The sun., 1917-12-22
FLYNN IS HYLAN
VISITOR; LIKELY
TO HEAD POLICE
Secret Service Chief Closet.
cd With Mayor-elect
for Hour.
NOMINAL REPUBLICAN
Meeting Follows Conference
Between Murphy and In
coming Executive.
SECRET PACT REPORTED
Pair Said to Have Agreed on
Is Appointments to I'M
pOrtant Posts.
NOMINAL REPUBLICAN
SECRET PACT REPORTED


next Police commissioner Of New York
will be William J. Flynn, now chief Of
the United States secret service. He
passed on hour with Mayor-elect Hyian
yesterday ut the latters request. follow
lng q conference between Judge Hylan
and charles r. Murphy.
After the lIyian- Murphy talk II was
said that Tammany and the Judge had
conc t" an agreement upon the names
~ fifteen men who are to be appointed
n "ty offices. Nobody was willing to
admit that one Of these fifteen was
Elyun. bu. there are circumstances
anari from the lat.crs visit to the
Mayor-elert indicating that at least a
tentative offcc of tho police job has been
made TO the secret service man.
After his interview with Judge Hylan
at the latter's headquarters, so Eas,
FortH-second street. Flynn had nothing
20 say. and again last night he was
mum as to any plan he might or might
not be considering.
Judge Hylan saw newspaper men late
in the afternoon, but after saying tina.
he could answer no questions added. 81
40 not wish to give offence. but simply
cannot submit to catcchsm. haven't
the time: there is 80 much to do"
Some Aspirants scared OF.
II there is one thing the Mayor. .elect
- Dent on II is putting into the chair at
Police Headquarters a man Of his own
choice. II has even been said that he has
such strong convictions rs TO how the
Police Department should Be managed
that certair men who might hayAAmired
10 that tohf - Troublesome M thS keSC,
have been frightened on by the fear that
hey could not he the real Police Com
missioner " they got the appointment.
Yet Judge HylAn's friends say that all
he wants Is to find a man who is big
enough and honest enough to run the de :
partment properly. and that II he can
get such an official he will leave him
alone, subject. Of course, to the supervi-
sion which Mayor might be expected
10 exercise ovei a department head re-
sponsIble to him.
Lewis Nixon, who had the backing of
Mr. Hearst and is supposed TO have been
acceptable to Tammany az we'll, is re-
ueHiiteIy otlt OF COnSlOeTatlOn
on his own request. Tammany ap-
psrently has stuck to its purpose Of not
recommending any one for Police Com
missioner but of trying to claim the
right OF veto in the case Of a man pre-
f"rred by Judge Hylan but not liked by
the organization.
Much has been heard OF Tammany s
belief that a uniformed member of the
department should be elevated to the
commissionership that this was the best
way in which to gain the instant conf
dence Of the force. In this relation Chief
Inspector Dillon has been often men,
toned
But the best Information yeSterday
was that Judge Hyl8n has been Nearing
great deal about william J. Flynn
lately, and all that he heard impressed
him favorsbly. The fact that he invited
Flynn to visit him seemed to indicate
which way the wind was blowing.
FIysn IL HyIan Republican.
As THE Sun noted yesterday. Flynn
10 Republican. although he voted for
Judge Hylan. but II he ever did any
thing in any kind Of politics except vote
on ton day the fact is not recorded.
Even this mild exercise Of Republican
ism would count disastrously against
hm II any other post than that OF Po-
lce commissioner were involved In the
discussion OF his name, nut even ram
many is willing to admit that DOSING
IN" police is not partisan )oo.
Furthermore, flynns rr,ehos-wno
a." dong All the ooostrg TOT MN: TOT ne
not liiung nnser TOT h,msen,hase
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ste, wv "''n ,ne puo, r,,s III. o
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"' IL so'ns W DC ou' W porN u @
as E,rnn prU''"' ~ ~. Iud1s binn.eIf ,s
rrt,itcd with ;n,snt,on IN have an ut :
,orIy un,o,it,c,l noiics admini.tr,tjon. II
: Geduncd that mis- srrument fell in
fertile ground ANYWAY he sent for
Flynn YESTERDAY.
a. chic, ~ The ..cro, serv,cs rIynn's
Efforts formerly were defined by law as
detection of counterfe,tera and Guarding
tho prssidan, 30 ~. I-pi,ad Statsa About