Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Today -100: August 5, 1925: They are waiting, and so am I


NYC Mayor John Hylan is urged by his biggest fan, Henry Fruhauf of the Hylan Five-Cent Fare Club, to remain in the mayoral race even if he loses the Democratic primary, since politicians can control the primary but not the general election, and yes I’m mostly reporting this for the name of that “club.” Hylan really has no other issue than the 5¢ thing (that said, as I write this, before the 2025 mayoral primaries, Zohran Mamdani is campaigning on making the buses free, just like the Staten Island ferry, but he does have other issues).

Ex-kaiser Wilhelm tells a Budapest newspaper, “The so-called democracy of today means death to the nation. It is an inadequate form of government, and the people within their hearts prefer the monarchy, or one-man rule. I trust in the character and fidelity of the German people. They are waiting, and so am I.”

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