The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 12, 1896, Page 8

Y THE WILSON BILL INJURES AMERICAN DAIRYING. The dairying business of the United | Btates, though it bas not suifered under free’ trade as manufacturing industries have suffered, has nevertheless felt the evil effects of the peculiar doctrines of William Jennings Bryan as put forward in the Wilson bill, a mild form of the lre’- trade ideas that occupy so large a space in the Nebraskan’s mental horizon. Strangely enough one of the greatest evils to the established dairying industry is found in competition. Speaking of that phase of the subject yesterday the chair. man of the State Dairy Bureau said: *Vast tracts of land heretofore devoted to the raising of sheep are now turned into dairying, and the result, togetber with free-trade ideas, is very hurtful to the dairying interests of this coastand the en- tire country. There is no doubt that we feel the evil results of the Wilson bill here as they do in the East. The competition isin the line of Canadian and Australian cheese and butter, and the truth is that | these thinzs have an effect on the market. | While we are not hurt as they are in | manufacturing districts, we have seen | enough to make us strong protectionists.”” | Itis a well-known fact that the dairying | business of the country, and of the Pacitic Coast in particulsr, has' fared badly since | the adoption of the Wiison bill. Neverin | the history ot the enterprise have there | been such lulls and disappointments as | during the past two years, and it isthe | belief of those who have made the closest study of the question that a regime of free | trade in dairy products would be one of financial ruin. If the reduction of 2 cents a pound on cheese alone has had so disastrous an ef- fect, what would be the result of absolute | Cheap Products From Afar Hurt Our Farmers. Canada Is a Menace—Facts That Show What the Policy of Bryan Would Do If It free trade? It would surely have the farm labor of the United States at the mercy of low prices and pauperism from afar. There is not anywhere a better method of coming to results in questions of prac- tical economics than that of studying the evidence given by those engaged 1n a busi- | mess. In the dairying industry it is well to bear this rule in mind, and lest it be thought that California’s adversity in that line be peculiarly local, it is not amiss to study op:nions from other sources. The R. Murphy Company of Gordon Plain, Ill., mude the following reply to the inquiries of the Tariff Commission as to the question of a duty: ““We make about 300,000 pounds of butter a year. We are not producing as many goods as in 1892, Canada, with cheap lands and low wages, can produce cheaper than the United States. The wages of one year ago were $2 50 to $3 a day.” Here is the reply of J. M. Nutting of ‘Westminster, Vt., manufacturer of but- Had Full Sway. “Qur make is abont 140,000 potinds an- nually. In the coantry places wages have kept up till recently. think the cause of the present dull times is largely the un- certainty of the tariff legislation. My idea would have been not to haye changed the tariff laws very much at the present time, as the country was in a fairly pros- perous condition. My idea would be to make such tariff laws as would protect the farmers, as when the farmers of a country are prosperous the whole country isin a happy state. One word about wool. Since Congress has talked about free wool there has not been a buyer of wool through this place to my knowledge.”’ In the same line A. & D. Beckwith of Lone Rock, Wis., say: “What we want is tariff sufficient to keep all the manufacturers in the United States at work, and those they employ at good waves, so they can buy our cheese, butter, eggs and farm products. The laboring class is what makes a country prosperous when employed at good wages. Home trade 1s the best; we get rid of the ALL SOLID FOR THE CHARTER Sentiments of the Richmond District Residents For- mally Expressed. ATTENTIVE AUDITORS. They Listen to an Able Address by Postmaster Mc- | Coppin IS REMARKS FULLY INDORSED Furtber Mestings of the Pzople to Bz Held in Support of the Instrument. Hon. Frank McCoppin had a large and representative audience of the residents of | the Richmond District before him last night when he dehwered his address on | the proposed new charter before the Rich- mond District Improvement Association, in Kindergarten Hall, at the corner of Cal- ifornia street and Fourth avenue. Charles H. Hubbs, the president of the | association, was in the chair, and Secre- | v J. G. Maloney was also at his post of ty. It was expected that James D. Phe- an would be one of the speakers, but he was prevented from being present by other | sing business, and sent a letter of re- | pefore the association on some and address them on the | charter. Postmaster McCoppin spoke as follows, his address being frequently interrupted by applause: f Ever since man became a gregarious animal, the qu )N O LOWD ZOV ent—the govern- me d cities—hus vexed and inter- ested s dealt with it, and | Atnens when governed by a Democracy dis- hoso elf by putting to death its foremost citizen. Socrates, who taught the purest , and who, as has been said, anticipated | nity, was put-to death by the Eieven | upon the absurd charge of corrupting the | youth. What would history say should our | Tv.elve adjudge some good man—say Mayor | Sutro—guilty of faise teachings and order him ? What wonld