The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 5, 1895, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCU CALL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1895. HAVE TWO SCHOOL SU PERINTENDENTS NOW. Charles Sumner Young Is Elected by the Sup- €rvisors. | A NEAT SURPRISE PARTY. Democrats and Republicans Car- | ried Away by Joe King's Maiden Speech. [ i IT RATTLED MAYOR SUTRO.;‘ | The Grand Jury Makes a Long List| of Recommendations for | Reform. | BThe Board ot Superyisors yesterday | elected a Superintendent of PublicSchools— | elected Charles Sumner Young as Super- intendent of Public Schools. | Seeing that the Board of Education had | already elected Madison Babcock to that | office, and that C. B. Stone had resigned his place as a member of the Board of ridu- cation to accept the office of Assistant Superintendent to which Mr. Babcock ap- pointed him, and everybody supposed the King took to it very kindly, and Mr. Dimond sat down, his pompadour deflect- ing to an angle of about 30 degrees. “As I was saying,” resumed Mr. King, “Mr. Young is one of the greatest edu- cators this country has ever seen. He pre- sided at one of the greatest conventions of educators the country has ever seen at Washington. What did Governor Budd do when Lieutenant - Governor Millard passed away which I bow to, one of the greatest men this country has ever seen, aman who I went down to Sacramento and worked for to have him elected and who was a stanch Republican. What did Governor Budd do when Lieutenant- Governor Millard passed away which I bow to and which I regret. Governor Budd appointed the man who was the candidate and who was his traveling com- panion. To show his loyalty Governor Budd appointed the Democratic candidate for the office and I love Governor Budd for doing that.” By this time Mayor Sutro had read the law again, which distinctly said that the Board of Education shall appoint to fill a vacancy in the office of Superintendent, and he interrupted Mr. King to confess his mistake. Mr. Dimond’s pompadour immediately straightened up. *I thought your Honor interpreted the law very strangely,” he said and glanced toward King, exvecting him to sit down. But Mr. King had no notion of sitting down. Besides the Mayor had no notion of asking him to. “This applies to the objection, but Mr. King may continue,” he said. Mr. King by thistime was getting angry. ment; it had long been neglected. We have good engine-houses, good offices for City offices, but in many cases the police stations, where large forcesof men are re- | quired to report on and off duty, are dis- graceful. The jury had made the round of these places and found the stations on Jackson stree: ana on Folsom street were especially unfit, being small, ill-ventilated and filthy. New stations ought to be pro- vided. The station on Jackson street was especially objected to as too small, the room where twenty-five men report being only large enough for half tne number and the others had to line up on the sidewalk. Mr. Benjamin, chairman of the Police Committee, said all this was true, and if money could be provided he would do all in his power to bring about the reforms in this direction. Mr. Sonntag’s next recommendation was that saloon-keepers baving pool and bil- liard tables in their places be required to pay license, even though they made no charge for use of their tables, He thought the saloon-keepers did not keep the tables for their health. This would result in a reyenue of as many thousands as hundreds werereceived now. The next recommendation was directed goods by business houses. He thought that the sidewalks belonged to the people, and if a business man did not have room enough within doors he should have a larger storeroom. Mr. Benjamin was for and against this proposition. The small business men south of Market street who displayed their goods for sale harmed nobody, he thought, and should not be interfered with. On the other hand, the sidewalks in the whole- sale districts where the merchants are rich are taken up with displays of goods set out for mere advertisements, and which re- MADISON BABCOCK. CHARLES SUMNER YOUN! THE TWO SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. matter was settled, thisaction of the Board | of Supervisors came as a surprise. | But the manner of it was quite as far out | of the ordinary as the act was uaexpected. | The surprise was sprung by Supervisor | Joseph King of the First Ward, and he | made it the occasion of his maiden speech, Mayor Sutro was so surprised at the| speech and the proposition combined, that | he read the law and offered it asan excuse | for ruling directly contrary to its letter | and spirit. Then when hecame to, in a | measure, he corrected the ruling which | would have stopped Mr. King in the mid- dle of his speech, leaving the whole matter in the air, seeing which the Mayor, while | ruling that the whole matter was out of | order, made a special exception on behalf | of the speech, telling Mr King he could | finish it. And when he had finished it the Mayor, having ruled that it was all out of | order, again reversed himself by calling for a vote upon the resolution. There was every excuse