,700, out of his own pocket. McKane was indicted, convicted and sent to Sing Sing for six years. The ring was shattered, THEN GAYNOR FORCED ROADS TO PAY TAXES. Then the young reformer started ane other suit which caused the intrenched Politicians, of the county across the river to shift uneasily in their seats. This was against the elevated railroads of Brooklyn and was an action to force them to pay thelr just taxes, Again all history of machine politics 1n Brooklyn Was subverted and the sult was won; the railroads pald $1,000,000 into the treasury of Kings—the first time ever they had pald a dollar taxes. Instantly the citizens who had not dared oppose the bosses but who had eecretly applauded young Gaynor in his single handed fights, got behind him, He wax nominated for a Su- preme Court place by the independent branch of the Democratic party and Was swept into office, ‘Dhis place on the Supreme Bench in Brooklyn Gay- an During his on the bench Jua- tice Gaynor distinguished himself by his clear and concise opinions on the law nd by bis constant arraignment of po- Mi brutalit, He also surprised some of his confreros on the bench by taking miort cuts to lessen the law's delaye which were often very near tho mit allowed by the cole, though diotated always with common sense. REFUSED TWICE TO RUN FOR THE MAYORALTY. Once Gaynor refused to run for Mayor of Hrooklyn and once he turned down an offer of “Boss Croker to stand for the Mayoralty of New York, Four years ago, howe when he was nominated by several independent ore ganizations for the Mayoralty on the Democratic Ucket, he accepted the offer and ho also accepted the endorsement of Tammany Hall, which followed, In Hannard, the Republican candidate, the Mayor in- jected more ginger Into his campaign than even hia most enthusiastic sup- porters shad expected and he fought almost alone, for Tammany was only lukewarm in its support of hiv candl- dacy. ynor was overwhelmingly elected, He received 20,378 votes as against 177,304 for Bannard and 154,178 for Hearst, who was running on the Independence League. With the slmplicity of an olf Dutoh burgomaster Justice Gaynor walked to the City Hall with his wife and seven onildren to be inaugurated. He soon handed out @ lst of appointments that jarred Tammany Hall to its to He retained two McClellan appointees, Po- Nee Commissioner Baker and Street Commissioner “Big Bill" Edwards, The other appointees had no especial “grandewtand piay,". the young lawyer! promises “for fitness.” Charles Murphy <egan. to dig under the of att wlll he had great monument of Tammany Hall swallowed his pride reached the Keg- and called upoa she Mazer at City Hal, . of ® letter meties Mayer Geyacr aude cant seats up neds ern ntncioitlashe canst nl Sette a ce tet ‘THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1913: a oe GAYNOR, TAKEN THREE WEEKS AGO, LOOKING AT HIS CATTLE AN 5 Oviivanmwoco §uNDERWwooD Citizens’ Union Report Of New Mayor’s Record The report of the Committee on Board of Aldermen of the Citizens’ Union for the 1912-1918 term thus recapitulates the record of Alderman Kline, who becomes Mayor, with this comment on his value as a member: KLINE, ARDOLPH L. (Republican, Fifty-first District, Brooklyn). Previous ®ervice: 1903-4, 1905-6, 1907-8. Member Committee on Bridges and Tunnels, Public Buildings and Markets, Affairs of Boroughs, Police, Fire and Parks. Attended fifty-six out of sixty meetings of Board of Aldermen. Attended four out of six meetings of Local Board. Introduced these matters: Resolution asking Police Commissioner to request Finance Committee for special revenue bonds to police Bronx, Queens, Richmond and Brooklyn (Adopted); resolution for $3,150 revenue bonds for salaries employees Raymond Street Jail (Adopted); authorizing Comptroller to pay various military organiza- tions sums for Memorial Day celebration (Adopted); changing location of certain watering trough (Adopted); asking Police Commissioner to consider locating “isles of safety” in Brooklyn (Adopted); resolution for $1,000 revenue