Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-06
New York Politics.

York, has declined the nomination. In
a letter to ]. w. Hinckley, made public
yesterday evening, the Judge says that
the same reasons which precluded his
accepting the nomination for Governor
apply to that for the Court of Appeals.
Judge Gaynor adds:
SIT is now nearly five years ago that
/ openly objected as an interested cltl-
Ecu to political methods which | deem
ed low, base and unmanly, and to offi-
cial acts which I deemed heartless
crimes, involving, as they did, spoliation
of the peoples hard-earned money for
the enrichment of a few who
followed politics as trade and made
public officials their mere tools. L felt
that I had right to speak, for in the
face of gross wrongs to the people
among whom l had lived l had sat 81
lent for fifteen years, and silence often
gives the right to speak; but further
more, from an impulse which cannot
define or a reason which is too inscrut-
able to assign, 1 found myself unable to
sit silent longer. The history of the
four years. efforts which ensued, by ap.
peals to courts and to public opinion, l
cannot now even summarize, but in
this hour in which my name is being
tossed back and forth by contendine
political factions and in which / have
| broken asunder the Aonds of my per-
plexity and seen my duty clear, | beg
to say, in justice to myself, and, trust
with due mildness and without any ego
tism, that throughout il all | was never
helped in money or otherwise by any
politician or political organization
or faction whatever, and if in
the end I finally prevailed it
was solely because the people hon,
est and unselfsh, understood me and
recognized that at all events | was try
ing to do right. Owing nothing there
fore, to politicians or political organiza
lions and remembering that whatever
little have done to lift government
up was done as private citizen, [ do
not value any Office so high as to wish
to achieve it against the opposition OF
those whom had supposed would be
my friends. If thought that the with
drawal of my name would .injure Sen
ator Hill's canvass I would try to see
some way to allow it to remain, for his
recent development in the national
Senate places him with the foremost
public men of his day. Between him
and his opponent he should, and trust
will, prevail"
The Times says: "Not till to-day,
when Judge Gaynor declined the honor
Senator Hill wished to impose upon
him of taking the nomination for Gov
ernor, was it determined that Hill
would lead the ticket. Had Gaynor
accepted, Hill would have retired and
taken the stump for him and the rest
of the ticket" Senator Hills first
speech in the campaign will be made al
Utica, October 10th, and his last No
vember Sd at Elmira, where, for the
last thirteen years, he has annually
wound up the campaign.
Col. w. l.. Strong, president of the
Central National Bank, and John w.
Golf were yesterday selected by the
committee of seventy and also by the
regular republican organization TO head
the municipal ticket this fall. Colonel
Strong being nominated for mayor and
Mr.. Golf for recorder.
The committee of seventy held q
lively session late yesterday afternoon.
Colonel Strong was nominated fol
Mayor, John w. Goffor recorder, John
Jeroloman for president of the board OF
aldermen, Henry R. Beekman orjudge
of the Superior Court, Otto Kempner
for sheriff and DR.. William O'D1eagher
and DR.. Emil w. Hoeber for coroner.
A letter was read from Colonel
Strong, pledging himself to run on a
non-partisan basis.
Mr.. Beekmau said that the ticket
would please Golf, DR.. Parkhurst and
everybody.
A letter was also read from Mr.. Coil,
declining to permit the use of his name
in connection with the mayoralty.
Francis NJ. Scott, of the Grace DEM
ocracy, stated that he was opposed to
the nomination of Col. Strong, because
a republican should not be selected as
the candidate for mayor.
Several delegations from the O'Brien
democracy, the Good Government
clubs, the German American Reform
Union and other anti-Tammany organi-
cations did not agree with MIR. Scott.
In spite of the protests of the Grace
democracy, the ticket was Endorsed by
the committee of seventy.
Mr.. Grace and his friends left the con-
ference, and it was understood that the
State democracy had bolted the nomi-
nation of Strong for mayor.
The republican county convention
met shortly before 9 o'clock, just after
the conference of the anti-Tammany
organization had adjourned, and nomi-
mated Col. VIM, l.. Strong for mayor
and John w. Golf for recorder. The
remainder of the ticket presented by
the committee of seventy was not nom
mated because several of the men pro-
posed are members of the Grace or
State democracy, and Col. Bliss report
ed that there was no hope of the Grace
men acting with the other organizations
on union ticket.
State democracy and Tammany will
probably combine on municipal tick
ct headed by VIM. r. Grace.
A letter from New York says ga
new complication in the situation has
developed. That is, the dissemination
of the bankers, capitalists and moneyed
men generally, for whom Senator Hill
made such a strong fight against the in
come-tax feature of the tariff bill, to
contribute to the Hill campaign fund.
They regard Senator Hill very highly
for his work in their interest, but they
don't regard him highly enough to put
up the money for the campaign, par
ticularly as his work was unavailing,
and the income tax is now part OF the