New-York tribune., 1895-02-12
ALL EYES ON THE MAYOR.
INTENSE INTEREST IN HIS COMING AP-
POINTMENTS.

BETTING MANY WEIL-KNOWN CITIZENS
CALL ON COLONEL sTRoNG-TIIE POWER
OF REMOVAL BILL GOES TO ALBANY
WITH HIS APPROVAL
Mayor Strongs secretary, Job +. Hedges. was
the special messenger who yesterday carried 10
Albany the Power of Removal bill with the GER
tifcate Of the Mayor attached. declaring that ne
had duly approved the bill after public hearing
had in pursuance of the new Constitution and the
Procedure law.
The hours which Mayor Strong devoted to the
public were taken up with conferences with Well
known citizens and the air full Of rnmors al"
day about how the Mayor would fill the places "'
the heads of the various city departments o-'"o
row. William Brookfeld was an early eai'ei' or"
his visit was quickly followed by
which bore strong traces OF propaph! "'
Rrookfeld had declined the offer OF Co'''''''s'
of Public Works. Great press"'e 49,,
hrou.ht 70 hear on Mr. Brookfield to induce hiih
to accent the place but it was SAID 'hat po'n H''
health and business stood in the way. "mie re-
t,s,ry to cav absolutely whether the statement
vas true or not Mr. Brookield plainly encour-
aged the impression that he had Informed the
Mayor of his decllnation
1t was said during the day that MT brooN-
fields family physician had directed that ne
must spend the rest of the winter in florda OF
=, son,e Notwithstanding resort in tbs South OF
Europe and some of his close friends insisted
that he could not stand the strain involved IN
the reorganization Of the Department OF fuphc
Works which is to follow It's transfer TO Mlchaei
r Dalvs successor. But last evening the back
ers of Mr. Brookfed's candidacy were )oyiuiiy
announcing that his trip to Florida or Europe
was "off" and that he had promised the Mayor
that he would accept the office and devote to 1t
oil the ability and strength he possessed Mr.
Rroolfeld thereupon became prime iaVori'e
among the sporting men. and heavy odds were
offered on his appointment, with 30 takers
The news which brought so much delight TO
the supporters of Mr.. Brookfield IN the recent
contest in the Republican County committee
carried corresponding gloom into the camp OF 'he
opposition. The disappointment was deepeheu
bv the statement that Francis NJ scout WHO "au
heer onposed for Corporation Counsel by the
Platt contingent almost as persisten,ly as II hau
fought against Brookfelds appointment had
been selected for chief of the Law Department.
The fight over the office of Corporation Coun-
co, had narrowed down yesterday. in the opinion
- most politicians to Francis Nj. Scott ana
David r Dean. Both ae Democrats. -ii
Dean has been the First Assistant Corporation
Counsel for many years under all the heaos Vi
the Law Department since Ricnard y "o''i"''
Mr. Scott was an Assistant Corporation Counsei
previous to his appointment as Aqueu"0
missioner in 1873.
COLONEL GRANTS NAME SUGGESTED
7, became known late in the day that the
name of Colonel Frederick d. Grant had peen
submitted to Mayor Strong for Commissioner Vi
Public Works by Mr.. Brookfeld's opponents IN
the hope Of defeating him. Nothing OF 'he
kind however. is probable. Coionei "'"H'
&c the eldest son Of General Ulysses ;.
ID ho
ticket in 1887 as the nominee OF the
,ar,,, for Secretary Of state. The Mayor was
,o,d that Colonel Grant would make an eXceieh'
commissioner and that his appointment "ou'u
,,easa MANY Of the solid Republicans OF 'he
CITY He belongs to the Union League ''"' ""'
10 several social Republican organizations.
Chourcev NJ Depew and ex-senator Warner
Miller had extended interviews with No'ie'
strone Yesterday. which were understood 10 re'ei
70 some of the most important Of the appoint
ments to be made
SOME OF THE MAYORS CALLERS
,soro uere n,enty Of other callers who claimed
tbs Mayor's attention. and II is safe TO say thd'
some Of them exhausted his patience III the iois
lis, recorded in the ante-room appeared the ha'''
NJ Iobn Sabine Smith. John Proctor Cidrhe' AZ
dermen Olcott and Ware. Foraham Moiiis'
pa, Commissioner Borden ex-Sherin James
O'Bripn. eX-ASSelnDIy iiitH ""''" ~
parnard Bigun. Controller Fitch, Charles o'ech-
-. Erras, Harvier Dr. Carlos f. Macdonald,
1,ua,assor t,ickmore John y. Drake and ex-Pohce
Justice JACOB NJ. Patterson
A. . o'clock the Mayor gave notice to about
core of men still in the Office that he could see
M more of them, he must devote the remain
der of the day to his correspondence ana iou'ihe
matters which could not be postponed AS 'he
crowd filed out one man. evidently an oiu ac-
ouain,ance Of the Mayor. was recognized by MN
and greeted in friendly way
.J dom, want to talk business with you.
Colonel" said this visitor Il only droppef IN 10
pay my respects
"r know that old fellow" the Mayor replied 4
chat Of moments duration foilo"ed' ana t"e
citizen went out with the rest leaving cx-Jusuce
"Jake'' Patterson and "A man who had Just Sc
cured the ex-Justces signature to peu'loh oi
some sort. , o,ea
on his table preparatory to calling his stenog'd-
pher Mr. Patterson evidently though, !, l. d :dNol- M
able time TO get in some ol ms cams ciaihs. dmu ,iit
preached the Mayor with a hoiseiess ca'ihe
tread When Jake got within about three l,"l
Of the Mayors table. His Honor VINO posSiolE
had observed the movement through the corner "i
his eve said still keeping his attention on his let
ters and papers Cant see you to-day Ju1ge-
impossible Come tomorrow morning or some
other day. | positively cannot see you row.
(The last sentence with crushing frmness ana &C.
terminaton)
The ey-Justice said huskily, "Good-day,
Mayor" wlnked at the man whose petltIoh ne
had signed and retired rapidly
OFFICES THAT MAY RE FILLED
The Mayor is expected to fiji the following
offices tomorrow. choosing some OF these names:
Commissioner of Public works-Wllliam Brook.
field, ex-Assembyman James l.. Wells. Colonel
Gaans DAVID J. pean Francis NJ
Scott Peter B. Olney. Austen G. Fox
PARK Commissioners-Cyrus Clark Charles 8.
FarchiId John S. Kennedy Salem II. Wales.
. Paul Dana. Fordham Morris.
Fxcse Commissioner General G. H. r. Coils
Joseph Murray. Ferdinand Eidman. John Rescn-
weber. c. II. Woodman; John Simpson
ne,us Van Cott Colonel John W. Marshall. George