The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-09
ANDREW H.GREEN, MAY0R7
-,uylyF NAIL SAID TO H4TE
1SKED HIM TO RUN.
, pe,csnuon visits tn" FEATHER or Greater
~ York" at Hts Country Home ana Ho
,,,,t, rhnt lie Has iccn Asked to Accept
>omiuntion-uIs Views ms to tho once.

,.r YORK" at Hts Country Homo ana ESQ
,,,u, THAT lie Has nccn Asked to Accept
Nom,untion-uia Views ns TO the once.
UoprrsTEI,, Mass, Sept. S.-A delegation
.n-cs,u,lns Tammany Hall came yesterday
- worcester to confer with Andrew IL. Green
W ,hc subject OF tho Mayoralty OF Greater New
yorL. and to ask him to consent to become tho
T,mnany candidate for that office.
a.. E-cen worked nearly twenty years on the
.,no,,c NJ consolidating New York, Brooklyn. |
Ian, Island city and some Of the surrounding
Owns IN Wcstchcster and Queens counties into
ava mun,cirality, and he has come to be known
..the "Flthcr OF the Greater New York
,ic was President OF the consolidation COM
-,.s,,,, and he was q member OF the commits
.I,, which drafted the charter Of the Greater
Nav York. passed by tho last Legislature, and
made Z, law through the signature OF Gov. Black.
n,rirs The progress OF the work. both on the
.,r.nIjdatlon commission and on the charter
.ormissiou. Mr.. Green was frequently spoken
Mua desirable man for Mayor. when 1t came
dino 10 hold the first election. Practically the
only objection urged against his candidacy was
th,t he ia A man we'll along in years.
Mr. Green has been at his Green Hill country
,I,rr Worcester, for several weeks. and the
d,y after Richard Croker returned from Europe
n delegation from, Tammany Hall came to
worcester to urge upon him the nomination of
the party.
The members OF the delegation did not regis
Ear at any hotel. but drove out to Green Hill.
where they had q long conference with Mr..
Green. after which they returned to the city
and took a train for home. A Sun reporter
wen, to Green Hill tonight TO ask Mr.. Green
about II.
Mr.. Green received the reporter in the library
and listened to his questions concerning the visit
o,the delegation, after which he said he wished
I, he excused from talking on the subject Of the
Navoralty OF New York.
He admitted. however. that q delegation. con-
listing OF politicians and men we'll known in
the business as we'll as the political affairs of
New York, had been in Worcester to sec him,
hut he refused absolutely to tell what they had
sait. He admitted finally that he had been
urged TO stand as the candidate Of his party for
the Mayoralty.
The reporter asked Mr.. Green whether he
would be willing to say whether he would 40
cept the nomination for the Mayoralty II 1t were
rendered him by Tammany Hall.
You will please excuse me-" said Mr.. Green.
from answering that question. I do not wish
to discuss the campaign at this time. l will say,
however, that ! am not announcing myself as q
candidate. On the other hand. I am not taking
s~position OF coyness or playing automatically.
lam we'll satisfied to wait and watch the course
OF events and tho developments which time
brings.
Nhe reporter asked II Mr.. Green would ex-
press his opinion OF the Low candidacy, and he
said that he would not talk on that phase Of he
question. Concerning his views regarding the
proper sort of man to be candidate for Mayor Of
New York Mr.. Green said:
The election of q Mayor for Greater New
York is fraught with the greatest Importance
not only to tho city. but to the State and the
country. Tho question Of municipal govern.
meut Is one OF the gravest now before thinking
men. both in this country and abroad. The man
who's elected Mayor OF Greater New York should
be one who is well versed In the needs and 70
q~uirements of that great municipality. Tn
Importance of New York in national politics ID
immense. and tho Importance of the city cleo
tim on the politics of the State IL great.
FL do not believe in discovering political ques
tons from municipal elections. for the politics
Of the great city and of the State and nation are
inseparable. Neither do 1 believe that because
amAn has been successful in mercantile life ht
Is necessarily fitted for the exercise of the func
tons OF the Chief Magistrate OF the great city.
"A man TO be the best Mayor Of so great a city
SNew York should be a man who Is familiar
with the needs OF the city and its people. a man
Of eourage and resolution. and a man. above all
who has an accurate judgment of mcr
and their fitness for appointment Il
offices. The duties of the first Mayo
Of Greater New York will require courage
judgment, and ability. The first Mayor of tho
municipality. as 1t has been enlarged. should b
q man who has familiarized himself with thu
needs OF the city and of its people,"
Further than this Mr.. Green declined to tall
with reference to the campaign. but from wha
be said and the manner in which he said II, 1
Sthought now that he will accept the nomina
ton II Tammany offers II. Mr.. Green did no
venture upon the question as to his views on tn
Democratic national platform. but he di
strongly deprecate the separation of polite
from municipal affairs.
Green is now apparently In robust health
a few months ago no underwent O surgica
operation. but no has practically recoyere
from the effects of II. and his face /
bright. his figure erect, and his voic
strong. The reporter who went to sc
him tonight interviewed him at hi
New York home several times durin
hswork on the consolidated commission, and hi
appearance now is much better than 1t was thcr
heis apparently stronger and better fitted 70
public duties than he has been in some year.
and II there is nothing better than his years t
urge against his candidacy he has nothing I
fear.
Nr. Green told the reporter that during tn
bYera! weeks he has been in Worcester he ha
spent his time quietly. and that he feels n
'feshed and strengthened from his stay In tn
country, and the walks and drives he has bee
."kiAs about Worcester. He will return t