Putnam patriot., 1910-08-12
Mayor Gaynor.

The country was startled last Tue day by the announcement that Mayor Gsynor had been shot while on the steamer on which he was about to start on s vacation trip 10 Europe. His as- saiIanl was discharged city empioye, for whom there was no work to do- something unknown under Iammany rule. under which be was q worker Hs needed. Al first II was supposed the Mayor was fatally injured. Later re- ports indicated the wound was not fn. ial, though serious. The bullet struck n bone behind the right ear md spit fin two. The parts were located by the ex.rays and extracted. The Mayor fe- coveted hI. spirits and became cheerful to leslty. He has learned thai not only hi. een eountfymen but The entire world believed ln him, and expressed II many forms. The New York I'll. hnne thus sums up the general feeling:
 sTAefe are fe# men in paelie Fife in this coautfy5u ha could 50 iii be spafed ax Maxof 6aYn0r. During the efiet t,eflea Of his administration he bHs nfoeed himself la he extraordinarily analItied both in the Knowledge oi tke nf0btefns involved and in his iifeiess industry aud application isf lhe dlili- cult office ta which he WAS elected
 ssrhese first few months ef hts se1- vice promise ihhl his term. II he ib able lo complete Il, VIII make an I'm tortaaf contribution tu the adF auee- snent of better municipal administfa' lion In this country. Good government In New York city k 4 light set in a high pines. Where all men may zee it- Its influence on municipal government all lover the country slii be tfemen. aosis. It Is the know iedgs of thia fact that has fixed the eyes ei the nation upon Mayor 6asuoT in office, nnd II will make Americans every where anN- ions that he may be spared to complete his work.
 eThe recognition of the value Of MT. GnyBors services to the city has been extraordinarily prompt. hearty and un- reserved, and II must have been peeu. liafIy gratifying le him aitef the try. Ing ordeal of Inc campaign. Those who sincerely opposed him when can. didnie are deeply seliciteus today and most earnest in their prayers Tor his ie- eosery.'
 Mayor Gaynor was talked of during the past few month as candidate for Governor on the Democratic ticket, but he would not listen to II, saying he preferred completing the work he had undertaken for the benefit of the city. He was also spoken of as possible can didated for President on the Democratic ticket. in 1912, in many of the Western States particularly. Now that such deep sympathy has been aroused for nate him, accompanied by laudatlon from every class of people as m able fearless and courageous administrator he will surely be named as rTcsiden. tial candidate.
 The attempt on Mayor Gaynor's life is one of long series of assassinations and attempted assassinations oi Amer lean public officials, since Abraham Lincoln was shot In fofd's Theatre Washington, at the very moment o the triumph Of the Union cause. II, was shot by John Wilkes Booth or the night of ArHi II, lsoa, and dtct the next day,
 Others to feel the hand of the assas sin were President Garfield, Pfesiden Mckinley, Mayor Carter II. Harrison of Chicago, Governor Goebel of Ken lucky, and Francis J. Heney, who wa active in the prosecution of alleged bri bery cases In San Francisco.