New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-01-02

Hello. little girl" said lie 10 a clssld
carried by her father I've cot a little
daughter over here Just about Your
size" /
In the line were Charles w. Culkin,
Of the Governors Room I'm the City Hail;
Thomas W. Hy1,es, President 2ensel ana
Chief Engineer Smith of the Board OF
Water Supply, Justice Stapleton, of the
Supreme Court: Albert J. Johnson. @ho
wrote come OF those queer reading let
tars 20 Charles i. Murphy at Mount
Clemens. said letters afterward landing
N the office Of William r. Hearst, lex
Senator Gallagher, .. h. Van Week,
Dock Commissioner Spooner. with his Of
fetal head still screwed on. despite: his
eleventh hour scare by Mayor Mcclellan:
Herman Ridder, James Kane. Ernest
Ha-vie.. Commissioner pooling. Of the
Board OF Elections; Thomas F. Smith.
secretary OF Tamnsny Hall, who stayed
late in the hope of hearing something
about appointments; Civil Service Com
missioner r. Ross Appleton, Assistant
Corporation Counsels Burr and Wheeler.
ex-senator Henry Marshall. of Brooklyn;
Z Anti Robert Baker, of Brooklyn,
and q little eld man who very unctaous-
~ told the Mayer that he had lived for
fvfive wears in New York
Well. sny one who has lived forty
five years in New York ought 30 be
Mayor II he can set the job" said the
Mayor. ~laeyest the little man CHECKED
rnishti,y. and told his friends as he went
cut what the Mayor had said 70 him.
> Charles II. Hyde grew tired ST the
progress the line was makings and
ehoved his friend. Thomas NJ. siulr5r,
ehead, the Mayor giving him q; very
cordial greeting. Then came President
rurdy. ef the tax once. who probably
will hold over; 4. !. Weber. DR.. ~. W,
8Iicks, ex-Berough President .Coler,
Joseph J. Little. Public Service COM
rniss.cners Mccgrroll. Bassett. Wilcox.
Msitb,. and Eustis.
r. J. HIGGINS MAKES HIMSELF
KNOWN.
When Thomas ]. Higgins. of The
BrcEx. the new Park Commissioner in
that bcrough, shook hands with the
Mayer, the latter didn't pay any psrtic-
ular attention. but Mr. Higgins whis-
pered something 10 him and the Judge
Erinned as he said:
so you are the man | appointed Park
Commissioner, are you? I didn't recog-
nize you"
stephen .. Baldwin. BROOKLYN law
yer. and his young daughter. shook
hands with the Judge. the little LADY get
ting compliment. Colonel Clinton II.
Smith and r. c. z. Brown. State Civil
Services Commissioner. were close to-
sether- Smith lest his place in the Park
Department Friday.
SO they dismissed sou on the last
day ef the year after you had spent
thirty years in the department. did
they?" said the Mayer, and then 10 Com
missioner Brown:
Mr.. Brown. we'll have 10 take UP
this Smith matter in few days
This was taken as an indication that
Park Commissioner Smith. who dis
missed the assistant secretary on Fri
day, would not be reappointed.
To J. Purroy Mitchell. president OF the
Board of Aldermen. ne said:
I'm glad TO meet YOU Mr.. Mitchell.
ner three or four years ago. You are
young fellow. and you've got good
start. ] like 20 have young rlen like
you around me"
Little Morris Epstein. ten wars old.
Of somewhere on the East Side, had a
formal speech. When he got hold of
The Mayors hand. he figaratively
touched the button. his phenograph
started, and he said his speech, the
Mayer meanwhile appearing much in
terested. At the end of the speech the
Mayor bowed gravely, and said.
Come again
Morris Cuilor, president Of the Hun
earisn DeYocrstfc Club. sent a large
floral piece and led u delegation TO the
new Mayor.
MAYOR MEETS NEW OFFICIALS.
After the reception proper tie Mayor
retired 20 his private Office and received
more callers, among them Controller
Gsrendergast, Borough President Mean
eny. Representative Calder, Martin W.
LittIeten. Frank Moss ana others.
The Mayors new duties began almost
st once. Frank Sullivan, head Of the
steelx and bond division, brought along
10 the reception a bundle OF interest
warrants that had TO be signed at once,
IN order to save the CITY loss. The
Mayor signed, all told, about S1,S00.000
OF these.
Hts first Official act was swearing in
+. =. Fisher rs First Deputy Controller.
The men have been friends for years,
and the Mayor said he wanted to make
ir his first Official act. Later he swore
In Douglas Mathewson as Second Dep
uty Controller; Herbert Smith. Assistant
Deputy Controller; Edgar V. Frothng-
ham as Assistant Commissioner OF Pub
Tic Works, Borough OF Manhattan, and
Rudolph c. Miller. Superintendent Of
Buildings in Manhattan.
Mayer Gaynor was a busy man for
two hours after the close of the public
reception IN the room in which hs had
been inaugurated. He was escorted
back TO the Mayors private room, which
he had left IN company with ex-Mayor
Mcclellan some time before, and the
Door leading 10 the Office waS immedi-
steiy surrounded by crowd =of men
statesmen and oficehol6ers, past, pres