for the Mayor’s confusion, however. Here is the resolu- | tion: WHEREAS, A vacancy in the office of Superin- | tendent of the common schools of the City and County of San Francisco has occurred, caused by the death of A.J.Mouider; and whereas, | the Board of Supervisors of ‘said City and | County alone has the power and authority to | fill such vacancy; now therefore be it Resolved, That the Board of Supervisors now proceed 1o elect a Superintendent of Common Schools of the City and County of San Fran- | cisco to fill the vacancy caused by the death of | A.J. Moulder, the appointee 10 hold for the unexpired term. Mr. King rose to speak to his motion | that the resolution be adopted. | “Mr. Chairman,” he said, *I hold that this Board of Supervisors has the only | right to elect tne successor to Mr. Moulder, | which I bow to as being one of the greatest educators which thisland has ever seen. The Board of Education has nothing to do with this matter, and I arise to say a few words in behalf of my friend, Charles Sum- ner Young, who is one of the greatest edu- cators which is known to every person in the land. He was nominated in the same convention with me and was on the same ticket with me, which I am proud of. Now, I want to quote a little quotation in speak- “If the gentleman from the Fifth inter- rupts me a few more times I'll be so that I cannot continue,” looking daggers at Dimond. “I say that 1 have authority for saying that this board has the right to appoint the Superintendent, and, if any- body doubts it, there it is,”” he said throw- ing a paper upon his desk. “There it is on the authority of one of the greatest lawyers that this land has ever seen, one of the greatest men, M. M. Estee; there it is with his name to it, and I dety any one to say it isn’t,”” he said, striking his desk a thumping blow. “He says we have a right to name the man, and by—"" with clinched fist upraised Mr. King was going to say ‘‘by the Eternal,” or perhaps something more forcible, for he changed the expression entirely. *“I am Education who is Republican, and yet this man who had 24,000 votes of the people against a man like Moulders, which T bow to, did not get a single vote in that board. I say it is a shame and a disgrace that we | should have a Board of Education like that. Now, Mr. Chairman, I don’t know that I have anything more to say. I have only this to say, that I move this resolution pass whether it is right or wrong.” Mr. King sat down and perfect silence ensued for a well-defined instant, marked by a distinct shudder of the great building. The members of the board looked at each other and seemed each of them to divine | ent Moulder, to whom Mr. King had once gone to school, had turned in his grave. The Mayor ordered the clerk to call the Toll. Mr. Dimond sprang up. “‘Do I under- stand that my point of order is over- ruled? Ithought your Honor had changed the ruling?"” “We will vote on the resolution,” said the Mayor. “Then I appeal from the decision of the chair,” said Dimond. The roll was called on the appeal and King voted “No,” followed by Scully, Benjamin and Hirsch, all falling into er- ing for my friend Mr. Young, who went | Toflike a row of bricks, because started out in a campaign and polled 24,000 votes against a man who was one of the greatest { educators in thisland and in this State, | Mr. Moulder, which I bow to, for I went to school to him. Nobody could beat him. ‘Why nobody at all would go out and fight him. He was loved in life and he is loved in death. The people want Mr. Young for his successor. against Mr. Moulder, who I was compelled to oppose in the election, being a Republi- can. What did Mr. Budd do?” Mr. Dimond rose up at this juncture, with his pompadour one point nearer the horizontal than usual. He rose to a point of order, he said. This City is governed by the consolidation act; the consolida- tion act provides that the Board of Super- sors shall, in the event of vacancy occur- ring in certain offices, elect successors, ex- | cept where otherwise provided. In the case of the Superintendent of Public Schools, it is otherwise provided that he shall be elected by the Board of Eauca- tion. So Mr. King was clearly out of or- der, said Dimond. He called for a ruling on the point of order. The Mayor gravely and sonorously read the law—section 14 of the consolidation act—referring to school affairs: Section 14. In case of & vacancy in the office of Superintendent, the Board of Education may appoint a person 1o fill the vacancy until the regular election then next following, when the gffice shall be filled by election of the people. “The point of order is not well taken. Mr. King is clearly in order,” said the" He polled 24,000 votes | wrong. It was Dimond’sturnnext. “The father ot the resolution has voted in favor of the appeal,” he said. “I don’t want to | take advantage of him. The question is, ‘Shall the decision of the chair be sus- | tained?” He voted ‘No.'”” | So they started again, and King voted | “aye,” as did also Scully, Benjamin, Hirsch, following him. Dimond, Hughes, Dunker and Taylor Yoted “no,” and Mor- ganstern, Spreckels, Hobbs and Wagner, a | mixture of Democrats and Republicans on | both