The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-29
His Letter Causes the
Other Candidates to
Get Busy.
!, HAvENS SEEMS TO LEAD
SuIzer May Be Run in Second
Place - Tammany Not Yet
Supporting Any One.

Roc HFsTUR sept. - The dcChnation
NJ Mayor Gaynor 10 accept the nomina-
non 'or Governor was unexpected by
Charles r. Murphy Norman y. Mack.
william : Conners and other leaders
who have reached here. They frankly
admitted Yesterday that despite the
MAYORS Monday letter. ia which he said
that he was not a candidate. they fully
expected that he would take the nom-
nation Il II should come to him. THIS
Va the opinion generally held here until
last night and when the text of the Crerl-
man e,ter reached Rochester it CAUSED
not only a surprise but something uf a
shoes because IL had been fully decided
upon nv the leaders who can control the
convention that Mr. Gaynor should be-
nominated, IL can be asserted that Mr..
, Murphy had no idea that the Mayor would
decline the nomination.
Nr Murphy IL understood To have seen
Mr. Gaynor AZ late a. last saturday and
that az that interview the Mayor said
us'hlns to dispel the impression which all
those who have seen him az ~ James
have come away with and that has hs-n
that while the Mavnr was not seeking the
humInation he would take It, or ~ least
U,uld seriously consider ~ 4 the
o1nvention {" open here to-morruw
s'ould name him Iam"s trs~lman
cached here thi- morning and handed a
c,pv q the letter 10 VI Murphy but h-
vpuld say nothing except that h" vas
citing merely ~ n sort ~ m-.-rnE~r Tor
~ Gaynor
~ first blush when the letter was read
ere Tuesday night Il was Thought that
.le Mayor. knowing well. a. doe- every
u.ls who understands. the policy that John
T. Mitchell would take Il ne became the
tlAl Mayor. really declined 20 take the
.rnination because 81 tn" feeling ~ faith
'..rsas 10 his subordiua's- IN tna city gov
e--nent nearly every one OF whom would
80 ms head IL they were left to Mitchell
al Mr. Mitchell has taken no part ICIlar
g. ~ 10 conceal this fact either. bat after
.apng over the letter good many Of
o." politicians seemed 20 think that the
Sa-aroga convention had lot To do with
tie MAYORS letter The trend 81 their
AK to-day was that when IA. heard that
William X Hearst would combine with
Roosevelt against hIm. Mr. Gaynor de-
led - quit particularly as h- would
r. naniica pp,.i in being unable 20 max"
stump campaign becau-', II IA" cundi-
ton ~ his throat.
CANDIpATEs OFT BUSY
But whatever was the Mayors motIv"
g.. mas thrown things here INTO a stat" Of
i--n-nt All the candidates VITO were
merely making perfunctory Effort for
4. - NR..t- lss.lss
tat the Mayor would be the nOnine" Of
tie convention aud those ~ them Who had
no. opened headquarters or who did not
intend 10 because Of forrgOne conclusions
that he Mayor would he nominated. got
suddenly busy to-day aud engaged rooms
40 the seneca and Whitcomb Hotel for
the fostering Of their boom- Before
many Of the delegates were out ~ their
Isis the corridor. OF the hotels were being
covered with placards describing the
'n-ation ~ these headquarters and asking
-.pport for their ambitions.
u il now certain that the convention
not be the C,ii and dried ahair II was
light Il would b. before GaynOr clint
r4'ad himself In fact the names ~
f.lrly all Of the candidates now IN the
"a will be presented 10 IN" delegates.
There arr likely ~ be some lively doIng-
r-fur. the choice il finally made. Had
49, -, nominated the convention
t have adjourned early On Friday
.'..-. ,yon. hut the outlook nov ~ that
,rrl have TO be n night session.
81 r.sotKs The SITUATION
" r. r has tangled up the situation
10 sppl and with such unexpected
rs-- A. ~ ave the leaders in somewhat
= y, tD. Their. have been desiltory
a, L., 49,, ,b. ,,oyn.