The sun., 1910-01-02

Q4ynof At the usual reception were many
ok the best known residents OF the city.
They ranged from Justices OF the Supreme
Court TO minor oficeholders. and for all
Of them Mr.. Gaynor had a welcoming word
He dropped his usual auSterity Of manner
and joked with those whom be knew.
One OF the few women in the line was Miss
Grace Strachan. leader OF the movement
for the equalizing of teachers salaries.
Evidently mistaking her for a sufragette
Mr.. Gaynor said, az he grasped her hand,
-Ah, you'll be Mayor some day; that is
ifyou live long enough"
ITO John PurToy Mitchell, the youthful
President of the Board of Aldermen.
Mr.. Gaynor said: Il am very glad indeed
to meet you. ! like to see young men
getting along in public life and l have
always liked TO have young men around
me. l am sure that we shall get on well
together"
Another man in the line was Clinton
y Smith. who was dropped on thursday
~ assistant secretary OF the Park Depart
nent.
81 have read" said the Mayor to him.
that they have put you out OF your job
on the last day after service OF over
thirty years in the department. Well,
we'll; wen have to look into that
Following Mr.. Smith was r. G. +, Brown.
a member of the State Civil Service Com~
mission, and pointing to Smith the Mayor
said: There's a case you ought to look
into. and hope you'll take it up as soon
AZ you can"
And so it went on until the line was
ended, with the Mayor maintaining the
greatest good humor despite the tedious
ness Of the handshaking.
No Tammany leader OF any promi-
nence attended the reception. Secretary
Tom Smith of the Tammany organiza-
tion was there. but so far as could be seen
he was the only Tammany official to
represent HE organization. Not one
district leader was observed in the crush.
Just before , O'Clock Mr.. Gaynor left
the City Hall to call upon District At
torney Whitman. Mr.. Whitman was
about starting downtown to call on the
Mayor whom he heard that the Mayor
was coming. II was some time before
Mr.. Gaynor came in. He explained that
IL was his first visit to the building and
that he had been trying to get in at the
front door, which Is closed on holidays.
bers Of the District Attorneys staff and
Mr.. Whitman asked him il he had selected
q Corporation Counsel.
Il have not announced the appoint
ments. said the Mayor. The men who
are to be appointed know it and / don't
care about the outsiders.'
Mr.. Whitman seized the opportunity
20 show the new chairman OF the Board
of Estimate the cracked walls in the Dis
tfict Attorneys Office and to point out
70 him the need for further repairs.
The Mayor greeted Assistant District
Attorney Robert c. Taylor as an old ac-
quaintance. having met him at Albert 7.
Patrick's Appearances in court. After
speaking of the light calendar Of crimi
nal cases in Brooklyn as compared with
New York the Mayor left the building.
q When he got back to the City Hall the
Mayor asked TO be driven TO the Lawyers
Club for luncheon. but he found the place
closed and then he was taken 10 Park
up. So he decided TO quit work for the
day and went home to Brooklyn.
z One Of the persons with whom Mr..
Gaynor had a talk before he left
the City Hall was Police Commissioner
Baker. When he left the Mayors room
be was asked il he expected to be retained.
You must ask the Mayor, he replied,
and that was the only answer he would
make TO several other questions put to
him.
The Mayors private room was almost
entirely filled with devices of flowers
which had been sent to him by friends
and by a large number of civic and politi-
cal organizations. Before he left the
bnilding Mr.. Gaynor ordered that the
Sewers be sent to the downtown hospi-
tails,
'Tne offer OF the place OF Park Com
p>DTioner of Manhattan and Rich
rpond to Herman Ridder OF the Stddts-
Zeitun1 was made known last night.
The commissionership carried with it
the presidency Of the Park Board. Mr..
'Ridder told the Mayor that he was
president Of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association and a director of
the Associated Press and that he was
doubtful II he could accept public ONCE
while holding these posts. Mr.. Ridder
10 understood to have asked MIR. Gaynor
20 give him until Monday morning to
think the matter over.
There was little ceremony in the Finance
department when Mr. Metz handed over
the office OF Comptroller to William A.
Rrendergast. his successor. Mr.. Metz
wished Mr.. Prendergast a happy New
Year the compliment was returned and
then Mr.. Metz departed TO leave at the
head Of the department the first Repub-
Iican to hold the Office since 1859 Mr.
prendergast already has announced the
names OF his chief appointees. In the
Offices Of the President of Manhattan and
of the President of the Board of Alder
rnen there was no more formality than the
t>assing OF good wishes between the In
coming and outgoing inrumbents. II is
Understood that Mr.. Mitchell will make no
changes In the stan which Mr.. MCGOWAN
had under him.