sides. The vote stood 8 to 4 against the decision of the chair. Then the reso- | lution was passed by the same vote, and | Mr. King then nominated his candidate, Charles Sumner Young, and he was elected | by the same vote, to the astonishment | even of Mr. King. Mr. Young, who was present during all this time, sbaking hands with the mem- bers before the session began and looking very unhappy during the period that he was being championed by Mr. King, now departed—silently and swiftly. Several members of the Grand Jury— Messrs. Sonntag, Leventrett, Hammer- smith, Willey and Clinch—were before the board at the opening of the session with number of recommendations for ordi- nances and reforms. Mr. Sonntag did the talking. He stated in the first place that inasmuch as. the ordinance prohibiting pool selling in the City, or at other places than the racetrack, had been declared to be inoperative, so de- clared by the Superior Court, it should be amended to make it hold. Mayor. Astonishing as this ruling was, Mr. The Police Department had been givent going to say it, but we bave a Board of | by instinct what it was—that Superintend- | main there all day. should be cleared away. Mr. Sonntag next touched upon the fruit |and bootblack stands. He said it could {be shown that the property-owners or | tenants collected rent from these small | merchants for the use of these public | | ] i He thought they streets. | Mayor Sutro said he agreed with Mr. | Sonntag in his belief that the streets be- | longed to the people and should not be en- | croached upon by private persons for pri- | vate interests, but that these small busi- ness concerns should not be swept away at a moment’s notice—they should be given at least three months. The Street Department came in for some sharp criticism. Its methods were char- acterized as loose. It was recommended | that the paragraph in street specifications | providing that work be done “to the satis- | faction of the Street Supelintendent” be | stricken out and the Superintendent be re- | quired to see that the work is not done | merely to his satisfaction, but that it be | done according to specifications. He rec- ommended that property-owners be noti- | fied by the Superintendent by postal card when work was proposed to be done in the streets in front of the property. Also that | the Superintendent be required to employ | as his inspector of such work some person whom the property-owners mav recom- | mend. None of these suggestions pro- | voked discussion. | The next recommendation was that the | building of stables be prohibited 1n the | residential portion of the City bounded by Devisadero, Sutter and Fillmore streets; that provision be made for a salary for | the Milk Inspector; that objectionable posters and advertising signs, especially that of a certain brand of tobacco, be pro- | bibited on the aead walls; that Golden Gate and Van Ness avenues be named as boulevards, and the heavy hauling that had already destroyed Golden Gate avenue be prohibited; that it be made unlawful for peddlers to cry their wares on the streets on Sunday. All this was done in committee of the whole, Mr. Taylor in the chair. The com- mittee now rose, reported, and these rec- ommendations were referred to the several committees to which they applied. H. 8. Scott, School Director, was granted leave of absence for sixty days. An extension of time was allowed the Sutro Railway, in view of the injunction | suit pending. The following letters explain themselves, The one from M. M. Estee expresses the opinion, as a lawyer, that the Supervisors have the right to do as they have done. The other, from prominent Republicans, indgrse Mr. Young for the office. They read: SAN FraNcIsco, Cal., October 21, 1895. Zo the Hon. Charles W. Mainwaring, Chairman Republican County Committee, San Francisco, Cal.—DEAR SIR: We, the undersigned members | of the Republican County Committee, hereby | express ourselves in_favor of the appointment | of the Hon. C. 8. Young to the position of | Superintendent of Common Schools of San | Francisco, made vacant by the death of the | Hon. A. J. Moulder. We would also, in the in- terest of the public schools and the Republi- can party, urge upon you the necessity of using your best efforts with the Board of Edu- | cation to secure his appointment. J. H. Thomp- son, Thomas McDermott, Charies C. Morris, A. A.Watson, P. H. Prendergast, John Jackson, | Thomas W. Chandler, G. Bacigalupi, James Gately, C. W. Heilmann, Jesse E. Marks. A. Houston, C. 8. Clinch, John E. Donovan, A. A, Louderback, James Alya Watt. SAN FraNcIsco, Nov. 4, 1895, C. S. Young, Esq., City—MY DEAR Sir: I am satisfied after an examihation of the statutes thet the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco alone have the power © appoint a Superintendent of Common some attention lately, but it still was be- | hindhand in the march of City improve- | | at clearing the sidewalks of displays of | | Board of Supervisors to the office of Super- Schools of San Francisco to fill the vacancy | caused by the death of A. J.Moulder. Very Tespectiully, M. M. ESTEE, Attorney-at-law. WHO HE IS. A Brief BSketch of Mr. Young's Busy Career. Following is a