The San Francisco call., 1909-11-04
TAMMANY TIGERS
LAIR IS IN GLOOM
Anti-Machine Democrats Will
Control City Finances
for Four Years
Reorganization of Bourbon Par
ty Will Probably Follow
Result of Election


mayor, but lost city. took up today
in order for four years of avowed anti
Tammany government in Greater New
York
An analysis shows that the election,
which resulted in the defeat by the fu-
sion forces of every important Tam.
many democratic candidate below the
mayor, was more of victory for the
anti-T Tammany democrats, who had
lined up with the republicans under
the fusion banner, than for the straight
out republicans.
Anti-Tammany democrats elected on
the republican fusion ticket for four
years will be in absolute control of
the city's purse strings. They will
have a clear majority in the board of
estimates and apportionment, and,
therefore, the right of spending more
than billion dollars of the citys
money.
TWO REPUBLICANS
The board of estimates includes, be-
sides Mayor Gaynor-who in the past
has been a strong machine man
five anti-Tammany democrats and two
republicans. The 16 votes allotted the
various members of the board are so
distributed that besides Justice Gay
nors three ballots, anti-Tammany dem
ocrats viii have nine and the republi-
cans four.
In this board. according to anti
Tamn1any democrats, is to be found a
nucleus of what they believe will make
for a complete reorganization of the
democratic party. 1t was rumored to-
order of things for New York city
democracy already was under way.
Charles +. Murphy who succeeded
Richard Croker as Tammany leader,
came out with a formal disavowal OF
the rumors, at the same time denying
report that he was 20 be deposed.
4 have no intention of resigning,
said Murphy. Il have not heard of any
opposition TO me within the party, and
1 have heard nothing about these
reported rumblings of discomfort"
Richard Croker's presence was a mat
ter of speculation to those who were
studying the situation, and the an
nouncement that he had extended his
visit five days longeS, was regarded as
significant. Croker's visitors today in
cluded former Mayor Hugh Grant
Lewis Nixon, William r. Sheehan and
Mayor Mcclellan. The retired leader
said these calls were without political
significance
STILL OUT, HE SAYS
Il am out of politics for good and
ALL" he declared. Not for a million
dollars would l reconsider my de-
termination to keep in the background.
Yes, they asked me to come back.
they always do that. But I'm too old
and rOri1dDff ha
Complete returns on ballotlng. in
aldermanic districts show that Tam
many lost ground also in that body,
and that the democratic ma jority will
be cut down from 81 to a majority
by single vote. In addition, several
nominally democratic votes from
Brooklyn districts, are the product of
a fusion between democratic and
Hearst-independent forces. and are
hardly TO be depended upon TO sup
port their democratic colleagues in all
instances.
William NJ. WINS, who launched the
Hearst boom late in the campaign,
offered his congratulations to the
fusion candidates today
1T is the greatest victory for re-
form New York has ever seen" said
Wins. 1T means Tammany must be
re-organized and there must also be
house cleaning of the republican
organization in Manhattan and Brook
lyn, a s attested by the defeat of Bau-
nard, and the defeat of the Woodruff
machine and its republican candidates
in BROOKLYN
Otto T. Barnard, defeated republican
candidate for mayor, loomed today as
possibility for the New York state
gubernatorial nominee next year.
Herbert Parsons, republican county
chairman, said:
"Bannards clean and business like
campaign against tremendous odds has
had its effect and l think we shall
hear from him again. He has proved
himself an excellent standard bearer,
and the party has need of many such
men,"
WOMAN APPOINTED
AS one of the few important Official
acts which will fall to Mayor George
B. Mcclellan, before his administra-
tion closes, December 81, he appointed
today three women to the board of
education, and thereby conceded one
of the principal demands of woman
suffrage organizations.
1t is the first time in more of
quarter Of a century that women have
and the news, heralded through
womens suffrage ranks ight, was
welcomed as victory.
The three women appointed today,
SaCn OF NUOHl represents q O1Hefent
religious faith. are Mrs. Herbert j..
Robbins and Miss Olivia Leventritt
daughter of State Supreme Court Jus
tice Leventritt, both of New York CITY.
and Mrs. Alfred S. Post, of Flushing,
L. ].
Growth of prohibition sentiment in
up state New York is indicated by
available returns from towns which
voted on local option yesterday. In
nearly all elections no license advo-
Gates had q larger following than here
tofore.
Disfranchisement Loses
BALTIMORE Md. Nov. 3.-With a
few country precincts to be heard from
unofficial figures tonight show the pro-
posed amendment to the state consti-
tuition intended to disfranchise the
negro is defeated by 1916 and that
Herring democrat for state pornntraIlar