The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-08-14
Question Will Be Put Up to
Him by Backers Next
Monday.
MANY LEAGUES FOR HIM
Friends Think $4,000 Names to
Petition Will Make
Mayor Accept.

Mayor Gaynor 10 expected to stand UP
on Monday and say that ne will take
an independent nomination for Mayor.
Men from the various Gaynor leagues
have planned to call upon him. put the
question to him frankly and 30 away
with their answer. They had no doubt
yesterday but that ne will say yes.
Thus far. the Mayor has made no pub
lie avowal Of candidacy. In long state
ment made six weeks ago he said he
didn't expect a nomination from any
political party and that his fortunes
seemed to rest with the independent
voters.
Soon after the statement appeared r.
Ross Appleton. president Of the Four
teenth Street Bank. started the Gaynor
Fusion and Nominating League. which
later came out with u large membership
and with influential backing. The Mayor
had nothing to say about the operations
OF the league. but Mr.. Appleton and his
associates went to work and have many
thousand signatures to an Independent
nomination petition.
strength from the beginning, but the Of
ficers Of the league felt that they were
Handicapped BY the Mayors non-com-
initial attitude.
One Of the earlier plans was TO have
the formal announcement come to-day
but they decided that II was better to
wait until they had $4,000 signatures
That number would serve as q convincing
proof to Mr.. Gaynor that there was a
strong public demand for his candidacy.
John ID. Crimmins called on the Mayor
yesterday. When he left the City Hail
he had no comments to make on the pro-
gramme for next Monday. Neither did Mr..
Gaynor say anything about the plans Of
his friends.
IndOrsed by DrookIyn LeaEue,
Mr.. Gaynor was visited yesterday by
representatives Of the Citi1ens League Of
brooklyn. which passed a resolution In
dorsing his candidacy at a meeting on
Tuesday night In williamsburg. His
visitor included Henry Weismann, presi-
dent Of the league: Nathaniel Levi, John
F. Becker. william J. Haviland, Jr, Otto
wisner. Frank Obernier, Edward
Domschke. William II. Allen. William
~
Heitmann and Harry Fisher.
Mr.. Weismann told the Mayor that he
had been nominated at the meeting in
Ar'on Hall. Williamsburg. and that the
people needed him for four years more in
the Mayors ONCE.
mo Mayor before you has understood
no fully the feeling. the spirit. and the
wants OF the vast multitude OF your fel.
n,,l
willing and brave enough In both word
and deed to aid those TO whom but one
day In the week Is given for recreation"
said Mr.. Weismann
The Mayor thanked the visitor, but
made no promises. by next Mondav.
however. the leagues will be able to show
him convincingly that his independent
nomination can be achieved.
Foreigners Favor Gsynor.
The Gaynor League OF Foreign Born
Citizens. one Of the East Side organixa-
tons that have come out for his renomi.
nation. held mass meeting last night In
National Hall. Chrystie and East Hous-
ton streets, and put up the first Gaynor
banner In town. The league already has
$500 members They packed the hall and
''''0"e~ " uas"oT sPeeches win great en-
thusIasm.
The speakers included Joseph Baron
dess. chairman Of the league and u men,
Der Of the Board OF Education. Isidor
Siegeltuch. Rudolph Raskin. Elias h.
Rosenthal. Joseph Edelstein. DR.. Max
0irsdansky. Socialist. and Louis Miller,
editor OF an East Side paper.
They said that the Mayors work had
been felt especially on the East Side They
commended him for the relief he had
given them from police tyranny.
The session on Monday will take place
hvs days before the Tammsny city COM
mittee meets to designate a candidate for
Mayor. Mr.. Gaynors hackers hope thar
the showing that they will be able to make
on that day will be convincing TO the Tam
many slate makers Yet the assurance
came again from Tammany Hail yester-
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