The Washington times., 1909-11-03

NEW YORK. Nov. S.-The overthrow
OF Tammany is absolute and complete
in everything except the form.
Tammany elects a mayor whom 1t
did not want and loses everything. It's
humiliation and disaster IN New York
county are complete. The fusiOnists
elected their borough presidents in that
county, and in all the other bOrOughs;
they elected the solid county ticket in
New York county. the late returns max
ing clear that they had even captured
the three judgeships which at first We're
supposed 10 have been saved by Tam
many. The great prize for which Tam
many especially contended-cOntrol Of
the board Of estimate-has gone to the
sworn enemies OF Tammany. OF the
sixteen votes in that board, just three
remain to Tammany. They are the
three votes of Mayor Gaynor. The other
thirteen-unlucky for the Tiger-are in
the hands of fusionists.
Thus the big strategy Of the Fusion
campaign has been indicated. The
plan was to name a Republican for
mayor, who could hold all the Repub-
hCan votes, and name Hearst to hold
all his miscellaneous personal following,
and then to make the rest of the ticket
below these two men Identical.
Tammany Gets Shell.
It was carried out. after a good deal
Of negotiation. and the returns demon
strate at last that the Tammany ira
dition is something Of a myth; Tam
many has got the shell, but the oppo-
sition gets the oyster.
The board Of estimate, as has been ex-
planned heretofore in this correspond
ence, Is the fiscal guardianship and man
agement of the city. 1t appOruOnS every
dollar of the Sl63 00000 annual budget;
great improvements, such as new sub
ways; IL viii have the decision in the
last analysis between the rival moneyed
interests that want the contracts for
building and operating the new subWayg.
And it VIII handle all this big business
in fashion calculated to give little aid
and comfort 10 Tammany-
The borough OF Brooklyn will 40
longer h the butt OF Manhattan's jokes
about its rubber plants and baby bug
gies. For. after January 1, 1t will con-
troll the government Of the greater city.
1t viii have the mayor. the comptroller.
and its own borough president, with a
total OF eight votes in the board Of esti-
mate and Will be able. therefore. to die
tate. at least, in the matter Of city i'm
provement.
Brooklyn at Last.
That means that Brooklyn win get,
what 1t has long contended It never had
before. a square deal in the spending Of
the city's money.
The results Of the election IN the way
OF large politics, viii be far-reaching.
Tanmany has failed at home and failed
IN its effort TO ''cross the bridge" It
is a curious coincidence of politics that
the city comptroller, the most powerful
governmental fiscal officer IN the coun-
try, has been a Brooklyn man ever
since the consolidation of the city. To
control that was one of the big things
for which Murphy had laid his plans
He accepted Gaynor, Of Brooklyn, for
mayor largely IN order that the Demo
cratic nomination for comptroller would
have to be forced away from Brooklyn.
II was given TO Manhattan: but the Flu
sionists named Prendergast, a p ,ookIyn
Republican. for the place, and he is
elected. Thus II is again Illustrated that
the best laid plans at times 90 wrong.
Is Woodruff Man.
Prendergast. It is worth noting, is a
Tim Woodruff man" Tim, the Repub-
lican boss of Brooklyn, State chairman.
and aspirant for the Senate in success
sion to Depew, draws down one of the
greatest pieces Of patronage in the
whole State. Herbert Parsons. Of New
York county. likewise comes out with
a good slice to his credit Parsons and
Woodruff are looked upon as rivals for
the Senate.
The upstate Republican bosses had
determined TO fight Parsons, and a de-
termiued effort was 70 be made to un-
horse him as New York county boss
But he is now frmer IN the saddle than
ever before.
He undoubtedly viii have whatever