New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-31
Not the Slightest Intimatlon
Made by Fusion Leaders
That He Resign Place
on the Ticket.
RUM0R TRACED TO GAYN0R
Head OF Fusion Movement Not
Unwilling for Running Mates
to Get on Mayors Ticket,
Believing 1t Would
Hold Him Back.

Friends Of John Purroy Mitchell, who
are looking sharply after his interests
while he is recuperdting in the Adiron-
dacks for the campaign. declared en-
phatically yesterday that not the
slightest intimation had been made TO
him by any of the recognized leaders OF
fusion that he retire from the field az
the candidate for Mayor
They said they had traced all the re-
ports TO the Gaynor agents. who would
be delighted TO have the Mayer sub
Stituted for Mitchell. in accordance with
fhe views Of few disgruntled Repub-
licans.
Furthermore said one of these
friends yesterday you may make it as
strong as YOU please that Mr.. Mitchell
has no intention of getting out of the
race"
Referring TO the reports that certain
anti-Tammany Democrats had asked
President Wilson to induce Mr.. Mitchell
to retire because he could not be
elected, and on the ground that il
would be better to have Gaynor elected
Mayor than a complete Tammany
ticket, it was said
We rather hope the Gaynor workers
will put it up to the President II will
give him a chance to come out openly
in support of Mr.. Mitchell and a reason
for sending some Of the members Of his
Cabinet here to speak for our candi-
date"
Thinks Gaynor Would Hurt Others.
In this connection it was suggested
that Secretary McAdoo of the Treas
ury Department and Secretary Redfeld
OF Commerce and Labor would he cf-
fectIve in the campaign.
Although Mr.. MitchePs friends have
advised him to stand out firmly against
any other members Of the fusion ticket
taking a Gaynor Endorsement. it is said
that personally he would not be ad-
verse 10 their doing so. However he
has decided TO yield to the advice Of
his friends. AS a matter Of fact. ne
believes that if the Mayor should run
alone. without putting up a full ticket.
the Mayor would be stronger than II
he carried the fusion nominees with
him
Mr.. Mitchell is confident. however. il
is said. that the Gaynor support would
hurt the other fusion candidates for the
Board of Estimate. for in accepting il
they practically would be giving him
a vote of confidence. They would he
stopped from criticlsing the Gaynor
administration. which il 20 be one Of
the strong features of the Mitchell cam
paign.
1t is said that Mr. Mitchell intends to
handle the police issue. which he holds
was abandoned by District Attorney
Whitman when he took a Tammany in
dorsement by giving his experiences
with conditions in the department as
he found them when he was acting
Mayor during the illness of Mayor
Gaynor. He took with him TO the
Adirondacks a large folio of data from
which to get campaign material
Mr.. Mitchell. however. is rather Slad
that the police issue is to be subordi-
mated, as he believes. by the indorse-
ment Of Whitman by Tammany Hall.
The fusion nominee is anxious 10 centre
most of his campaign on the construc-
tive work that needs 10 be done for
the city.
In this connection (and this argument
is also being used to combat the state
ment that the principal fight is 10 get
control of the Board of Estimate. re-
gardless of whether fusion elects
Mayor nor noD Mr. Mitchell will point
out the Importance Of taking the
Mayoralty office out of the hands Of
Tammany Hall
Budgets Were Held Down.
II will be argued that the present
fusion Board Of Estimate has gone
about as far as possible In reducing
the tax rate without having control OF
the Mayors office. The budgets OF the
borough presidents. including that OF
Queens. which has greatly Increased in
control of the Democrats. have In
creased only 80 per cent in four years.
on the other hand, ii Will be pointed
out. the budgets OF the offices in the
control of the Mayor have increased
oS per cent. and of other departments
indirectly in his control. such as the
Board of Estimate and the Board of
Education. have increased 81 per cent
in the same period.
Another statement by friends OF Mr.
Mitchell is that he has Lo intention OF
building up a Democratic machine IN
case he becomes Mayor.
You cannot put that too strong
was the way it was expressed. II ne
becomes Mayor h will give an abso-
lutely non bipartisan administration.
Some of the Republicans are against
him because they are afraid of such
Democratic machine. However we do
not believe that the big Republican
leaders are at all afraid OF such
thing. Mr.. Mitchell is much pleased at