The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-15

Father or MS Country, ana nnally the
club did give dinners to Vance. Wickham and Ely"
did you know that Comptroller Kelly was to be
present at tie dinner?''
lyon must me. ! don't wish TO be inter
viewed. i did not know that Messrs. Kelly and
Scheu were to be at the dinner until late that after
noon Then vas told of it; but
"You had no idea, of course. that Mr.. Kelly was to
speak as he dd?"
"Of course not Those gentlemen were invited to
dinner as Others were. That all knew OF it,
certainly could have known nothing of Mr. Kelly 8
intended remarks. But won't talk about it at all
Just one word. please. OF course You know what
Mr.. Kelly said concerning You at that time. He has
spoken very kindly and pleasantly of you Ii the
HERALD authorized to say that you reciprocate the
desire for friendly co-operatony
Il have nothing to say about it, shall do my duty
to the best of ability. presume he and Others
will do theirs. l am determined not to say anything
further than this shall of course do my utmost to
carry out my ideas OF what the office needs. can
speak for one else. and don't wish to be quoted
Kelly-s speech or Mr.. Kelly personally"
"All right Have You made up your mind about
the Police BoardY'
..Not yet 1t is a matter of great Importance, and
am giving it careful consideration don't think any
interest will be damaged by further delay of week
or two"
~ do not feel that"
At this juncture Major Bundy. Of the Eceming Mail.
who had been sitting patiently near the secretarys
desk, sighed deeply and as the Mayor turned to
what was the matter. powerful grasp upon his arm
induced him to away from the cosey fire and to-
of ex-Comptroller Andrew Holdfast Green. For
some little time-long enough for the ex-
COmptrOller TO u1aho pOiHt anu III up
.cynosure Of every eye" Thenn the Mayor
blandy renewed his civilty to the HERALD reporter
and concluded the conversation by saying, "Remem-
Der. please, decline to be interviewed accepted
the invitation to the dinner. The other gentlemen
were also guests. have this to say only and moth
ing more propose doing my duty to the best of
my ability, and have nothing to say about Mr..
Kelly, his speech or anything else.
ASCENT TALL TOWER.
Difficult as it is for the ordinary visitor to secure
glimpse of the Tammsny chieftain. and onerous as
poitan Mayor. they are as dust in the balance when
weighed against the obstacles that bar the
way to the lofty den . OF the Lotos president in
From the sanctum of the Lotos president the
towers of the unfinished Brooklyn Bridge can be
plainly seen lar down the landscape Yesterday Mr..
Whitelaw Reid, the president aforesaid, pleasantly
disengaged himself from the entangling alliance of
number of petitioners, and, with marked copy OF
the HERALD in his hand, said. "In what way can
serve your
''The HERALD would like to have inside view of
the brain that suggested the dinner to Mayor Cooper
and to know how it and the invitations to Messrs.
Kelly and Scheu came aboutY
WHAT THE CAUSE ALL SAYS.
Mr.. Reid pondered for moment. Then with
municipal veal beaming from his piercing eye, he
answered, "Wel I'll tell the HERALD all about it.
was Just reading the HEIALDs editorial on Mr..
Kelys speech and it hits the nail on the head When
Messrs Vance, Wickham and Ely were made Mayor
dinners were given in their honor ana 1t
given to MI. Cooper. I was in Albany look
ing after the Sloan interest, when it occurred
to that IL WOulQ De u pieaSauJ Cnlu8 anu u BOOo
thing to bring the late antagonists together. They
have duties in the city government which bring them
together in any event. and thought 1t may be OF SER
them and OF practical benefit to the city If they
can be brought together in social and personal
way. So l teiegraphed to Mr. Kelly, Will you come
dinner to Mayor Cooper, Saturday evening? Send
answer to my house have invited Schell and Ely:
I similar message to Mr.. Schell. and they both
accepted.
'What was your motive ?"
Gas said | thought it would benefit the city il
these two men could be brought to work together.
also wished to emphasize the fact that neither the
club nor the occasion was political. 1t our guests
had been all Of party it might have had another
significance And wanted to show that in this
country men of the most vehement political
tagonisms could recognize sincerity OF purpose in
opponents and respect as gentlemen those whom
they abhorred as politicians
"Did Mr.. Cooper know beforehand that Messrs.
Kelly and Schell were to be invited p
$50 far as know he did not. He may have been
informed of it. but if so there was significance in
"Oh not at all He cordially accepted the invita-
tion and his response to the toast was. SO far as
know, entirely unprecedented"
chow do you regard the era or good feeling to
which the HERALD alludes p
ut seems to me that it is not only possible but
probable It rests entirely with these two gentle
men. know them both. l believe them to be
honest capable officials. Their lines OF duty neccs-
state cooperation. If they work honestly in the
They fought the fight. and il they believe in the
American idea that the battle is ended they will
sU the in
ing it, think it very happy thought to invite
Messrs. Kelly and Schell to the Cooper dinner. and
hope its beneficial results will be made more mani
fest yet
.Do you believe Mr.. Kelly was sincere when he
said II wish Mayor Cooper all the success in public
life that any friend of his wish him, and assure
him and his friends that so far AZ the official BUSH
ness this city is concerned. there will be dis
agreement between matters which are really in
the interest of the people?"
II do 1 have known Mr. Kelly some years. and
regard him as man OF sincere purpose and an
unquestonably meant precisely what he said. And
to their being any keynote or suggestion to Mr..
Kelly Mr. Schell, you may repudiate the idea abso-
lutely. They attended the dinner my guests. Mr..
Kelly was called in due course TO respond to a
toast in the introduction OF which alluded to him
as gentleman who had contrived to arouse about
many, diverse and as violent emotions as any resi-
of Manhattan Island but still recognized by
friend and foe Honest John Kelly. He made q
most entertaining speech, complimented the club
very gracefully, poked fun in pleasant and under
made pronounced hit when he said:--I have got to
that OF mind that feel that if man is conscious
that he is trying to do his best well he
derstand it he need very little what may be said
about him. mans conscience should at all times
be his master. Now, do not think that politics
should be brought into discussion here Mayor
Cooper has u very important duty to perform. Prob
ably he can hardly realize yet the amount of
labor that he must go through. and
Mayors office. I suppose friend Ely here when
he first entered his duties considered ii light
place, but he not there long before he that
the labor immense. do not mean to say thai.
the intellectual labor is immense but the RESPONSE
bility connected with the Office. am exceedingly
anxious, far as l am concerned, that Mayor
Cooper's administration may be successful Mayor
Cooper is not now representative of party; he
leaves the party behind him. and acts for the whole
people. And Ire undoubtedly will be successful be-
sincerely believe that he has the full interest
the people at heart and that he will do his best to
serve them. have said since his election and
said so before his election Now believing do,
and the HERALD evidently hopes that these OFF,
cials work together harlnoniously and to the
great benefit of the city, contend that IL was not
only wise thing, but good thing. to bring them
together at the first dinner given to the new Chief
Magistrate"