The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-20
Mr.. MANENY, ON THE JUMP,
TABLOIDS CITY'S NEED

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nere~''"
dramatic mechanics mo conVersh-
,lonai episode was in n act. with
..o n~..olosues. one epilogue. six shifts
,ha, stretched oval q quarter
m,,s Of rapid walk talk and two
-.sa.hakes
s.. ha. been coming in freely Of
49,. concsrnine what the President Of
49, noard Of Aldermen is saying after
-. hour. Echoes from church.
80 .,d .ooial hail report him argu.
~, Far New York charter reform that
III -..i,,e the fullest possible meas
A.. 40 homo rule. He has been pic
1900 A. In a constant state Of preach
- IN this tonic after tho City Hall
.s,.,,. h,ou,s AT night. Consequently
49," cN.cked him up for An interview
- n. vns told off to be boset and
~.,,h,
Insr ,wo weeks lowering about the
,.-.,A.nt NJ the BOARD Of Alderman
.a,hou, getting the chance to alight
A.. ,,,,er walked into the srst
...,,1,,s This WAS n talk with
80. Graves who. in the order
=, o,ace succession TO the borough
$3.50 stands two The
sa.rmon,c president calls him Louis
60. hy nav n, aYection-as will
=. Indicated Iater.
NJ Graves held me in grin for a
,,n. ana then in a p~ersonallv con.
s"o,sd tour pi,oted me from Prologue
po,r. , across CITY Halls poIitics,
pr,dca ~ signs through a corner Of
,hs aIdcrmanic Chamber. down a
,smi.nrivate sort OF stairway to Pro-
,or,a pain, . mr. tho y~estibule Of Mr..
NcAneny's office.
Samuel I. Martin. close secretary to
n, NcAneny. hold me for n while.
". uas with respect 10 the
blessings that come to the man who
waits Al last. however. I was buzz
,ered into the inner office and gained
nv chance for n conversational clinch.
"Mr. President" I began, you're
repor,ed as saving in the course OF a
church address the other night that
the work IN preparing a new charter
FOR New York containing the full and
proper proportions OF home rule is
actively under way. and that by 1917
We are to have a peerless guiding
document. Can YOU tabloid /; for me
In a few ~succinct Words"
First. you need not dwell on the
fac, tha; what I said was a church
address--it lust happened to be a talk
In a church,
The band Mr.. McAneny said this
With a smile. Have you ever seen
the McAneny smile OF confronted It's
peculiar beamingsc 1t is a droll smile.
Z sad smile. a comprehend!ng smile. a
charitable smile. and at the same time
in fact. all the time-an astute smile.
There is a pensive bending downward
OF the head that goes with 1t. so that
the glance is thrown upward at you.
the pupil half hidden by the eyelid.
No other smile is just like IL: the
rest a:e mere facial writings in COM
parlson, There is need TO note the
smile. for 1t Is the most concretely
profitable thing got through the in
terview. as you will see.
"of course you're joking about tab
lo!d!ng the results to date Of charter
such a varied and stupendous piece OF
WoIh mat CONDENSATION Oh II as an en-
trety would he impossible. / spoke
on just one edge of the topic the other
night for nearly an hour and a half.
what | said was entirely eXtempore
and ] hadn't the least idea when l
started what special line would
choose TO discuss. There are so many
OF them that one talk, at best could
only treat a very little or one angie.
NOW you might tabloid an angle
ing. The telephone bell butted IN on
US Mr.. McAneny took up the re-
ceVer' TAXED a moment, SAID all
reht n turned to me.
WI you tax a little walk win
me! he pinned the smile on me
sga!h as he spoke.
You see my schedule calls Tor a
meeting viii the past and present
iuo"c service Commissioner at eH-
suy ! O'Clock SAID MT. McAneny
a. we were waking priskly ACROSS
N.s nan rarK'
ms wasn't SettlnS IN
'hhectlon with. my charter REFORM
n'hhe ruIe interview. someho" II
NUS oe wedsed IN
IN all mat has been done 10 da.e
" 'ne way OF charter revision WORK
MT Mcaneny. what stands out as the
"ost IMPORTANT accomplishment OF
Nhd' VIII nave been the o I'M
pot'snt accomplishment, when the re-
'S'oh - completed and the
READY ior SUBMISSION to those VINO
~! nave To pass upon IT,
had got across the PARK n
"''e N the middle OF Park ROW WAen
the period NJ ihi. sentence was
reached The agile city official