The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-09
ELLISON AND CRAVEN ARR OUT
Continued from First Pags.

slant time and attention. which only q man
In perfect physical condition can give. are
necessary TO the proper administration OF
the department. IL 10 not fair to you or to
the city OF New York % ask you 20 remain
longer at the helm. and a. In my Judgment
1t would DO unwise 70 leave the department
without q head for sven Q day. ! have decided
to accept your resignation at once. ! fully
appreciate the struggle you have made under
adverse conditions. and thank you for IL.
All that Mr.. Ellison would allow himself
Section sS Of the Charter gave the Mayor
power to remove me whenever In his judy
ment tho public interests shall 30 require
IL those interests required my removal.
then certainly 1t would be unseemly for inc
TO protest. Kthey did not require the action
taken by the Mayor. then with equal GER
tainty the matter 10 one solely between the
public and the Mayor, and no comment on
my part In necessary. My personal feeling.
however. 10 n Of profound relief
When the Mayor announced that Mr..
Talley had resigned he made this statement
without actually having received the Com
missioner's resignation. The Mayor thought
Mr.. Talley was out or town, but in the
afternoon this letter was delivered at the
Mayors Office:
Hon. George B. McClsiian, Mayor.
SIR: Iamin receipt OF your communications
Of even date requesting my resignation and
assigning the following reason: The legal
member Of the Municipal Civil Service Com
mission should devote more time TO the public
service than you do"
have q natural regret that ! should leave
ONCE with the imputation Of having neg
lected is duties. for. as you know well. that Is
untrue.
However, one in my position cannot escape
such . danger when one In yours does not
hesitate to seek such . pretext To justify n re-
movsl from ONCE.
Whatever view the public may take Of your
action. I I'm conscious my service has been at
least efficient and that my individual efforts
have been Of some avail IN advancing the In
terest Of the department and Of the merit sys-
tenn In the city Of New York. am sure that
the most vfgilant critics Of your administra-
ton will oonoede this fact.
Whatever your motive for asking my resis-
nation might have been. II would have been
oheerfully given at your request and the ONCE
would have been at your disposal without you
doing me an injustice which perhaps you
cannot repair. l tender to you my ~resigna-
ton as a Civil Service Commissioner Re-
spectfuily yours, ALFRED J. TALLBY.
Mr.. Talley also issued q statement last
night, In the course Of which he said: Il
know Of no reason for my resignation other
h Inc fact that i have always been a
member Of the regular Democratic organi-
EAtIOu. MY Tt6lKuAttOh ChuuOt NC Ddbou
upon any charge Of ineficiency or neglect
OF duty. No complaint has ever been
made by the Mayor that ! had ever neg
lected any work OF The commission. nor
has any criticism ever come from any other
source. l have done my best to keep
the Civil Service Commission absolutely
free from politics. This has not been pleas
ing to the Mayor
Francis X. Pendleton, the new Corpora
ton Counsel. 10 b son Of former United
Sy.-a-- n--.N-- p..llA@n - nhf@ He
father was Minister to Germany under
President Cleveland and ran for Vice
President when Gen. Mcclellan ran for
President in 1894. Mr.. Pendleton Is a
graduate OF Harvard University n Of
Harvard Law School. he was admitted
to the bar in 1873. aud for several years was a
partner of the late E. Ellery Anderson.
He was the head OF the City Improvement
Commission appointed a couple Of years
ago.
one Of the best known Democrats Of the
city. He broke from Tammany Hall and
Charles F.. Murphy Immediately after the
Buffa lo convention which selected Hearst
"a the Democratic candidate for Governor.
Rather than stand for Hearst Mr.. Martin
resigned his leadership OF the Twenty
seventh Assembly district and withdrew
from active politics. lt was he b OPP
posed Murphy's plan for tina denomination
Of Comptroller circuit and President Fornes
OI LnB DOdIu vi hioOf hhDu wv NteyNI
Mcclellan was nominated at the city con-
vention in 1908. Mr.. Martin from the floor
Of the convention strongly objected to ths
selection OF circuit M Forues, and while
their candidates. were not popular In Tam
many Mr.. Martin was the only district leader
who had the courage to fight Murphy's
ticket in the open convention. The new
City Chamberlain was born In Ireland In
is46. since 1879 he has held several public
Offices and from 1850 to 1892 was a Police
Commissioner. He was for several years
chairman Of the executive committee Of
Tammany Hall.
Or. Bensel has BEEN connected with the
sanitary bureeu Of the Health Department
since 1892. He was graduated from Column
bia medical school In 1888. He In q brother
OF Dock Commissioner Bensel.
Mr.. Polk Ia q son o! DR.. william Polk and
a great-nephew Of President Polk. He
was graduated from Yale In 1894. lie 10 q
member Of the Law firm OF Alexander.
Watriss a Polk. He Is q member Of tho
Board Of Education.
The new sppointees were all sworn In
Yesterday by Mayor Mcclellan. The sal
aries they will receive sre: Corporation
Counsel, SIS. 900; City Chamberlain. sI2. 000;
Street Cleaning Commissioner. 81. 500. and
Civil Service Commissioner 5000.