Word: hylans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wide election this fall, a bloody body was last week plunked down upon its political doorstep. Frank Marlow, murdered Broadway gambler and racketeer, had hardly been settled in his coffin before a so-called Better City Government League nominated one-time (1918-25) Tammany Mayor John Francis ("Red Mike") Hylan to run as an independent candidate against Tammany Mayor James John Walker. The Hylan war-cry: Stamp out crime, vice, corruption...
...anything to watch the rich dine in their park. To point the issue even more, on the day the Casino opened, 93 ordinary citizens were haled to court, fined for eating their lunches on newspapers spread on the grass of their park. Onetime Mayor John Frances ("Red Mike") Hylan, again a candidate for that office, was quick to make use of the political potentialities of the new Casino. "A night club for the 400 in Central Park." roared he over the radio, "would never have been permitted during my administration...
...almost complete absence of a cohesive and well-directed Opposition. New York City Republicans are at a loss for a suitable nominee, are even ready.to fuse with independent Democrats if they have a man to offer. The only Democrat who stands forth seems to be John Francis ("Red Mike") Hylan, twice Mayor before Walker. Republicans were last week actually, quite seriously considering allegiance to Hylan, whose vote-following is unquestionably larger than the outstanding Republican possibility, short, swart Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia...
Four years ago, Publisher Hearst entertained another Mayor of New York, his stout friend John F. Hylan. When he got home, Mayor Hylan described the wonders of Hearstland to the peepul of New York, as follows...
...City and State from preventing the collection of 7-cent fares, on the ground that the 5-cent fare was confiscatory. Last week, the I. R. T. obtained a 38-page Federal decision allowing the 7-cent fare temporarily. Mayor James J. Walker and his famed predecessor, John F. Hylan, both announced promptly that they would run for Mayor again on 5-cent platforms. But neither candidate advanced any plan for furnishing better subway service at five cents...