brief outline of the record of Charles Sumner Young, elected by the intendent of Schools: Teacher district school, Sherman Township, Ohio, 1868; teacher district school, Ridgefield Township, Ohio, 1869; graduated high school, Monroeville, Ohio, 1871; principal grammar school, Monroeville, Ohio, 1871-72; graduated university, Delaware, Ohio, 1875; principal high school, Norwalk, Ohio, 1875-76; teacher private school, Virginia, Nev., 1877-78; prin- cipal public schools, Gold Hill, Nev., 1878-83; County Superintendent of Schools, Storey County, Gold Hill and Virginia, Nev., 1881-82; State Superintendent Public Instruction of Nevada, 1883-87; proprietor and edi- tor Daily Gazette, Reno, 1837-88; first vice-president International _Congress of Educators, World’s Fair, New Orleans, 1884; delegate to National Republican Convention, 1884; delegate (four times, 1885- 1888). representing Board of Edueation, San Francisco, to sessions of National Educational Association, to secure the association for Cali- fornia in 1888; attorney and land agent at Washington, D. C., tosecure approval of school- land selections for Nevada, 1837-89, with resi- dence in California; president National Con- tion Educators at Washington, D. C., 1886-87; on programme National Educational Association, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 18 “Investments,” California, 1887-u4; candidate for Superintendent Public Schoots, Republican ticket, 1895 ESTEE'S OPINION. Confident That the Appointment of 0. 8. Young is Valid. “Under a special act passsd by the Legis- lature in 1863, said Attorney M. M. Estee, speaking of the appointment of Hon. C. 8. Young by the Board of Supervisors, ‘‘the power to fill the office made vatant by the death or resignation of the Superintendent of Common Schools lay in the Board of Education, but this act has been repealed within the past few years. *‘In 1883 the first county government bill was passed, and it applied not alone to the County of San Francisco, but to all coun- ties in the State. This bill was passed under the new constitution and gave the power to fill all vacancies in county offices, with the exception of Judges of the Supe- rior Court and members of the Board of County Supervisors, to the Board of Su- pervisors of the various counties. “In 1891 another bill was passed, which also gave the Board of Supervisors of tke various counties power to fill all vacancies in county offices and making the same ex- ceptions as those prescribed in the act of 1883. The new constitution prescribes that no special legislation shall be made, and the acts of 1883 and 1891 each especially repealed all acts, or parts of acts, incon- sistent with those acts passed under the old constitution for the appointment of county officers. “In 56 California, it was held by the Supreme Court that a special act could only be repealed by a special act or by a special reference to the act wished to be repealed, and I understand that it is under this act that the appointment of Mr. Young will be contested. They allege that the old law is still in force because the county government bill is a general act, and that the repealing clause of that bill isa general provision referring to all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with that act. “The answer to this proposition in part is that the schedule of the new constitu- tion prescribes a different rule of construc- tion, and as there can be no special legis- lation under the new constitution, if the old constitution still obtained the old special laws would re main forever in force.” WILL LEVEL SAND HEAPS, The Northern End of Van Ness Avenue to Be Bitumin- ized. The Progressive Ones Gained Their Point After Fighting Hard for Years. The northern end of Van Ness avenue lying between Green and Bay streets, which for years has consisted of impassa- bie sand dunes, is about to be paved and bituminized. The big property-owners along the line of improvements who have for years been successfully protesting against any change were overruled by the Supervisors yesterday, and the thorough- fare will be extended to the bay. The board let the contract for the work at the same meeting, and it is expected that the entire seven blocks will be completed within sixty days. The action of the board finally disposes of the prolonged contest made by the influen- tial property-owners toward the extension of the avenue. At present Van Ness ave- nue is not passable beyond Green street. Between that street and the water front is an undulating expanse of rolling sand dunes, eighty feet wide, seven blocks long and practically bottomless. E. Law of the Viavi Company, who has been one of the leaders in the tight for improvement, has in contemplation six difterent residences, each one to,cost from $8000 to $10,000 apiece. - The principal property-owners, who, in conjunction with the sand, have been ob- structing the avenue, are the Hobart estate, Oliver Eldridge, Alvinza Hayward, C. C. Burr and the Farley estate. A bitter side issue has been as” to whether the avenue should be macadamized or bituminized. The protestants were not so defiantly arrayed against macadam as they were against the bitumen. Those in favor