the Mayor | s be “Crito, I owe & u remember to pay ing an accepieble system of town government which was carried forward 1nio the middle h profitto ourselves. is dealt with at Jarge by Guizot in his “History of Civilization.” He tells us how upon an appointed day each year the elcctors of towns were summoned by the toll- ce of meeting, where they elected their officers—magistrates they were called—to serve one year. Butif atany tim the representatives so chosen happened to g rong—to form themselves into “nines” or “sevens,” no matter how solid—the bell rang’ out sagain, and the recalcitrant magistrates were deposed and their successors chosen upon the spot. The admirabla system of town government so long prevaient in New England borrowed from Old Eugland — trans- ted by the Pilgrim Fathers. | Itis worthy of note that Boston was the first | town in America to see the necessity for public grounds for the recreation of its people. As carly as 1634 that town purchased the Boston common from William Blaxton and dedicated it to public use. That was 142 years before the Declarstion of Inde; gated and the harbor of ered The glory of this harbor’s discovery belongs rot to a sailor. Here he missed his chance, | Drake came the nearest to it, but even he missed it. Drake was no: seeking for undiscoy- ered har bors; he had ail he could do to get | with the plunder with whichithe Pelican, | Hind, was overlad he touched at what is Xnown as Drakes | to refit. The discovery of thi 1 ing of bells to a v! | | endence Was promul- San Francisco discov- siterward the Golden whe harbor wes made by | who came hither over- | iand look 3 e place at which to | found & mission to be dedicated to the patron saint: of their order. Having discovered the “San Carlos,” & smaii vessel be- to the missionaries, was ordered here fonterey with the necessary appurte- | nances for tne establishment of the Presidio aud the mission, and strange to relate she was two monibs in making the harbor. That was the first vessei to enter the Golden Gate. The little settlement thus established may be said to have slept for seventy years, or until 1846, when there was & change of flags and of sov- ereieuly, but the town had yet two years of tranquillity to its credit. Marshall’s discoy- ery in 1848 moved the world profoundly, and caused a rude awakening here. Ships upon everv fea, carrying men from every ciime un- der the sun, sel their compasses for the Golden Gate, and this sleepy old town became one of the notablest places in the world. A hybrid town government was set up here to meet the new conditions—a mixture of Spanish and American—with the results which now con- front you. The Alcalde was succeeded by a’Gual govern- ment—City and County—which was abolished by Horace Huwes’ consolidation act in 1836, Hawes, a man of marked ability, had a fond- ness for charter-making, and put an enormous amount of labor into the construction of the consolidation act. It was framed for a city of #bout 50,000 people, who were neither mil- lionaires nor paupers—the vicissitudes of time had not yet ciassified them—but who were fie jealous of their civic rights and de- 1ern themeven tothe death. Mr. Hawes had seen & good deal of the world before he came here; he was without illusions, thought men could not be trusted in their dealings with the Government, and drew his charter accordingly, As it came from his hand it was a piece of staiing that he would be pleased to h | at the rate of about $300,000 greuite work, simple, symmetrical, coplete. But what is it now? For forty years members of ,he Legislature armed with crowbars, jim- miés and other appliances have been amending it, uneil now its author wouldn't know it, would hardly spit upon it, so defaced is it. In the sense of a coherent system, framed and exccuted for the benefit of ail alike, there is no such thing here as municipal govern- ment. There is certain machinery by which the rich and powerful can do as they please, { but there it practically ends. I wish some public-spirited citizen would have a map of this City made—it need not cost to exceed $50 to $100—showing in colors the property (lots and streets worth millions of dollars) that has been filched from this com- munity within the past twenty years. 1 would like 10 see such a map hung up in some pub- lic place &s an object lesson, It might be sup- plemented by a pamphlet giving the names of persons who have appropriated this property together with the resolutions and other acts and ordinances by which the thefts have been accomplished. What has ever been done, what action taken, what suits instituted to recover this property? And yet there are people who say we have & governmentand that the con- solidation act is better than the new charter. Ido not intend to go into the minutie of either the old or the new charter to-night. From what I have alreaay said you will appre- hend whatI think of the old. 