Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-03
HEARST, D00DLE-tEE
LEADER, RUNS POOR
THIRD IN CONTEST

supreme Justice, was elected as OCilo-
cratic mayor of Greater New York to-
day over Otto T. Barnard, the Repub-
lican fusion nominee, and William X.
Hearst, running Independently, but
/ heading the fusion ticket. With two
thirds of the election districts heard
/ from, Gaynor's plurality was 10000.
The fusion forces elected William A.
Prendergast as comptroller ana John
/ Purrey Mitchell president of the board
/ of aldermen.
Hearst ran a poor third. Estimates
from 800 election districts placed him
| 80 900 behind Barnard, who in turn
was 1886 behind Gaynor. ]
| The race for district attorney is very
close and indications favor George
| Gordon Battle, Democrat, over
Charles S. Whitman, Republican fu-
sion.
Bannard conceded Gaynor's election
early in the evening He was nope
| full. however. that the fusion forces
would capture the board of estimates.
| Herbert Fl. Parsons. chairman OF the
/ Republican county committee, con-
ceded Gaynor's election by at least
| $4,000 at $3.50 o'clock.
Personal Record Counts
William ]. Gaynor who now be-
! comes mayor of Greater New YORK,
was elected on the strength of ms per-
sonaI record as a jurist. and his stand
for personal liberty and liberal sun
day. Although the Tammany candi-
date, he maintained throughout the
ranfpaign that no boss should dictate
tn him and one of his faYorite re-
marks was If there was to be any
swallowing between him and the tlge'
he ultimately would be found on the
outside. -...,
Caynor was prominently mentioned
as a Democratic vice presidential pos
sibility last year and in 1884 ne de-
clined the Democratic nomination TOT
governor He has been near candl-
date for mayor of New YORK Tor years.
but, as he expressed himsel1 10 Irlehus'
he wanted to be sure of electoh-to
be elected mayor and then governor,
with a view of becoming president or
the United States.
Backed by Tammany in the cam
paign Just ended, Gaynor was bitterly
] assailed by pulpit and bar, not TO men
tion the bitter attacks by Hearst VINO
renudiated him after having agreed 10
! support him, and the less personal at
tacks of Barnard.
Enemies Assail Candidate
His enemies sought to show that In
his capacity of justice of the supreme
court he had tried to defeat the pur-
pose of anti-hetting Legislation III inns
] state, bul llb AciiAA'oeLtS1
| ing the charges briefly, declined 10
answer at length what he branded as
During the campaign William M.
Wins. Republican candidate for mayor
| in 1905 publicly charged Justice Gay
nor, then on the bench, with hllSusils
his office for political purposes ana
challenged him to brlhS proceeuiis9
for disbarment.
District Attorney Jerome called him
| n nolitical charlatan shown IN the past
! to be totally destitute of courage anu
whose erratic ability was tlnged WIN
a morbidness which was almost AKIN "
! insanity-a combination of dema-
/ gogue and fanatic. To these cilaIssa
| Justice Caynor's friends replied II II
/ he nremised he is an old line Demo
crat, a believer in the axiom thdt
| government is best which governs
| least" his decisions and his poiltlcal
! life win be found alike CONSISTENT. -
4 Justice Gaynor who Is 5S years oid'
married and the father of eight chill
/ dren. first obtained prominence IN con
nection with a taxpayers suit which ne
! caused to be brought against Hush
/ Mclaughlin, one time Democratic boss
! OF Brooklyn, In the course of when
he saved the city $1,OOOoO0o'
Collects Back Taxes
In a similar suit against the Brook
| lyn Elevated Railways he collected an
other million for the city in back taxes.
In 1893 he was elected to the state su-
preme court and while member or
! the court broke the power Of John Y;
McKane, boss Of Coney Island, and
sent him to Sing Sing for election
| frauds. McKane's downfall was direct
lv the result of his defiance of watchers
at the polls appointed by Justice Gay
| nor, coupled with his announcement:
.Tnjunctions don't go here"
He supported Bryan in his first cam
paign and Hearst for governor in 1906.
! His pressing of the charges against
Police Commissioner Bingham, grow
ino out of the Duffy case, involving
the right of the police to hold the pic
ture Of an unconvicted person in the
rogues gallery, led directly to the re-
moval of General Bingham and
| brought Gaynor into renewed public
attention just before the fall campaign
opened.
In his speech of acceptance Gaynor
said:
II shall not take a nomination to
which is annexed any pledge, promise
or condition whatsoever, other than
to be mayor in fact"
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