Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-04
MAYOR CAYNOR HAS SLATE
Executive of City of New York An
nounoes Number of Appointments.
PRAISE FOR CHARLES ]. MURPHY
lie says Men aud Women Who Are
DenouncinR Tnmmhny boss Know
Little of Him-wiu Make
Clean sweep.
PRAISE FOR CHARLES ]. MU

New YORK. Jan. 3-Mayor Gaynor
gave out last night through his secretary.
Robert Adamson, his list OF appointments,
so far as he has been able to make them,
and an account Of his relations with
Charles Murphy, leader OF Tammany hail.
The latter follows:
When Mayor Gaynor was seen last
evening he was found in his home library
deep in the perusol Of a little book called
Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin When
asked IL the political leaders had been
consulted in making Of appointments he
said:
81 feel that there is one great act OF
justice which / should do. l was nom
mated without even a suggestion being
made as to what l should do as mayor.
Since election MIR. Charles +. Murphy has
called on me three times. each time ask
ing me to appoint the best men to be
found. His suggestions were few; he urged
nothing, and kept saying to me that the
responsibility was solely with me.
81 fear there are a good many people
in this town who do not know Charles L.
Murphy. Some Of them seem to- think he
has horns and, hoofs. l can only say OF
him what | have seen. He fully realize
that a political organization cannot sur
vive and grow broader on patronage alone
without political Ideas and virtue, but
must shrlvel up and die Of worse than dry
rot. l would advise some good women
and clergymen who are writing TO me
about Charles +. Murphy and what they
call the white slave traffic to 20 up and
see him and say a kim word 10 him.
They may be surprised.
Thou shalt not bear false witness is
also one Of the commandments There are
more vices than one
Comment ON Appointments.
The mayor in naming mis- appotnte,s APP
ponds also a brief personal and political
biography of each. These comments, some
Of them waggish, some naive, it was later
announced, were not to be printed as the
mayors own, although he did say they
were issued without his sanction. Some
Of them are conspicuous in a formal state
ment. For instance. Of Rhinelander
Waldo, appointed fire commissioner, it is
noted that "he is a bachelor and a great
catch, for he Is rich"
Herman Ridder, publisher of the Stats
zeitung, who has been offered the position
of park commissioner for Manhattan and
Richmond, but who has not yet accepted,
llt statement says, lHul Ol dGCOulll VI Va
Riders connection with the press "he
feels delicate in this matter, as his work
as a public official would have to be com
mented on by the press, which should not
be under constraint. The spectacle of a
newspaper publisher running for office and
being puffed up by his own newspaper is
nauseous to Mr.. Ridder."
Nearly All Are Democrats.
Most of the mayors appointees are died
in-the-wool democrats, and the statement
is careful, in giving the biographies, not
only to mention those that are, but also
to specify that they have children. The
mayor himself has seven children.
Among the appointments are;
Corporation counsel, salary $751; 900, Arch.
ibald r. Watson, about 40 years old, mar
ried, democrat.
City chamberlain. salary $4,000, Charles
H. Hyde, 40 years old, married, democrat.
Commissioner of docks. Calvin Tompkins
salary $500, married, democrat.
Commissioner Of charities, salary $500
Michael ]. Drummond, married, politics
not given.
Commissioner of water, gas and electric,
ity, Henry S. Thompson, salary $500, sin.
gle, a democrat.
With him is appointed Edward Bemis ~
first deputy, salary 5000, who was form.
erly at the head of the water department.
of Cleveland, O., which it is conceded hC
has made the model water department O
the country
Commissioner of bridges. salary $500
Kingsley Martin, 80 years old, a democrat
The seven tax commissioners the state
ment concludes, will be appointed in {
day or two. The appointees will be al
high class men who will Danish graft ant
favoritism from the department.
The police, street cleaning and healtl
departments are to be dealth with here
after. 1t is not believed that any of tn,
incumbents will be retained permanently,