of bitumen pointed out the fact that, while they were discussing the practicability of the two propositions, those at the other end of the street were busily engaged in tearing up their macadam and putting bitumen down instead. The northern end of the avenue is lo- cated in the old Laguna Grant and on ac- countof the old Mexican surveys conflict- ing with later ones innumerable lawsuits have always tended to unsettle values in that tract. It is only recently that the surveys have definitely and finally been permanently located. "As late as five years ago Van Ness avenue, in the vicinity of allejo street, the present end of the ave- nue, was nothing but a cow-pasture. The paving of the street and the location of the surveys has resulted in an imposing array of elegant residences being built on each side of the avenue. The enthusiastic property-owners are in favor of transforming the avenue into a boulevard, with a lawn twenty feet wide running through the middle of the thor- oughfare. It will be the only kind of a street in San Francisco, ;ltgough such boulevards are common in Chicago and Boston, It is proposed to make & cir- cuitous drive twenty miles long. It is to run along Van Ness to Lombar , out that street to McDowell avenue, across Twenty- fourtn street to Golden Gate Park and back to Van Ness by Golden Gate avenue, The Van Ness Improvement Club is back of the project, and has enlisted the Mer- chants' Club in the enterprise. If carried out it will make one of the handsomest drives on the continent. — Bush-Street Rallroad. The suit of the Sutter-street Railroad Com- pany against ex-Mayor L. R. Ellert and ex- Street Superintendent Ackerman for $25,000 oL s ghpactESe N7t fetin vy the ey ne on Bush stree a8 n file with the County Clerk. 2 A Large Majority of the General Committee Are Pledged to Him. RAINEY IS IN HIS CAMP. Having Control, the Blind Boss Will Hold a Primary at Once. MASS-MEETING OF HIS FRIENDS. The Junta's Revolutionary Programme Fades as Chris Rises in Power. Buckley has captured the works. He owns the general committee, will havea primary election right away and Sam Rainey isin his camp. He is “uniting” and “harmonizing” the party, as he said should be done, by taking it into his camp. To-day the Democratic local party ma- chine is beyond all doubt and beyond all hope of his enemies under the absolute control of the Blind Boss that has re- turned to power. He now controls the general committee by a large majority, as is shown by the signatures of 259 out of 450 members who have signed the Buckley and anti-junta pledge adopted at the re- cent caucus at Metropolitan Temple, and thirty more are stated to be ready to sign this week. Having gained this effective working majority in the existing but ancient party organization created in 1892 by the men and forces that successfully and seemingly forever overthrew him, be is losing no time in using his strength and pushing his party campaign. The programme now to be quickly and vigorously carried out is to have the pres- ent general committee meet within a week or so and order a primary election, to be held at once, to elect a new general committee. Buckley will control the primary through the machine that directs it, and it is an elementary political truth in San Francisco, that none but greenhorns will deny, that control of primary ma- chinery means certain victory as a matter of course. 8o thirty days or a little more will give the local party a brand-new ma- chine, with Buckley as chief engineer as of yore. 7 This programme is being carried out with rigid regard for refiulari(_v, political pro- prietf' and ‘“‘purity” of civic politics. The people are doing it all themselves—in form. A caucus of the Buckley element OIH: lreneril FA i eids S aaiBeIAG OaI ifornia Hall on Bush street last night, at which the report of 259 signatures was re- ceived with applause, and the programme of calling a regular meeting of the general committee for next Monday night, to order a_primary election, was enthusiastically adopted. "It is now easy to fight the Junta with a larze majority. ‘While Buckley has been making his still hunt with masterful shrewdness during | the few weeks that hLave elapsed since he loomed up suddenly and scared some of the anti-Buckley men into combining against him, and while he has thus been steadily ainiug the mastery he now suddenly ex- fiibits. the Junta has been losing the strength and force it exhibited with much noise while it was calling out that Deuprey committee and launching its bold scheme to arbitrarily appoint a new general com- mittee and so reorganize every Buckley element out of it. Nothing has been heard of the Junta since it got the Deuprey committee to- gether about two weeks ago and induced it to adopt the McNab-Daggett-Rainey- Popper-Welburn programme so far as to ask Ehuirman Watkins to appoint an ad- ditional committee of twenty-five on reor- ganization. The trouble is that the McNabers struck snags right away. When the Deupre: committee held its first meeting all seemed fair for the revolutionry and arbitrary. creation of a new general com- mittee as the only means of securing the party from Buckley. It was soon evident that the