bonds for Battle of Antietam Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration Committee (Adopted); authorizing Comptroller to pay Treasurer Memorial and Executive Committee for Memorial Day ob- servance $1,000 (Adopted); urging Congress to provide for construction of battleships at New York Navy Yard (Adopted); ordinance permitting proceeds from sale of city real estate to be used for purchase of other real estate; granting leave with pay on Memorial Day to city employees who are veterans of army, navy and Marine Corps (Adopted); appoint- ing William J. Murphy a city surveyor (Adopted); granting leave with pay June 30 to July 7 to city employees who are veterans of civil war (Adopted); twelve special permits for overhead trolley, parades, awn- ings, advertising men, &c. Became Acting President of Board upon resignation of President Mitehel. Weak as a presiding officer. Fair record of votes, a a oS ‘The Mayor repaid the visit, making the remark which became famous: “So this fs Tammany Hall!” POLICE FIGHT AND SUBWAYS MAIN POINTS AT 188U: Ouv of the embattled administration of the Mayor two chief incidents atand foremost as being the most crucial and the most bitterly contented in his in- cumbency—the police situation and the subway problems. Both of these incidents are too freah in the minds of readers to need a lengthy review. Hriefly they were th himself faniwus the country over. Hin epiaties, trenchant, full of keen wit and biting sarcasm, were levelled at the heads of his enemies and were ns humerous as snowlakes on @ winter's day. The recipients of these eplating ed from a rat catcher to men high on the bench; to flay a preacher was hin particular delight. Out of his lett Srew the familiar Mgures of Epictetus and “Little Dog Spot.” The Mayor was twice married; by his second wife he had seven children, Hig town home was in Brooklyn, but hi chief delight was to ilve on his farm at St. James, L. 1, and tend his turkeys and pigs like any farmer, Mayor Gaynor fell foul of Police Commissioner Bingham even before he became Mayor, using as @ lever to pry the former army man from office the “Duffy boy Incident,” well remems berea by all New Yorkers, in that he foresauted his olicy in reference to the police, It was to curb their powe: shear away from them what the May —__ GAYNOR’S BROTHER, SHOCKED BY NEWS, WILL HURRY HERE, SPRINGFIELD, 0,, Sept. 11.~Thomar 1, Gaynor of this city, only bro considered thelr opportunities for] Mayor William I. Gavnor, wan re blackmail and oppression, and a8: ' shocked when ho aR WAR: tribate them so that they could not|ing that his brat oes mors reine the engine of thelr wo-calledy My, Guynor said ho was not prepared yatem.” Gaynor tok away the Do |for the nown of his brother's deaths tency of the policemen's clubs, ordered] that letters received recently tndleated a rediatribution of the detectives and |iis health wax improving. . abolished the strong centralised Head-| «1 pecetyed a letter from AR poy quarters staff. wlx montha ao,” wala Mr. Gaynor, “but BAKER REMOVED AND WALDO|1 have heurd trom him through my sia- 18 GIVEN OFFICE. tera more recently, ‘The per4 When Baker would not make himset | Prartcnly Kiven up hope of getting amenable to the new order of things hé|the project of running ter tneeeye UP was removed and Rhinelander Waldo| “It was his opinion that his dave wane was shifted from his position of Fire|numbered. Recently he appeared het. Commissioner to head the Polico De-| ter, and ana remult he decided to come partment. When things caine to @/0ut 49 an independent candidate for head in the Rosenthal murder Gaynor] MAYOr, Che Mayor visited me here maintained Shat the department was| Rout four sears axo better than It ever had been and that| york city we goon an nn {9 #0 to New the deeds of “one poor little leutenant’ Povalbie, should not be held over the whoic sho JUSTICE DELANEY’S TRIBUTE, “Outward order und decency” r ‘The news comen ax @ shock,” mid the watchword which Comm, Justice Delaney of the Supreme Court, “and so unexpectedly that t Mayor