The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 31, 1898, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, THE POTND SCANDALTS SPREADING Delany Is Under Hot Fire From the Society. Directors Oppose Super- visors’ Orders of Release. - They Say That Corrupt Favors Would Bankrupt the Organization. ROTTANZI FAVORS OSBORN Assistant Secretary Wadham Positive in His Charges Against the Supervisor. There was a great deal of talk in political circles yesterday over the ac- cusations against Supervisor Delany, published exclustvely in The Call. When it became generally known that Assistant Secretary Wadham of the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had accused the chairman of the Health and Police Committee of seeking to corrupt the soclety by In- ducing the payment of a bribe of $500 it was the general’ sentiment that the charges were so grave as to demand investigation without delay. Mr. Wadham's charges are positive, direct and far reaching. He stands ready to swear to his statement that Delany wanted to know where he could get $500, while Delany says he never mentioned money in connection with the subject. Though Captain Delany firmly denies the charge, as would be expected whether guilty innocent, there is so much directn s in Mr. Wadham's ac- cusations that the soclety has decided to make a stand and demand that the pound be left where it is—out of poli- tics. It is the opinion of many of the directors that there should be no recog- nition of orders of release signed by in- dividual Supervisors, and that such or- ders are illegal and void. The following interviews give a fair idea of the general opinion of the trus- tees of the soclety: N. P. dent—If the Super- visors look at the question in a broad and manly way they will let our so- ciety alone, but if they take a narrow, spiteful and petty view they will put the pound back into politics, in the dis- graceful way that characterized its management in the past. I have not a great deal of faith that we will win the fight unless the publicity The Call has given the matter frightens the board from its purpose. The trouble is that Mr. Holbrook has lived up to the law and refused to notice the illegal orders of release issued by Supervisors. There are any of them who have re- sented this course and it is their purpose to get even by robbing us of the pound. It will be a shame if any- thing of this kind is done; a scandal to the city. I know nothing personally of the $500 matter, but it was before the trustees. Director John Partridge—We got more than rumors of Delany's $500 proposition. We got it in a direct way which puts him on the defensive and is a disgrace to the city. As to the cus- tom of individual Supervisors issuing orders of release I will say that I have taken legal advice and I find that they are all liable to indictment for violating the law. I opposed humoring them, though some of the directors favored compromising in this matter. If we were to heed these requests that every favorite have his goat, dog, cow or horse set free without cost to the city it would bankrupt the society. What right has one Supervisor to issue an or- der that will upset the laws of the city made by the full board? Can any sane person advocate that the Supervisors have a right capable of such monstrous consequences? All this matter is wholly unconstitutional and illegal. Director F. A. Hyde—There has been a perpetual and disgraceful interfer- ence by the Superv: s. They want to put the pound in politics again, which would be a re-enactment of the dis- graceful scenes of the past. Mr. Hol- brook has acted strictly according to law, refusing to recognize the orders of individual Supervisors. There is no politics in the pound. Under the old system there were many places for heelers and favorites, *but our methods are strictly in accordance with business principles and there is no room for cor- ruption. It would be a shame to take the pound out of the hands of the so- ciety in pursuance of a narrow policy of spite and bitterness. Samuel Seymour, the nigger in the wood pile, was seen again last even- ing concerning the statements he is re- ported to have made. Mr. Seymour absolutely denied hav- ing said anything which could be con- strued into an admission by him of having knowledge of any conversation in which Delany agreed to turn the pound over to the soclety for a mone- tary consideration. He did admit. however, that such a rumor had been talked over at a meeting of the board and that, at that time, considerable comment was caused by the affair. - DELANY IS ANGRY. Says That Wadham Is Actu- ated by Spite and Fear. Committeeman Delany was very an- gry last night. He