New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-02
MAYOR sTRONG'S RECEPTION.

A SIMPLE AFFAIR. IN STRIKING CONTRAST WITH
THE TWEED TAMMANY sATuRNALIA-oNE
ApMIRER SENDS a NEW YEARS GIFT
Mayor Strong was at his office in the City Hall
from noon until n little after 1 p m. yesterday,
and received a number Of callers who wished him
n "IIappy New Year" Some of them expressed
the hope that his term OF service might not end
with the year but that the voters of Greater New
York next fall would designate him as the first
Mayor OF the new metropolis.
Many Of the Mayors we-wishers yesterday
whose memories carried them back to the carnival
Of crime which held sway under Tammany and
Tweed contrasted the simple reception OF New
York's present Mayor. without oven cup of Colo
mel Strong's famed Oolcng to Stake the New Years
thirst, with the riot and deb u'hery which marked
the first day OF the year IN the later SOS and
early '70s when wine flowed like water in the
offices Of the Mayor. the Controller. the Sheriff.
the Register the County Clerk the District-At-
torney, the Surrogates. the Cooperation Counsel
and in the chambers OF some Of the Judges. The
most elaborate spreads" which included all the
luxuries Of the season. were furnished from Del
monico's Chambers-st branch and from the estab-
shmen;s OF less prct,ntious restaurateurs in the
ncighborhood for the entertainment of politicians
OF high and low degree The public offices OF the
city and county were turned into barrooms and
eating places where mtu and boys and not in
frequently women. mot together for grand spree
and gorgcd themselves with meat and drink. The
cost Of these annual saturnalia enormous.
but the taxpayers footed jhc bills and the almoncrs
of the freehandcd distribution OF refreshment.
LIQUID and solids. occupied high places in Tam
many Hall There may hr people who would like
10 see the plain and inexpensive reception at tho
Mayors office yesterday supplantel by the bolster
GUS hilarious and lavish celebrations which char
actcrlzed Tammany's reign OF a quarter of
century ago. hut il l. believed that they constitute
an exceedingly small part OF the present voting
population.
Secretary Job f. Hedges and r Bradee Strong.
the Mayors son. assisted the Mayor in receiving
MILAN president OF the Park Department; Gen
eral C. H. r. COLTS. Commissioner of Public
Works; Charles q. Wilson. president Of the Health
Board Alderman Elias Goodman. General James
T. O. Refine. Commissioner Of Public Charities;
Major William Pmley ommls Toner ~ Jurors;
John = Fauih Commissioner OF Public Charities;
Deputy -Co commissioner Howard Payson Wilds OF the
Department OF Public Works. Clarence A. Hen
riques. member OF the Board OF Brooklyn Bridge
Trustees: Commissioner Ernest Harper. F. =. Iol-
Cen, Assistant Dlstrict-Attorney David Mitchell
and Sheriff e. J. II. Tamsen. The sheriff also held
a New Years reception yesterday In his ONCE In
the old General Sessions Building to which he
recently removed from the County Courthouse.
He had n good many callers
The Mayor yesterday received as memento OF
cup said to be eighty years old. IL came with a
letter from the giver congratulating the Mayor on
the completion of his second year In office and
the satisfactory results achieved BY his admins
tration In the face OF many difficulties. The Mayor
declined tell who sent him the teacup