'As to the new many objections are made, mostly trivial asT think. What is called the one-man power is much objected to. It issaid the Lord Mayor would have t0o much power, too much patron- age. The Park and Police Commissioners and the Board of Health are now appointed by the Governor. What self-respecting citizen of this municipality is there who would not prefer to have them appointed by the Mayor? And would any man fit to be Mayor, or even dog-catcher, have treated this City as some Governors have treated it in regard to some of these appointments? And yet there is an outery raised against the exercise of this power by the head of the municipal govern- ment. | What I say touching these matters is not lev- eled, nor meant to be leveled, at the present capable executive of the State. My purpose is to defend the principle of home rule for San Franeiscoas I find it in the proposed Charter. The functions of the Board of Health are purely locel. Itisknown in law as the Board of Health for the City and County of San Fran- cisco, and in addition to the Mayor consists ot four physicians in good standing residing in San Francisco. Inaddition to its duties apper- taining to the health of the City, including the harbor with its quarantine reguiations end the appointment of numerous physicians, in- spectors and secretaries, it has also charge of the wards of the City. The inmates of the hos- pitals and almshouse are under its charge. This board appoints_the physicians, matrons, superintendents and such other employes as are authorized by law. All the expenditures which it is authorized to make are payable out of the general fund of the City, and amountin the aggregate to hundreds of thousands of dols lars per annum. Surely there can be no good reason why the City in its corporate capacity and through the Mayor as the official head should not appeint and coatrol this beard. What were formerly known as the outside ds, which embraced all the territory westof adero street to the ocean, were granted by Congress in 1866 to the City upon certain trusts for the bencfit of lotholders, “except such parcels thereof asmay be reserved and set apart by ordinance for public uses.” It was this act which enabled, the City to acquire Golden Gate Park, the City cemetery of 200 acres, the great ocean highway ana numerous other reservations of large pros- pective value. To improve these gronuds and make them what they are to-day the people of this community have voluntarily taxed them- seives for nearly thirty years. The grant of | this land to the City by the General Govern- ment was wholly unrestricted—the City could have reserved the very last acre of it for pub- lic uses had it chosen to do so. The people of San Franeisco are now paying per annum for the tmprovement and maintenance of the park, and there is Do good reason known to me why the Commissioners should not be ap- pointed by the Mayor, and thus be under the immediate control of the municipality. The act of 1878, reorganizing the Police De- partment of this City, Emvided that the Judges of the Fourth, Twelfth and Fifteenth Distri courts ghould appoint a new Police Commis- sion to take the place of the old one, which was then elective. The commission thus con- stituted was meant by the Legislature to be strictly non-partisan. The new constitution having abolished the District courts the appointing power was hung up in the air, where 1t remained until the Gov- ernor of the State for the time-being seized pon and abused it by the appointment of a partisan politician. This commission in adai- tien to regulating the Police Department con- trols the liquor traffic_in this City. Noman can open a saloon or sell & glass of liguor here without their permission.” These arc duties which call for the exercise of a large and va- ried local knowlege, the growth of experience, and should be coupled with ability, honesty end firmness; and the appointment of Com- missioners should of all things be lodged in the hands of the Mayor, who would be ex- pected to exercise a personal supervision and watchiulness over the workings of the depart- ment. We have here a free public library, which, so far as I know, is conducted in a sutisfactory menner, but is conducted upon a principle which is wholly inconsistent with the idea of local self-government. The Legislature of the State in 1878 named the board of trustees— eleven innumber—and made it self-perpetusat- ing and from that time to this it has con- tinued itself in office, the survivors filling va- cancies as they happen 1o oceur. This being & purely local matter, supported exclusively by local taxation, its control should be directly in the hands of the municipality and its trus- tees appointed by the Mayor of the City. In this connection 1should like to say that the Public Library is not in a proper place. I have thought so ior some time, but as this is to be a year of self-denial and economies in the matter of public expenditures I have not deemed it advisable to make a public appeal in behalfof & more suitable location and build- ing this year. You all know whatthe City Hall is and what all city halls are. Under- neath is & prison to which the vieiousand un- fortunate are dragged at all hours of the day and night. Upstairs congregate a multitude of people who are not seeking a library and would not be comfortable if they were in one. I should think that the books wouldn’t feel at home there, and that the young and innocent who seek them in that place are liable to wit- ness sights which are shocking to tender sen- sibilities. A iree public library should have pleasant surroundings. Tf possible, it ought to be locsted in & park, and for this purpose I wonld suggest the center of Jefferson Square as a suit- able locallty. Imerely let these remarks tall at the present time, hoping that they aill effect a lodgment in the public mind and that the subject will be taken up and acted upon un b And employel . th us we find employ n this City to-da; and paid out of ifs treasury mlly 1001’) men who hold office