New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-13
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE
NOMINATE Mr.. GAYNOR?
Mayor Wants To Be a Candl-
date Again: Any lndorse-
ment Welcome.
ABUSE FOR POLICE CRITICS
So Called Fusionists Ought to
Make Me Their Nominee"
He Says in Long Inter
view with Himself.

Mayor Gaynor, with that righteousness
for which he is noted. gave the people OF
New York city TO understand yesterday
that he was candidate for denomination,
preferably by the fusion forces. But he
dropped hint or two here and there in
dcating that he would be a candidate for
his present place, anyway. II was a sort
Of preliminary announcement put out
to draw fire previous to a more formal
declaration that will be made when the
organizations now forming their plans
ask him To- become their candidate for
Mayor
The Mayors statement came IN the
form of a long auto-interview Ia an even
ing paper. The political part was pre-
coded by several thousand words about
the integrity OF the Police Department
and abuse Of those who have been en-
gagged I'm probing g. II was a restate'
ment Of what he has been saying In
various forms for the last six months.
The Mayor said he sometimes thought
the "so-called fusionsts' ought to nomi-
nate him. and declared they would find 1t
hard Job 70 fuse against him This is
the way he put IL:
You ask me whether this word fusion
is not misunderstood by many people.
suppose many people are carried away
with It without knowing what II is. But
/ do not believe these so-called fusion
lists can make any one think that a
fusion against the Democratic party or
any other party is fusion against me.
Il have allowed no party and no polltl-
cal organization to interfere in the gov
eminent OF this city. Sometimes | think
that / ought to be the one nominated by
the so-called fusionists. Have / not car
ried out what they have been pretending
TO demand for years and years?
Let them stand UP and answer that.
+ guess they will find It a pretty hard
job to get some OF the Republicans and
Progressiyes In this town whom | know
and who have worked with me TO fuse
as it is called. against me. Let them try
II. / DO not. OF course. refer TO the mis-
cradle little political scamps who call
themselves tusonlsts when they are moth
ing but little. petty partisans and bone
hunters
VIII l be candidate for renomina-
ton? you ask me. As have said, have
no party back OF me. / have not heard
word from the leaders Of any party. |
do not suppose there is any party or
organization that would nominate me. |
am certain that ! have no right 20 ask
them 10 nominate me have no claim
on them.
you suggest that the people OF the
city may nominate me. ! am not vain
enough TO think anything like that And,
besides. what is eyerybody's business is
nobodys business. And ! assure you
there are a whole lot Of people that are
dead against me I have put them out
OF business I haN kept their hands out
OF the public treasury.
Unless the fusionists nominate me
am out in the cold. unless some good
people get together who think / have
done pretty well. and nominate ME by
petition
II he retired from public life the Mayor
said. he would devote himself TO writing.
Several publishers, he declared, were
anxious 10 publish his letters that had
been made public II my private letter
book fell into some publishers hands
would get away as soon as possible" he
added
Norman Hapgood. chairman OF the
fusion committee said last night that an
intimate friend OF his had suggested that
the Mayor would be- the strongest man
FOR their committee TO name