New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-28

state and the party to the satisfaction OF all
citizens. regardless OF party afflliauohs
From my knowledge of the delegates VINO
will attend the Rochester convention, they
are firm in the belief that this year voters
will place citizenship above craftsmanship.
Nobody here thinks Of the boom Of
Thomas Mott Osborne except in the pres
ence of the man from Auburn. Mr..
Osborne apparently understands that his
candidacy for the governorship nomination
is hopeless. but some Of his friends seem
to think that he would accept a place on
the ticket as Lieutenant Governor. ut
seems to me-" said Mr.. Osborne, that the
Creelman letter can have but one inter-
probation To my mind It places Mayor
Gaynor absolutely out of the race
Norman e Mack, chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee. expressed the
same views.
Other Places on the Ticket.
The makeup of the rest of the ticket, of
course depends to a great extent on
whether Mr.. Shepard or Congressman Ha-
vens is the candidate for Governor. John
n. McCooey brought with him to-day a
little boom for ex-Controuer Herman A.
Metz for some good place on the ticket
He seemed TO think that Mr.. Metz would
make a fine Lieutenant Governor. if a
Kings County man was not at the head OF
the ticket.
When 1t was understood that the Re-
publicans would probably renominate s. g.
Koenig for Secretary of State, the leaders
came to the conclusion that it would be
good policy TO find an eminent Hebrew
TO run for the same Office on the Demo-
cratic ticket Taylor Phillips. of New York
County. former Deputy Controller, was de-
cided upon as just the man for the emer-
gency. If, as rumors here this afternoon
indicate, the Republicans should decide to
promote Mr.. Koenig by running him for
Lieutenant Governor, it IS possible that
Mr.. Phillips may get that nomination on
the Democratic ticket.
John S. Whaien will probably get the
nomination for Secretary Of State. unless It
goes to Mr.. Phillips or Congressman Ha-
vens should go on the ticket. A number of
the leaders here expressed the opinion that
Shepard and Ravens would make a good
combination If the latter could be induced
20 accept the nomination for Lieutenant
Governor
There seemed to be fewer candidates for
State Treasurer than for any other office,
and possibly the ambition Of Mr. Metz TO
shine a servant of the state may become
partially realized at least by his nomina-
ton for that office.
So far as the upstate sentiment goes
Thomas F. Carnody, of Yates County,
would seem to have the nomination for
Attorney General tightly sewed up Frank
NJ. Patterson. of New York, is making q
game fight. however. He is a personal
friend of Chairman Dix, and II he can get
the backing of Murphy may win out.
At midnight there suddenly sprang up In
the lobby of the Seneca suggestion that
Martin w. Littleton might be brought out
at the last minute as a dark horse in the
governorship race.
Letter Causes Astonishment.
All day long it had been nothing except
Gaynor. Everybody seemed TO think that
his letter to Chairman Dix was bid for
the nomination rather than a serious at
tempt to take himself out of the race 1t
was. therefore, with establishment that
everybody heard about the letter to James
Creelman. The news spread about the lob
bies Of the Seneca Hotel and the Whitcomb
House in an incredibly short time. Il was
on every tongue. but there was a dis
position to doubt the report that this letter
had taken the Mayor finally out of the
race.
Soon copy OF the letter was received
and was passed from hand to hand Lead
ers and delegates piled over one another in
their eagerness TO read II. There did not
seem TO be disposition to take the Ian
guage as final declinaton until the read
ers reached the words: Make it plain
that II nominated ] would decline TO ac-
cept-" That seemed TO settle the question
for almost every one. but there were still
those who seemed to think that the Mayor
could not refuse a unanimous demand from
the convention.
With Chairman Dix, Mr.. Murphy and the
other big leaders in conference in the
seclusion of the Genesee Valley Club, the
plain, ordinary delegates shrugged their
shoulders and acknowledged that they
could not tell what the situation was II
was not for them to predict. but rather to
wait until the leaders had spoken.
This. of course, was not true Of the
Havcns boomers. All day they had dif-
fesed from the Interpretation placed on the
Dix letter by others, that the Mayor would
be a candidate If the convention wanted
him to be. They joyfully hailed the CreeI-
man letter as a vindication of their judg-
ment and declared that Congressman
Havens was as good as nominated
Things began TO move about { o'clock
In the afternoon on the arrival of the EN-
pire State Express. 1t brought Chairman
Dix, who had boarded it at Albany on his
way from his home in Washington County;
Charles F. Murphy. Daniel +. Cohalan. J.
Cram. John III. McCooey. the
Kings County leader. and Sheriff Quinn
and James F. Sinnott, two members of his
cabinet
Murphy and Dix Talk.
When they reached the lobby of the
Seneca Hotel there was rush to greet
them ard to get some line on the situa-
ton. The following interview took place
before the Gaynor Creelman letter was
known here.
MIR. Murphy was the first question 10