The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-15
CITY OFFICIALS TELL
OF PROMISES KEPT
Cooper Union Filled TO Brim
With Inquircrs Loaded
With Questions.
Mitchell Is ABLY BACKED

Comptroller Prcndergast remembered
an engagement: President McAneny Of
the Board OF Aldermen recalled that he
had to get up carly, and the upshot OF
It all was that Mayor Mitchell had to
face about 800 anxious inqurers at
Cooper Union last highland they were
all filled to the brim with questions
which demanded immediate answer.
The Mayor ably backed by City
Chamberlain Henry Bruere, Police Com
missioner Woods. Commissioner OF Cor
rection Katharine 49, Davis, Commits
sioner Of Charities kingsbury and 30.
rough President Marks, to say nothing or
-be chairman Of the meeting was mas
ter of the situation. For about twenty
four and one-half mnutes-from thirty
FIVE and one-half minutes after II until
nidnight-Mr Mitchell answered as
many questions as he could.
IL did not matter whether lawyers ana
henchmen of the propaganda to throw
the New York Central off Riverside Drive
wanted To know about IL, or a little man
was anxious about 1877 homicides. or a
bushy bearded old man demanded inn
mediate answer about the tax rate, or the
water rate or the birth rate or The police.
he Mayor WAS there and the crowd hked
the way he tackled the thing,
The League OF Foreign Born Citizens,
which was = Mitchell League in the last
campaign. collected what one man de-
scribed as a full basket ~ muhlclpdl
officials last night at Cooper Union. Ihey
Cthe ofcals) arranged nigh. on Wh'ch
they were TO come forward and tell how
thev had kept their promises, what they
had done ana what they were going %
do. and as a result Of that announcement
the place was iammed and about AOVo
persons gave the police trouble trying TO
get In.
President Nathaniel Phillips was man.
ager Of the proceedings. And he did
manage He gave each speaker but the
Mayor twelve minutes to tell all about
his work: shut of the hecklers VINO
wanted to start In on the Glee Club,
which enlvened the entertainment with
Schuberts Sercnade. and adjourned the
meeting after four hours, at midnight
precisely.
President McAneny of the Board of
Aldermen got the first twelve minutes
and after saving that as President he
had only the management of seventy
seven very good Aldermen now he talkel
about the Board OF Estimate and Appor-
tonment which he called New Iork's
commission form Of Government. Then
ne delicately suggested that the others
should be tho ones to answer questions.
Comptroller Prendergast also lightly
skirted his subject as did Borough Presi-
dent Marks. but Henry Bruere overlapped
his time telling about the Mitchell ad-
ministration. Commissioner OF Charities
Kingsbury had something to say about
the $500 increase In the number OF per-
sons fed and clothed daily in the city
and then the Mayor arose t. receive a
great reception.
The Mayor asserted his belief that the
administration has absolutely severed tho
relations between the police and organ
lied corruption. DC did not mean that
all was perfect but that they have ended
the saloon graft and the gambling graft
as "A system.
Miss Davis followed and Police Com
missioner Woods came last. lie spoke
briefly and then came the questions. which
President Philips tried t. have written
out. This was not success, for after
the bushy bearded man broke into the
proceedings the Mayor said he would take
them as they came.