ner Waldo faithfully followed, though with some embarrassment. The graft 1 cannot prosecutions against four inspectors beypires m Ie adequately. For a man and othera in the uniformed forced dia | (" MOYOr Gaynor's ponition, and in the Dublic eye as he haw been, to bm taken off without warning after he had left his ofllee for @ brief period of rent abroad le Indeed @ very grat blow.” not shake Gaynor, ‘The subway situation, great as one of the problems of # nation and compli+ cated a8 @ problem in higher imath- emat'ce, occupied the Gaynor adminis- tration most of its time and was only settled within the present year, Then Guynor succeeded in passing the so- called “Interborough plan” with the as- sistance of Gomptroller Prendergast and Borough President McAneny and againat the opposition of President Mitche| of the Board of Alderm In #0 doing Gaynor justified himself by saying that ho nad fulfilled his ante-election pledge, whieh was to give the people more suu- ways. RHINELANOER WALDO, "AN To can @ay ay thie thine,’ maid Police Commissioner Waido. “is that of Mayor Gaynor je a Frum the Newark “WN tell you one Woman Who ought not to be allowed to yot “Which woman is tat?’ 4 "The one who stops in front of my in the street car and mukes m jevat to her when there's plenty of v: forward." : ett ee oe ee a oes of Administration, New York City hus a Republican Mayor for the first time since Seth Low was the chief executive of the Greater City, Alderman Ardolph I. Kilne, Proskient of the Board, automatically became the auccessor,of William J, Gaynor when’ the news of Mayor Gay- nor’s death was flashed acroms the sea, Alderman Kline will be vested with all the power of Mayor until Jan. 1, 1914, or until his successor is sworn inte office. Until the death of Mayor Gaynor the President of the Board of Alderman was the acting head of the administration. Now he is the real vead of the city. Gen Kline—he won the title of Brevet~ drigadier-General in the Spanish-Amere can war—lives in Brooklyn, and well known in National Guard clrates, | He ly Colonel of the Fourteenth "al nent. He was elected as the Fusion candidate for Vice-Chairman of the Board of Aldermen. On June 7 of this year he became President of the Board Jof Aldermen, automatically, succeeding John Purroy Mitchel, when the latter ‘accepted the appointment of Collector of | the Port, IDENTIFIED WITH MANY ORDI- NANCES ON CIVIC WELFARE. Au a member of the board and Vice- Chairman of the Hoard of Aldermen/| he has served on many important com- mittees and has been tdentified with many ordinances bearing directly on vic welf Gen. Kline in a native of New Jet He was born in Sussex county Fel 1858, the won of Anthony and M ot Busby Kline, The father was of Ger- man extraction while the mother is from a Scotch-Irish strain, Gen, Kilne’a father was a member of the Twenty-neventh Regiment of New Jersey “during the clvil war, Gen. Kline attended private and pub- lic schools at Andover and Newton, N. J. In 1877 he entered the firm of W. C. Peet & Co, manufacturers of men's neckwear. He continued with this firm until 1686, From hia youth Col, Kline took an active interest in military affairs. As eurly 1876 he Joined the Fourteenth Kegiment of New Jersey as & private, and when the Bpantwh-American war broke out he enlisted as a volunteer and wan ap- at-colonel of the Four- New York Volun- He went to the front with hie regiment, and for good nervice panued through all grades up to and including revet<ieneral, for which he was named on July 26, 1902, ALWAYS A STRICT PARTY OR- GANIZATION MAN, When Gen, Kline settied in Brooklyn he at onve took a) active part In poll- Uck, He was always a strict organiza: Ye a, tion Republican and for several yeara served as Colone! of the Fourteenth Regiment. In 2 Gen, Kine wan named for Sheriff of Kinase County and waged a memoravie campaign. ‘Nhough defeated, he run about 5,000 votes ahead of ata ket. The following year he elected a om rol the Boaml of Al derman te went the Mityefiret Al dernanic District. Ie made uch rable