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Wallace George Nye (October 17, 1859 – March 4, 1926) was the 25th mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1913 to 1917. ==Life and career== Nye was born in Hortonville, Wisconsin in 1859. He attended local schools and the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and spent several years after college working as a school principal. In 1881, he left for Chicago, Illinois to study pharmacy. Instead of returning home to Wisconsin after finishing, he decided to relocate to Minneapolis and began a drug business there. He also became active in local Republican politics, winning election as Minneapolis comptroller in 1892 to 1894 and also serving on the park board. In 1905, Nye was a leading member of the Minneapolis Public Affairs Committee, a non-governmental organization dedicated to the business and municipal affairs of the city.〔 〕 He was elected mayor in 1912, defeating Democrat Charles Gould and Socialist Thomas Van Lear. During his term as mayor, Nye was involved in a controversy over the exhibition of the film ''Birth of a Nation'' in Minneapolis. Nye opposed the showing of the film and stated he would put a stop to it, but a district court judge issued an injunction ordering Nye not to interfere. When that injunction was reversed just a week later, screenings of the film were stopped out of fear Nye would intervene. Nye eventually accepted a proposal to form a public censorship committee to review the film and to abide by their decision. When the committee met and a majority approved the film, Nye stood aside and let the film be shown. Nye was defeated by Van Lear in the 1916 mayoral election, mainly on the strength of two issues: * Nye's administration had been involved in a financial scandal involving financing of the city's streetcar system. Business leaders involved in the street car company donated heavily to Nye's campaign, and the voters of the city looked for any alternative.〔 〕 * Nye had supplied police protection to scab workers during a general Teamsters strike.〔 Nye died in 1926. He is buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17967150 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wallace G. Nye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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