The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-04
Battle Scared Organization
Elects Mayor, But Loses
Control of City.
MORE THAN A BILLION
DOLLARS INVOLVED
Rumor Says Complete Reorgani-
zation of New York DemOc-
racy Is Planned.

fammany, which yesterday elected
mayor but lost a city, took up toda
the gloomy work of setting It's house i
order for four years of avowcd amt
Iammany government in Greater Ne,
York.
An analysis shows that the election
which resulted in the defeat by tn
fusion forces of every important Tan
many-Dcmocratic candidate below tn
mayor. was more of a victory for III
anti -Iammany Democrats, who ha
hncd up with the Republicans undo
The fusion banner, than for the straigh
out Republicans.
Lose Gigantic Fund.
Anti -Tammany Democrats. elected q
the Republican Fusion ticket. fou
years ago Will be in absolute control o
the city s purse strings. They will hay
clear majority in the board of est
mates and appointments and therefor
he right of spending more than mi
hon dollars of the cityis money.
The board of estimates. includes, h,
sides Mayor Gaynor-who in the pas
has been a strong apti-machne man
five antl-Tammauy Democrats and NV
Republicans. The sixteen votes allottc
the various members Of tho board ar
so distributed that besides Justice GAY
nor 5 three ballots. anii-Tammauy Den
ocrats viii have niue and the Repul
licanS four.
In this board, according to anti. Tan
many Democrats. is TO be found a NJ
cleus of what they believe viii mako 70
a complete rc-orgaBIzatlon of thc Den
ocratic party. 1t was rumored toda
I.A lNA s.N,., 49,. -.
of things for New York City Democrac
already was under way. Charles j
Murphy, who succeeded Richard Croker
as Tammany leader. came out with
formal disavowal of these rumOrS u
the same time denying report that h
was to be dcposed
- have no intention OF resigning
said Murphy. 81 have not heard q
any opposition to me within the part
aud I have heard nothing about thes
reported rumbIiugs of discomfort" f"
Croker'B Statement
Richard Crokcr's presence was
matter Of speculation TO those who wei
studying the situation, and the Al
nounccmcnt that he had extended h
visit five days longer WAS regarded {
significant. Mr.. Croker S visitors toda
included former Mayor Hugh Gran
Mayor Mcclellan. The retired lead,
said these calls wcro without polite;
significance.
~ am out of politics for good an
an he declared. " Not for a millio
dollars would | reconsider my dctc
mination' TO keep in the backgroUn
Yes, they asked me TO come hack-tbc
always do that, But ] IN too old an
couldn 7 stand the racket. -
Complete returns on balloting in q
dcrmanic districts show that Tamman
lost ground also in that body. and In,
the Democratic majority will he 81
down from tEirty-onc To majority Il
! u single vote. In addition, several non
iEally Democratic votes from Brookly
districts are the product of Il fusion h
tween Democratic and Hearst lndcpeI
dent forces and are hardly 10 be d
pended upon TO support their Democrat
colleagues in all instances.
William Nj. WINS. who launched til
| Hearst boom late in the campaign o
fercd his congratulations TO tho fusio
candidates today,
''lt is the greatest victory for i
| form New York has ever seem sal
Wins. ''lt means Tammany must !
rcorgauized and there must also be
housecleanjng of the Republican orga,
| iZation in Manhattan and BROOKLYN,
attcstcd by the defeat Of Barnard.
thc Woodruff machine and lis RcpubI
can candidates in Brooklyn,
Otto T. Barnard, defeated Repu
lican candidate for mayor. loomed l
today as a possibility for the Ne
York state gubcrnatorlal nolninatio
next year.
Herbert Parsons, Republican count
! chairman, said:
"Mr. Barnard 8 clean and busines
| like campaign against trcmcndol
odds has had its effect and | thir
we shall hear from him again. lie h;
proved himself un excellent staudar
bearer. and the party has need of man
such mem