The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-11-04
GAYNOR WINS
a IN new YORK
Tammany Elects Mayor by PIu,
rallb Of $4,000.
FUSION WINS OTHER OFFICES
Billion Dollar Cash Taken From Tam.
manys Grip - Hearst Ran Poor
Third In Race For Mayor-Votine
Was Watched Closely by Volunteers.

manye Grip - Hearst ran r00
Third In Race For Mayor-Votins
Was Watched Closely by Volunteers
New York, Nov. 3--William j. Gay
nor has been elected mayor of New
York by a plurality Of $4,000. He IL
alone In his political glory In the
board OF estimate and apportlonment
which spends the clty's money.
In the next four years New. York
city will spend. approximately. a bill
lion dollars. That money will be spent
under the direction and by the votes
OF a board made up Of a Tammany
mayor. a Republican and Fusion pres
dent OF the board OF aldermen. ARE
publican and Fusion comptroller, a
Republican and Fusion president OF
the borough of Manhattan. Republican
and Fusion presidents OF the boroughs
Of Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, a
Republican and Fusion president OF
the borough OF Richmond. II Will be
seen. therefore. that the vast sum OF
money to be spent by the city in the
next four years Will not by any means
be under the control OF Tammany
Hall
But there Is more to follow 1t were
a bitter pill. ungilded. for Tammany to
swallow-to lose the board OF estimate
and apportionment But with that gone
there were visions OF the fees In the
sheriffs office. had Christie Sullivan
gotten votes enough. But Christie fell
outside the bresstworks. and another
Irishman, but OF the Republican and
Fusion stripe. named Shea. Will ad
minister the ONCE of sheriff and ap
portion the fees.
Severe Blow 10 Tammany.
Aside from taking care Of the aulli.
vans. by electing Christie. Tammany
hoped 20 annex the district attorneys
ONCE when Il put up a high class man
end an able lawyer. in George Gordon
Battle. to run against former Judge
Charles s. Whitman. But even the
protection OF the district attorneys
Office seems to have been denied the
Tammany aggregation. whitman. &
good lawyer. a good citizen with a
straight record. has beaten another
good lawyer and good citizen. with a
record equally as straight,
And then there Is the sad story OF
james J. Hagan, a good and true Tam
many man, running for county clerk
and once a very excellent warden al
the Tombs. Nobody escaped from the
Tombs while Hagan was warden that
Hagan ever caught Last Sunday
night, at Big Tim Sullivan's meeting
In Miners Bowery theater. the Hon.
James J. Hagan In an impassioned
piece Of oratory declared that al Of
the Tammany candidates we're or.
Gained OF God It appears that the
Lord has forgotten his own. for the
returns indicate that the Irish Hagan
has been beaten by the German
Schneider.
Even the county register. OF whom
II has been said could appoint more
clerks than the secretary Of the Unit
ed States treasury, appears to have
been lost TO Tammany.
And 80 II happened that Tammany
Hall has a mayor which It does not
like and who. doesn't like It, and o
board OF estimate and apportionment
which will spend the city's money
without consulting the moguls OF
Fourteenth street.
Charles F. Murphy. In this election.
has met his first even partial defeat
since he slipped into the shoes OF
Richard Croker.
The board OF aldermen apparently
remains under the control OF the Dem.
ocrats.
The vote for mayor is: Gaynor. 24l.-
III; Barnard, 17l.363; Hearst. 1850.
For comptroller the vote IS: Prem
derfast, Fusion. 240.667; Moore Dem
qcrat. 1929. Prendergast over
Moore, 1921.
Mitchell. Fusion. is elected presl-
dent Of the board Of aldermen by over
10000 plurality,
Fammany has elected twenty-four OF
the fortyone aldermen chosen In this
county. Two years ago 1t elected thir-
ty-two.
Tammany elected twenty-one OF the
thirty.five assemblymen for New York
county. Last year It elected twenty
six.