Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-29
SEW YORK DEMOS UP IN AIR
Withdrawal of Mayor Gaynor Throws
Delegates Into Turmoil.
MANY BOOMs TAKING ON LIFE
n. VI. Osborne and J. $. Havens Are
Being Put Forward as Candidates
of New DemOcrRcy-suIEer
Claims Labor Vote.

ROCHESTER,. n. Y. Sept. 2s.-Ihe men
who will run the convention that opens here
tomorrow and nominate the, next demo
cratic state ticket had a hard days work
before them when they arose this morn
ing. The unexpected scratching of Mayor
Gaynors name from the list, Of guberna-
torial candidates. where, by nearly univer-
sal opinion. he held first place left the
leaders confronting a problem.
with Gaynor we should have cleaned
up the state so that the republican party
would have to go out of business a New
York delegate said this morning.
The followers OF Congressman Sulzer laid
special stress on his strength with the la
boring classes.
Thomas M. Osborne's friends are putting
him forward as the prime exponent of the
new democracy" and the most logical
candidate In view Of the Importance which
the platform will attach to the charges of
republican misrule and corruption.
A similar claim is made by the hackers
Of Congressman James S. Havens. who last
spring defeated George w. Aldtidge for
congress in a strong republican district.
There was decidedly more discussion to-
day OF the availability of Edward M. shep-
ard It was said the New York attorney
had refrained from pushing his candidacy
early because he agreed with the other
leaders from the southern end of the state
that Mayor Gaynor should head the ticket.
The most important planks in the plat
| form will have to do with direct nominal
| tons tariff reform and denunclation of
| "Ruoseveltism," or the new nationalism -
Forecasts OF the platform declare the direct
nominations clause will be about as radi-
cal as language can make IT,
Of ha oh Ctaf itt
will recommend to the convention is the in
crease of its own membership by making
the basis of representation the assembly
! instead of the senatorial districts, raising
the membership to $50 instead of 81.
Mayor GaynOr's Letter.
! NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-James Creelman
OF New York made public today a letter
from Mayor Gaynor dated yesterday. Mr..
! Creelman decided on this step because he
became convinced today that nothing but
this action would prevent Mr. Gaynor
nomination by the democratic state conven-
ton. The letter is as follows:
| Il am this day writing a letter to Chair
/ man Dix stating that am not candidate
for nomination for governor and refuse
to become such. l do all this to remove
all doubt on the subject which may have
arisen by reason of irresponsible state
ments, which ] am informed are being cir
culated. No utterance of mine has put the
matter in doubt. Some have said to me
that the convention may nominate me al
though am not candidate 1t seems to
me that IT might appear vain or egotisti-
cal for me to assume in my letter to Mr.
Dix that that extraordinary thing might
happen. 1, therefore. write this supplement
letter to you to take to Rochester and show
There SOFAS to prevent my nomination IL
1T, should appear to be imminent. Make il
plain that If nominated l would decline tc
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