The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-06

that ~, 49, ,o ~. ,,onr rasi.nation aa
u a. m ,t Hlv,i nerV'ce .o''''''SS'''''
lnstahter' hespeotfnily usvor
bhohuh D. mcShhhb"n' may"
Mr.. Bell had sent In his resignation
week ago, when he was appointed an APP
praiser In the State Comptroller's Office.
nm o'e "ay ,.' 1,,u O.,
DEAR SIR Your resienati9h as SiVh ser
the painful necessity Of making Of you u
request which ! make 70 your fellow Com
missioners; put lnasmlch as you We're par ar
t'ivii Serw Vi i Rsform tssnniation / send YOU
for your Information a copy OF my reply to
the report OF the commission, which sets
forth my findings and the result,
Al the time DID not suppose that the ma,
hns w othr n1se Would have refTsined from
nctino non your pesiynntion at that time
80 that each Commissioner would have been
accorded the same treatment. Yours very
truly. GEORGE b. McChkiLAN. Mayor
The Mayors letter to Mr.. O'Connor
accepted his resignation offered last July
1t read as follows
SIR: Replying to your communication OF
July 30 rendering to me your resignation ia
Civil Service Commissioner. desire to say
Association, and inasmuch as the charges
affected your Official acts i deferred CON
port from the Civil Service Board on the
subject was in my hands. That report hav;,
been syem By G by
i necessary to ask for the RESIGNATION OF all
the members of the commission.
port sent to your commission, and desire
to inform You that inasmnch as II appears
by h The ac records ha yGe Of ws
auenca thereof this day accepted your
resignation, Respectfully, ,
-, .- .,o,
McooEY REFUSES TO HEsiaN:
%seb hm a his once s about
y, Oh n,,n,not yastardov ,norning sent n long
iio c,SUh nes'en'rs s;nu and Giving his
reasons, He accused the Mayor OF WIN
holding the commlssions side from .ne
p mission.s acts ai he and his fellow commits
sioners believed to be valid, supported, as
they were, by MI niNes oPhilon alu .,I,,
III iooWhg .heli 'Hey na.i u i've fnI,
m aaa ne raw any ns H. Mcroo.y said
lowed legal preceoent' MI Mcooo ~ e' ha
ne hau no excuse 10 oner' anu ''ie'' 'e
For some time past it has been fore
shadowed in the public press that my resigna
s ststsS Sa That pe WAS member OF the regular
opposed 10 it's disintegration; When my
attention was drawn to sneh a, s ;ba nsmos
cratic pardv and APPOINTED a member OF
this commission because of that fact and In
sbss ths Civil T Service vice
composed OF members OF both great political
parties, | was not active in political matters
rights ni h having in nj mind that as president OF
the commission was the servant OF all citi-
thfT ss IN
With With the 1V stand taken by the Democratic
organization of Kings county against the
son of HeW York eopn ao' Of
Honor is a leading and distinguished mem.
and s that ts vocs ad sa nSt
0e Under these circnmsta noes cannot comply
my m;n resignation. Believing that in that stand
VIII Dc sns,a Ynl oy 'ne peop'e o' '"'' '''
j. II. McCooRY, President.
nn,,ovvn
HhMoVhp. ,.., IT,;
The Mayor immediateiy olsIhisseo MN
in the Following ietter: ,.
Of Oct, s. In which you re1nse 10 tenGer y1n af
resi- gnation as preslaent Oh the Muh'c'pai
e'E, reyeis,ns The poWep conferred in me by
law. i hereby remove you from ONCE. Re-
GEoRoE B. MCCLELLAN. Mayor.
Dot. S.
scHM1rr RESIGNS.
To Mr.. Schmitt the Mayor wrote yester-
day as follows:
,esret "a .sy that After a very patient
examination Oh Houo
by you and oy tne orn sed ne, vou hswe
wilfully evaded the OWL service law In many
important particulars discussion OF eacn
Instance IN Wcn Would 5n bs Of NO avail Your
Deen Som Snre 10 NV mind most disinSepuo,,s
ana Tor tbat reason / refrain from giving
them any further consideration now.
/ have. therefore, but to inform You OF
my finding. regret very much that ALMOST
at the outset OF the lncnmoehey 81 y4nr oe
YOU saw s,b n, ~ ofs6e reaired Of vo to uphold
{be law and / therefore request that you
forthwith tender to me your resignation az
OF Parks, Borough OF The
Bronx. Respectfully, ,,.
GEORGE D. McehhhhAs' mayor
Mr.. Schmitt said last night that he had
mailed his resignation to the Mayor in
accordance with his request.
accompanying the resignation" said
Mr. Schmitt, sis a detailed statement Of
facts which will explain everything so far
as am concerned. All can say in regard
TO the charges il that they are entirely
untrue do not feel at liberty to give out
for publication the text OF the letter until
it reaches the Mayors hands. mailed 1t
at Q o'clock this afternoon. ! realize that
I came into The Bronx almost an entire
stranger but l am willing now to let my
record speak for itself"
1t was said last night that the Mayor had
not received the letter when he left his
ONCE at S O'Clock. A new Park Commits
sioner will probably bc appointed to-day.
NEW BOARD IN possEssIoN.