New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-07
GAYNOR ALWAYS DECLINED.
HILL, AND HINKLEY COULD NOT PER-
sUADE HIM TO RUN.
TRUE HISTORY OF HIS CoURsE-HINKLEYs SIM
GrI.AR "oPTIMIsM" AND TAM
MANY HALL PREVENTED THE JCD"TS

REPLACING HILL ON THE TICKET
Judge Gaynor expressed serious surprise
Yesterday because Chairman Hinkley, Of the
Democratic State Committee had said ne was
ostonished TO receive Judge Gaynor's declination
~ tho nomination offered to him He said that
Major Hnkley had his leclination several Gays
ago on Friday he asked TO reconsider IT,
and he thought the matter over. When ne had
decided to adhere to his previous decision not 70
rum he had st. Clair McKciway telephone 10 MI
Hinkey that this was his final answer.
Later Judge Gaynor sent this letter TO Mr.
McKelway:
Dear Sir: greatly surprised to read IN sorhy hy
. Major Hinkley that he was surprised al my WIZ, IT.
zen declination. and that up to It's appearance "e
''i0cs csnnot believe that he made such statement
but against any impression when may preNalil i
/ must ask you to vouch for these facts saw oeii,
ator Hill and Major Hinkley In their rooms IN
afternoon, You were present without any previous
knowledge on my part that should meet ,n you
lion communicated to Major Hinkley several lays days
ago. but not made public 1,d rieSdy Say nnd let him
know the result during the afternoon Al a2Pu, Sp g.,
Hnklcy personally by telephone that my decna- Ina,
ton must stand. and that l was p0sltveliy i Sau; out
me- af Riyerhead he left me in any doubt whatever,
| | leave to that gentleman's discretion
CoRRoBORATGON BY MR. MKELWAY.
Mr.. McKelway confirmed what Judge Gaynor
said He published long statement in "Ihe
Brooklyn Eag.e" in which he set forth that
| there we're repeated declinatipns by Judge Gay
/ nor of the nomination sent 10 Mr. Hinkley, VINO
| suppressed them in the hope that Judge uayhoi
could be induced to change his mind Mr.. HihK-
lev was characterized in the article as a past
master in assurance, reinsurance ana op'iihis"c
| buncO."
In regard to the action Of Judge Gaynor the
article says
The leaders OF the machine Democracy suppressed
Judge C;aynors refusals to be candidate for Goy
his telearaphed reftsais and his handwrtten re-
flsals for days and days. They do exactly @ t@ne
sams Nssocaie 'S dg~ OF the Court OF Appeals They
say their purpose in the suppression OF bo Io' mind
That was the object. also OF their persistent ana
% Sna SsS %S SnS sa oe to NM %eher an
fault be rightly found with the Judge > auheIees
fanit can be found is easily seen An appearance or
| indectsion and vacillation has been given to the
wonli have been avoided had he sent his iterated
and reiterated refusals of both propositions TO te
ng them to political leaders He did not 90 so De ,o
canse he thought that they would give tne. to 10
| tbe nublc without requiring him to make them
| public but in this idea he was not sustained
WOULD NOT CHANGE HIS MIND
Their explanation. as already said. Is that they
wanted to make him change his nina. he Is a
| man OF sensbility and OF consideration. re sun
| u,lttcd 10 their many and manifold appeals 10 MIN
that he should change his mind, took their s,ate-
nl'hts i,so r. ,ns,an"e found his mind unchanged.
pn' n nn IN case dd he invite or encourage their per-
| sistent appeals TO himself In every case ne re re-
1eyed them courteously and talked with them pa
ticntiy. and IN every case when they asked him to to
visit them for purposes OF turther coiier ne t o
responded whenever hts public duties let MN 40
Judge Gaynors reiterated reusas car came TO .hs
NJ Nr UInkley's mind. and In those chahheis mos
refusals mysterlousy uhI@+"enb Iot ta b,me and Mr.
Hinkley is accounted for by ms pers,stet laCn ~
his anal ability to seerocamaons that it had al
| ready been obtained
In regard to the offer 70 Judge Gaynor Oh .ne
place At the head Of the tcKet tnr3ush @ 'mt
tircment Of Senator Hill. Mr.. Mckelway said:
T. 4, ,r,. that senator Hill was desirous to decline
,be nouin,tion Tor Governor and TO have Judge
Gnvnor take t. II is also true that he authorized @
th ofrer Of the place to Judge Gaynor IN the hrst
instance tn through a friend OF the Judge who bore
the offer 70 him and tn1d & IN 'iS tSe ,InGge himself
The authorization was made 10 tne JgdSes nr%teir' %
on Thursday afternoon IN tne ~ mo tba FRIEND on
thursday night in the Judges home. 1t was also also
the judge late IN me aernTs bs fud i
him Al his home at later hour. in New, & York
,Y' ny a n,,u thc chairman OF the State Committee;
Both Mr. Hnkley. early on lhursaay h's" t,t d,.
Ciaynor declared that he should not could nor i amd
would no. head the ticket iie dscIar,i ihe SIM I'M
% %tnmG TO on Friiay and declared it without
any qualification whatever lie was "F ths Of
FER lie showed that he was. and said that he was was:
30 one was left in doubt or could be l'ft IN DOUBT
on that aspect OF the subject
LOCKWOOD STUCK TO HILL.
The one consideration which constrained him. or
which 10 any degree weighed with him. was the
sense OF obligation or gratitude which he feit ana
feels toward Senator Hill. for his effort TO nomi-
nate him for Governor In the first instance ana
for his desire to retire from the ticket and have
Judge Gaynor head the ticket in the second in
stance Had the Judge at any time favoraoiy
regarded the proposit9n to heal the GKi; ana an his Is
ems. OF chivalry. courage and Democracy. he
would have beer deferred from accepting ny ,tiir the
fact. discovered by him not un'H tle very 3{ iHHi =
moment OF consultation that Mr.; LOCKWOOD woul
I II tb ,,,er had retired The proposition was.
therefore. to head the ticket or merely 10
Jrrail and destroy the whole ticket. presented by
the STATE Convention ana t. substitute Tor II ne"
you'd not assume the responsibility Of revers,
Ing the voice Of the party to such an extent ana ana
purpose was declared 10 be impracticabe.
4 friend Of Judge Gaynor said that the only
condition on which he would have been willing
to take Senator llilrs place at the head oil the
ticket was an agreement by Tammany 10 nomi-
mate A fit man for Mayor Of New-Iork IL was
Tammany which prevented his nomination Tor
Governor at Saratoga, and the same influence
prevented his being nominated by the state
Committee.
The action of Judge Gaynor In declining the
nomination was uniformly commended yester-
dov by the Republicans and Independent Demo-
Gratis who elected him Justice OF the supreme
Court last year. Charles J. Patterson and Ed
ward NJ Shepard. the leaders of the Independent
marty said that Judge Gaynor's withdrawal was
fully expected by them. and II would make no
difference In regard to placing a third ticket III
the field The matter still under consldera-
lion and would be setted by Monday. II a
ticket was nominated Brooklyn Democrat
would be placed upon 1t. II was reported yester-
day that preparations mad been completed for
securing the 900 signatures necessary to nomi-
nate by petition, and that the petitions would be
ready for signatures early this week.
T. NJ sHEPARD'S VIEWS.
Edward NJ. Shepard. the leader of the Anti
Machine Democrats In Brooklyn. looked happy