The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1896, Page 10

10~ THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1896, ROGERS MADE A STRIDENT ROAR. Taxed Chairman Wardall With Having Done Him Up. UNWILLING TO RESIGN. Cator Engineered the Fusion and | Held the Whip Over the Populists. WARDALL'S POLITICAL GRAFT. He May Be Collector of the Port at Wilmington — Dore for Post. master of Fresno. J. Taylor Rogers, clerk of Mayor Sutro, and unbeloved of the octopus, was white- | hot last Sunday night when he learned | that Chairman Wardall had announced | to the fusion conference committee that | he, Rogers, was wiiling to have his with- | arawal acted upon if A. B. Kinne should | be made the nominee for Congress from | the Fifth District in his stead. Mr. Rogers had sat in the anteroom of | the siiver headquarters all Sunday even- ing very disconsolate, awaiting the action of the committee. According to the deal thst was made he should have been ac- | cepted as the fusion candidate, and would | have been had he not been betrayed by those who should have been his political friends. But the octopus does many cruel things, and this was not the first time that friends have been made to cut the political throats of friends to.serve the interests of that implacable corporation. It was not untii John W. Mitchell of Los Angeles emerged from the inner room and announced that A. B. Kinne, 2 mem- ber of the conference committee, had been | chosen in place of Mr. Rogers that the | victim realized the treachery that bad un- done him. % When he inquired about it he learned that Chairman Wardall had made the announcement already mentioned. When the People’s party State Committee as- sembled in secret session at 4 o’clock yes- terday afternoon, Mr. Rogers was there with a very stern look on his face. When the doors were closed and the transom was shut down, so that the reporters who were cooling their heels in the corridor could not hear any_of the acrimonious and dis- cordant strains issuing from within, Mr. Rogers taxed Chairman Wardall with having uttered the thing that was not. “I never told you that I would with- = posed of the committee discussed the fu- sion report. It was evident tha: every- thing was harmonious and satisfactory, for the dlscussion occupied only two hours and a half. The report was adopted by a majority vote, after which some one moved that the vote should be made unanimous, which was done. Then they walked forth into the night with joy and harmony and that peace which passeth ell understanding rankling in their bosoms. Mr. Monteith declares that he will re- main in the field. He has been nominated regularly by a regular party convention, and his place has never become vacant. For that reason the Secretary of State will be obliged to put his name on the ticket. Mr. Monteith said to a CALL reporier last night that the scheme for Congressional fusion was a crafty plan of the octopus. “The so-called fusion has enabled the Southern Pacific Company to win five out of seven Congressional districts,”’ he added, “if that scheme can succeed. As between the Republican candidate, Mr. Barham, and myself, the octopus had no choice, for it cannot dictate to either of us, and ip that district it became necessary to find some one upon whom they could cen- ter their forces. They dared not putup a pronounced railroad man, and so they adopted the pian of taking up a man whose position upon that matter was not known to the publie. “In the Second District the octopus was interested in defeating the force arrayed against Grove L. Johnson in order that he might be returned to Congress. In the Third District it was necessary to find some one to defeat Hilborn, one who could be depended upon to give that company what they call ‘fair treatment.” Vana was aman of too much strength of character to take any chances on. In the Fifth Dis- trict the advent of Taylor Rogers awak- ened the railroad’s keenest apprehensions and he was removed for some one less ob- jectionable. = 2 *‘Having fixed *these districts to their liking, they were enabled to devote all IN PASSAGES DARK AND DREARY Members of the Board of Health Visit China- town. BUILDINGS TORN DOWN. A Dismal Labyrinth Discovered Underground in Brooklyn Place. THE HOME OF FISHERMEN. Throngs Visit the Scene of Demolition and Gaze on the Site of House 9999. Dr. Lovelace and Secretary Godchaux of the Board of Health spent Sunday in the malodorous atmosphere of Chinatown, viewing the wreckage of the buildines e — R o P———TT_ e D ey anty DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS ON PACIFIC STREET, CHINATOWN. draw in favor of Mr. Kinne,” said Mr. Rogers. “I nevertold you anything of the kind.” ¢Didn’t you?”’ inguired the