Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-04
CAYN0R Carries GREATER new
YORK BY OVER 10000 PLURALITY


democrats. elected on the republican
fusion ticket, will for four years be in
absolute control Of the city's purse
strings. They will have n clear majority
in the board Of estimate, one Of the most
powerful municipal bodies in any city
In tho world. and will thereby have the
spending Of more than billion dollars
Of the city's money.
The board of estimate MS elected in
cludes, besides Mayor-elect Gaynor, who
in the past has been a strong anti
machine man. Ave anti-Tammany demo-
Gratis and two republicans. The sixteen
votes so allotted to the various members
Of the board IRE so distributed that be-
sides Justice Gaynor's three ballots. the
nntiTammany democrats will have nine
and the republicans four
NUCLEUS or REORGANIZATION
In this board. according to the Tam
many democrats, is to be found n nue.
lcus If what they believe will mako
for complete reorra nization of their
party IN Greater New York.
Persistent rumorr to-day had y that
the attempt to create a new order OF
things for tho New York city demo-
cracy was already under way. Charles
u. Murphy. who succeeded Richard
Croker as Tammanv 'eader, anne out
with e formal denial Of these rrmors.
nj tho same time denying a renort that
he was TO be deposed from the leader
ship.
~ have no intention of resignng."
said Murphy "r have not heard Of any
opposition TO mo within the PARTY and
hive heard nothing about these re-
ported rumhlngv Of discomfort and ap-
preaching revolt"
The presence of Richard Croker in
tho city was matter of considerable
speculation 10 those who were study
ing the situation, and the announcement
that he had extended his Wait FIVE days
longer than previously announced vas
REGARDED as significant NJ. CrolSer's
visitors to-day include- ex-Mavor Hugh
Grant. Lewis Nixon. William r. Shee-
han and Mayor Mcclellan. The retired
leader said that these calls had no poll
teal significance however.
Il am out Of politics for good and all. Sc
he told his .nterviewers. Not for a mil
lion dollars would 7 reconsider my deter
mration to keep In the background Yes
they asked me to come back. they al
ways do that. But I'm too old end
couldn't stand the racket"
TAMMANY'S ALDERMEN LESS.
Complete returns on tho balloting
in the aldermanic districts show that
Tammany lost ground also in that
body, and that the democratic ma
iority will be cut down from 81 to a
majority by single vote. In addi-
tion to this loss, several Of the nom
inally democratic votes from Brook
lyn districts are the product OF fus-
| ion between the democratic and
Hearst Independent !orces, and are
hardly to be depended opon to sup
port their democratic colleagues In
all instances.
william NJ. WINS. .he republican
/ free lance. who launched the Hearst
boom late in the campaign, offered
his congratulations to the fusion can
didates to-day.
1T IL the greatest victory for -e-
form that New York city has ever
seen" said WINS. 1T means that
Tammany must be reorsanized and
that there must also be a house clean
Ing of the republican organization in
Manhattan and Rroolyn. as atteste
by the defeat of Barnard and the de-
feat OF the woodruff machine and its
republican candidates In Brooklyn"
Otto r. Barnard. the defeated re-
publican candidate for mayor. loomec
up day as a possibility for the New
York state gubernatorial nomina tior
next year. Herbert Parsons, republi'
can county chairman. said in brie
statement:
"Air Bannards clean and business
like campaign against tremendou!
odds has had Its effect and | thinl
we shall hear from him again. HI
hos proved himself an excellent stan
dsrd- d-bearer, and the party has necC
Of many such men
COMPLETE VOTE FOR MAYOR
Complete returns on the vote for mayo
tahulated this morning show the follow
ing:
Gaynor, 25067s.
Barnard. 1U,to2.
Hearst, 1854.
Gaynor's plurality 7s'0iS,
The complete vote Of New York cit
for nresident of the board OF alderme
gives Mitchell (fusion) a plurality of II
oS1 over Calvin, the democratic nominee
In Kings county the democratic save
, their county tickets. while fusion boz
ough president was chosen the democrati
candidates for sheriff and other count
officers pulled through on the Gayno
wave in Brooklyn by pluralities ransin
from 5000 to 1000
Gaynors pluralities in each horoug
were as follows: Manhattan and III
= Bronx, 1880
Brooklyn. 17714
I Queens, 6.669
Richmond, 2.043.
Hearst got 81 more votes than Bannar
In the boroughs OF Manhattan and III
Bronx
FUSION PIIURALITIES
, Ths plurnlties Of tho fusionist cand
dates in the greater city, aside frol
mayor. on the completed vote were:
w. A. Prendergast, comptroller, 74h59
John Purrey Mitchell president Of ii
board Of aldermen. 7l.0Sl
In the boroughs, the complete vo'
shows the following plurslitles for II
& fusion candidates for borough president:
Manhattan-George McAneny, 25,06l.
Rronx-C. c, Miller 3.0l
Brooklyn-A T.. Steers, 2s.2s2
Richmond-George Cromwell s32
Cueens-lawrence Gresser Ond) 4.5t6.
The strength of the fuslonist cause
New York county was Indicated by II
plurality OF 3 s6l votes which Charles
J. Whitman, the fusion nominee for distri
" attorney received over George Gordc
J Battle, tho Tammany candidate. Eve
u more significant was The victory of Jon
! > Shea fusionist, FOR sheriff. an on''
with rich emolments. over Christoph'
II J. sullivan, Tammany. by a plurah'y VI
" pIoximatinR TQM