The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-03
I IAMMANY
HARD HI I
Loses Control Of the
Expenditures of
New York

New York, Nov Through the de-
feat of all of its candidates who would
have become members OF the board OF
estimate and apDortlonment. excepting
William j. Gaynor who was elected
mayor, Tammany Hall loses control
of the expenditure of more than one
billion dollars in public funds. By vir-
tue of their Offices. the mayor, comp
troller. president of the board of aid
ermen and the five borough presidents
are members OF the board. which real
ly controls the city government and
appropriates the money for all public
matters. By electing all Of the officers
Fusion ticket comes into the manage
ment of one of the largest government
tai funds in the world.
II is estimated that the next four
annual budgets TO pay the cost of city
/ administration viii total more than
, 10000. 900. Contemplated subways.
| the increase OF the water supply and
other special improvements will bring
| the total amount TO be expended IN
the next four years to considerably
more than one billion dollars.
Women PLAYED a picturesque part
| in the election. One faction of the
| suffragettes conducted a mock polling
! booth in Harlem. where all women
| were permitted to vote and where tho
Socialist candidate for mayor polled
an Overwhelming majority In two OF
! the polling places on the lower East
! Side. women served as watchers for
| Prohibition candidates. They were
| treated coUTteously and accorded all
| the privileges of men watchers
| Despite an intermittent rain, IL was
one of the noisest and most hilarious
| election nights New York ever wit
! messed. Hundreds Of thousands Of
! persons were jammed into Broadway
and into Park Row and along 125th
J street In Harlem from the time the
polls closed until midnight There
| seemed 10 be as many women as men
| and the loud footing of horns made
the night hideous. All hotels and res
taurantS were taxed to their capacity.
tables in the larger restaurants hav-
ing been engaged days before. In most
of these places only champagne was
served with meals and those who did
not care 10 order champagne were
not served with food
Three hours after the first returns
were received, Tammany Hall was
practically deserted and the great
crowds which in former wears had
gathered there on election night TO
read the returns. moved 10 other
places, 1t was said TO have been tho
glOomicst night the famous old head
quarters had ever experienced. Even
when Seth Low was elected mayor,
the Democratic organization was reas.
onably successful with the rest of the
ticket. but when the returns last night
indicated that everything had been
lost to the Democrats. excepting the
mayors Office, the district leaders sil.
emily departed and the crowds dis.
pcrsed. While 1t was expected that
GayDor would be elected and that the
board of estimate might be lost. not
soul connected with Tammany Hall
believed that the Democratic nominee
for district attorney would he defeated
This Office was considered by many
TO be vastly more important than the
mayoTalty, and the Tammany lead
ers in all districts had made a special
effort TO elect the Democratic nomi
nee. With GayEOr running strong. the
leaders centered their efforts on ths
district attorneys Office and when II
became certain that even this plum