Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-03

that the police were called upon to
disperse the spectators and young
Taft was transferred to work as re-
publican scout"
Herbert Parsons. republican county
chairman said tonight that the cleo
on had been the hardest fought
nicipal contest ever held in New
rls.
1t is true that this has been a
quiet election" he saij, but there
has been much crookedness, and |
think we shall hear more of this later
our watchers reported all day long
that ballots had been found already
marked with a cross in the democratic
column before being handed to the
voter. There were other peculiar
things going on, too--how generally |
cannot say at this time"
William J. Gaynor, who now be-
comes mayor of greater New York.
was elected ON the strength of his
personal record as a jurist and his
stand for personal liberty and a lib
eral Sunday. Although the Tammany
candidate, he maintained through the
campaign that no boss shall dictate
To niHl ana one OF his luNOIiIc re-
marks was that if there was to be anS
swallowing between him and the Tiger
he ultimately would be found on the
outside.
Gaynor was prominently mentioned
as "A democratic vice presidential pos
sibilty last year and in 1894 he de-
clined the democratic nomination for
governor. He has been a near-candi-
date for mayor of New York for years
but as he expressed himself to friends
he wanted to be sure of election-to
be elected mayor and then governor,
with a view of becoming president of
the United States.
Backed by Tammany in the cam
paign just ended. Gaynor was bitterly
assailed by pulpit and bar, not TO
mention the bitter attacks of Hearst,
who repudiated him after having
agreed to support him. and the less
personal attacks of Barnard. His en-
emies sought to show that in his ca
pacity as justice of the supreme court
he had tried to defeat the purpose of
anti-betting 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 mayor
in 1905, publicly charged Justice Gay
nor, then on the bench, with misus- |
ing his office for political purposes.
and challenged him to bring proceed |
ings for disbarment.
District Attorney Jerome called him |
al,D -,
past to be totally destitute of political !
courage and whose erratic ability is |
tinged with morbidness which is al !
most akin to insanity combination |
of demagogue and fanatic To |
these charges Gaynor's friends replied |
if it be observed that he is an old |
line democrat, a believer in the axiom !
that government is best which gov
erns least" his decisions and his po-
litical life would be found alike con-
sistent.
Justice Gaynor, who is 5S years old.
married and the father of eight chill
dren, first attained prominence in
connection with tax payers suit
which he caused to be brought against
Hugh Mclaughlin. one time demo-
cratic boss of Brooklyn, in the course
of which he saved the city 81 900. 600
In a similar suit against the Brook
lyn Elevated Railways he collected
another million for the city in back
taxes. In 1898 he was elected to the
state supreme court. and while a
member of the court he broke the
power Of John Y. McKane. the boss
of Coney island. and sent him to Sing
Sing for election frauds. McKane's
downfall was directly the result of his
defiance of the watchers at the polls
appointed by Justice Gaynor. coupled