The sun., 1903-11-04
TIE MAYOR.ELECT DIDN'T MIX
DlTHER A CHILLY EVENING AT
HIS HEADQUARTERS.
vcClellan Says He's Going Down TO Con.
sress Before He Even Thinks OF City
Anairs-Murphy Calls and Tells Why
He Thinks His Ticket Won Out.

Nayor-elect Mcclellan Will go 70 Wasn-
,,n,on soon, probably tomorrow, and.
aneordins to statement issued by him last
r;,bt will pay no attention to city affairs
,,r,u after the adjournment of the special
session of Congress.
In the mean time he said, he would devote
al, his time to fighting for reciprocity
treaty with Cuba.
withstanding the size Of the Tammany
nluraity, enthusiasm at McClelans per
inn,l headquarters in tho Hotel Bartholdi
uas somewhat forced. The fly in the ONT
ment there was the disinclination OF the
Mayor.elect to Join the general throng OF
his supporters
The headquarters on the second floor OF
the hotel were open to all comers, but the
euccessfll candidate remained on the moor
above the greater part of the evening
cossted with John j. Delapy, j. Serge ant
Cram and. later in the night. with Charles
Murphy.
Conptroller Grout was the only other
,a,lar who was admitted to the private
apartments above the regular headquarters
Several minor lights in Tainmany. in
,mdjur Dr William j. O'Sullivan and
n C. 7. Grain. who called to offer their
CONGRATULATIONS. couldn't get upstairs.
They didn't hesitate to say that they thought
Il was q bad beginning for a Tammany
Mayor.
John j. Delany's apology to tho crowd
for col. Mcclellan was that Mrs. Mcclellan
had come down to the hotel to receive the
returns with him.
Col. Mcclellan did make two flying trips
down stairs to say Thank you, gentle
men," 20 the crowd. and on ono OF these
trips he made the following statement:
am deeply grateful to my fellow citizens
for their confidence, in me ! renew the
promises winch made before election
have no bitterness Of feeling for any one.
,f, 40 "a, session. and
posed OF, shall turn my attention to the
/ invite the cooperation Of every citizen.
whether he supported me or not and regard.
less OF his political views. in the advancement
'; cannot mo promise much in the way q PUBLIC
improvements for year Ihe nnahcial
condition of the city and the isok ht 81 apRhlI psRhslI
OF the work now under way. ! shall make
sSs5s Sodsson s05s for to sveFS eFStSafd cSd ample 'n'0
In my administration: {. subSordinatesa 20 ,l.aa
whether direct or remote shall % u treSten ,Ssna
with consideration. so as 70 encourage them
This victory should encourage and unite
oil Democrats for the Presidential contest
Of 1901.
1t was Just little after I, o'clock when
Col. Mcclellan felt sure enough OF the result
F II. Brooks was the first man TO inject
ANYTHING like enthusiasm Into the head
quarters. He drifted in about = O'clock
betting on the Tammany candidate; o.,
Under the circumstances he didn't feel
particularly glum II he couldn't shake
hands with the man he had bet on, and he
succeeded in getting yell OF exultation
Brooks made his first wager on Mcclellan
on Nov. 10, 1902, when he bet Bryans friend
Dr.. Girdner, that Mcclellan would be nomi-
mated and elected in 1908.
The Mayor-elect reoeived the ioilow1n8
MESA ge from Mayor Low at O'CLOCK:
] congratulate you on your election. II
can be of service to you. pray command mo.
Col. Mcclellan replied by telegraph:
have received your most courteous mes
sage. thank you for 1T.
Col. Mcclellan also received scores Of
congratulatory kilograms from Demo
cratic politicians OF this State and fiom
Bird S. Coler and Fritz Lindin ger. presi-
dent OF the Liquor Dealers Association.
each sent the one word, 'Gongratulations.
Charles F. Murphy, the ans,ay Iammany ieaSaer, SnM,
called AT ne NlClleilhu
10 O'clock. He and the candidate had
long consultation.
Mr.. Murphy said to the reporters:
aThe Democrats Of New York city are to
be congratulated, not onl ly upon the spen.
did victory by which an honest Democracy
is a'I restored to power, but upon the fact that
they have go sterling man, 80 able a
statesman and 80 able an executive officer
10 preside over their splendid Democratic
city. .,.o ~ y. oo,.rs,
lated on the fact that indecent attack upon
decent men has been rebuked in this most
emphatic way. Clean government and
clean campaigning must now take the place
OF hypocrisy in Office and vicious attack.
THE result Is great popular tr'onte 70
Comptroller Grout dropped in half an
hour or 40 behind Murphy. When asked
what he thought about it he threw up his
hands and said:
y can't express it TO- night, t., ~. a.,
ernor7' somebody yelled.
NO. MOI he exclaimed.
Congressman F. Burton Harrison also
called. wearing toy tiger in the button
hole OF his frock coat.
chance to offer his congratulations down.
stairs with the crowd.
When the Mayor-elect made his second
tnp down from the private apartments
he was asked II 1t was 100 early !or MIN
TO talk about his appointments.
4 refer you to my formal statement
he said. Il am going to Washington and
have not even thought Of city appoint
ments,"
When asked what he thought had brought
about his election the candidate laughed,
pulled that rabbits foot from his waist
coat pocket and said"I guess this did it,
Another opinion expressed very fire.
quently at McClellans headquarters as to
what had contributed to the result was that
Republican treachery" had had as much
10 do with it as anything else.
E1-Distrot Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner
gave all the credit to Murphy. He said
that the present boss was the most saga
oious leader Tammany had had for forty |
years
In the absence Of any statement from |
Mcclellan as to what he will do after Janll |
the politicians at the headquarters last |
night amused themselves by making q
partial slate. They named John J. Delany |
as Corporation Counsel, Of course, and mem |
toned Luke Stapleton as the Assist ant Cor.
poration Counsel who will have charge Of |
BROOKLYN.
Sergeant Cram, who was with Mcclellan |
whom th" returns came in, was assigned
BY the slate makers to his old job as Dock
Commissioner, providing that Murphy !
doesn't want that place himself.
sunny jim Hep may be put back as Com