Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-03
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New York, Nov. 2.-Tammany elect
cd another mayor of greater New
York today but lost its grip ON city
finances.
william j. Gaynor of brooklyn
swept the five boroughs to victory as
mayor by nearly II 900 plurality, de-
feating Otto Barnard, republican-fu-
sion. and William Il. Hearst, inde-
pendent He failed, however to carry
his ticket with him and the repub-
lican- fusion forces will control abso-
lutely the board of estimates and APP
portionment which will disburse APP
proximately billion dollars during
the administration.
This is more than half a defeat for
Tammany, for the control of the
board OF estimates was one of the
principal issues of the campaign. In
addition the republican fusionists
elected Charles S. Whitman district
attorney of New York county. He de-
feated George G.. Battle. the der
cratic nominee. by at
nlura lity. and John Shea. sncin4, over
c. d. sullivan, democrat, by approXi-
mately 10000
Reform control of the board Of esti-
mates Is insured by the election of
the following republican-fusion nom
inees:
omptroller--William A. Prender-
gast defeating Robert Il. Moore by
about $4,000.
President of the board of aldermen
John p. Mitchell, defeating John
f. Calvin by approximately $4,000.
President of the borough of Man
hattan--George McAneny, defeating
Joseph McHarg by approximately 49,
900.
President of the borough of Brook
lyn--Alfred Esteers, defeating John
Il McCooey, by about $4,000.
In addition to the foregoing, indica-
ton points to the election of the fol-
lowing republican fusion nominees:
President of the borough of Rich
ii. Murphy.
President fthe borough of Rich
mond-George Cromwell. defeating
Mccormack.
The contest for these two last
named borough presidencies was close
but latest returns favored the repub-
lican- fusion nominees, while in
Queens Uong Island) Lawrence Gres-
ser. Independent and anti-Tammany,
was elected
With a total of sixteen votes in the
board of estimate, the republican,
fusion forces, even counting out the
borough presidents of the Bronx and
Staten Island. will yet have eleven
votes, two more than the necessary
majority.
Hearst, once defeated in his contest
for the mayoralty against Mcclellan
in 1905, went down again today with
a total of less than 900 as against
approximately 245,O0O for Gaynor and
174,0O0 for Barnard.
With only thirty-siX election dis
trcts cut of 1869 missing. the total
vote of the greater city for the three
candidates was as follows:
Gaynor, 243,s70; Barnard, 173.399;
Hearst. 14s,549.
This gives a Gaynor lead of 7O,071
over Barnard and 95.32t over Hearst.
Although many arrests were made
for violation of the election law, the
greater part OF these were found to
be due to clerical errors or missunder-
and the guerilla were chiefly notable
by their absence. Credit for this sat
isfactory state of affairs was given
largely TO the new signature law, put
in practice for the first time in a New
York municipal election. Under this
law every voter. after receiving his
ballot. is compelled to write his name
and have it compared with the sigma
ture which he made at the time of
registration.
Every polling place had its fun
quota of watchers. including nearly
2000 college students from Columbia,
Yale and Princeton and other nearby
institutions, who were distributed
throughout the greater city. The en-
tire police force of 10.100 men was on
duty before daylight. the majority of
them at the polling places with
squads of plain clothes scouts and
detective ready for any emergency.
Robert A. Taft, the presidents son. |
who was among the earliest college |
men To volunteer as a watcher was |
stationed early in the day at Third ]
avenue polling place. His presence. |
however. proved such an attraction |