The sun., 1910-01-07
TRUCE IN ESTIMATE BOARD
FUSIONESTS WON'T BRANDISH
THEIR II VOTES TO-DAY.


the Mstt WarIIke-New Deputy PO-
lice mIssioner-.Justice 10 smith.
There will be harmony to-day at the
first meeting OF the new Board OF Estimate.
although at one time yesterday there
was every prospect that there might be
some division. The fusion members
OF the board have been debating among
themselves in an informal way the at
titude they should take. All the members
Of the board with the exception Of the
Mayor. President Gresser OF Queens
and President Cromwell who is expected
70 follow his old policy OF always voting
with the Mayor. are essentially fusionists,
and should they hang together they would
control the board by II votes to 5. The
II votes are those OF Comptroller
Prendergast. President Mitchell OF the
Board Of Aldermen and Borough Presi-
dents McAneny of Manhattan, Miller
Of The Bronx and Steers Of Brooklyn.
There have been talks among the men
who control these eleven votes. and &C.
cording to report there was sort OF
understanding among them that they
should make it known to the Mayor that
as they had a majority OF the votes they
would have to be consulted before any
matters relating to the general policies
OF the board or expenditures for public
improvements or other purposes were
! placed on the calendar. Mr.. Mitchell
: Is reported to have insisted that Joseph
HaaR, the secretary of the board and the
/ defeated Tammlny candidate for Borough
President Of Manhattan. together with
| william NJ. lawrence, the assistant SEQ
retary, should be removed. The under
standing is that Mr.. Mitchell suggested
that Haag should be succeeded by Ray
mond d. Fosdicl. an Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel. who was assigned to help
Mr. Mitchell in the investigations he made
when he was Commissioner Of Accounts.
The fusion members decided 70 have a
meeting with Mr.. Gaynor. That meet
ing was held yesterday in Mr.. Gaynor's
private ONCE. IL was attended by Mr.
Prendersast. Mr.. Mitchell and Mr.
McAnony. II lasted for nearly two
hours. Those who took part In it refused
% make known the details Of the discus
sion. but enough was learned 70 show that
Mr.. Prendergast and Mr.. McAneny will
not open war on the Mayor to-day. The
meeting will be Of the cut and dry order
and there will be no attempt at reorgani-
zation. II is believed that Mr.. Gaynor
dweIt upon the necd of unanimity on
matters that were TO come hefore the
| board and that Mr.. Prendcrgast and Mr..
McAneny finally agreed with him. When
the three came out OF the Mayors once
Mr. PrentAerRast and Mr. MeAneny went
of together in one direction. while Mr..
| Mitchell went in another. All that any
Of them would say for publication was
that they had had friendly talk with the
Mayor on matters TO be dealt with in the
immediate future by the Board Of Esti-
mate.
| Mayor Gaynor said that the conference
had been one which might have furnished
interesting reading had a stenographer
been present 70 take down the discussion,
but that he was unable TO relate anything
that occurred because the meeting had
forgotten to pass on the point whether
anything that had happened might. be
Of public interest, and as the meeting
had broken up. why thcre was nothing
he could tell the reporters without vio-
latinE the confidence Of those with whom
he had been in conference.
Mayor Gaynor made only one appoint
| ment yesterday He named Louis H.
| REYNOLDS, a lawyer OF Brooklyn. 20 be
| Fourth Deputy Police Commissioner TO
succeed Alfred W. Booraem. who will
probably be restored to hls old post OF
an assistant in the Corporation Counsel's
ONCE. This is another instance where
Mr.. Gaynor has himself appointed deputy
commissioners MIR. Reynolds will be in
charge Of the Brooklyn force. He de-
scribed himself yesterday as an inactive
Republican, but he and the Mayor are
old friends and it was understood yester-
day that the selection OF Mr.. Reynolds
was a personal one. Mr.. Reynolds lives
at 272 Sixth avenue. Brooklyn. and was
graduated from the Albany Law School
In 1882. He was a reporter before he
began the practice OF law in Brooklyn.
He il about so years old.
In reappointing on Tuesday Michael
J. Kennedy as Park Commissioner OF
Brooklyn Mayor Gaynor wrote TO him
that while he might have been extrava-
CANT in the past yet you never had
eighty-four foremen TO 1le men or any
padded payrolls." One OF the FIRST callers
at the City Hall yesterday morning was
Henry Smith, Park Commissioner OF Man
haitian and Richmond under Mayor Nc
CleIIan. Mr.. Smiths interview with the
Mayor was brief but animated. Mr..
Smith when he left the Mayors Office
said that he thought the Mayor might
have some statement to make. The
Mayor had. A little while after Mr..
Smith had gone he gave out this:
-In justice to ex-Park Commissioner
Smith desire to say that in referring
TO eighty-four foremen TO lis workmen
on the payrolls I did not refer to him
am sorry such an inference was drawn
Il seems dangerous to draw inferences,
The reference was made 20 another de.
partment."
Ice or no ice. Mr.. Gaynor walked from
Brooklyn to the City Hall yesterday morn.
ing and returned on foot In the evening
He replaced yesterday the silk hat he
had hitherto worn on his journeys TO thc
City Hall for fiat topped derby hat and
ha Nvoro 0alohhaa HA doAan'k care much