New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-20

;s a stroo- advocate of the reelection OF Mayor
Mcclellan and last winter in the Citizens Union
! introduced a resolution calling for his lndorse-
ment by the union the letter received by MI
Leavitt from Justice Gaynor is not regarded as
either important or conclusive.
The Republican conferrees. representing the
element which will contribute the preponderance
of votes against the Tammany ticket on NO
venber Z have no doubt that when the Mayor
atty nomination is offered to Justice Gaynor. If
IT is it will evoke from him response totally
different from the one received by Mr.. Leavttt
and used with suspicious fervor by the element
in the Citizens Union hostile to the nomination
of Mr.. Gaynor.
The letter from Justice Gaynor to Mr.. Leavitt
is as follows:
NV Dear Leavitt:
In answer to your inquiry. can only say that
on the day I arrived from Europe certain emil
nent gentlemen saw and requested me TO
allow my name to be presented to and agreed
upon for the fusion MayOralty conference. L
felt constrained to decline ara my oete[!lllila ma
tion was communicated to them Al OF tndL @
occurred last week. I did not feel that it was
for me to make public announcement OF tne
fact, but you can show this letter II you WISE
Ny name is not to be used. Yours sincerely,
w. J. GAYNOR.
What else could Justice Gaynor say?" was
the universal question among the Republican
conferrees yesterday when Mr.. Leavtt's status
became fully known When seen at his office,
r Fulton Cutting said that Mr.. Leavitt had
acted on his own initiative in getting from Mr.
Gaynor an expression Of his views previous 10
official action by the important factors In the
anti-Tammany movement
CALLS ENDORSEMENT BACKHANDED
TT should be borne in mind said a Repub-
icar conferree that Mr. Cutting. for some
reason or other, we do not know what. Is hos
tile to Justice Gayror He and his .immed1ate
friends dominate the Citizens Union and all ITS
committees The committee or nominations oL
the union acting In sympathy with the wishes
of Mr.. Cutting, passed resolution decIarlnS
tha+ Mr. Gavno~ was not an availa BILE candt-
date The night that MI Cutting and his friends
bolted the fusion conference the sentiment was
Overwhelmingly in favor Of nominating Mr:
Gaynor. Mr.. Cutting discovered this early, ana
walked of the fusion conference giving as
reason that the Republicans would not dls-
cuss candidates ana were wasting time
AT the meeting of the Citizens Union last
night President Cutting received backhanded
Endorsement or his action the spirit OF the reso-
imtion which was adopted being clearly notice
to him TO go back to the fusion conference ana
work for winning anti-Tammany ticket. The
committee on nominations met this afternoon,
and the irst step in the ostehsipIe IIytns out
of the spirit of the resolution was to nash a
letter from Mr.. Leavitt an aVowed Mcclellan
advocate which. from one point OF view, tusti-
fes the Cutting coterte In It's hostility TO the
judge.
ness and ward politics, ana and Is unworthy high
most available candidate to run against Nc
CieIIan and the rank and file of the Citizens
Union are aware of this fact. They let Mr.
cutting down easily Monday night. but at
the next meeting if the present tactics are con-
finued there will be an indignation meeting In
the Citizens Union. and q resolution exceedingly
snecific in its terms will be passed Mr.. Cutting
will have TO obey the spirit actuatng the rank
and file in their desire to put winning anti
Tammany ticket in the field or the Union will go
10 pieces.
VAN IDERSTINE CALLS ON HALPIN.
Robert w Van Iderstine. representing the
committee on nominations of the Citizens Union
late yesterday afternoon called on President
Halpin. of the Republican County Committee.
and told him that the Union would If nothing
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