The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-06
kIRSHNAN TALKS
ON ELECTION
MEMBER OF NORTH DAKOTA
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
FACULTY DISCUSSES THE RE-
Suits OF THE NEW YORK CITY
ELECTION.

Prof. J. z. Kirshman Of the NORTH
Dakota Agricultural college faculty Ii
apparently much pleased with thu
outcome Of the recent New York City
election when Tammany met it's frs
defeat since the fall Of 1901 when Seth
Low, former president of Columbia
university. was elected mayor as ar
independent republican on a fusion
ticket and defeated Mayor Van Wycke
for reelection. =
At that time the election Of Mayor
Low did not mean what 1t does now,
for the length of the mayoralty tenure
was only two years. The beginning
Of the following term in 1903 marked
the commencement of the four year
terms when George B. Mcclellan was
elected by Tammany over President
Low. In speaking of the recent cleo
ton results. Professor Kirshman said:
Since the death of Mayor Gaynor
1t has been increasingly certain that
Tammany would be defeated at the
election. It thus happens that the
elimination Of the Independent candi-
date made further progress and
economy in the city government posi-
bic. The f~usionists now have twelve
votes and the OPPOSITION only two in
the board Of estimate and apportion-
ment which Is the body that holds. the
purse strings of the city.
"The mayors department under
John Purroy Mitchell will now be made
the central business office of the city:
The mayor will develop a bureau of
experts that will keep him informed on
the business Of the board of estimate
and give him complete control over
the tW~enty-nine departments hat are
legally under his control but practical
ly Independent. John Purroy Mitchell
Is an administrator, who, as president
Of the board of aldermen and member
Of the board Of estimate, has shown
himself to be firm and u~nyielding
when a question involving honesty or
efficiency is being discussed. New
Workers will not soon forget his un-
compromising position in reference to
the dual subway system advocated by
McAneny, the president Of the Boro~
ugh Of Manhattan.
Furthermore, the police depart
ment will now be put on an efficiency
basis. Cooperation between the peo-
pie and the police department has
hitherto ben absent. The police de-
partment will soon be found working
in cooperation with the other de-
partments. The new subway con
tracts will be effectively supervised
sc as to keep them out of the hands
Of Murphy. Opportunity is now ripe
and over-ripe for adequate inspection
Of food, for the food supply Of New
York. is becoming VIGOROUSLY bad.
THE health department will be
brought under the control of the may
or and adequate devised SO as
to insure efficient inspection. This
alone will be a step in advance not
appreciated fully by any except those
who have lived in the city. The bureau
Of engineering in the department of
water, gas and electricity will be
recognized and put on an efficient
basis, a process already begun. These
are only a few of the measuges and
conditions that will be dealt with by
the new administration in the next
four years.. .''vssr So. n,.,'&r .-.t 49,.
I'm a general sense the election
m n the complete divorce of Tam
many from the. control, of the city
government. It is safe to say that the
back of Tammany has been broken
for eight years Of separation from city
officials is an immense handicap for
so great a power as Tammany.
in the future must revise their
traditional ideas concerning corrup-
ton and graft in the metropolis.