Review of reviews and world's work . great city ofNew York. He expected to be treated withconsideration through the campaign, and tobe deferred to on all sides as a lifelong re-former and a man whose character and rec-ord would suffice as a guaranty of his lofti-ness of purpose in seeking the for his pretensions, the situa-tion did not justify his leaving the bench toenter municipal politics as a candidate foroffice. The real contest, as all well-in-formed people knew, was for the control ofthe Board of Estimate and Apportionment,which has everything to do with the rais
Review of reviews and world's work . great city ofNew York. He expected to be treated withconsideration through the campaign, and tobe deferred to on all sides as a lifelong re-former and a man whose character and rec-ord would suffice as a guaranty of his lofti-ness of purpose in seeking the for his pretensions, the situa-tion did not justify his leaving the bench toenter municipal politics as a candidate foroffice. The real contest, as all well-in-formed people knew, was for the control ofthe Board of Estimate and Apportionment,which has everything to do with the raisingand spending of the citys money. The Fusionticket, headed by Mr. ()tto T. Bannard, whichJudge Gaynor went into the field to oppose,was made up of candidates selected for theirespecial fitness. For that reason, men claim-ing a record of disinterested public service, likeJudge Gaynor, clearly owed it to themselvesand their reputations to support the citizensticket as against the Tamnianv Hall ticket. THE PROGRESS OF THE IVORLD. 521. Pbotoeraph by Brown N. Y. Judge Gaynor. JUDGE GAYNOR ACCEPTING HIS NOMINATION FOR THE NEW YORK MAYORALTY. The Price ^> J**^ reputation that Judgeof a Gavnor had earned in the past Nomination, r r ^ • ^ ^u lor useful service to the com-munity was precisely the measure of the pricehe paid to Tammany Hall for a nominationwhich,—if his personal prestige should leadto success at the polls,—would drag intopower one of the most objectionable ticketsever ofifered to the community by this cor-rupt organization. Judge Gaynor has beenknown as a man of extreme, if not fanatical,zeal on behalf of certain public causes, andhas long been regarded as a man who mightmake a very popular run for Mayor or Gov-ernor. But he understands the situation inNew York thoroughly well and he knows,as every one else does, that Tammany se-lected him for the sake of keeping its controlupon the other offices. Tamm;mys hope wasthat Gaynors popularity would sweep thewh
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