New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
mitchell CALLS GAYN0R
''DECOY FOR TAMMANY"
Same Special Interests Are
Backing Both, Fusion
Nominee Asserts.
M'ANENY POSTP0NES TRIP
Borough President Will Wait
for Controller Prendergasts
Return for Talk on
Shovel" Endorsement.

ShOVel ENDORSEMENT.
The heavy guns Of John Purroy Mitchell,
the fusion candidate for Mayor, and of
his campaign managers were trained yes
terdav on William J. Gaynor and his in
dependent candidacy. Mayor Gaynor was
denounced as stalking horse for Tam
many in a statement made by Mr.. Mitchell
before he started for the Adirondacks to
finish his vacation
Eric L. Boetzel, head of the Mitchell
Leagues, which have opened headquar-
tiers in the old building of the Union Dime
Savings Bank, in 32d street. between
Broadway and Sixth avenue. referred TO
Gaynor and Chairman Mccall of the
Public Service Commission, the Tammany
candidate for Mayor, as the "Tammany
twins"
Mr.. Mitchell spent the early morning al
his law office. No. 50 Liberty street, In
further consultation with his campaign
managers. He had intended to have a
long talk with Borough President Nc
Aneny. but he found he could not get 70
his Adirondack camp last night unless he
took the 1880 train. He called Presl-
dent McAneny up from the station, say
ing he was sorry he could not see him.
He did not breach the subject Of a pos
sible Gaynor Endorsement of McAneny.
President McAneny has deferred his
trip to Europe so that he can have a
talk with Controller Prendergast about
| the delicate Gaynor problem. Mr.. Nc
Aneny had engaged passage on the Maui
retania, sailing on Wednesday The Con-
troller is on the Olympic. which Is Que
here that day. The chances are that the
two boats will pass somewhere In the
lower bay. So McAneny has decided TO
wait until the following Saturday. when
he will go on the Olympic.
"Gaynor, Tammany Deeoy'"
II will be October / before President Nc
Aneny returns. BY that time Mayor Gay
nor will have returned. and will probably
have announced his attitude toward the
fusion ticket McAneny will probably
leave his decision in the hands OF the
Controller In the absence of the latter
the other fusion candidates for the Board
of Estimate have reached practical
agreement that they will stand together
on the question OF Gaynor Endorsement
that they see no reason why they should
not take such an Endorsement If II comes
TO all Of them without any conditions
whatever.
When Mr.. Mitchell was asked for his
opinion of the political developments of
the week he said:
Let no one be deceived as to the real
meaning Of what is taking place. Mr..
Gaynor is not a candidate for election as
Mayor He is a decoy-a Tammany decoy.
He will be permitted TO float out in public
view. or will be hauled in, just as Mr..
Murphy and his Delmonico board Of
strategy deem advisable. The spectacle
of Herman Ridder and Joseph Johnson
conducting what they call an anti-Tam-
many campaign is such a palpabe fake
that do not believe II can fool many
people very long. This is the same Jo-
seph Johnson who but recently Tam
manyized the Fire Department, on the
Mayors orders and over the vehement
protests OF the Civil Service Reform AS
ISOLATION.
THE special interests which ordinarily
give Tammany candidates their undivided
support, are willing now to divide Tor
double) their financial support to the end
that thereby they may create the Gaynor
candidacy and divide the anti-Tammany
vote. So long as this game seems likely
10 be effectual Mayor Gaynor will re-
main a candidate. When these interests
find that the people are aroused by this
attempt to win by subterfuge what Tam
many could not win in a clean-cut battle
i I.
Gaynor and Ridder and Johnson may
talk against Tammany, but the Gaynor
candidacy is meant to help Tammany
and would not last four hours on any
other basis or for any other purpose.
Serve the Same Interests.
The presence of the Tammany decoy
should not divert attention from the real
game. Mccall and Gaynor have each
served the same boss and proved obedient
TO the same interests. That boss and
those interests are determined TO prevent
at any cost and any hazard, the election
OF an antiTammany Mayor this year.
They realize that success Of the anti
Tammany movement this year would
mean much Of substantial benefit to the
people OF this city, and hence Of detri-
ment TO present sources Of income en-
joyed by the boss and the interests he
serves.
"Mr. Mccall and Mr.. Gaynor are as
alike as two peas in a pod-one is no
more anti-Tammany or anti-Murphy
than the other. Mayor Gaynor pilloried
the nine men who met at Delmoncos
and decided he'd better run Independently
rather than on the Tammany ticket.
They were of a sort fit to cast lots for
the garments OF the city. He does not
pilory, or even mention. Thomas +.
Smith, secretary OF Tammany Hall and
faithful insider In many a Tammany
deal According to the press reports of
the Delmonco session, Tom Smith said a
few kind words for Mr. Gaynor. and
therefore is left out of Mr.. Gaynors
anathema. and even out of the Mayor
list of those present Since when did
Tom Smith become the superior of Con-
gresham Fitzgerald or John +. Calvin?
Why denounce them and be silent as to
Smith,"
II am not surprised that he has not re-
Piled" said Mr.. Mitchell when told that
Chairman Mccall had made no reply to
his charge shat in seeking to put through