party was not in_hysteries about Buckley if McNab and Braunhart were. The City is full of solid Democrats, promi- nent and obscure, who take no_active in- terest in this factional squabble. They had no great faith in the motives and abilities of the men who bobbed up as leaders_alongside of Sam Rainey. The; must give volume to any flood of “‘reform’’ that breaks loose, and they have not approved the “‘dead mortal cinch” scheme of the Junta, and the Richmonds that flew to arms tind themselvesa handful in the field, with desertions to count instead of re-enforcements. Buckley and his influential friends have carefully, (}nickly and shrewdly worked this solid element of the party. The solid downtown merchants and ~ professional men that have gone into the Buckley camp suggest the blue book and roll of the Board of Trade. Another part of this element does not approve Buckley but has no use for the Junta and its programme. Such men as John McCarthy and the wholesale tea merchant and president of the Occidental Club, James H. O'Brien, A, Spotts and many _others have been quietly and persistently talking political = sense and party harmony among influential Democrats. Asaresult it is known that Judge Sulli- van, who led the anti-Buckley revolution of 1892, Congressman Maguire, John H. ‘Wise, Denis Spencer, A. A. Hooper, and many other such men, have expressed their opposition to the Junta programme und their favor of a primary election at which the people should determine who should run the party. But the McNab programme has turned the stomachs of many of the members of the Deuprey committee itself. It was too ‘“‘raw.” " A pause has come to the commit- tee. W. P. Sullivan, the chairman of the committee, is one of the members who have halted, seen the failure that awaited the scheme and who now favor a primary election. Then the natural jealousies of the collec- tion of Junta leaders have been getting in their work. Deadly enemies were united in the cause of ‘‘pure politics,” and Sam Rainey was the biggest boit that gave the union strength. % “Popper snd Braunhart were like that,” said fames H. O'Brien yesterday as he laughed and showed two fat fingers side side, “‘and Popper and Daggett were like that,” and the fingers flew apart. There are all sorts of incongruous political elements in the anti-Buckley faction, and the party workers in the districts depended on for much of the strength and practical operations of the Junta have been kept in line, not by the specter of Buckley, which scares them not, but by the tactical force of men who have given them jobs and can mmand their services. £ “°But it's Rainey's flop that 1s the biggest thing in the recent shifting of the situa- tion. Rainey sticks to Daggett, who, by the way, is off to Siskiyou for a couple of weeks, but Popper is his bitter enemy and he has no particular use for McNab or any of the rest of the Junta lN’ider!. “Rainey says they can’t hold mg,e!.he_r. that they have nothing in common,” said a very pruminent Democrat, yesterday, who knew what he was talking about. Rainey stood .in to keep Buckley from capturing the general commitiee on the outset because he wanted to keep the Fire Department and the rest of his political BUCKLEY WINS THE DEMOCRATIC MACHRIE, strength out of Buckley’s hands and to keep it for himself. But it was a selfish interest and a strategic necessity that | led him to enable the McNabers to defeat | O’Brien and elect Watkins chairman of | the general committee a few weeks ago. He had “nothing in common’” himself. He | said nothing, smilea sardonicaily at the political lesdership of the Junta co- operative politicians, heard that they who variously hated him or were ashamed of his company were giving it out that they vs be & hero among the handful of vicious, Xl‘:?&pulnble and d({:ho:mnl politicians who live on the municipal swill that a creature like Buckley can pour into the trough when he owns the City Hall as he formerly did. But among the decent. self-respecting peo- le Bucklcyism stands for sin and disgrace. ‘en years ago people were accustomed to boss rule. Then political batties were between bosses and the mames, not the principles, charged. We have taken a step forward. The Democracy is capable of ruling itself, and I am satisfied that the esent " plan izing the party wi , also in the sense of establishing in San Fran- cisco uprignt, wholesome and honest munici pal government. 3 P neeting held to-night represents what the General Committee at 1ts last meeting ew away. m“rnh you believe thn’! they really haa 259 igna 7" was asked. 5 signatures?” was aski Indsd'x were using him for a high practical pur- ose, and would soon get rid of him, and e found himself with only two or three | men in the fifty that were to recognize the| arty and run it. Rainey is looking out | })or number one and for practical results, though his talk is so largely about crops | and reform. ! Rainey held an important key to the | situation and he waited to make terms. | Now he has made them. He and his old friend and companion have agreed. Last Saturday aiternoon Buckley was being led down Montgomery street, and at_the cor- | ner of Sutter Rainey stood talking to a friend. The two met, shook hands and stood and talked for a full hour. This is not eviderce of a political partnership at all, but it illustrates the extent of the hos- tility between the two oid partners, the story of which some people believed not very long ago. The understanding of the situation that exists on the inside is that Buckley has agreed not to interfere with the Fire De- }lmrtmem or Chief Sullivan in any way. 