The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-16
GAYN0R FORCE DISRUPTED.
Leader Gone, Fight Hopeless, ssya
Rose AppletOn.

The Gaynor movement Is at an end.
There will be attempts. rs there were
yesterday. to transfer his strength to one
candidate or the other. but the unity
OF the organization is gone. Whatever
the leaders do toward swinging the Gay
nor strength one way or another Is ef-
fective in theory only. for. as X. Ross
Appleton said yesterday. there is no one
TO take his place.
Mr.. Appleton. who was president Of the
GaynOr Nominating and Fusion League,
the principal organization which stood
for the Mayors reelection. said he had
no heart to look for a successor to Mr..
Gaynor as the leagues candidate and
Furthermore that he had no desire to
attempt the impossible.
"rhe news of Mayor Gaynor's death
came to me while l was in the Adiron-
dacks." he said II left the city the day
he sailed and did not return until this
morning. Therefore I am not familiar
with what has taken place.
No One "a Take His Place.
"1n expressing my views in The matter
I can only say that In my opinion Mayor
Gaynor has no duplicate There Ia no
one to take his place. He was one In
whom it may truly be said that all the
elements were mixed. His quiet wit and
terse expression were a delight to those
who came In close relation with him.
He was as determined as Andrew jack
son. as deep as Grant and as humorous
AZ Henry Ward Beecher. Like Lincoln.
he was unique. His sympathy with the
less fortunate was marked to an extreme.
This perhaps was his strongest character
istic and accounts FOR his tremendous
popularity with the masses.
His knowledge of municipal affairs
was simply marvellous and his whole
ambition was to establish q standard Of
city government below which the people
would not permit any future Mayor to
20.
1.-THE Gaynor League was formed to
nominate and elect him. Its inspiration
was Gaynor. The first step toward the
end In view occurred September at
the City Hall. 1t was a town meeting.
gathering of his neighbors and friends
asking him to be their Mayor again.
HE is dead. l have no heart to look
for a successor; no desire to attempt
the impossible"
OGer to McAseny Resented.
Mr.. Appleton absolved himself Of re-
sponsibility for the offer made last week
to Borough President McAneny that he
become the lea gue's candidate for Mayor.
He was away when the offer was made
and said that he had no knowledge OF
what was done. 1t WAS this attempt
upon the part Of some Of the officers Of
the Gaynor League which caused the
resentment on the part Of some Of the
Mayors closest associates In the city gov
ernment last week.
They were Of the same mind yesterday
and were sure that all attempts TO find
= successor to the Mayor on IN inde-
pendent ticket will fall. Similarly. they
predicted. efforts to throw the Mayors
support bodily to Mr. Mitchell or Judge
Mccall will not succeed.
Fire Commissioner Johnson. who was
one Of the leaders In the quest for Q
successor. WAS silent yesterday. The Gay
nor headquarters were closed and will
remain so until after the funeral. pos.
sibly altogether.
An attempt was made yesterday after.
noon TO hand the minor Gayn0r organi-
zatidns over to Mr.. Mitchell. william
Lustgarten, chairman Of the so-called
COMMITTEES Of 1000. otherwise the muni-
cipsl party. called q meeting OF repre-.
sentativss OF the lesser associations. OF
which there were upward Of nifty. Officers