New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-28
Tammany Chief b.,
Custom by Calling On ,
Mayor.Elect
Talked for One
And a Half Hon,
Judge Says the Que.t;o, .
Patronage Was M.
Mentioned
"The man inside will do all n. 4,

ms was uN briet comment Yen.
day afternoon of Charles T. v,.s
leader Of TaGmaEy Hall, as he ,.h,
headquarters OF the Business r.'
League. The man inside va,
other than John +. Hylan, Msyo,,I
with whom the Boss had lust S,i,1
a one and one-half hours confsr,,,.
"You will leave it all to hin- |,
Murphy was asked.
"Yes, sure replied the T.r,.I
leader, with a smile.
The unusual circumstances AZ =.
chiefs" visit to the Hylan he,ds,.
tiers caused futter among II. :,
many men and small army Of "A.
seekers who frequent the Office AZ !
Mayor-elect in the Leagues suit ,
East Forty-second Street. III. Nm
evidently accepted the open door /.
yitation OF the Mayor-elect. Boil ;,
said afterward that they had me, IA
out appointment.
The call was contrary 70 Yp,
custom. Never before, in the ur,,
Of the old politicians, had the In
many leader visited q MayOr-els.
the latter's political headquar.es n
Murphy called upon the late Ms,
Gaynor several times in the CITY &,
but he did not see him p.iOr "a !,
taking Office.
1t was the first time Judge a.
and Mr. Murphy had met sine. j,
ton. The Mayor.elect said that /. /,
Mr.. Murphy once during the CANA,
at the Cleveland Democracy dIr,
and had not seen him before tia. 81,
"a year ago last summer
Mystery Surrounds COnierenu
Considerable mystery surrOund,i !
nature OF the Murphy-Hyiaa s.,!a
ence. Both men were non.con-i..
sfterward. Judge Hylan deelans :.e
had merely talked about the aigiaor
generally" and denied the mssa 4
appointments or patronage had -,
discussed. Judge Hylan and Mr. "
ply both were in great good hI-s
after the conference.
The Tammany leader sccompstl
the Mayor-elect when the latter .
rived at his Office at 1 o'clock.
~ had no appointment with W. "
ply" said Judge Hylan. I've .
quite By accident coming up IN {
elevator. / was in the car and u
Murphy got on at one Of the upP'
tloors.'
Mr.. Murphy came up from Ismni'
Hall alone. He frs. went to the hss
quarters of the Democratic Fu,l'
/ Committee Of 10, on the floor bel'
Judge Hylan's office. John !. AsOi
thy, treasurer of that committee,
companied him TO the floor above =
they met the Mayor-elect IN the 9
vator.
Judge Hylan submitted TO an ihV
view after Chief Murphy had g
He was told that Nr. Murphy hse
ferred the reporters TO him Tor III
nation about the conference. -.
There isn't much 10 tell, ala
Mayor-elect. "Nr. Murphy tod q,
wanted to help the new adniinls'l'',
c5l d. He old ne
call upon him at any time ior 81! !
sistance he could give. OF eoa' -
want the help Of everybody-V'.-,'
Gratis, Republicans, the wOmsa, I
even the newspapers, for we in''''
work for all the people"
Made No Recommendation
"Did Mr.. Murphy make al! re- ..
mendations in regard 10 IF
ments ?" Judge Hy!an was ssse n,
NO; no recommcndatiohs' -. = =
Piled. I'VE just talked the sh.''
over generally general VOW ,gr
"Did Mr. Murphy manifest sl W. =, 4
osity as TO the amount Of pairel's' =,
organization ought 10 get " W
asked. u.v
"oh, no, no." replied the Nay
elect. =,
"Did you discuss civil service :, ,
tiers with a view to eAemp"As :
city Positions" -,,
"No, no." said Judge Hylan'
Just a general talk" 80,
Judge Hylan sent kilograms - -
day 10 Governor Whitman and SVl :.
Clark. chairman OF the s'An
Service Commission, "vehemeht'!
testing against the adoption o.
plication which Wl.l come pe'y..
Civil Service Commission oINtI
place the superiuJendents Of %. :
cment House Department oi .nn ,
in the competitive class. In..
three such Offices in the dep...'y
The application was made oy 'a'
niciual Civil Service Commlss,OI : /.
Mayor-elect explained that he as' \,
the kilograms before he 90" NJ :
ply. I'M
At this point the Mayor-eiees. ~. -.
to be excused as he was N a a.,r,
get 20 Brooklyn. and the ihs
ended. Specializing on the res 60,
Murphy's visit at this time, rs
the politicians declared that N y. "" .,,
the recent reports o. spll' 81 "a
the members of'the new Bocra N
mate, NJ. Murphy may nave ~ =
create The impression tn"' . '
Tammany organization meaDs.;,s
disposed 20 pull together w"
Mayor.
Tammany Men WorrIeo !
Tammany men have been PEI Pc,
considerably recently over WEE. -. ,
interpret as a disposition on ~
of the Mitchell administrator. .
going out of Office, to place ,.ser
exempt city Jobs as pos,ioie u' h
civil service. The applica'lon. r,x.
rard TO the tenement house 81
tendents is a case IN POM. ,;,t
Hylan is wholly in sympathy wi.
present movement TO oi''H
cedure. .~,or VI
In his telegram to Goy,ern9, III
man yesterday he pointed ou Lao
was not only the intention " W. is
tenement house superintendent
competitive class. but TO ps;r \
present ineumbents TO eon'lusr irs9