'he department is to be Rainey’s own. There are other features to the compact, but that is the chief one, and there is no doubt that it exists. Rainey was in a position to exact terms highly favorable to himself, and though Sam Rainey may not declare his love through the papers or do his political work in a hall, the town will not like]g see him in a hospital through fighting Boss Buckley too hard. W hen Buckley was interviewed atlength in THE CALL a few weeks ago he expressed no alarm at the Janta and kindly said that the party must be united and harmonized and 1t would be because Democrats always get together in tie end. Already he has the party machine absolutely, has big men of the City trooping in to see him at | his bidding, has a perfect organization ! estabiished in not only every istrict but | every precinct of the City, and is ready for a primary at which he has every promise of victory. Each day | sees a new flock of lambs return to the fold and his influence grows stronger each day with the prestige of his success. And he has Sam Rainey. He sees the Junta disintegrating and thereis in the party a spreading disposition to either welcome him back or endure him. “Buckley tatht those fellows all they know about politics, but he didn’t teach them all he knew,” is a favorite expres- sion with the jubilant lambs nowadays. Buckley’s E)‘Ogrnmme has been as shrewd as all his methods. He has made ready to win a primary, and now he puts forth the plan so eminently right and fair and Democratic that even enemies must acquiesce, ‘‘Submit the matter to the peo- sle at a primary election and let them ecide.” This plan is taking the wind all out of the Junta’s sails. According to the laws of the general committee fifty members may petition for a meeting, which the chairman is bound to call. If Chairman Watkins should re- fuse to call a meeting a vice-president can call it and the party machinery can go right to work. Such a meeting will proba- bly be held within ten days, and at it the Junta’s programme will be condemned and a primary election called. John McCarthy, president of the Occi- dental Club, said last night: ‘I find the sentiment of the party generally in favor of the present general committee provid- ing for alprimary to elect its successor. It is the only fair and the only Democratic way. Let the people in the districts say who shall represent them. With a few ex- ceptions, I think all elements of the party will agree on this programme within a few days. I think such an election will be held within thirty days. No, I don’t think Mr. Watkins will refuse to abide by the rulesand call a meeting of the general committee if fifty members ask for it. I think he is fair and honest, and will do what is right. Asto the Junta, I don’t wish to speak disparagingly of any of those gentlemen, but I don’t think they can hold together. They can’t agree on any proposition hardly. ~ Such peoplecan’t gointo a fight and hold together. But I feel sure from what I know, that a large share of the present opvonents of e Buckley will agree in the fair and just primary plan.” RN BUCKLEY’S MEETING. James O’Brlen Reports 259 General Committeemen With the Boss. The meeting of the Buckley members of the general committee was held as adver- tised at California Hall last evening. How many of them there were present there was no means of knowing, for the roll was not called and the public was not admitted. There was in attendance most of thelights of the Occidental Glub and many of the humble but faitbful warriors who have seen better days and are now hoping fora return to prosperity under theirold leader. James O'Connor, one of the vice-presi- dents of the general committee, called the meeting to order and Thomas J. Ford acted as secretary. ‘‘We have gathered,” said the chairman, ‘‘to hear the report of the committee appointed at Metropolitan Hall to obtain signatures to a ‘protest against disorganization.” % Chairman Jim O'Brien of the committee arose and announced that they had ob- tained the signatures of 259 members to their pledge and expected thirty more in a few days. e A warwhoop from “Trilby” Foote of the Iroquois started the loud and uproarious ap;}nuse that followed. A motion was made and carried to give the committee further time, but no one asked that the names be read. Calls were made all over the house for “Dunne.” There were several of that name present, and it was a long time be- fore Peter F. overcame his modesty enough to conclude that he was wanted. But his speech was not ready, and he arose and asked thatsome one else fill in the time un- til_he could conclude his literary labors. | Joseph Rothschild took the platform | and announced that he was going to move | that a meeting of the general committee be called for next