The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-27
.GAYN0R SAYS HE'S
NOT A CANDIDATE
Does Not Say What He
Will Do if Nomi-
mated.
WANTS TO SERVE
TERM AS MAYOR
Makes His First Formal State
ment in Letter to Chairman Of
State Committee - oppon-
ents Organizing and Will
Fight Hard to Prevent
Him Heading Ticket.

New York. September 26.-Mayor
Gaynor issued tonight, for the first
time. formal statement sayi that
ne is not candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor. No
Where in the statement does the Mayor
say. however. what course he will pur-
sue in the event the nomination. is
thrust upon him. He indicates that
he prefers to serve his full term as
Mayor, but at the same time he en-
phasizes that he feels no moral obli-
cation to do SO. The statement, dated
ST. James. L. l., September 26, in the
form of a letter to John A. Dix, chair
man of the Democratic State Commit
tee. In part follows:
have further considered the mat
ter as you requested when you called
on NE here with Mr. Mack last Wed :
nesday. but can only reiterate to you
that l am not candidate for the
nomination for Governor. This must
nave been we'll known all along. for
have written 1t to many people dur
ing the last six months. l am not
influenced In my course by assertions
made here and there that / made an
agreement or compact during the
nlayoralty campaign to serve out the
TOUR years II elected. These false as.
sertlons are made by persons who on
posed me and voted against me. and
would do SO again. / made no sucl,
agreement. l certainly did not MAKE
with those who opposed me and
voted against me. / could have had
no compact with them
takes two sides to make a com.
pact. Nor did l make ii with those
@ Mho nominated and supported me
Iney dld not ask for It, I did saw ~
my own motion and at the request OF
no one. that l purposed to devote, the
neSe ,. TOUR years to the service OF the
CITY. but this only started a hue
ana cry against me that should mat.
pledge or compact to that efract
Which refused to do. And IL 7 HAD
MADE pledge. that could not prevent
tne voters from electing me to snne
other Office" 'o'Ae
Wishes to Remain Mayor.
mayor Gaynor, after stating thar
enere are some large things which
Governor could do for New York C,t+v
which Mayor would have difticn,4,, =
doing, IT at all. says that neyertheIaas
ms ms WISH TO remain as Mayor is such
..d M ne does not care to become a can
uldate for Governor. The Mayor tha,
says the office of Mayor of New York
IS Is second to no office in this country,
continuing, the Mayor says;
Many tell me and write me thar
f,,t,,.a ..' SoutSe give up nv
lueure But shall not take mys.Ir
or my future into consideration ~
OF us has a future. but only the nrass
eht And If thought had a fntnre
:, should be content to entrust II ~
'ne g, people OF the city of New York.
trust that the convention WI,
hom'nat te some one who is not a n,era
dealer IN the political commonplace
ana an 1ingles OF the last twenty-five or
lhirty years, but who has kept nacs
ana grown with the times, and whose
aosorplns purpose will be to make tho
sonerhment t,0 OF the State. in all It's
branches. general and local, intelIipenI
honest and decent, and to lift It mn ana
make it an object lesson to the whole
nation. II to do this he has TO bs
more or less meddlesome, we viii al,
forgive such meddlesome sess If kept
fairly within the law"