impression that he rithe term of 190i wmlnated to serve aw thind Wan defeated, Ilia downfall Was attithuted to the reagpurtionment lor Aidermani dintriet, which | rough f Conmderaile wumber of new voters of 4 different politival falth into the district, Gen, Kline did not long remain out of a wae ree ble public tite, On Jan, 4 he Wax ap poted Aeaiatant Apr of Mer handise for the Hor, of New York py President Roosevelt, te resigned his ‘Bem oo Jon, 4 il, to repregemt Ais a BY SUDDEN MANNER OF MAYOR’S DEA ee ee aaah Ea nm i REPUBLICAN MAYOR OF CITY {SHOOTING FOR FIRST TIME SINGE LOW — +4 ——_—__— Gen. Kline of Brooklyn, Who Becomes Real Head|Shot Down as He Stood on Deck of Kaiser. Always a Strict Organization Man. district in the Hoard of Aldermen, tof On Tuesday, Aus. 9, 1910, Mayor Gay- which he was elected the third time. Gen. Kilne in a member of the Tenth Assembly District Clup, He has been for twelve years a member of the Kings County Republican General Committee. He is a member of many fraternal and National Guard organisations. He served one term an President of the National Guard Assoctation of the State of New York. On Nov. Kine married Misa Fri They have one daughter, LEADERS IN CITY PAY HIGH TRIBUTE TO EAD MAYOR Deep Sorrow and High Praise ixpressed by Charles F, Murphy. Many public men having wide differ. @uces in politica expreane regreta at Mayor Gaynor’s death. Charlea F. Murphy arrived at Tam- many Hall mhortly after noon. “T was very much shocked by the re- colpt of the news regarding Mayor Gaynor's sudden death,” said Mr. Mur- phy. “I knew ho went away a very aick man, I deeply regrot his death,” Edward B. MoCall, Tammany nominee for Mayor, wan greatly moved. ‘The PubUc Service Chairman and the Mayor have heen intimate friends for twenty- five years and during the exciting days of the early campaign for the Mayor- alty, Mr. MoCal refused to utter a word against the Mayor. “The rad news of the death of the Mayor at sea which came to us ail :his morning completey prostrates me,” snid Mr, MeCal. “An intimate and deftht- ful acquaintance extending over twenty- five yearn gave me that knowedge and in- ht of the ma nwhwich revealed a Rreat character. Hie long career of devoted, patriotic public service leaves & heritage ta hie wife and chidren of which they can justly be proud, and an obligation on the part of the citieneship of which, atrive aa we may, In my judx- ment we can never fully meet or repa: SENDS MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY TO MRS. GAYNOR, Chairman McCall also the fol- mynelf our deep heartfelt sy:npathy and condolence, 1 was proud to count your husband as my friend. Tam bowed In grief ut his death. President MoAneny prepared a state- ment tn his office In the City Hail which he issued aliortly after the proclamna- ton of Kyne, The Horough President said: ° e at the mo- thut Tecan way. Mayor Gaynor will ve remembered ax one of the inowt striking personalities the city has ever known, He Was an extra- ordinary man. Hig strong belief in the peopic, to whom constantly his appeals wero made; his rugged way of a ny with them, and Ris stoad- ast joyalty to his department chiefs and the others he had brought with- (a als oMolal civcle, Gre te TIT HASTENED HIS DEATH ———_. 4 Wilhelm der Grosse on Aug. 9, 1910— Assailant Died Insane. he drew a short revolver from Bie nor was shot by James J. Gallagher on | pocket and fired-at Gaynor. The dulled the deck of the North German Lloyd | atruck the city’ Executive in the nes, = ff * Ho tottered and caught by a fram who was standing near. The wouli-te aasasnin tried to fire another shot, Gut “Big Ril" Kawards hurled his trememe dous bulk on Gallagher and bore him to je deck. There the revolver was wreated from his hand. nteamship Katser Wilhelm der Groase at the Hoboken dock just as he was be- ginning his vacation trip to Europe. The Incident was tremendously dra- matic. The ahooting had much to do with his death yesterdey. Gaynor, accompanied by his sun Rufus, and surrounded by # large circle of political and