New-York tribune., 1910-09-24
WELL AGAIN, MAYOR SAYS
lnIy Voice Troubles Him-W0n'f
Discuss Race for Governor.
HAD VICE UNDER CONTROL
Planned Orderly Housecleanlng
in His Own Way. but Shoot
ing Interrupted It.
Ev - . rhe Irl0ane.


e lanes Long Island. Sept. 2:S.--
Mayor Gaynor considers that he IS az
strong physically as he was before he
was shot. except for his throat TINS
orinion he expressed in the course of a
conversation at St. James, Lons Island
to-day. which touched upon many sub
iects. among them acting Mayor Mitch
els vice crusade. but not the governor
ship.
For the better part of an hour the
Msvor talked in an easy strain, first as
be strolled along the road from the sta
ton and then on his veranda. and didn
cough once. He seemed TO have little
difficulty articulsting. though his voice
was husky and gave one the impression
that il could easily be strained An
oreration appears as remote as ever
The surgeons have assured me. the
Mayor said. that this trouble with my
throat is temporary, and tnat perna-
neut cure viii he effected
He considers that long ago all rumors
of an operation We're disposed Of.
The mysterious visitor who stayed all
night at Deepwells, the Mayors country
mace last night departed this morning
Al = o'clock. without imparting his iden-
ti+v TO anv of the natives or newspaper
men and no one could be found in the
Gavnor. establishment TO explain who he
vas or what his mission might be All
the neighbors agreed that ne. was a
physician. however
The only possible reference to him IN
the MAYORS conversation was the eX-
planation that his homo vas cheW ing
r,,n7 because the specialist had said 1T
would do his throat no HARM His re
cent rather excessive coughing the
Afsvor attributed 10 q cold which he
caught when he had his hair cut ana
his heard trimmed. The cold had almost
entirely left him, he thought
He WORT Commit Himself
on the eve of his decision with regard
to running for Governor the Mayor is
not in the most amiahle humor. par
ticularly when an attempt is made 70
get him to commit himself. He doesn't
want the question put 10 him, and viii
not continue a conversation veering IN
that direction He talks freely about
his health, however. and his inslstence
upon his good physical condition is taken
10 mean that he contemplates accepting z
the nomination.
IT suppcse vcu won't be back in New
York before october 80" was suggested
in that tentative. kid glove manner in
which questions are likely 10 be framed
when addressed TO his honor.
We'll, ] don't know he replied. Il
haven't decided"
Then the question Of the police and
vice situation in the city came up Tt
is rather evident that the Mayor does
not altogether approve Of acting Mayor
NitcheFs methods. This might be i'm
piled from what he said and did before
he was shot Yesterday he saiG that be-
fore the attempted assassination he had
the entire vice situation i'm hand and
his own way,
Such thing can't be done in a day
or a week" he remarked
When he started on his vacation.
which ended with such disastrous
q sbrtlptness he gave orders to Deputy
Commissioner Bugher. he raid. 10 fumi-
gate Irving Place. and then TO go down
10 Coney Island and clean up the dance
halls there.
Wanted to Avoid Sensation.
All of this he wanted done in an or
derlv manner and attended by as little
of the sensational as possible. But CAL
lagher's bullet killed the programme
Mayor Gaynor for the first time since
his arrival at DeepWellg did not go out
of the house until late yesterday morn
ing Ususlly he is up early and spends
an hour OF two about the barn before
breakfast He did not 20 across 10 the
barn until II 20 o'clock yesterday. II
obeying an injunction of the doctor
s.J to EXPOSE himself undul2 until he