The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09
.GAYNOR DOES NOT
 WANT PRESIDENCY
New York's Mayor Issues Very
 Positive Statement
HE IS NOT AMBITIOUS
Mayor Gaynor Says That His Injury Appears to Be Such That Public off,ce Is Too Great Strain
 for Him in Fnturc,

| New YoAS, octcper TN ever is the word used by Mayor GAynor as refut- ing the suggestion that he has the prss- idenoy in mind. This is the emphatic term he immediately places in letter to James Creelman. close friend. through whom he declined the democratic nomi- nation for governor. The letter, with statement by MT. Creelman, Is published in the Evening Mall tonight. This Is the letter:
 Deep Wells, St. James, l.. l., Sept. 70.
 Dear MT Creelman: Your note, with MT. Watterson Is at hand. MT. DIX and MT. Mack have been here, and l. have told them finally and positively that am not candidate for governor ana cannot be made candidate. l do not intend to abandon the city.
 "They say that it seems certain that the convention will nominate me, even though I am not candidate. That does not seem probable, and hope it does not occur, for, in my present state of health it would weigh heavily upon me.
 "I am now worn with an anxiety. The shock I received has proven more per manent than I had supposed possible, and my voice comes back only slowly. am not certain that can ever again bear the strain of the mayoralty.
 "Although my mind Is made up, l do not reserve any moral question Tn the case. I am under no obligation whatever to remain as mayor. I certainly had no such compact with those who opposed me and voted against me. It takes two sides to make a compact; nor had any With those who nominated and elected me, and if had, they would have right to release mo.
 ..As for myself or my political future. I shall not consider that at all. MT ylyo iu tv, In guDDOSlDN that I have the presidency in my mind. Never. And 1t is too late for me to be- gin shaping my course for an ampitious future, and when man has gone oown into the valley of the sl dow, and looked the spectre of death In t,-e face and said to it, I am ready nothing In tnis world looks very large to him, as l can assure you.
 "You will have a hard time reading this letter as my shoulder and collar bone are still disabled owing to the soreness of the neck muscles which con- troi them. Sincerely .'%i ySarsi j. aAYNoR.
 Flames Creelman. Esq
 Tn comment MT. Creelman says In part
 "Refore the mayor sent the letter to MT Dix. which was interpreted by some politicians as 8 refusal to become can ,lidate. shrewdly worded so as to pro cure the nomination against hs protes- tations, I received confidential personal letter from him in answer 10 2 note or my own in which had inciosed letter from MT. Henry Watterson, the distin- .,,,.hed editor of the Louisville Courier Journal.
 .r am permitted, at my earnest re- ouest. to make public this private let ter which conclusively shows what was Tn MT Gavnor's mind when he informed Chairman Dix that he was not a candi- date for governor.
 .It will be observed that tnis ietter was written on September zo the oay De- fore the letter to Chairman Dix.
 on ,onclusion Mir. Creelman says that tbe mayor has not so far recovered as
 Tn view of the newspaper statements that Mayor Gaynor is restored to his usual health and vigor, he says:
 "I feel that am impelled to say that this is far from the truth. He Is still a very much impaired man. He left the city hall on Wednesday afternoon to spend the rest of the week in the coun- try. not for his own pleasure. but be- cause he found the strain of continuous work more than he could bear. I think his real condition of health ought to be known, so that proper allowance may be made to him. !"
 Notwithstanding MT. Creelman's opinion of the mayors condition, pr. w. J. Arlitx of St. Mary's hospital, Hoboken. certified to Prosecutor Garvan of Hudson county tonight that there was no danger of fatal results from the mayors wound Mr. Gaynor has assured him, he said, that he is out of danger. With this as- surance the Hudson grand jury will pro- ceed with the case of James J. Gallagher, the mayors assailant, who has been in jail ever since the shooting It Is expect cd that he will be indicted next week.