under the” boards, com- missions and trustees of one sort and another appointive by the Governor. Even the City’s gravedigger—the man who puts under ground the pauper dead—owes his place notto the municipal authorities, but to the Board of Health appointed by the Governor. You have probably observed that Supervisor Taylor complained & few days ago of the ex- travagance of the Park Commission during the past 55-: when he says they unnecessarily expended $60,000 for a park lodge, and at tho Eame time the gardener compiained thuéame ing. of the trees were dying for want of fertil; This, it seems to me, is a shameful confession under tne circumstances. Would not $60,000 buy & good deal of manure? Ishould say that 60,000 loads of dung, if applied to the roots of those dying trees, would be more beneficial to the park than that unnecessary lodge atits entrance. Would a Park Commission appointed by the Mayor—who is always here and who would take cognizance of what is going on—instead of by the Governor, who, from the nature of things, is seldom here, be likely to expend $60,000 upon a vice-regal lodge while the trees were dying for want of manure? If the people of this Gity prefer to be governed in this way, by boards, commissions, and trustees chosen for them from without, they will vote against the new charter and continue asa de- pendency, but if they wish to govern them- selves they will yote for it. We are to1d that the offices which the Mayor would fill by appointment under the proposed charter, ought to be elective; that to make them appointive would be to deprive the electors of the right of choice which ihey now enjoy. Now I give myself leave to say that at each election we are required to vote forso many people that an intelligent, discriminat- ing choice is impossible in each csse. At the next election, which will not embrace the choice of State officers, we in this county shall have to deal with a ticket almostas large as the page of a newspaper and covered with the names of candidates for Presidential elec- to. nembers of the Legislature, Boards of S sors and School Directors, also Judges great and small, besides numerous other mu- nicipal officers. The electors—sixty or more thousand of them—are expected to take & ticket of this character into a narrow booth and in a very short time stamp a cross in front of the name of each person for whom he elects to vote. This is a task that I personally have never been able to perform to my own satis- faction, and I suppose there are thousands of others who would make a like confession it called upon, The result is that the names upon the last half of the ticket receive bui about one-half of all the votes cast. Therefore, in giving the Mayor the appointment of some of the inferior officers of the municipality, together with those not appointed from abroad, you would not be depriving the electors of any privilege which they value—you would merely relieve them of a duty which lhc{ now perform either reluctantly or not at all. 1 understand that considerable opposition has manifested itself to that provision in the new charter which says: “The Board of Education shall not appoint any person to be a teacher in the primary or grammar classes of the schools of this City and County except upon competitive examination of those persons holding teachers’ certificates and who have been educated in the Public school system of the State of California.” It is alleged by some that this limitation is illiberal, narrow, selfish; that these positions should be open to all persons competent to teach, no matter whence they come. Itshould be remembered that this City expends annu- ally for the maintenance of her public schools a million dollars, not including her contribu- tions to the support of State normal schools and the university; and in view of this large outlay of money and of the fact that from the publi¢ schools are graduating annually a large number of persons qualified to act as teachers, it is not to be wondered at perhaps if the City should be a little jealous of its prerogatives in the matter of employing teachers. Inregard to the boards, commissioners and trustees that I have named as appointed by the Goyernor—eand which I contend ought to be appointed by the Mayor—the law provides that they shall be citizens and residents of San Franeisco. All the State officers are required tobe citizens and residents of the State. The municipal officers are required to be. citizens and residents of the City, and in case of mem- bers of the Legislature and Board of Super- visors, of the districts which they represent. We cannot tuse a citizen of another county and make him Mayor, Supervisor, or other officer of the City. The paragraph quoted is more liberal than these laws to which nobody objects, because the field from which to choose teachers, is coextensive with the boun- daries of the State. Had they limited the lspclnlmeut of teachers here to those educated in ° the public schools of the City, there might, Ferhl s, be room for carping, but even then it could be defended upon the principle that those who furnish the banquet usually invite the guests. The public schools are open to all alike there 15 no one at the gate to question the child’s right to enter there. Many people, however, living here and eisewhere in California, who, not beliey- ing in the public schoois or in their methods of teaching, prefer to have their children edu- cated in other places and in other ways, It 1s