brought a long type- written statement to The Call editorial rooms, of which the following is the material part: The article which appeared in yester- day’s Call is the result of my committee's actlon in recommending a change in the administration of pound matters in this city . It emanates from a clique in the Soclety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who have imbibed the nature of some of the canine beasts with which they have to deal, inasmuch as this snarling, barking and Velping follow g0 closely up- on our determined action of Friday. The cur himself who barks out this complaint is a flttin%one in this kennel to lead this attack. e is not an assist- ant secretary of the soclety, his mental make-up fits him for no better position than that of aw ordinary *“dog-catcher,” clothed with the additional title of deputy poundmaster in deference, perhaps, to his progenitor's good standing in this com- munity, a woeful example of a ‘‘degener- ate son of a worthy sire.” This Wadham, who makes the statement, has been the object of numerous complaints submitted to my committee. His grutal manner i; dealing with the unfortunates whose anf mals are taken to this so-called ‘““home’” his cruelty to animals, and his vicious- | hound Cough A HOME FOR THE JANUARY 31, 1898. NAVAL RESERVES. The Old Sloop-of-War Marion Put in Commission and Steamed to \ SHE CARRIED A HEAVY HELI, < \ L»O/N RUFFLES AND FLOL_IRIS.C Her Berth. s\_y)a;n i I - % il THE ANCHOR CHAIN — S s ) / HERE is a buoy in rotten row at the Navy Yard stretching its clammy iron fingers for the fore- chains of the Marion; but the weather-scarred sloop of war is safe from its. clutches and lies cradied snugly in a berth at Howard pler. Under her own steam, manned by members of the naval militia only and flying the Governor’'s flag at the main truck, she came down to the city yes- terday and will from now on be the home of the local divisions of the re- serve. It is nearly a month since the vessel was turned over to the State by the Federal authorities. She had just come home from a cruise in the Chinese wa- ters, and the intention was to put her out of comm! on—to chain her to a buoy in the stream off the navy yard, tear out her inner fittings and strip her s of spars and rigging, and let her rot until her seams opened and she sank onto the mud. Captain Turner, naval militia, the boat-keepers he had selected and several of his officers went up to the yard Friday morning to pre- pare the ship for the reception of the crew which was to take her down to her berth on the city water front. crew went up on the Monticello at 9 o’clock Saturday night, and was at once told off into watches; then those not on duty slung their hammocks on the berthdeck and turned in like old sailors. At half past flve yesterday morning the cheering notes of revellle shook the timbers of the old warship, and the crew tumbled out to prepare for the re- ception of the Governor and his staff and guests, who were to come up on —— e ness and malignity in general have been the subject of numerous complaints. I have been outspoken for months in my denunciation of the conduct of these men, I could not decently tolerate one of them, when he would iry to explain matters to me,so prefudiced was I against the hypocritical set, that the mere sug- gestion that any consideration on their part would make me favorable to them is not even probable. When Wadham or any of the rest of these mongrels state that T made any reference, directly or indirectly, to any financial consideration, I charge ‘them with being blackmallers, and before I get through with them I will succeed in ridding the community of their obnoxious presence. Specifically, T deny ever having had a conversation with this Wadham about pound matters, ex- cept as to his_and his assoclates’ mis- management. They talk of rumor: These are all the results of the consterna- tion in their ranks, and If they think that such statements, printed or other- wise, can deter me from doing my duty and taking the impounding from the so- clety, they have mistaken their man, The insinuations of Mr. Holbrook that he had hints of propositions and that ha ete. was familiar with these stories is con- | temptible. He dares not say that I hinted to him or. any influential director, but makes the general statement, backed up only by a direct statement of one of his tools—the dog catcher, Wadham. I demand the proofs that Mr. Holbrook and Mr. Seymour say they have. Holbrook is dying hard, and in his death struggles for official pap-sucking he seeks to drag me down. But I defy them, and fling back the lies in their teeth. I S DR. ROTTANZI'S VIEWS. He Thinks That Osborn Is