The evening world., 1891-12-14

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Examiner Ice phuins nr Tho r,vu.eor,ice
poart. T.. hung NV vnvor Grant ,,,.r h,v-
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promntly tn the Mnyor. rnuch,d I'm th.s.
terms;
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Hon. Hugh J. Grant, Mayor. So .''''
MY Dan SIR i hh's me honor TO- tander my
the Now YorR Cny Ciyll,ser,ice Board, aud In do
ton OF the Kin mess. courtesy and consider ton
" tastic. io" "Itr @ . t sh"Sn IN, curing my term
LEE PHILLIPs.
The fact OF MIR. Phil!,ps's resignation was
ANNOUNCED about l.45 O'Clock p. NJ. last Fri.
day by Mayor Grant, with the added lntorma-
ton that Henry W. Beardsley was to be ap-
pointed as MIR PhllIips's successor. These
announcements were printed that afternoon
by every evening paper in the city.
! Within an hour after he had told the re-.
porters that he had selected Brardsley the
Mayor enacavored to recall that statement.
but the papers containing IL were already be-
ing sold I'm the streets He did. however pre.
vent II, being published I'm Saturday morn.
inr's papers
/ Search for the cause Of the Nayor's inneci.
sion Is leading to brain fap among the politi.
clans.
BY some 1, is hinted that wbateyer anger
he held towards Phillips was Modified by the
courteous, friendly tone OF the latter's letter
by others 1t Is believed that MIR. Croker or
some other OF the Big Four. interposed What
is indisputably clear. however. ia that the
resignation " as laid aside for future action.
The circumstances leading IN to the resir.
nation CT MIR. Pbillins are stated as follows
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Each o,t these nhvs,c,ons recs,ved IN ,,s not
mail Monday nignt a nostal.csrd .,,nsd NV
Mr. phtn,rs stating ,hot tho a,om,rs,,on
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especially TO those who had previous experi.
encc. 1t leaked out, from an apparently au-
thentic source, that the postponement WAS
due to orders from the inner circle OF Tam.
many Hall politicians
The story WAS given out. and GAINED cred.
ence, that Commissioner OF Public Works
Gllroy had called on Phillips Monday after.
noon and directed him TO most none the exam,.
| nation.
"By whose authorityr" questioned the Ex.
aminer
"A cable from Mayor Grant" was the al.
legged reply.
"But Mayor Grant has been on the ocean
Iye DAYS" Phillips is said TO have Objected.
The Commissioner was said to haye re-.
torted angrily: "That makes no difference.
You POSTPONE the examination"
The examination was postponed as stated
but It is due to Mr.. Gllroy that he denied
positively having made such utterances BE
this AS II NAV. the fact TINT the examination
was postpoped by Mr.. Phillips IN sunpos,d
Difference to the Nayor,s wishes wac ad.
mltted by the Secretary and nv Civil Service
Commissioner Marouand. though n Was no,
admitted the Nayor,s desires were nade
known in the exact words ouoted
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