Show I YOn rAVO 1 11 New York Evening Post lost To the Ih people of or Now New York nothing rould could havo been a n greater shoe shod than the tho startling news that Mayor laynor tU shot this morning on time Iho deck ot or the tho steamer on which hn ho wilts Willi about lo to smith rail for lor l It is he Inexpressible relief rell t that they will have heard the fa In reports of or his hili condition which havo h como come from the tho hospital Not Nol only In this city but throughout the Iho his hili progress pro toward recovery will be he watched with the keenest solicitude anti and the most ardent good wishes His work In the tho mayoralty haa hns been ben of or unique quality an tins hall been b en recognized throughout the th country ns as of or the tho th ut most value In mi the Iha elevation of 01 the tho standard of 01 government In all nil our omir great cities this Tho distinctly distinctive personal quail ty I too ton that has ha run rim through all nil his hi acts 1111 has hn made him a n living In the minds of or the tho people and anti not riot merely morel the tho of or general principles of or action It 11 is Ic a great corn com om fort lort to 10 feet feel that we e are ar Slot not called upon to 10 consider the tho nature of or the tho loss losa lOll that New ew York mind and the tho country would sue BUS lain tain by b his removal We trust that not many weeks will pass 1 1 before ho hie wilt will again he ha In tho th full till exorcise exercise of ot that extraordinary energy alertness lI ansi and anI zeal for or the tho public good which have hlo n ci ready rendy made his term of 01 office although still In Its It II h n a landmark in the tho history of or hi his city Cleveland Plain Dealer This crime will focus the attention of 01 the tho civilized world orld upon time the work Mayor Mayo Gaynor has hAil done dense In New Ne York during the seven fen months n of nl his hili service It will spread the Iho laynor Influence Into In In every r American city and und make the th ex fiX simple ample of or his hili splendid Americanism nn an Incentive In for tor better government An can Inn downs down the body bod hn hR cannot destroy the Inspiration that conies comes from public service The lime nation which has lost three dents by h assassins bullets sympathizes with the tho city It of or New N York and anti the tho Gaynor Ganor family In this hour of at triAl Chicago Chisago Io New ew York needs Mayor and amid time tho country needs him where hn he h In Is t to 10 servo Mrva as II an example set et a n standard find and further time tho cause of or sound lIOun mind honest holiest municipal Ho lie If has time tho sympathies and profound good goodwill will of or millions of or men mn who appreciate faithful public work and conspicuous fitness for It I San Francisco all AI Mayor undertook n a nIO task to 10 clean out municipal ond amid corruption In Now New York city 11 That municipality spends a n a year far It Is hit I always short of or money mon for lor tile the reason that Ii a great proportion of ot the public funds have havo been wasted Mayor Ioor Ganor ha has hOIl ben been pruning and slashing IIla expenses with a II free and und determined hand Of or course he ho has hn made enemies Time Th parasites that fatten fott n on sinecure Jobs johs do not lot readily forgive the man mats who compels them lo to go to 10 work workman A Aman Aman man who acquires the Ihn Mea Idea the th tax taxpayers IR taxpayers payers own owe him n II living whether r he ha works for tor It or not bItterly resents outs ous ouster tar ter from the th public crib Portland Oregonian The Th possibility of it Mayor recovery somewhat time the gloom of 01 th the IhA country over the rImA which has stricken him down slown Hn He JI was IM rAp Idly becoming I a Ii figure of or National im import port While hilI he ime h might not have Imo Ix been en the tho next presidential candidate of or his hili party part anti and probably would not still his hili name num was wall on many man lips and mind gloat hopes hAps were entertained of or his hili future career r He lIe 11 belongs to 10 that fine typo type of 01 men which Is the tho best beit t gift of nr the tho thoD Ih D party parly to 10 the Ihl nation Their character Is la so Rn noble ansi and their dave devo devotion lions tion tn to the public Rood good so AD unblemished and aIll wise that wn WI cannot annot help regret regretting tiny ting that they th the are mire so RO few Iw Boston Hoston TranscrIpt rime old Idea that popular elective ol rule riders need not mint stand tand In time th fear of or of 01 an hereditary monarch which governed the relations of or our oar c ur Teat great officers to th tim people for tor II a has hall now new been beast pretty gen Ion generally orally ml abandoned Time The president of ot th the United States Is la now as a effectively guarded as its It II Is III po possible for a it man to 10 be to who tho desires dalre to 10 go SO about among his fellows Most 1 of ot the Ihn captains of 01 finance warned by b some lame of ot this Ih rust pan rm l are arp also accompanied by prIvate detectives It Ii is only a it question of ot time when governors and mayors gen lIn generally orally will sea sen po time the wisdom of 01 taking the earns came precaution A prominent executive live tive officer Is ins I so 0 shining a It mark for tor forthe oi the ns as n to 10 tomake make the Ihn risk very cry considerable cnn To the extent that It can be minimized by b reasonable precautions these thea should clearly be taken |