chairmaa, with a bewildered air. *‘No, I didn’t,” said Mr. Rogers. *Well, somebody told me 80,” was the chairman’s explanation. Then George W. Monteith, the regularly nominated People’s party candidate for Congress from the First District, ad- dressed the committee, and offered to | withdraw absolutely from the contest if the committee would replace Mr. Rogers on the ticket as the Populist candidate from the Fifth District. To both his and Mr. Rogers’ surprise the offer was rejected with but scant cour- tesy. Mr. Cator did not think favorably of the proposition, and as the committee, and in fact the whole party, have been in the habit of sitting at Mr. Cator's feet drinking in the words of wisdom that fell | from his lips, what Mr. Cator thought was a go and what Mr. Cator didn’t think was no go. As Mr. Cator didn’t think thatit would be expedient to reopen the whole fusion matter of course it didn’t go. Cator is reported to have been in of the Peovle’s party programme State Convention in Sacramento, at the National Convention in St. Louis where he ably assisted the Democrats in whoop- ing up the Populists for Bryan, and dur- ing all the proceedings which terminated last Sunday night in discord and no fu- sion. Another prominent member of the com- mittee is John 8. Dore, who is said to be the most popular_People’s guny man in the San Joaquin Valley and whose word is law to the Populists” of Fresno County. His friends declare that virtue shall have 1ts reward, and that he must be the next postmaster of the city of Fresno. Chairman Wardall’s friends are demand- ing for him the avpointiaent as Collector of the Porijat;Wilmington. Not just now, of course, because] Mr. Wardall is in no | hurry, but it William J. Bryan be elected, which, after all, may be a vety long wait even for a man as patient as is Mr. War- dall. . After these little matters had been dis- l charge at the their attention to the Fourth, where they uxflect to defeat Judge Maguire at the polls. were very deftly made the catspaws of the octopus in the fulfiliment of its desires. “Thus in the Fifth District they beat Rogers on the ground that he was an A.P. A. Then they beat Barry on the ground that he was opposed to the A. P. A., and then capped the climax by nomina- ting an A, g A. in Rogers’ place. This showed conhclusively that that gquestion cut no figure in the calculations at all. Mr. Rogers is not an A. P. A., for he with- drew from that order some time ago. On top of that the railroad peovle knew that the election of Rogzers, in view of the fact that be was Mayor Sutro’s clerk, would be a hard thing to explain when they should try to pass the funding bill next winter. “I still stood by the proposition that T made, and that is if they replace Mr. Rogers on the ticket they can have my resignation in five minutes. *‘The fact of the matter is that the Poo- ulists have gotten the skim milk and the railroad, as usual, has taken all the cream, arnd L am not sure that they won’t get a good share of theskim milk too.” Some unkind criticisms have besn made against George W. Baker of the Bimetallic League because he sat in the inner room within earshot of the delegations of the Tasion conference committee last Saturday night. As a fitting and dignified rebuke to those wicked criticisms Mr. Baker sat outin the ante-room with Bob McKilli- can, Marshal Barry Baldwin and the rest of the boys on Sunday night and did not allow his presence to give rise to any sus- picion that he desired to influence or in- timidate the committee in any way. e Tell and Broke Her Nose. Mrs. Mary Doyle, & stout old woman living at 827 Brannan street, paid a visit to some friends at 2 Federal street last night. While leaving apout 9 o’ciock she missed her footing atthe top of the front steps, about fifteen in number, and fell to the botiom, striking upon her face. Her nose was smashed into puip and was flattencd.on her face, while her fore- head was lacerated. She was taken to the Re- ceiving Hospital and Dr. Fitzgibbon attended w0 herfimnrfn. o . The Populists on the committee | they had cansed to be torn down, and in- | cidentally taking observations with a view to having other pestilential hovels con- demned. It was intended thatall the rookeries on Dupont street, adjoining the old Globe Hotel, should be razed yesterday morn- ing, but injunctions were served upon 5 Secretary Godchaux, probibiting the work of demolition on the houses numbered | 1009, 1011 and 1013, owned by P. Marsi- cana. The injunction proceedings will be heard before Judge Murphy on the 14th inst. In the meantime, next Monday, the injunction suits brought by Frank J. Sul- livan will be heard in the United States courts, where it is probable the disagree- ment between