Show TAMMANY qs MAN FOR MAYOR william J gaynor justice of the supreme court hash has been nominated for the mayoralty of new york city by the democrats in the campaign that will follow he will be opposed by otto bannard nominated by the republicans and in by president taft tammany will do its utmost to elect justice gaynor if justice gaynor wins it will be a victory of a plow boy who became a school teacher then a lawyer then a political giant who overthrew hugh mclaughlin for 25 years the boss of Broo brooklyn lilyn then the implacable enemy of trusts just justice ce of the supreme court and finally ma mayor V it will be a victory for a man who had scorned to run for governor when he might have won and who bonce once rejected boss crokers offer of Tamm anys nomination for mayor of the tely justice gaynor is 58 years old it was on a stony farm that william was born it was there he tolled toiled when a boy in a winning battle with poverty he went to the district school and grew up browned sun and strong after graduating from the whitestone Whites tono academy he taught school in boston accumulating sufficient funds to p permit it he moved to utica and began studying law in the office of ward hunt who later became justice of the supreme court ok of the united states As long ago as 1875 mr air gaynor moved to flatbush L I 1 then an independent municipality having 40 saloons but only one operating under a license this he discovered was due to corruption in municipal government in 1885 mr air gaynor moved to brooklyn then held in the despotic political grip of mclaughlin brooklyn was expanding the town of new lots which had a little institution known as the long island water supply company was annexed gaynor discovered that the mclaughlin ln ring had baug bought ht out this company through dummies for and had bad contracted to turn it over to the city of Bio brooklyn oklyn through the mayor for he denounced the deal as a swindle |