New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-28
GRESSER STILL ON JOB
Waits All Day for Notice of Re-
movaI by Governor Dix.
CASSIDY CALLS ON MURPHY
Opponents Say He Wont Be
Chosen, and Magistrate Con-
nelly May Be the Man.

While Queens was specializing AS TO ms
successor. Lawrence Gresser sat yester-
dsy from Q o'clock in the morning until
o'clock IN the afternoon in his private
office al the Borough Hail. in Long Island
CITY. waiting to receive official notice OF
his removal from Office by Governor DIX
He refused to consider any public business
although several emergency matters were
presented 20 him.
He said. however. that he would continue
90 collect the salary Of the Office up to the
moment that ne received his official no
,ice but would consider himself absent
from the Office. He therefore directed
Walter n. Bum. Public Works Commits
sioner. TO act as President and the latter
will be the head Of tho borough until the
aldermen select the next Borough Presl-
dent
one OF the men WHO have been close TO
C;rosser intin,ated that If ne made a state
n,ent he would declare that he had done
more and better work in the way or pup
lie Improvements than any OF his predeces-
sCrs and at prices lower than those at
which the work had ever before been done
cut specifications for y and "A inch sewers
end then permitted the contractors to bulId
and inch sewers.
Speculation as to the successor to MI
Cresser centred upon joe Cassidy, state
Senator Dennis J. Harte l. {. l.. Smith
and MAGISTRATE Maurice Connolly Most Oh
the sentiment was in favor of Connolly
Cassidy was not at his clubhouse IN Court
square all day He rushed TO Manhattan
and had q conference with Murphy al
Tammany Hall The men who have been
faithful to him during the six years ne mas
teen out Of Office declare that he VIII pe
chosen President.
They believe he will consent TO the cleo
tfon Of Senator Harte rather than lose alto
gethor. Harte during the last tve years III
the state Senate has been loyal to Gas
s;dv and Tammany Hall lie voted against
the Hughes racetrsck bills and supported
The Citizens bill 10 revive racing. lie was
with Murphy in the senatorial contest ana
he has been with him in the charter hSht
He was a member of the Congressional re-
spportionment committee. He is regarded
as an euineutly safe man from CASSIDY
and Tammany Hall point Of view.
Magistrate Maurice Connolly has come to
tie front in the speculation from the fact
that he is credited with being aole 10 get
the support Of Alderman Dujat, who with
him out of the field is considered sure
Cassidy man. Alderman Frederick smell
snd Daniel Entholt both declared yesterday
their intention of standing firm against
Cassidy or any one he suggested. These
aldermen who favor eX-Sherf Harvey
who has not been friendly TO Connolly, are
said 10 be willing TO vote for Connolly to
defeat Cassidy.
Alderman w A Shirley, the Republican
alderman. would be q big factor provided
ConneHy was out Of the way. He couid
,ben ioin i'm with either the CASSIDY or
snti-Cassidy forces and decide the election.
In this event the plan is to have the anti
Cassidy men and Shipley support strong
Independent man or Republican
l. c. L. Smith, who was consulting en-
rireer to Gresser, would be the first choice
of the Harvey faction If they could con-
trol the situation. The aldermen were IN
conference last evening.