Monday, but he made a vigorous speech against the Junta and neglected to offer his motion. The same threat was made by Dunne when he made his speech and by Colonel O'Byrne and | Frank J. Fallon, but the motion was never | made. The only further business done | was the adoption of the following resolu- tions offered by J. J. Fiynn: Resolved, That we, as members of the zeneral committee, hereby approve of the new primary law Ewed by the'last Legislature, and,express our hope that the same may be dcclared vahid by jthe Supreme Court, and that we are oppesed, as representatives of the Dem- ocracy of this City and County, to the appointment of central committees or conven- tions by any self-constituted leaders, and that we believe as Democrats that each man shonld have an equal voice and vote in ‘the selection of delegates to any and all conventions and of the general committee of the party. The meeting finally adjourned to the call of the chair. e McNab on Buck'ey. Members of the Junta seen after the meeting were inclined to believe that the claim of the Buckleyites that they had 259 signatures was a bluff for the purpose of inducing the weak-kneed to sign. Gavin McNab was asked what he thought about it and said: There s not much that can be said. These proceedings have now becomestale. Buckley’s efforts to break into the party are no longer serious. They are fitsubjects °"lf; for ridieule? He has me at length the vietim of his own practices. He has deceived so many people that he has taught man of them to deceive him. Of course he will .I! “They may have 259 on paper. A am surprised that they have not more. All that is required to have them is pen, ink and aper. Ifl‘!\%rhy didn’t they call the roll? It was their intention when they arrayed for the meeting. The truth is, they did not have more than sixty members of the General Committee among that motley assembiage, and as there were people presént who would report the meeting they were afraid to have dummies shout_the names of members on a fictitious rollcall.” Mr. McNab was asked if he believed that they would call together the general committee as they said they would. “It would simply be their annihilation to do 50,” he replied, NO UNDUE INFLUENCE Executors of James G. Fair's Estate Deny the Son's Allegations. They Say Charles Does Not Tell In What Way His Father Was Influenced. W. 8. Goodfellow, James S. Angus, Louis C. Bresse and Thomas G, Crothers, proponents of the will of James G. Fair, yesterday filed a demurrer to Chdrles L. Fair's complaint that his father had been unduly influenced in making his will. They claim that the complaint does not state sufficient acts to warrant the Judge considering that there was improper infiu- ence employed. The demurrer goes on to say that the complaint, when it declares that the will was made as the direct result of undue in- fluence exerted by persons possessing the dead millionaire's trust, does not state sufficient facts to warrant the assertion. The proponents deny that Fair was in- fluenced in any way. They also deny that he was weakened in mind or body up to the time of his death 80 as to become susceptible to prejudice or undue influence. They state that at no time could he have been cajoled by the artifices of designing persons, even 1if a such had possessed his confidence. They also deny that any person in whom Sena- tor Fair had trust attempted even to in- fluence him in making his will. The demurrer is more a formal answer than anything else. Still it possesses in- terest in the speeific denials of various claims.” In conclusion, the demurrer claims that the complaint should not be considered, since while it states that James . Fair was unduly influenced in making his last will, it does not say in what way he was influenced, nor by whom this in- fluence was exerted, nor does it specify any particular time. WANT A DISTRIBUTION. The Tallant Heirs Ask That Valuable Properties Be Sold and Divided. The Tallant estate will soon be distrib- ‘uted among the heirs. When John Tal. lant died he left two large pieces of prop- erty, one on Bush and Jones and the othe: on California and Battery streets. These were to be heid during her life by his wife, who was to pay $40 a month during their lifetimes. to each of Mr. Tallant’s two sis- ters, Jane Tallant of Meadville, Pa., and Sarah Anne Tallant of Evanston, Ill. Both sisters are now dead. The widow died a short time since and the heirs have asked for a final distribution of the estate, The property, which is very valuable, will be distributed to five children—Mrs Eliza- beth Tallant Brice, Mrs. Anne Tallang Tubbs, John D., Frederick W. and George P. Tallant. ————— Valley Road Notes. Bids were opened vesterday for & Howe truss bridge of wood and iron over the Stanislaus, for the San Franeisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company. The contract is to ba awarded to-day. On Saturday 3200 feet of track was laid on the work from Stockton. “Foot Comfort,” A booklet about the feet; what shoes to wear and why —tells you what Goodyear Welts are. Write for it. All dealers sell Goodyear Welt shoes. GOODYEAR SHOE MACH'Y CO.. 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