landlords and the Board of Health will be adjusted. The different shanties torn down yester- day were previously photographed by R. J. Waters, under instructions from Dr, Lovelace, who wishes the camera’s evi- dence as to how the places looked should damage suits incur. These pictures, no matter how perfect, will never carry to a jury a correct understanding or apprecia- tion of the nuisances that are being abated, for that pungent, putrid ana pes- tiferous stench everywhere surrounding the dirtv dens, although thickeenough as it were to be cut with a knife, can hardly be photographed. The early morning’s work was in Brook- Lyn alley, where some shanties were torn own last Saturday. The fire 1addies, who are sworn in as Deputy Health Inspecto: bent their backs and their energies as w as plied their axes to demolishing the den owned by B. Brignoli. The place looked like a woodyard, in the center of which house 10 was located. It almost seemed n pity to tear the thing down. Surely it looked as if the old ramshackle affair would fall by itsel if left alone. The house was used as a lodging for Chinese fishermen, scores of them finding bunkroom in a space hardly ample for only two. But, the building being razed, the underground labyrinths were uncov- ered, showing where, in dirty, dingy passageways, reeking with filth, and with absolutely” no sewerage, bunks for forty individuals were provided. bout 11 o'clock yesterday morning Sergeant Holmes was notified that there was something in the nature of a riot go- ing on in Chinatown. He sent his men to the scene, and found five score or more little urchins demolishing the houses numbered 708 to 714, inclusive, on Pacific street. The little fellows were after fire- wood, and the Board of Health sign being on the premises they believed themselves at liberty to tear the places down at their leisure. * These condemned pieces be- longed to one Wilson, who is away, and he bas not yet been served legally with a notification to vacate. But his tenants were 80 notified. Still Wilson’sagent here thrngens lawsuits galore. While the work of destruction was going on the health inspectors dropped into the basement at 705 Pacific street. It is a second-hand shop and junkstore in which a half-dozen Chinese urchins work. There is an open_sewer running through this cellar, capable of diffusing every known species of disease. This foul reser- voir is the receptacle for much of the filth of the entire block. The inspectors will recommend the condemnation of the place. The old landmark where stood the house numbered ‘9999, near Stockton street on Pacific, was visited by hundreds of ;eople and curiosity-seekers yesterday and Sun- day. There is nothing left now of that historical building but a few broken boarde. z Milk Inspector J. P. Dockery and Ben Davis, who have been two of the hardest workers during these Chinatown raids, ceased their labors yesterday afternpon to join the Native Sons in their trip to Stockton. LOST HIS FURNITURE. Why Henry Berkemer Sues the Pacific Coast Steamship Company in the Justices’ Court. Those who lost their goods and chattels by the wrecking of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s vessel St. Paul at Monterey on August 6 are beginning to take legal measures against the company. The first suit for goods lost in the wreck was filed 1n the Justices’ Court yesterday by Henry Berkemer, who aileges that he shipped his household furniture from Port Harford via the St. Paul for San Francisco, and that by the carelessness and negligence of the servants of thecom- pany he was deprived of it to his damage in;the extent of $299. A BABY AS A PLEDGE Florie Royce, a Vaudeville Ac- tress, Has an 0Qdd Ex- perience. Her Little G'rl Is Held by a Board- ing Mistress for an Unpaid Bill, Mrs. Sam Snapper, known in the ranks of the vaudeville as Florie Royce, went be- fore Judge Hsbbard yesterday with her attorney, Carroll Cook, to secure a writ of alternative mandamus to compel Clorindo Valento to give up the possession of her (Mrs. Snapper’s) child. The trouble is.all over a board bill which Mrs. Valento claims to be due her on behalf of the child, and she is holding ibe child as security for its payment, very much to the disgust of Mrs. Snapper. Florie Royce is a high kicker by profes- sion. She placed her little daughter with Mrs. Valento, who resides on Rausch street, to be properly cared for. Some days ago the mother called with the inten- tion of taking the child away. She was presented with a board bill for $24, which she declared was much more than she owed under her agreement and refused to 8y it R Mrs. Valento said she could not have the child without paying the bill. 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