New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-02
For Sake of Family, Ex-
City Chamberlain Says
He Will Begin Again.
HIS YEARS IN OFFICE
COST HIM ST ,0OO,OOO
Sole Ambition Was to make
GayrOr President Cheer
ing Letters Pour In.

A young looking man OF forty-SN
years with an abundance of gray halr'
has opened his Office for the genera
practice OF law in the now uptown
business district. His doing so comes
after what he described yesterday as
four OF the longest, hardest. drearle9'
and most discouraging years any man
ever PASSED through Four years j.
the time mon 90 to college, but TINS
man i4 not just out OF that period oil
travail His announcement card issued
yesterday reads:
Mr.. Charles II. Hyde. former City
Chamberlain OF the City Of New YORK
and for twenty-five years associated
with the late Mayor William j. Gay
nor. announces that he has resumed
the practice of law. with Offices IN
the Forty-second Street Building, ~
East Forty-second Street, New YORK
It is new start for Hyde-ju as
new as for man recommended 10 the
consideration Of the world by his col
lege commencement as Hyde ia recon-
mended By his reinstatement 70 the
bar as a result Of a decision OF the
Appellate Division that he was guilt
less Of crime in public office
II the four years that have brought
him back to this point have been illled
with encouragement for him, he Is
facing things in this second start in
! life with a hopeful smile and no ap-
parent fear of the past. In en- hour
conversation yesterday in his new
office there was no word OF bitterness
for the persons or events that dragged
him for time into the shadow OF
prison. There was no mint. either OF
snv doubt in his mind whether he
would be accepted ny the world at
large. and the legal and business world
in particular, at the valuation the APP
peliate Division placed upon him.
Family His Inspiration.
"Four pretty black discouraging
wears" he said, "but that is all over
now. Let's not talk about what was
but what il. Il IL not that those years
made so much difference TO me person
ellv. but il was what they meant TO my
family 70 my wife and my two llttie
girls and my boy.
ut is like a man who goes OUT 20
battle the fear and the hardships 90
not mean 80 much 20 him as they DO 10
the ones suffering a. home. But that IS
all over now. will show you some
thing any man ought to be glad 10
look at
dreaming smile and walked with the
air Of man who is going to give him
self and his friend treat to his saie
and fumbled moment opening It.
Then he drew forth a photograph OF
two little girls. doll-like, with long
ringlets and plump limbs.
Those are my little girls" he said.
"Thev are five and eleven years old
now. and then I have little boy, too.
Nv wife and ny children they are the
ones | want to be accepted honoraoiy
in society for And | guess ! am, all
right. Let me show you something
else"
lie got out letter file. It was
stacked full Of letters Of recent date
from men Of prominence in the legal
and business world and in public life
in New York. in the South. West and
New England. who had heard Of his
intended resumption OF practice and
wrote TO welcome him back.
Ambitions Were for Gaynor.
"That is the kind Of thing that puts
heart into a man." he said. Il am not
taking any interest in public life. was
always primarily a lawyer, and that IS
what | want to be and that is what
am glad to get back 10. have no po-
litical ambitions whatever.
II never had any political ambitions
for myself. Ny appointment as Cham
berain by Mayor Gaynor was purely
n personal one. We had been associ-
ated closely for wears. and he wanted
some one close TO him whom he could
trust and consult with. lie wanted TO
consult often with me, and If he had
: not appointed me there would have
been charges that | was a political
= boss running the government from the
outside if had gone daily to his Of
fee to see him.
"No. never had one bit Of political
ambition for myself All my political
aspirations were for Gaynor | wanted
, to make him President Of the United
States. and he would nave been. TOO,
If he had taken my advice and run for
Governor IN 1910.
But that il all over now. You can
saw for me now that for the last two
years | have been associated with the
Universal Electric Welding Company
as vice president and treasurer.
number Of my friends and former eli
ents prevailed upon me to resume the
practice OF law.
81 am. you notice. an uptown lawyer
now. have followed the trend Of
business up 20 this district. where
there have come great many profess
sional men and contractors. IL means
that | VIII be engaged in more
strictly business practice as dlstln-
guished from financial practice.
at has cost me a lot Of money dur
ing these last four years for my de-
fierce and all the rest | would have
made $l,0O0.00O II had never accepted
the appointment Of CITY Chamberlain.
! was engaged IN large financial mat
tiers. and any man is bound 10 make
2 money under those conditions"
= Mr. HYDE has friends in the city
, government now. and has among his
clients hume -ous contractors engaged
in city work, and he hopes TO turn his
81 somewhat disastrous experiences as a
city official 10 good account as an ad