The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-11
DENIES THOUGHT OF PRESIDENCY
Mayor Gaynor Declares Watterson
Erred-Gayn0r by No Means
q Well Man.

New York, October S.-"Never," is
the word used by Mayor Gaynor as
refuting the suggestion that he has
the presidency in mind. This is the
emphatic term he places in letter to
James Creelman, close friend,
through whom he declined the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor. The
letter, with a statement by Mr.. Cree'-
man, is published in the Evening Mail
tonight. This is the letter:
deep Wells, st. James, L. l..
"September 25, 1910.
"sDear Mr.. Creelman: Your note,
with Mr.. Watterson's, is at hand. Mr..
Dix and Mr.. Mack have been here,
and I have told them finally and posi-
lively that I am not a candidate for
governor, and can not be made can
,didate. I do not intend to abandon
the city.
'They say that it seems certain that
the convention will nominate me, even
though I am not a candidate. That
does not seer probable, and I hope
il does not occur, for in my present
state of health it would weigh heavily
upon me.
Had Little Hope.
*sI am now worn with anxiety. The
shock I received has proven more
permanent than I had supposed pos
sible and my voice comes back only
slowly. I am not certain that I can
ever again bear the strain of the
.mayoralty. - ''-'+-~~~-"
'"Although my mind is made up, 1
do not reserve any moral question in
the case. I am under no obligation
whatever to remain as mayor. I GER
tainly had no such compact with those
who opposed me and voted against
me. It takes two sides to make a
compact; nor had I any with those
who nominated and elected me; and
if Z had, they would have a right to
release me.
sNever," Says Mayor.
Gas for myself or my political future,
I shall not consider that at all. Mr..
Watterson is in error in supposing
that I have the presidency in mind.
Never. And it is too late for me to
begin shaping my course for any am
bilious future, and when man has
gone down into the valley OF the
shadow, and looked the spectre of
death in the face and said to it I am
ready nothing in this world looks
very large to him, as can assure you.
sYou will have a hard time reading
this letter as my shoulder and collar
bone are still disabled, owing to the
soreness of the neck muscles which
control them.
"Sincerely yours, VIM. J. Gaynor.
@James Creelman, Esq"
In comment Mr.. Creelman says in
part:
Before the mayor sent the letter to
Mr.. Dix, which was interpreted by
some politicians as refusal to be-
come a. candidate shrewdly worded so
as to procure the nomination against
his protestations, I received conf
Dental personal letter from him in
answer to a note of my own, in which
7 had enclosed letter from Mr.. Henry
Watterson, the distinguished editor OF
the Louisville Courier-Journal:
Gaynor Not Yet Recovered.
"I am permitted at my earnest re-
quest, to make public this private let
Ter which conclusively shows what
was in Mr.. Gaynor's mind when he
Informed Chairman Dix that he was
not a candidate for governor. In
conclusion Mr.. Creelman says that the
mayor has not so far recovered as
many think.
"In view of the newspaper state
ments that Mayor Gaynor is restored
TO his usual health and vigor he says:
"I fee, that I am impelled to say
that this is far from the truth. He IS
sill a very much impaired man.