Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-11-03
IS HEAD OF
 NEW YORK POLITICS
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piled that if it be promised that he is [ an old-line democrat and believer in the axiom, "That government is best which governs least,' his decisions and his political life will be found alike consistent.
 Won Tax Cases Gaynor, who is 5S years old, married and the father of eight children, first attained prominence in connection with the taxpayers suit which he caused to be brought against Hugh Mclaughlin, one-time democratic boss of Brooklyn, in the course of which he saved the city $l,000,000.
 In a similar suit against the Brooklyn Elevated Railways he collected another million for the city in back taxes. In 1893 he was elected to the state supreme court and while member of the court broke the power of John Y. MeKane, boss of Coney Island, and sent him to Sing Sing for election frauds.
 He supported Bryan in his first cam. paign and Hearst for governor in 1906. His pressing of charges against Police Commissioner Bingham, growing out of the Duffy case, involving the right of the police to hold the picture of an un- convicted person in the Rogues' gallery, led directly to the removal of Bingham and brought Gaynor into renewed public attention just before the fall campaign opened.
 Absence of Repeaters Although many arrests were made for violation of election laws, the greater | cF to ha 1nn to clerical errors or misunderstanding. The professional repeater and guerilla were notable by their absence. Credit for this satisfactory state of affairs is given largely to the new signature law, put into practice for the first time in the New York municipal election. Un- der this law every voter, after receiving his ballot, is compelled to write his name and have it compared with the signature which he made at the time of registration. Every polling place had it's full quota of watchers, includ | ingf2 900 college students from Colum bia, Yale and Princeton and other near by institutions, distributed throughout the greater city.
 Taft Causes Riot
 Squads of "plain clothes" scouts and detectives were ready for any emergency.
 Robert A. Taft, the president s son, who was among the earliest of the lcolege men to volunteer as watcher, was stationed early in the day at the Third avenue polling place His pres ence, however, proved such an attrac- tion that the police were called upon to dsperse the spectators and young Taft was transferred to work as a republican "scout. :"
 Herbert Parsons, republican county chairman, said the election had been the hardest fought municipal contest ever held ill New York.
 "It is true it has been quiet elec- tion," he said, "but there has been much erookedncss and I think we shall hear more of this later. Our watchers reported all day long that the ballots had been found already marked with a cross in the democratic columns be- fore being handed to the voters.
 "'There were other peculiar things going on, too, how generally l cannot say at this time.
 Hearst Ran Behind
 Hearst failed to carry his ticket with him and the republican-fusion forces will control absolutely the board of estimate and apportionment, which will disburse approximately billion dollars during the administration.
 This more than half defeat for Tam many, for control oi' the board of esti- mate was one of the principal issues of the campaign. In addition, the republican fusionists elected Charles $. whitman district attorney of New York county. He defeated George C, Battle, the democratic nominee, by at least 13,000 plurality, and John $. Shea for sheriff, was elected over c. D. Sulli- van, democrat, by approximately 10000.
 Reform control of the board of esti- mates is assured by the election of the following experimentation nominees: I CountroIlar William ID PrenderUaSt