personal friends and annociates, went to the Hoboken dock and climbed the gangway to the upper ‘The Mayor did not jose consciousness, Ho was carried from the ship to the dock on a stretcher; as he was golmg the xanxplank he feebly tried to to-day thetr| following statement: aeck of the big ship. Big Bill Edwards, Btreet Joner, and reveral 04! members of Gaynor's off-lal family were grouped about him wen @ ort, thick set man dresned in shabby clothes pushed through the circle. i FIRES SHOT INTO NECK OF TALKING MAYOR. ‘When within a tow feet of the Mayor wave his hands in reassurance to the horrified xpectators of the attempt t@ murder, LAY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH FOR DAYS. ‘To St, Mary's Hospital in Hoboles the grievously wounded Mayor wae burried. At first it was thought there Was no chance of saving his life, FR@ ; bullet had gone through from the belt of hin neck to @ point of lodgment be hind the roof of his mouth im the thro: ‘The surgeons did not dare te operate, For days the Mayor hovered betweas, life and death. He passed the danger ous period of vlood poisoning success. fully and then began slowly to mend, Htill the surgeons dared not operate, te so dangerous w spot had the bullet lodged. Finally they announced that the missile had become safely encysted and that It would not be necessary ever }to remove It. | The Mayor completed the period ef his valescence In St. James, tut ever since the shooting his throat been sensitive to changes in tem ture, and the wound in hie neck See given him formal pain, qualities that will be ‘beat remem- bered of him. “He was a tir worker, even under the handicap of crippled ph cal condition, and I suppose it can ne sald with Mberal truth that he has laid down his life in the service of the city, Those of us who have been closely asnociated with him tn public affairs will @urely feel tows. COMPTROLLER PRENDERGAST'S TRIBUTE TO DEAD MAYOR. Comptroller Prendergast issued the “Mayor Gaynor and T have been assoclated with the city government for nearly four years, In the main there has been av roat ce I have al- waye rr of remarkable intellectual power and acumen, and close association with him very much strengthened that impression, “In many senses he was a most interesting personality, and it was thig characteristic that infused into his position as Mayor @ type of pub- Ilo nervice and activity that few men 1d bring to the position, ‘Thers are many phases of city work to which he haw given atten- tlon of the most studious and ab- sorbing character, He has left a deep {impression upon our city," John 1. Crimming, who was pall- bearer at the funeral of William F. Havemeyer, took the first news of thy death of Mayor Gaynor to several weil known citixens of New York. Amonw Gallagher, hin ansailant, died on Fat, 3, 1913, In the state hospital for the insane, where he had been committed, them were J. P. Morgan, Dr, Hen y MacCracken, Willlam R. Willeox and many other bankers and leaders of business TRIBUTE TO DEAD MAYOR BY JOHN DO, CRIMMINS. t “1 had known Mayor Gaynor more than twenty years,” sald Mr, Crimmins. “f adimired him for an equal thine, He wus a wonderful man with a wonder(u, comprehensive mind, So well Informe: was he that he had @ little inklin everything and there was no matter about which you could speak to him on which he would be found utterly helpless. Twas with hin on the steps of the City Hall on that now memorable occasion when | te hin last speech, W derful as the oveasion was it | never have been permitted, because Mayor Gaynor Was too weak to ‘aved even such @ proof of his appearance on that ocea- y impressed thar it forewhat lightened the surprise and shook of this mucning. ‘Phe city and coun- try have loxt one o! thelr greatest men. He wan utterly uneelfieh and imperson and wonderfully courageous, and for th reason | believe he had no forewarning, lrear or (dew that death was noon b> |nssee nim It is a shock to every man i believes in civic pride ‘and § Rice & Hutchins Educator Shoes Sea ae saeh 85, Coney of Tod