The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-29
Distressing gIncidentsRe-
suit From Efforts to
Walk Alone.
FALLS TO GROUND,
BUT is N OF H u RI
Illness of Mayor Crystallizes Sen.
tirnent in His Favor for Guber-
material Non1inatior-Lead-
ers Believes He Could Not
Refuse to Run if Called
On by Party.

Refuse to Run if Called
On by Party.
New York, August 2s.--Mayor Gay-
nor was removed from ST. Marys Hos
pital, in Hoboken, this morning TO
lDeepwells, his country place. at st.
James, Long Island. He bore the trip
well, but his insistent plea to be allowed
| to walk unaided resulted in three dis
tressing Incidents. Once he sank to
his knees as he tried to enter an au.
tomobile, and II, ascending the steps
| OF his home he fell on all-fours from
! over exertion. Despite his weakness,
| however he maintained his cheerful
mood, and once more at Deepwells
spent the afternoon reclining In a
chair on the yeranda.
| The Mayor left the hospital at 9:3o
o'clock this morning. He had been
there since Tuesday. August 8, the day
on which he was shot by James
Gallagher, discharged city employe,
| on the deck Of the steamship Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse. He walked un-
aided from his room on the fourth
| floor to the elevator and from the
ground floor to the automobile in which
he was driven to New York police
patrol boat, waiting for him at Hobo.
ken In entering the automob bile, how
ever, he overestimated his strength and
had difficulty in climbing onto the run
ming board. His step was feeble and
his knees bent under him at every
step.
AT the dock where the police boat
! wSs waiting he walked across the
gangplank and aboard the vessel with
out help. To Long Island City the
| Mayor was In the after-cabin, sitting
| up all the way. Arrived there he
walked down the deck and across the
gangplank unassisted to an electric
cab. Here the Mayor again mfscalcu-
lated his strength in trying to get into
the cab, and sank to his knees.
Trip Without fncidenr.
In the Long Island City station he
was transfer &C 10 n private r..;wnicn
4 was attached 10 special train. He
kept silent throughout the Journey TO
ST. James, wbicf. was without particu-
lar incident.
A crowd Of neighbors was on hand
to greet the Mayor, but they respected
his wish for privacy and quiet. and
there was no demonstration. But ne
smiled and greeted those who wers
nearest him, then motored rapidly to
i IDeepwells, arriving shortly after noon.
/ In his joy at reaching home the May
or demanded that he be allowed to 40
up the steps alone He got only part
way. then with a pitiful show of weak.
ness fell upon his hands and knees.
He was not injured. Safe at home, the
Mayor asked to be allowed to sit on
his piazza, and DR.. Parish consented.
SO he sat in the open air throughout
the afternoon. Only two neighbors
i nerpoifYad tn -
them. who commented upon the at
tempt to assassinate him, Mayor Gay.
nor said:
Il am content. Ny great hope !.
that the event will help to make me
a better man and more patient and
just
The Mayor still manifests a disinc1,-
nation to discuss the shooting, and
these words are practically the frs,
statement OF his attitude on the mat
ter
His physicians ascribe his weakness,
TO his enforced confinement In the hos.
pital. 1t is probable that his protected
trip to the Adirondacks will be aban.
doned. at least for the present.
Sentiment for Gaynor.
Investigation in sections Of this
State where in other years the trend
of political thought has served as a
basis for correctly estimating the
drift OF public sentiment and Of cam.
paisn results reveals rising Demo.
cratic wave and strong sentiment TO,
MAYOR Gaynor as the Democratic can.
didate for Governor.
i One feature of the up-State situation
as 1t affects the Democratic prospects
of success is the tremendous falline
OF In the Hearst nee ths
great menace to both of the or
parties, Agents representing Mr.
Hearst and correspondents represent.
ing his newspapers, according tc
stories told by upstate leaders, earl,
this spring covered almost every sec,
ton of the State. The accounts O.
Y what they found have not appeared II
any OF the Hearst newspapers.
Democratic leaders up State declare
that If Mr.. Hearst should run for Gov,
ernor this fall he would be much NOR,
OF danger to the Republicans than h,
7 would be to the Democrats II hi
should determine not to run himself
y but place a ticket in the field headed
by some other member of the Inde
pendence party, 1t would receive onI,
u handful of votes in localities wf,er.
Mr.. Hearst made a good showing whe1
he ran against Governor Hughes i,
1905.
Only Name Mentioned.
So strong and so general is the Gay
nor sentiment that It has caused
lull In the discussion of other name,
which had been mentioned for thu
leading place on the Democratic stat,
ticket Both in its nature and In tn.
!. element among the voters which hold.
to 1t the Gaynor sentiment Is close
! ly akin to the feeling for Colone
. Theodore Roosevelt and Governor
:. Charles r. Hughes when they wer.
I, before the people as candidates fol
!, office or for nomination.
Nearly every discussion regarding
. Democratic candidates and the coming
Democratic campaign with "the man Ii
: the street" has begun with Gaynor ant
Z ended with Gaynor. This sentiment
. has crystallized spontaneously since
!, the shooting.
! The questions that now agitate tn,
!, minds Of Democratic voters and O.
3 many Republicans OF an Independent
Z turn, OF mind who are awaiting an on
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