Clearly Entitled to the Position. Supervisor Rottanzl, a member of the Health and Police Committee, stated yesterday that the article in The Call on Sunday morning was the first inti- mation that he had that charges had been preferred against Chairman De- lany. “I know nothing whatever of the matters mentioned by Mr. Wadham,” said Dr. Rottanzi, “and it appears to me that if Supervisor Delany made any such talk as he is credited with he must have done so in a joke. The cap- tain is inclined to be facetious at times and I have heard him ask in jest on a number of occasions how much money there was to be made out of the grant- ing of privileges. “As to the merits in the change of the management of the pound. I have ideas of my own and voted according- ly. I was of the opinion, and still am, that Mr. Osborn should have the posi- ton of pound keeper. Those members of the Soclety for Prevention of Cru- elty to Animals who urged his removal admitted that his administration had been excellent and that the reason they wanted to get rid of him was that he ceased turning back into the treasury his salary of $75 a month. If he con- ducted the pound properly he certain- ly earned that amount, and I cannot understand why the board should be forced to do the bidding of the trus- tees. I am for Osborn and shall con- tinue to be so.” —_— For throat, lung troubles, Low's Hore- Syrup; 10c. 417 Sansome sf . commander of the | The | ndemned thir ac- | [the tug Markham to be present at the | down on a mudbank, and _there she ceremony of putting the ship in com- | stuck for over an hour. She finally mission. forced her way through it and then it | The tug bearing the Goverpor and his | Was a clear run to the city. s hove in sight about 11 o'clock, | The Inconvenience of being hung up once all hands were called to | on a mud bank was offset in a great quarters to fittingly receive the com- Mmeasure by what had been provided at mander-in-chief. The marine guard | the captain’s table, and while the en- drawn up on the deck and eight | gines strained and rumbled the Gover- side-boys sprang to the gangway | nor and his staff and the officers of the ready to welcome the Executive as he | ship who were not on duty succeeded came over the side. As the Governor | in entertaining themselves, while for- reached the deck four flourishes on the [ ward on the berth deck the crew fol- bugle and four ruffles on the drum |lowed suit. Most of the time on the | 8ave boisterous testimony of his pres- | way down was spent in clearing the | ence. anchor of its chain, and this wasfinally With all the men at quarters, and | done. while the officers stood in attentive | The Marion arrived at her berth a groups on the afterdeck, Adjutant- |jittle after 6 o'clock, and she was General Barrett read the orders of the docked as gent and as neatly as ever Governor assigning the ship to the steamship captain docked his vessel. naval militia, and then he handed tc Captain Turner an order to assume | command. This the captain read to the a : Ihare wi | crew and assembled officers. Then the | §09, fast to the whart. There she will executive officer ordered the colors set, | £ 31 val militis d Captain T and to the blare of bugles and the roii | f0F the naval militia, eyt of drums buntings fluttered aloft, while | | officers and men faced aft to the na | tional ensign traveling upward to the | gafr. At once preparations were made to weigh anchor, and the windlass creaked and groaned and the men worked like Trojans until the mud-smeared hook came to the surface. It was badly fouled in its own chain. | Before the Marion was got under way | Captain Glass of the navy-yard came on board to present the compliments of Admiral Kirkland to Governor Budd and to Captain Turner. The Marion lay far up the stream, | where the channel is both narrow and shallow, and the tide was ebbing fast when she started to turn. There was not room enough, and she was bo Her sides were not even scratched as she was run alongside and tied hard | BABY KILLED BY A TROLLEY-CAR. A Hulda Johnson, a Little Girl Two and a Half Years of Age, Crushed by a Mission-Street Car. The east-bound Mission-street electric car No. 1003 struck and instantly killed Hulda Johnson, a little girl two years and a half old, as she was crossing the tracks In front of her home yesterday afternoon. The child had been playing in the backyard of her father's house at 947 Mission street nearly all the afternoon, and hadn’t been out of the house five minutes when her parents were told of the accident. Dennis O’'Brien, who lives in the same block, saw the car strike the little girl. He saig that he was coming up the street when he noticed her