claimed that those educated in this way would, under the paragraph of the charter quoted, be deprived of the chance emolument of teachers in the public schools hereafter. But I understand this is not the case. The State normal schools furnish a way out of the difficulty. Pupils from private schools can en- ter them, and, by passing the requsite exam- inations obtain the coveted certificate wnich would enable them to teach in the public schools. Haying answered the objections to this para- raph point by point, I am told finally that it eveled against the Catholics and was Inserted in the charter by their enemjes. Ifind in the character of the nien who framed the charter and recommended it to the people for adop- tion & complete refutation of this allegation. J.J. O’Brien, and the other enlightened eiti- zens who comprised the Board of Freeholders that framed this charter, can be trusted upon this point. Besides if 1 believed this allega- tion were true I would be one of the first to resent it and one of the last to recommend the adoption of an instrumentthus tainted. Were the political institutions of this country ever to fall under the control of those, ifsuch there be, who would proscribe any portion of their fellow-citizens on account of their religious beliefs, the Declaration of Independence, with its promises, and the constitution. of the United States, with its guarantees, would not be worth to Ine the sweepings. of your hall. Butsuch conditions can never arise in this country, becauss the American people are too wise for that. When Lincoln, in his immortal speech at Gettysburg, spoke of a government by, for and of ihe people, he meant all the people of the United States. England, with its established church, of which the sovereign is the head, and its House of Lords where Bishopssit as law-givers, was the last of the enlightened na- tions to throw down the barriers which ex- cluded the nonconformisis, Catholics and Jews from her halls of legislation, and other high places in the realm; but now they are all admitted and admissible. To-day the Lord Chief Justice of England, Baron Russell, is an Irish Roman Catholic. It is not o very long since the House of Commons, by unanimous vote, petitioned the erown to have a monu- ment erected in Westminster Abbey to Benja- min Disraeli, and Mr. Gladstone, in making the motion, said the dead statesman never hesitated to defend his race, even at the ex- pense of his own popularity. Ihavedwelt upon these sectarian matters thus much, and perhaps you will think over- much, because they have entered into this con- treversy, and it has become necessary to taxe notice of them. The religious sentiments of the people are being played upon for the purpose of making votes ageinst the charter. Of course you must . expect opposition to it from the 1000 or more persous who hold offices here under extrane- ousinfluences, It is reported that the police are making an active canvass against the charter, though why they should do soIlam at & loss to know, because it re-enacts the act ook them out of polilics—put them under f 1878, which |, middlemen. I hope you will fix things up so we will have good times.”’ It is the same in other lines of dairy products. Wherever they come in com- petition with the cheaper lands and labor of foreign countries they are at a tre- mendous disadvantage. The Helvetia Milk Condensing Com- pany of Highland, Ill., say: “We consider a specific duty of 2}4 cents per pound, including all packages, neces- sary and at the same time sufficient to place our producton equal footing with the foreign. The specific duty is the most practical, because it obviates a qualitative and quantitative analysis which would be necessary in order fo ascertain the in- trinsic value of every lot imported. This rate is necessary in order to cover the ex- isting differences in cost of labor (which is particularly great in office and skilled labor), rate of interest, and fire insurance, while taking into consideration that the cost of our raw material, with the proba- ble exception of tin cans, also the rate of freight from foreign establishments to our seaports, as compared with those from the Mississippi Valley, are about equal.” The effect of the law on imported cheese was plainly put by 8. Galle & Co., cheese imgorters of New York, who said “If the free-trade policy rules, it will, in our opinion,g‘rx\]d it is not an opinion only, but will becdme a certain fact—deprive. many a farmer in this country of a fair livelihood, as he could not compete to pro- duce as cheaply as the European does on certain grades of cheese. “The high-priced and fancy European makes of cheese, duty at 25 per cent ad va- lorem, would make the duty at 4 centsa pound, or thereabouts, while, for instance, the product of Germany, requiring buta few pounds of milk to make a pound of cheese, at 25 per cent ad valorem duty, would make it from 1 to 2 cents duty per pound only, cheese that is now, so to say, entirely produced here for the home consumption, and would at once open the doors for the foreign article and compel the farmers here to produce at so low a price to compete that it would be utterly 1mpossikle for them to work on a paying basis, so that they would have to abandon the manufacture thereof and seex other fields to make a living. “Itis likewise so with the cheese manu- factured in Switzerland, for the imitation Swiss cheese made here wonld bave to be produced at so low a figure that a very