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

the Tammany leader. what do you think
of the MAYORS letter this morning.
1T thought It very interesting. What did
you think
DO YOU think It eliminates Mayor Gay
nor from consideration"
Nobody will be eliminated" affirmed Mr..
Murphy. with gravity. "All candidates will
be considered, and the convention viii
choose between them.
I'm your own mind do you believe the
Mayor will run If he is nominated"
Mr. Murphy compressed a smile between
two tightly shut lips, and answered:
Il won't say have no opinions and no
candidates
Chairman Dix took step forward and
then drew back.
MY differences from the Mayors letter.
he said, ARE precisely what yours are"
But ours" chorused the newspaper men.
"are that he will run If he Is nominated"
Then I shall have TO amend what Just
said" replied Mr. Dix. II shall have TO
say that my opportunities for inference are
precisely the same as yours.
what the Mayor wrote me-" he con-
tinued. as almost word for word what he
told me when I called on him He did not
add to It himself and I have no right to
do So"
WAS there anything I'm the Mayors con-
dition, physical or mental, when you saw
him TO indicate that he is unfit 10 make q
campaign"
''IIe has written some exceedingly vigor-
Gus letters since saw him.
How about his voice?"
His voice was bad; very husky. But.
then, he had just been under some very
rigorous treatment. / believe his throat
had been cautertzed.'
do you think the convention would
nominate a man who refused to declare his
willingness or unwillingness to run?'
81 think It very unlikely" said the chair
man slowly.
Mr.. Murphy says" Mr.. Dix was in
formed. that he has no candidates and no
opinions"
Dix Has Several Candidates.
well. I have several candidates" came
the quick retort.
right now?''
AN equal chance with several others
that might name"
How do you think the delegates are
going to interpret the Mayors letter.
swered the chairman.
Mr. Dix said he thought Mr.. Shepard was
distinctly in the race, and would make an
exceedingly strong candidate If nominated.
There was an apparently cordial meeting
between William J. Corners and Mr. Muir
ply and Mr. Cohalan, of Tammany Hall.
who had thrown him out Of the chairman
shin Of the state committee.
-. Oh Irte
in the fight at Saratoga than ne did in the
convention here.
Name Roosevelt, Says Corners.
THAT must be worth seeing" he said
''I'd like to be there, but I guess I'd be In
strange company. What will they do?
Why, I'll ask you what can they do but
nominate Roosevelt? He has the best
chance to win, hasn't he? I'm not saying
he will win. but know every sensible dele
gate in that convention will feel that the
man who shaped the pack ought To Shout
der il. He's telling the party what 1t ought
10 do. Let him show them how 20 do It.
"Will he consent TO run? In half
minute, He don't believe he can be beat.
It's a strange thing. but you never hear OF
the fellows against you until after it's all
over I've seen II from the inside with
candidates for Governor. the Senate. the
White House, and some other places not
so big He'll run. and you'll live to see II.
my boy
Soon after the arrival OF the Tammany
men Mr. Cohalan began TO get busy among
the upstate leaders. Thomas Finucane, tie
Rochester boss. took him off to listen Tor
half an hour TO arguments for Congress
man Ravens. When he returned he said
the situation was unchanged.