run out from the sidewalk as if intending to cross the street. She stopped about five feet from the track when she saw the car coming, and then started across again. O'Brien threw up his hand and called for her to stop, but she did not hear him. The car was about fifteen feet from the child when she started across the track. There is a down grade at the place where the accident occurred, and as the car was go- ing at its usual speed the gripman was unable to stop it. The conductor in charge of the car was Thomas Lewis, and the gripman was James Franklin. The latter was arrested and charged with man- slaughter, but was released on his own recognizance by Chief Lees. Frank- lin felt very badly over the accident when Seen at the Central Police Sta- tion last evening, and says that he did all in his power to save the girl’s life. He saw her before she tried to cross the track and tried to stop the car but was unable to do so. The body of the child was badly mangled, both legs being broken and very nearly severed from the body and the head crushed. The front wheels struck the girl and she was rolled some distance in front the car before it could be stopped. ner is prepared to carry out the brief promise he made to the Governor and to his own officers when she went into commission—that her record in the fu- ture should throw no discredit on the name she had made in the past. With six boat-keepers to keep her clean and keep her gear in order and the men of the reserve to wake the martial echoes of her decks, the old ship will lle peacefully—a better fate than to be shackled to a buoy and swing listlessly in the tide while the salt water slowly eats her hull away. The Governor expressed the greatest satisfaction at the way in which the ship was handled and the interest the men showed in their new possession. “This step,” he said, “will prove of the greatest advantage to the naval militia, and is in harmony with the progress already made by this adminis- tration in the reorganization of our | State land and naval forces. Notwith- standing that the four years of the present mdministration will show a sav- ing of upward of $130,000 for support, encampments and uniforms over the | four years of the preceding administra- tion, the National Guard of California is to-day iIn better condition than ever before, a fact conceded by the United States army and naval authorities. Now that the Marion has been trans- ferred to us, the officers and men of the naval militia will have an opportunity to master the details of that branch of the service which they never before | possessed, and that they wlll appreciate it is already evident from the efficient manner in which the officers, engineers and men, under the capable command of Captain Turner, handled the vessel to-day, from the time of its leaving the hands of the United States authorities at Mare Island to its arrival at the | dock In San Francisco. They have the sincere thanks of my staff and myself for the ability shown and the courte- sies extende POLICEMAN SAY 10 BE GRILLED John Adams, a Boiler- maker, Complains Against Him. Accuses Him of Conduect Unbe- coming a Member of the Force. Falsely Arrested, Punched in the Ribs and Treated Like a Dog. John Adams, a boilermaker living at 614 Howard street, made a formal com- plaint to Captain Spillane yesterday afternoon against Policeman L. M. Say, as advised by General Hart, whom he consulted in the matter, charging the officer with unbecoming conduct. Adams was arrested by Say early Friday morning on a charge of dis- turbing the peace. He was unable to | procure bail and remained in prison till i Saturday when Judge Campbell, after | hearing the case, dismissed it. Adams’ statement 1s as follows: “I was just going to bed, when another roomer in the house asked me to go downstairs to the saloon to have a glass of beer. When we got to the| bottom of the stairs my friend took ! hold of my coat collar and gave me a shaking for fun. My hat fell off and rolled onto the sidewalk. Say happened to be passing at the time, and he gruff- ly told me to go upstairs to bed. I merely said all right, but he grabbed hold of me and dragged me upstairs and kept punching me in the ribs with his closed fist. Say went away and I was standing on the top of the stairs, telling Mr. Brown about how Say had treated me, when Say returned. He dragged me downstairs as if I had been a dog, and when I asked him what he meant he cursed me and said he was going to lock me up. I asked him upon what charge, anl he tcld me to shut up. He took me to the patrol box and I was sent to the prison on a charge of disturbing the peace. 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