New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-14
Many of Mayors Friends Angry
at Efforts to Get MCAneny to
Head "ShoveI" Ticket in
Aid of Tammany.
NEW MOVE FOR WILCOX
Fusion Candidate Will Return
To- morrow Ready to Plunge
Into Swift Campaign-Will
Reassure Business Men
Who Oppose Him.

Many Of the friends OF Mayor Gaynor
are much incensed over the action of a
few Of his nominators in trying to
substitute Borough President McAneny
as the head Of the Gaynor ticket only
few hours after the Mayors death
was announced. They will have moth
ing to do with the movement. and ii is
disintegrating rapidly. They say the
Gaynor candidacy was prediCated en-
tirely upon his personality. and that il
died with him. II was an anti-Tam-
many movement. they point out. and
argue that now its supporters should
come out for John Purroy Mitchell.
However. the large business interests
that look upon Mr.. Mitchell as too radi-
cal and a dangerous man 10 put In the
Mayors chair have not given up hope.
IL vas said last night that efforts would
be made by this group to induce
Mitchell TO retire. They will not sue
ceed. however.
Judson 6. Wall, one of the Gaynor
managers in Brooklyn. issued a state
ment yesterday. saying:
II strongly urge every enrolled voter
in greater New York who intended to
vote for Mayor Gaynor TO go TO the pri-
maries Tuesday and write the name Of
Goynor's friend, William r. Wilcox.
opposite the name of John Purroy
Mitchell, thereby forcing Mr. Mitchell
off the ticket"
Pipe Dream" Says Hspgood.
That's the craziest pipe dream OF
the campaign" said Norman Hapgood,
chairman Of the fusion committee. in
regard to the story that Mitchell might
be forced out Of the race. There is not
a chance in the world that Mitchell will
retire. Why. every body IL swinging 10
him now except n lot Of job hunters
headed by Joe Johnson and certain
conservative business men like Jacob
II. Schin. who are stll afraid of
what they call Mitchers extreme radi-
calism. These business men will
soon get to know Mitchell better. They
will find that he Is hard headed stu
dent of great problems"
Arthur II. Woods. one OF the Mitchell
managers. said so far as he knew not
person had so far suggested directly
or indirectly TO Mr.. Mitchell that he re-
tire. He looked upon such a sugges-
tion n foolish.
William Lustgarten. head Of the
for Mitchell on Friday. landed on John
son hard yesterday. He said that
Johnson and Schiff represented only
one Of the sixty-three organizations
in the Gaynor movement. and that
representatives Of the other siXty-two
would meet in his Office tomorrow to
declare themselves for Mitchell.
johnson is in bad with Tammany
Hall" said Lustgarten. Now that
Gaynor is dead and his meal ticket Is
vanishing. he Is sorry that he called
the advisers Of Charles f. Murphy fat
heads. He thought that by putting mp
a man TO head the Gaynor ticket he
would insure the election Of Mccall.
Il see by the papers that Johnson
called me a clerk. Well. the only diff
ference between Johnson and me is that
ever since he started that Squirrel Inn
saloon through Bishop Potter he has
been a paid employe, and | have been
in business for myself with a comfort
able income.
"All the real friends Of Mayor Gaynor
are now going TO support Mitchell and
thus help to do what Gaynor would
have done had he lived-'shoyel out the
grafters.'
Wants Mitchell to Retire.