Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09
"Never," He Says, Refuting
Presidential Suggestion.
LETTER TO Mr.. CREELMAN
Declares He Is Still Weak and Worn
Out With Anxiety.
VOICE COMING BACK SLOWLY
Mayors Assailant Probably Will Be
Indicted for Shooting During
the Present Week.

NEW YORK, October s.-"Never., is
the word used by Mayor Gaynor in re-
futing the suggestion that he has the
presidency in mind. This is the emphatic
term he employs in a letter to James
Creeman. close friend. through whom,
he publicly declined the democratic nomi-
nation for governor. The letter, with a
statement by Mr.. Creeman, is published
in the Evening Mail tonight 1t is as
follows:
"DEEPWELLs. ST. JAMES, l.. l..
September 20
Dear Mr.. Creelman:
at hand. Mr. Dix and Mr. Mack have
been here and 1 have told them finally
and positively that I am not q candi-
date for governor and cannot be made a
candidate l do not intend to abandon
the city
They say that it seems certain that
the convention will nominate me. even
though j am not a candidate. That does
not seem probable, and hope'it does not
occur, for in my present state OF health
1t would weigh heavily on me.
Il am now worn with anxiety. The
shock I received has proved more perma-
nent than I had supposed possible and
my voice comes back only slowly. I am
strain Of the mayoralty.
No Moral Question.
"Although my mind is made up, I do
not perceive any moral question I'm the
to remain as mayor. 1 certainly had no
such compact with those who opposed me
and voted against me; it takes two sides
TO make compact: nor had 1 any with
those who nominated and elected ME. and
If had they would have right to re-
lease me.
LAS for myself, or my political future,
shall not consider that at all. Mr.. Wat
terson Is i'm error in supposing that
have the presidency In my mind. Never,
And it is too late for me to begin shaping
my course for any ambitious purpose.
''And when man has gone down into
the valley of the shadow and looked the
spectre Death i'm the face. and said to IL,
I am ready nothing in this world looks
very large to him. as can assure you.
Shoulder Still Disabled.
"You will have hard time in read
ing this letter, as my shoulder and collar
bone are still disabled. owing to the in
jured neck muscles which support them
Sincerely yours,
wv. J. GAYNOR.
James Creelman. ESQ.
In comment Mr.. Creelman says in part:
Before the mayor sent the letter to
Chairman Dix, which was interpreted by
some politicians as refusal to become
candidate, shrewdly worded SO as to
procure the nomination against his pro-
testations. / received a confidential per-
sonal letter from him In answer to a
note of my own in which I had Enclosed
a letter from Mr.. Henry Watterson. the
distinguished editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal.
II am permitted, by my earnest request
to make public this private letter, which
conclusively shows what was in Mr.. Gay
nors mind when he informed Chairman
Dix that he was not a candidate for
governor.
Written September Is.
"It will be observed that this letter was
written on September -. the day before
the letter to Chairman Dix"
In conclusion Mr.. Creelman says that
the mayor has not so far recovered as
many think.
that Mayor Gaynor is restored to his
usual health and vigor," he SAYS 81 feel
that l am impelled to say that that is
far from the truth. He is still very
much impaired man. He left the city
hall on Wednesday afternoon to spend
the rest of the week in the country, not
for his own pleasure. but because 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 Mr.. Creelman's opin-
ion of the mayors condition. DR.. Will
liam J. Arlitz of St Mary's Hospital,
Hoboken, certified to Prosecutor Garven
Of Hudson county tonight that there
WAS no danger of fatal results from the
mayors wound. He has assured Mr.
Gaynor. he said. that he is out Of
danger With this assurance, the Hud-
son county grand jury will. proceed with
the case of James j. Gallagher. the
mayors assailant, who has been in Jail
ever since the shooting. 1t is expected
he will be indicted next week.