ex- tensive area, devoted to the manufacture of this article and largely so produced in various States, would very seriously suffer, and importation be. invited to tge great detriment of the home market.” Examples might be mnultiplied indefi- nitely. It isenough to say that a careful study of every phase of the dairy industry shows that it is seriously affected by com- petition with the cheap products of foreitn countries. civil service law—and provided insurance and pension funds for them. The park infinence will oppose the charter, as will also the belong- ings of the Health Board and all otheri fluences opposed to local self-government. Allied with these you will find the representa- tives of the public utilities, the ownership of which the people hope to acquire under the charter. It is objected that the charter is too long— let us admit it, but the freeholders say they had no time tomake it shorter. Paradoxical as it may seem, it takes more time to draw & short document than it does to draw a long one, provided it is important. Besides noth- ing is complete at first—not even the work of the Creator, whose mighty hand wiil ulti- mately form out of the nebulous matter now rolling through space innumerable worlds. There are some well-meaning people who think they see danger to the commenwealth in what they call the one-man power in the charter. They fear that the Mayor, by the ex- excise of the powers the charter would confer upon him, might become an autocrat—some- thing to dread like the soulless monster Frankenstein. Lecky in his late book ‘‘Demo- cracy and Liberty” calls attention to the Frowzh of one-man power in the municipal ife of the United States, and quotes approv- ingly what four eminent writers, Ford, Bryce, lev;eleye and Gilman, have said upon the sub: ject. They lay down these propositions: 1. “There can be no question that one of the most pro- lific sources of official corruption and incom- petency lies in the multipiication of elective offices.” 2. “That this multiplication instead of strengthening 1azaterially diminishes popu- lar control, for it confuses issues, divides and obscures responsibility, weakens the moral ef- fect of each election, bewilders the ordinary eiector, who knows 'litile or nothing of the merits of the different candidates, and inevit- ably ends by throwing the chief power into the hands of asmail knotof wirepullers. The sys- tem has accordingly grown up in America of investing Mayors of towns with an aimost au- tocratie autfiority and making them respon- sible for the zood goverament of the crty.” 3. ““The tendency is visibly strengthening in the United States to concéntrate administrative powers in the handsof one man and to hold him responsible for its wise and honest use. Diffusion of respousibility through a crowd of legislators has proved to be a deceptive method of securing the public welfare.” No man, by the use or abuse of the powers the charter would confer upon him, could for long control the 70,000 electors of San Fran- cisco. Patronage is e thing to be feared and shunned by ambitious men. Probably by the time the Mayor should have disposed of his patronage he would feel es the Tennessean felt when he dined at the White House, When Juckson was Presidentone of his old neighbors visited the National capital and was invited to 4 state dinner. It was when table napkins were an innovation and when few people in the United States were acquainted with their use. Observing that the other guests spread their napkins across their knees the gentle- man from the rural district did likewise, but, unfortunately for him, just as soup was served the starched thing slid from his knees to the floor and in stooping to pick it up his head struck the rim of his plate upsetting the hot soup upon his bald head. Assoon as he recovered from the wreck he looked around the board and said “I wish I were in hell.” But suppose we should happen to get a strong, capeble, ambitious man for Mayor—one who by doing his duty well and fearlessly should win political preferment, I for one would be very glad of it. For fifty years, commencing with the Alcaldes, the Mal;‘vors of San Francisco haye marched in unbroken procession from that office into the political limbo, from which but one escaped. He wasout long enough to gehG&vernor for a few months and then per- shes Over that door leading to the Mayor’s office should be written the words, “Hither shalt thou come, but no farther.” The one-man %2 er is_the only effective ower that can introduced into the City all by the adoption of the charter. Itisas necessary there as it is upon a ship’s deck or at tae head ofanarmy. The municipality is now a headless thing, and in case of need the people have no one to turn to for guidance and protection. In case of civil commotion the Governor of the State can call out_the militia, but here the civic authority would first have 10 be ex- hausted before calling upon the Governor. Should danger menacs this community at any time, Who is there to speak for it in the name of the law or to take up the staff of authority and say “Follow me”?’ Gentlemen of the Richmond District, I am in favor of clothing the chief magistrate of our City with all the dignity and power com- patible with the office, and if you can bring yourselves to agree with the views I have ex- pressed you will vote for the charter. After the speaker had been thanked by resolutions, a motion was unamimously adopted indorsing the sentiments ex- pressed by the Postmaster and pledging the members of the association to the sup- port of the charter. Maurice S8amuels, W, J. Simon, Ed L. 0'Connor, Deputy Postmaster Doyle and several others addressed the meeting, all speaking in favor of the proposed new in- strument for the government of the City. . Just before he declared the meeting ad- journed President Hubbs stated that there would hereafter be monthly meetings of the association and that the charter would receive more or less attention at all of the gatherings and that prominent citizens would be invited to address the people on this important subject. A CANDY FIRM FAILS, H. Pfenninger & Co. Assigns for the Benefit of Creditors. H. Pfenninger & Co., confectioners at 1910 Market street, have turned their busi- nesg stock und fixtures over for the bene- fit Of their creditors. This firm has been in existence for the past eleven years, but during the last three years or so it has been gradually running behind, and on Thursday the proprietors gave a bill of sale of the entire business to L. Saroni, the heaviest creditor, for the benefit of all to whom money is due. The total amount of indebtedness does not amount to over 83000, and the largest sum, due to Mr. Saroni,is not over §600. Nearly all the claims against the business are for stock furnished, excent one for $500, which is claimed is due to oneof Mr. Pienninger’s relatives. This cisim will probably be withdrawn, The dull times of the last few years is the cause assigned for the failure. ————— Abused His Wife. John Dupree, proprietor of the Bottle Keonig Theater, was arrested last evening on complaint of John Geary, proprietor of the Eureka Theater, and detained at the California- street Bollr:e station on a charge of threats to kill. upree married Geary’s daughter two former 1530 the Nabite! wmeveiially abusing his wife, hence his “"":mmercl P Loaxs on watches, stiverware, at Uncle Earris!, 16 Grant avoon THEY WANT MONEY FOR THEIR COWS, Dairymen Have a Confer- ence With the Board of Health. DELAY IS REQUESTED. Hope Expressed That the Legis- lature Will Indemnify Owaners. CLUNIE FOR THE MILEMEN. O:ccupants of the Labor Camp on Waller Street Will Have to Vacate in Ten Days. Milkmen, great and small, were much in evidence at the Health Office last night at the conference between the Board of Health and dairymen of the City and County. The milkmen have been complaining that the summary methods of the health in- spectors left them without compensation for condemned cows, and they attended in evident readiness for a wordy war. How- ever, everything went off smoothly. Dr. Morse opened the meeting by stating that its object was to determine upon some efficacious means for discontinuing the sale of diseased milk and for the inspection of cowssuspected of being affected with tuber- culosis. A number ol communications in refer- ence to the matter in hand were read by the secretary, one from a prominent dairyman recommending that the time for applying the tuberculine test be postponed until the 1st of April, 1897. o believe it absolutely necessary,” said Dr. Morse, commenting upon the last-named letter, “that the henllg of the City should be looked after. It isour duty, in so far as we may be able, to work for the general adoption of the most effi- cient means for the eradication of all men- E(_::l ,fo the physical well-being of the ity.” Attorney Andrew Clunie, who acted as spokesman for the dairymen of San Fran- cisco, opened the case, so to speak, for his clienis, by stating that all the reputable milkmen of the City were willing and de- sirous to work with the Board of Health for the extermination of tuberculosis in dairy cattle at any reasonable sacrifice. “At the same time,” he proceeded, ‘“‘some compensation should be given to the innocent owners of unhealthy cows. One case of peculiar hardship occurred only a few days ago. A man who owned fifty-three cows was forced to lose thirty- eight of them, which had been condemned as tuberculous by the health officers. This seems hardly just, and is not the rule in England nor in the United States. “We are not here to antagonize the board. We don’t want any controversies. We could, if we wished, carry the matter into the courts and tie up your hands in some way, but that is nof what we are looking for. ‘‘All we request is a little time wherein to purchase new cows, if necessary, and get things into proper condition. Still, we must have some guarantee that otir cows will not be condemned and killed within a week. I ask, then, that action in this matter by the board be delayed until after the next meeting of the State Legis- lature.” ; J. Martin of the San Mateo Board of Health agreed substantially with Mr. Clunie in recommending that no imme- diate action be taken. He said that in San Mateo there were about 27,000 cows, the milk from many of which was regu- lnflé sent to San Francisco. The Board of Health of that county was, he said, ;vorlk}:n ;n }mrmgnytwith the dairymen for the bringing about of a regime of healthy milk. ey A general discussion ensued, after which Dr. Morse and Mr. Clunie indulged ina little tussle as to the power of inspectors to kill tuberculous cows immediately upon detection. “And it looks as thongh suspected cows fared no better,” added the attorney in a somewhat aggrieved tone. ‘‘Every cow is open to suspicion of tuberculosis nowadays,” replied Dr. Morse “No Denefit of the doubt,” rejoine Cle;lefia;ily; "n:)t even for a poor Cow. . Plerce, veterinary