Autobiography of John Francis Hylan, mayor of New York . ANAUTOBIOGRAPHY ^mMsm .?^?^Mi!^^*^* AUTOBIOGRAPHY of JOHN FRANCIS HYLAN MAYOR OFNEW YORK AUTHORIZED EDITION THE ROTARY PRESS 156 BROADWAY, NEW YORK .6 Copyright, 1922Geo. F. Dobson, Jr. J(iL 26 72 © TABLE OF CONTENTS An Appreciation ..... 5 Foreword 7 Introduction ..... 9 Mothers Advice in Starting Out . 13 School and Romance .... 21 Law and Politics ..... 27 The First Dollar and Friends . 33 Fighting the Enemy .... 41 An Appreciation AN APPRECIATION I zvish to acknowledge with due appreciation the servicesrendered me by Mr. G
Autobiography of John Francis Hylan, mayor of New York . ANAUTOBIOGRAPHY ^mMsm .?^?^Mi!^^*^* AUTOBIOGRAPHY of JOHN FRANCIS HYLAN MAYOR OFNEW YORK AUTHORIZED EDITION THE ROTARY PRESS 156 BROADWAY, NEW YORK .6 Copyright, 1922Geo. F. Dobson, Jr. J(iL 26 72 © TABLE OF CONTENTS An Appreciation ..... 5 Foreword 7 Introduction ..... 9 Mothers Advice in Starting Out . 13 School and Romance .... 21 Law and Politics ..... 27 The First Dollar and Friends . 33 Fighting the Enemy .... 41 An Appreciation AN APPRECIATION I zvish to acknowledge with due appreciation the servicesrendered me by Mr. George F. Dohson, Jr., who has beenkind enough to bear zvith me while I have in snatches oftime tried to recall some of the outstanding things in mylife that the^y may be published in the form of an Auto-biography, and I may say tJiat I shall be compensated if anyone shall be brought to see my life in its true lighti as I havesincerely tried to live Mayor of New ¥< Forword FOREWORD The story of the Hfc of John Francis Ilylan, and the manyinteresting facts of his career, were ()l)tained by the writer aftermany fruitless efforts, and tlien only after complete confidence hadbeen established that no political aim or motive was the movingconsideration, but that an interested public had formed an inquir-ing mind concerning the Mayor who had so wrought as to occupyan unique position in the thought and imagination of millions ofpeople, and therefore the story may be said to be more than any-thing else the result of a popular demand. The voice of the great masses is always a command. They wishto know the private life and history of their servants. There are so many interesting phases to Mayor 1 Tylans lifethat it was difficult for me, as a news representative of the NewYork Globe, in which first appeared these articles, and which werereceived with such wide interest, to frame any kind of an accountof his life that would quite equal aautobiographyofj00hyla
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