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Show TAMMANY SOWS 19 WRL JF GATKHl "Big Chief" Murphy Forced to AYait His Turn Like Any Other Citizen. XEW ADMINISTRATION GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS "Joy Riding' in Municipal Automobiles Is Prohibited by a Sweeping Order. NEW YORK. Jan. 4. Tht Tammany tiger took oft his hat to William J. Gaynor Gay-nor again today. Charles F. Murphy, lender of Tammany Hall, walked up the city hall 3teps to call on Now York's new Democratic mayor, and ho waited his turn in an anteroom ante-room just as others did. When ho was received he spent an hour In conference, and when he left he posed for his photograph photo-graph on the city hall steps. Tammany has gotten pretty slim patronage at Judge Caynor's hands, although without Tammany Tam-many behind him he probably would never havo been mayor of Greater New York not on the Democratic ticket, at any rate. Evasive Answers. When Murphy left the mayors office he was besieged by interviewers. "Did you mccl the mayor by appointment?" appoint-ment?" "Ask the. mayor." was his r".plv. "Do yon expert any appointments?" Ask the mayor." "Yon look to be happy and smiling," suggested one. "I always am." said Mr. Murphy. Judge Gaynor discussed tho Tammany 1 lenders visit more freely. Their relations rela-tions were cordial, always, since ho nr.it met Charles p. Murphy a year ago. Mr. Murphy had called ni"rev to offer co'n-gra co'n-gra l illations; they had discussed no appointments, ap-pointments, at least no names. Whether Mr. Murphy would call again he did not know. Murphy's Tirst Visit. Incidentally, though the mavor did not speak of It. this is Murphy's first visit to the city hall since he was commissioner commis-sioner of docks in the Van Wvcl: administration. admin-istration. His relations with Mr. Mc-Clcllan Mc-Clcllan wero not always cordial and never nev-er In McClellan's administration, even after their differences -were adjusted, was Charles F. Murphy a caller. Getting Dovm to Business. This, the second official dav of the new city administration started off on busi-nessllke busi-nessllke principles. William A. Prer.der-gast. Prer.der-gast. now Republican -Fusion comptroller, Issued a. swooping order that "joy riding' rid-ing' in municipal automobiles In all de-partmenta de-partmenta must cease at once. He announced an-nounced that overy employe of the city above the grade of laborer, excepting policemen, po-licemen, firemen and reboot teachers, must have, time cards, upon which will be recorded their coming and going when on duty. He-did not say whether the mayor and commissioners will b include. In thin wny tho comptroller hopes lo ascertain ascer-tain Just how much of New York's ?S0,-000,000 ?S0,-000,000 salary list Is earned. |