surgeon of the Board of Health of Oakland, s.nid the City Council of his town was about to_pass an ordinance similar to the San Francisco milk ordinance. The milkmen of Alame- da County were in favor of a rigorous application of the tuberculine test. At the same time he thought the prevalence of tuberculosis had been much exaggerated, at least so far as localities outside the City and County of Ban Francisco. He recom- mended a postponment of the obligatory application of the test. Mr. Taylor of the Millbrae Dairy and other prominent dairymen also favored a delay until after legislative action could be taken. J. B. Reinstein, who had been doing a little figuring all by himself, said that if | out of the 330,000 cows in the State 40 per | cent were condemned as tuberculous, es- timating their average value to the owner at $30, the actual loss sustained by their condemnation would be about_$4,000,000, Hé doubted whether the, Legislature would pass an,act for the indemnification of the owners. “All we ask is a chance,” answered Clunie; “some compensation will doabt- less be allowed.” “Well,” said Dr. Morse, ‘‘we understand each other a little better than we did. If any new move is made by the board the dairymen will receive timely notice.” The camp at the intersection of Pierce and Waller streets was reporied as being much overcrowded and filthy beyond description. It was ordered that its occu- pants receive immediate notice to vacate the premises within ten days. CONEY PAID IS FINE The Court Finally Wearied of Delay and Enforced Its Seantence. Probability ¢t Further Fines if Cooney Falls to Obey Orders of the Court. Notary Public James J. Cooney of Fair will case tame had a very short and very expensive interview with a deputy sheriff yesterday afternoon, and wher the two men parted the notary was $50 poorer and the deputy had done his duty. Mr. Cooney was sitting in his office in the Phelan building looking over some depositions when the deputy walked in, and presenting a paper, said: 5 “Mr. Cooney I have been instructed to place you under arrest.” Mr. Geoney evidently knew the reason of the proceeding, but was apparently sur- prised. However, he said quietly: “Contempt proceedings, I suppose 2"’ “That is correct,” answered thedeputy. The notary studied ‘the paper a moment, looked at the signature, and then went slowly down into his pocket and produced an eagle and two shining twenties. “Give me a receipt, please,’” he said, and after doing so the deputy was bowed courteonslyg out of the office, and Mr. Cooney resumed his labors, poorer, but wiser. The paper produced by the deputy, and which had occasioned such a prompt re- sponse on the part of the notular_, was a bench warrant signed by presiding Su- perior Judge Slack, ordering the arrest and incarceration of the notary for con- tempt in default of the payment of $50. Some time ago. when the Craven deeds toa large amount of the Fair property were first taken into court, Notary Cooney, who acknowledged them, was called to give a full exposition of the part he had taken in the transaction. His testimony was looked upon by the attorneys as of vital importance, and they wanted him very much. Despite the sub- pena, the notary was not on hand when he was expecled, and those who wanted him to tell how the aged millionaire had signed the documents were disappointed. The matter was put over for a time, but still the notary was derelict, and Judge Slack began to grow impatient of the delay and the evi- dent disregard of the court’s oraer. The day came when excuses of counsel would no longer fill tue bill, and Judge Slack per- emptorily ordered the witness to appear without further delay. Still no Cooney appeared, and a fine of $50 was imposed. The fine was not carried into effect at the time, but yesterday the Judge signed an order of arrest unless it was paid. Judge Slack when seen -at his residence last evening stated that he had signed the order of arrest because Cooney had delib- erately and persistently refused to appear in court to answer important questions touching the pencil deeds on which Mrs. Craven hopes to establish her claim to some of the Fair millions. “When Mr. Cooney first came into con- tempt of court in refusing to appear,’’ said Judge Slack, “I imposed a fine of $50. His attorney asked for a stay of execution until yesterday to give him a chance to look into his rights in the matter, and I granted the request, hoping that he would relieve me of the necessity of enforcing the fine. “The time accorded him expired ves- terday ana he did not appear, and I in- tended to issue an order of arrest then, but put 1t off until to-day to give him ienty of time. His failure to answer to Eia name to-day left me no alternative but to cause him to be taken into custody if he did not care to put up the $30. “If Mr. Cooney versists in disobeying the court he may be fined more heavily the next time time he is adjudged guiity of contempt.” John Heinzman’s Estate. Magdalena Clara Heinzman has been ap- pointed executrix, witnout bonds, of the estate of John Heinzman. The property is worth $20, NEW TO-DA LAST WEEK. This is your last chance to get good shoes at such unheard-of prices. Our clearance sale has been most suc= cessful, and will positively close Saturday evening, August 15th. On Monday, the 17th, we open the Fall season with the latest Shoe novelties for men, women and children. LAST WEEK BARGAINS. 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