The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-03
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the five boroughs 10 victory as mayor
by at least 10000 plurality. defeating
Otto T. Barnard. Republican.F0sion
and w. r. Hearst, Independent. He
failed, however, to carry his ticket
with him and the Republlcan-Fuslor
forces will control absolutely the
board Of estimate and apportionment
which will disburse approximately a
billion dollars during the administra
ton
This is more than half defeat for
Tammany, for the control of the board
OF estimate was enc of the principal
Issues of the campaign
In addition, the RepublicaD-Fusion
lists elected Charles S. Whitman. dis
trict attorney of New York county
He defeated George c. Battle. Demo
cratic nominee by at least 10000 plur
ality and John s Shea for sheriff
over C. D. Sullivan. Democrat, by ap.
proXimately 10000
Reform control OF the board OF esti
mates is assured by the election oil
the Republican-Fusion nominees;
William A. Prender
gast. defeating Robert r.. Moore by
approximately G5,000
President of the board of aldermen
John p Mitchell defeating John F,
Calvin by approximately $4,000.
President Of the borough of Manhat.
tan-George McAneny, defeating Jos
Haag by approximately $4,000.
Although many arrests were made
for violation of The election law tho
greater part of these were found TO
be due to clerical errors or misunder-
standings. The professional repeater
and guerilla were chiefly notable by
their absence Credit for this salts
factory state OF affairs was given large.
ly to the new signature law. put into
practice for the first time In New
York municipal election. Under this
law. every voter after receiving his
ballot is compelled to write his name
and have il compared with the sigma
ture which he made al the time of
registration
Every polling place had Its full
quota of watchers, including nearly
1000 college students from Columbia,
Yale and Princeton. and other nearby
institutions, who were distributed
throughout the greater city, The en-
fore daylight, the majority Of them
at the polling places with squads of
plain clothes" scouts and detectives
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 a Third
avenue polling place. His presence
however. proved such an attraction
that the police We're called upon to
disperse the spectators and young
Taft was transferred 10 work as a Re.
publican scout"
Herbert Parson, Republican county
chairman, said tonight that the elec,
tion had been the hardest fought
municipal contest ever held In New
York.
New York, Nov. 2.-Wlniam ]. GAY.
nor. OF Brooklyn. formerly state su.
preme justice. was elected as Demo.
cratic mayor OF greater New York to-
day over Otto T Barnard, the Repub.
llcan-Fuslon nominee and William r.
Hearst, running independently, but
heading the Fusion ticket With two
thirds of the election districts heard
from. Gaynors plurality was 10000.
The Fusion forces elected William
Prendergast as comptroller. and John
Purrey Mitchell president of the
board of aldermen. Hearst ran
poor third Estimates from 900 elec.
ton districts placed him $1,000 be.
hind Barnard. who In turn was 49,.
365. behind Gaynor.
The race for district attorney is
very close with indications fayoring
George Gordan Battle, Democrat. over
Charles s. Whitman, Republican-Fu-
sion.
Barnard conceded Gaynor's election
early In tho evening He was hope.
full, however, that the Fusion forces
would control the board of estimates.
Herbert Parsons. chairman Of the Re-
publican county committee conceded
Gay ynor's election by at least $4,000 at
3: 80 O'Clock
William j. Gaynor. who now be.
comes mayor of Greater New York
was elected on the strength OF his
personal record as q jurist and his
stand for personal liberty and a liberal
Sunday. Although the Tammany can.
didate, he maintained throughout the
that no boss shall dictate
10 him, and one OF his fayoritc re-
marks was that if there was to be any
swallowing between him and the Ii
ger, he ultimately would be found on
the outside.
Gaynor was prominently mentioned
as a Democratic presidential pos,
Sibillty last year and in 1894 lie de-
cllned the Democratic nomination for
Governor. He has been near-candi.
date for mayor of New York for years
but as he expressed himself To friends.
he wanted to be sure Of electlon-to
be elected mayor and then governor,
with view of becoming president OF
the United States
Backed by Tammany In the cam.
Daign just ended Gaynor was bitterly
lssailed by pulpit and bar, not to men
Ion the bitter attacks by Hearst. who
repudiated him after having agreed
10 support him, ajid the lesser person.
al attacks OF Barnard. His enemies
sought TO show that in his capacity
as justice of the supreme court ho
lad tried to defeat the purpose of
legislation in this state.
but the candidate while denying the
charges, briefly, declined TO answer at
length what he branded as lies.
During the campaign William NJ,
wins. Republican candidate for COVER
lor In 1905, publicly charged Judge
iaynor. then on the bench. with misus.
ng his Office for political purposes and
him to bring proceedings
Tor disbarment
District Attorney Jerome called him
A political chailatan, shown In the
past 10 be totally destitute of political
and whose erratic ability is
-lngod with a mobidness which Is al
most akin to insanitv-n combination