New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-07
Declines Post of Counsel in
Cabinet After Confer
ence, It's Said.
w. B. ELLISON PUT
FORWARD FOR PLACE
"All Bunk" Mitchell Calls story
That He and Hearst Are
on Dizzy Verge

lfutTlt IL lpubFiA tie'
the post OF Corporation counsel "as''
Mitchell H. all at sea over filling the pid0e'
Some of his friends are advising MN 10
select William b. Ellison. others are te"
ing him il would be- mistake to put any
man in his Cabinet who had been so cio9e
10 the Sullivan faction Of Tammany Han
Mr.. Coudert reached the city yesterday
morning from North Carolina where ne
had been duck shooting. II is understood
he called up Mr.. Mitchell on the telephone
and told him II would be impossiDie u
go into the Mayors Cabinet. MI Mitc"e'
expressed desire to see him. ana '"'e
in the afternoon Mr. Coudert went 10 inc
civ Hall. As he was going away ne
said he could not discuss his conference
you must ask Mr.. Mitchell he SAID.
The Mayor also declined to say any
,rin,, From another source. however. IL
was learned that Mr.. Coudert had &c
ouested that his name be taken OH 'he
slate.
II is said that the effort of Mayor
Mitchell to secure Mr.. Coudert TOT vi
poration Counsel has resulted III az
centuating a difference between "HildHi
Randolph Hearst and the Mayor. Inc
feeling was largely due, primarily, TO the
fact that the Mayor would not appoint
Montgomery Hare as Corporation |ou'
sci That was bad enough. but when '''c
Mavor turned to Mr.. Coudert' Mr. hearst
became more bitter. according TO the rS-
port. -,
There has never been any community
Of interest between Mr.. Hearst ana MI
Coudert. Mr.. Coudert is said to nave re-
marked. when asked to go into the anu
Tomr,anv fusion Of 1911. that he pre-
fcrred Charles f. Murphy TO Hearst. y
man who in past years has been close u
Mr.. Hearst talking about the relations
hetween the latter and the Mayor eN-
messed il bv saying: They are on the
dizzy verge
I'VE hear that you and Mr.. Hearst are
on the dizzy verge" the Mayor WAS
told Yesterday afternoon.
"I don't know what the dizzy verge
is" he replied, but it's all bunk
ut is said that you have split with MT
Hearst" it was explained, because ne
wanted you to name Montgomery Hare
az Cornoration Counsel, and you refused
to do it.
II have received many suggestions from
many people," the Mayor said. L nave
been unable to follow many Of them IL
would be lust as reasonable to say was
on the dizzy verge with all THESE
people
"Is Mr.. Coudert to be appointed Cor
porstion Counsel. or is he not the
Mayor was asked.
You are assuming that he is a candi-
date for Office" the Mayor said in way
that showed he did not intend to talk
further about the subject
The Mayor said he was sitting UP la'e
nights trying to decide the remainder Oh
his appointments So far he has had
little success. He is particularly anxious
to get the Street Cleaning Department III
good shape because it may be called upon
to handle a big snow any day
IL was announced yesterday that III the
future the meetings of the Board OF Is
innate would be held on Friday, the day
following the meeting day OF the Gaynor
administrat ton Mayor Gaynor was IN
the habit of taking week ends in the sum :
mer at St James from THURSDAY nlsut
until Monday For that reason the meet
inps of the Board Of Estimate were
changed TO Thursday.