The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-01
OTTO T. BARNARD ACCEPTS THE
HEAD OF CITY TICKET.
Will Enter Into Contest for Mayoralty
Election at New York With a
Vim; Expects to Succeed; Give
Tammany Braves Battle; Con-
test to Be Fought From Now on
Until Day Ballots Are Cast.

Chicago, Sept 27.-Otto T. Barnard,
president of the New York Trust com
pany, announced from Chicago his ac-
ceptance of the republican nomination
for mayor of New York city, which
was voted at the republican convention
last evening
The nomination really was good
deal of a surprise to me-, said Mr..
Barnard.
Il shall accept and get back to New
York for the campaign the first of next
week. However, New York is not nor
mally republican, and it will take the
hardest kind of fighting to win. Us
ually it takes moral issue or
personal liberty issue to stir up the
voters to the necessary pitch to throw
off the yoke of Tammany Hall.
The Tax Issue.
"In this campaign we start out with
tax issue, and it remains to be seen
how much the people will be aroused
over the disclosures of the condition
to which the city's finances have been
brought by Tammany.
"The tax rate is high. We have
reached the limit of our bonded in
debtedness-ind we are not certain
just what our limit is-and the Tam
many administration has been wan
tonly eXtravagant. This is mild
statement.
"In this connection there will be
general attack on the administrations
of the various borough presidents, two
of whom have been removed by Gov
ernOr Hughes for incompetence, extrav-
agance and, some say, graft. We are
hopeful of securing the aid of Coy
ernor Hughes in om campaign. He has
great strength with the people, and
is one of the best campaigners the
party has in the country.
Bingham Case a Factor.
"The removal of Commissioner Bing-
ham by Mayor Mcclellan also is
bound to enter into the campaign.
Bingham was a fearless, conscientious,
hard working official, and was entitled
to more time in which to see if his
theories of police administrator would
not work out.
"If he was wrong about the Duffy
picture, the removal of the picture
and an apology would have been suffi-
cient, but Mayor Mcclellan insisted
upon humiliating him to degree that
caused him to resign.
ut was very evident that Tam
many had the commissioner slated for
retirement, and the Duffy case was
merely pretext for getting his scalp"
Mr.. Bannard's tall figure has been
well known for many years in the
gatherings of his party's leaders in
New York, and especially in the Bor-
ough of Manhattan, where he lives. He
is smooth shaver and gray of hair,
and his shrewd eyes indicate a habit
of Judging men and events. His man.
ner in discussing the honor that had
been accorded him was easy.
Laughs at Report of Flight.
81 notice the morning papers say
that l was running away from New
York." said he, laughing. "They in
innate that my departure for Chicago
was all bluff and that there was no
at all to bring me here. Well,
you know better than that in Chicago,
anyway.
at is too early to judge much of
the outcome of the campaign. l am
anxious to know what action the citi-
zens' committee of one hundred will
take. Of course we want to get as
many Of the nti-Tammany organiza
tons as possible working with us.
81 also am curious to know what |