New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-27
GAYNOR SAYS HE'S
NOT A CANDIDATE
Willing to Trust His Future to
City of New York. He Says,
RenounCing Honor.
LETTER TO CHAIRMAN DIX
Mayor Declares His Present
Office Is Second TO No Other
in This Country,
Save One.

Mayor Gaynor announced in unequivo-
cal terms in a letter TO John a Dix.
chairman Of the Democratic State Com
mittee. last night that he was not can
dldate for the nomination for Governor.
This should have been well known all
along. he declared. after saving he was
merely reiterating what he told Mr. Dix
end Mr.. Mack when they called on him
Ia 81. James on Wednesday. because. he
sdded, he had written il 10 many peo-
pie during the last six months.
The Mayor made il plain in his letter
to Mr.. Dix that he did not underesti-
mate the governorship and its POSSIBLE
ties. hut he expressed himself as heliev-
ing the mayoralty Of this city to be
second 70 no Office in this county save
one and he added that if he thought he
had = future-'none of Us has a future.
hut only the present" writes Mr.. Gaynor
epigranamaticaIly-he should be content
10 intrust il to the pople Of the city OF
New York
The letter contains a suggestion that
the Democrats in Rochester assem- hled
this week viii not choose a mere dealer
in the political commonplaces and jim
giles Of the last twenty-five or fifty
years. but one who has kept pace and
grown with the times
The letter was given out by the May
or's secretary. Robert Adamson. in his
Office in the City Hall last night. It is
as follows:
St. James,
September 26. 1910.
Dear Sir. . have further considered
the matter. as you requested when you
called on me here with Mr.. Mack last
Wednesday. but can only reIterate to
YOU that | am net 2 candidate tor nonni-
nation for Governor. This must have
been we'll known all along. for | have
written It to many people during the last
SIX months. I am not Influenced in my
course by assertions made here and
there that I made an agreement or COM
pact during the n1ayoralty campaign 20
serve out the four years II elected. these
false assertions are made by persons
who opposed me and voted against me,
and would 90 so again. mace no such
agreement. ! certainly did not make It
with those who opposed me and voted
AGAINST me. I could have had no compact
with them. II takes two sides 70 ma <e
compact. Nor did I make Il with those
who nominated end supported me. They
do not ask for IL. I did say OF my own
that I purposed 20 devote the next four
wears TO the service OF the city. But this
only started q hue and cry against me
that I should make a pledge or compact
TO that effect. which I refused TO DO
And II I had made , pledge, that could
not prevent the voters from eiectino me
20 some other office.
I an, well aware. as has been pointed
out 10. me. that there are some large
thiros l1ich = Governor could readily DO
Cor the city Of New York, b. oversi 1ht
and legitimate interference, which the
Mayor Of that city cannot do without
much time and difficulty, Il at all.
Ar77oro them I may mention the planning
and construction of a conapre hensive sys-
tenn OF subvays, with 2 single fare over
the whole system. which, in the cis-
cordancy or duality OF government. or
both, now existing ~ that CITY. rs a oif1l-
cult end protracted matter. But never
theiess my wish TO remain as Mayor IS
such that I DO not become q candidate
for nomination for Governor May ] ado
that as matter OF fact the or1Ice OF
Mayor OF the city OF New York can
siderinu the power and the constant oc-
czsion for the exercise of the highest
functions OF free government lodged IN
Il, IS second 10 no Office in this country
save one.
tskiro this course I give up my future.
Bus I shall not take myself or my future
into consideration. None OF US has
future. but only the present And n
thcuoFt { had future, ! should be con-
tent TO ntrust Il to the people OF the
city Of New York.
1 trust that the convention VIII non1i-
nate some one who IS rot mere oeaief
in the political commonplace ano Jin9les
81 the last twenty five or hTty years out
who has kept pace and grown with the
times and whose absorbing purpose VIII
be TO make the government OF the state
IN all its branches. general an6 local
Intelligent, honest ard decent and 10
lift il up and make il object lesson 10
the whole nation. II to 90 this he has TO
be more or less n1edoleson1e, we VIII all
foroive such naeddlesomeness, 81 KEPT
fairly within the law. ,
Sincerely yours. w. ). OAfNOh-
John a. Dix, ESQ. chairman, etc
The MAYORS letter 10 Chairman Dix
will cause not a little speculation con
corning the activities Of various persons
or agents in divers parts Of the state
in forming Gaynor clubs and otherwise
seeking TO promote his nomination at
Rochester for the. goyernorship.
The Mayor WAS charged in some quar-
tiers with countenancing the movement.
and in other quarters il Was said that
the efforts were put forth by interests
thai We're inimical 10 him in his present
Office and would have been benefited by
his removal 10 Albany.
Moreover il WAS no secret that many
ia the Democratic State Committee itself
looked upon the Mayor rs the most de-
sirable man in the party TO head the
ticket All Of this led 10 a more or less
widespread conviction in and out Of the
Democratic party that Mayor Gaynor
was 10 be the Democratic nominee for
The goVernorship. and now he reads him
SET decisiveiy out Of the race FOR the
domination.
While the letter 10 Chairman Dix can
Be called Mayor Gaynor's first official
statement Of his position in the matter.
2et on several occasions letters on the
subject. said 10 have been received |
from him hy persons IN different parts of /
the state, have appeared in the news |
papers. but statement nf the Mayor in /
an interview IN 81. James concerning
Cne Of these letters. that he did not re-
member writing IT, caused doubt 10 be 1
feit in The matter, and. as rule. he was 1
criticised for not enabling even his 1
friends 70 know his attitude, or wishes. |
and Sims ~.-zi.7y them "a 90 = lcpc cyror,-