The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 9, 1902, Page 2

2 SCHMITZ »— PLEDGES ADMINISTRATION TO BUSINESS-LIKE RULE - AND TO EQUAL JUSTICE Schmitz Looks to Future, Full of Courage and Confident of the Loyal Support of the Peoplg. AYOR SCHMITZ, in his inaug- ural address to the Board of Supervisors yesterday, oOut- lined bis future policy and urged loyal co-operation on the part of Commissioners and heads of departments to in- good government. The working es were assured that they would be granted equal privileges under the new administration. Mr. Schmitz stated that there kad been too much fighting between cax of hostilities for all time. He found fault with the Board of Public Works, the Board of Education and the Police Com- mission and criticized the Board of Health for a poli~y tending to imjure the com- merce of the coast. The address was punctuated by frequent applause on the part of the spectators, many of whom were his supporters when he ran for of- fice. The address follows:_ Gentlemen of the Board of Supervisors: In assuming the imrortant and dignified station to which the people of this city have elected me, 1 wish 10 express a realizing sense of ibe welghty and serious duties Which have devolvec upon me as the chief executive offi- cer he municipality, and also upon you, @5 the legisiative body of the city and the source of all its fnancial and law-making power. The problems which confront .us are many and imjortant, and our attitude toward them wi e our work emoother or the more difficu as we may govern our actiors and conduct when they arise. More and varied questions will arise in the next two years. The organic law of the city has vested in the Mayor great power. That power he may uee or ubuse. So far @s lies in me ho man shall truthfully say when my term of office shall e expired that 1 ever knowingly or consciously misused such power or directed it 1o imprcper or unfair use. Not a One-Man Government. Buf while I recognize the force and sirength whica thbe charter nas placed in my hands, I realize that this is not and shall not be & ope-mar. government. 1 Gesire and invite your effective support and co-cperation, and on my pert I promise you fair and equitable consid- eration and assistance in everything which makes for the betterment of our city and her people. We cun make of this city a great metropolis. It is her manifest destny and our duty in this regard is plain. We must put into effect broad-minded, liberal ideas. The time of & strait-jacket for San Francisco “has almost passed, and we may now look forward with | much hope to her adornment with of | beauty and with vestments of tolerance. and of faith appropriate to her wealth and her | position among the cities of the earth. To you, gentlemen, and to me is given the privilege of assisting in her material progress and in the making of her brilllant history. The people have endowed us with proud hon- ore Let us live up to the obligations of our position; let wus justify their confidence, and hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, let us together with the other officials of the city labor and toil for a progressive, honest, busi- neselike administration of her affairs. 1 emirace the occasion here to renew to the people of San Francisco the pledges which I made du my canvassing for office. I do not speak with one volce before election and with snother now. So far as I can control the oo of events, to the utmost limit of my power, there shall during my term of office be & clean and honest government, a fair and Just of all classes, equal rights to ileges to mone. 1 repeat the conservative elements that the granting of repre- carners of San Fran- { our city government doer all and my assurance to we religion or any foun- ith al position. dation other than go citizenship and fai honest dealing, but thai it means on the-con there will be industrial dis scial revolution, no justified de lues, no danger to vested in ge to private rights. Equal Rights to Working Classes 1w fn my own t to you i3 ®on that the working clagses of our community granted their equal righis and fair treatmen will co-operate with their fellow-citizens in the maintensnce of law and of social order. 1 pledge myself honestly and fairly to give equal consideration and nrotection to all and 10 show meither favoritism nor prejudice for or against an ent or class. 1 do not believe in radical me: am_essentially conserva- tive, but I ghall demand for the wage-earner the sarie conservative and fair treatment which Lis employer ever insists on. And in these sentiments 1 am not alone—the major portion of the wage-workers of San Francisco are equally as conservative. 1 am but the'r representative. | Not oaly during my entire campaign, but also | in my address to the convention of my party | before my nomination, no sentimept was more | enthusiastically received, more loudly applaud- ed by my hearers than such as I have just ut- tered. When in my first address I said, and 1 meant it then as 1 mean it now, that I be- Meved in the fair and friendly consideration of invested capital as correiative to similar con- siderations for fairly snook.” en 1 said that in the peaceful union of the wage-ezrner and his peaceful and friendly af- liation with those who employ him lfes the ope of an ad of a tainty national prosperity, the cheers nd was in favor of peaceful measures at all hazards, that I believe in equal presentation for employer as well as for em- Eoye, for rich as well as for poor, for capital -3 well as for labor, the applause was tremen- ue. Toilers Are Misunderstood. The men who toil have been woefully mis- fepresented, and have been lamentably misun- Berstood. Misunderstanding is_frequently the oot of ell difficulty. The sentiment. of the great rajority of my fellow-workers 1l as ine. It would surprise some of you to know ow widely diffused among them 1s a knowl- edge of the great industrial, social and econ- omic guestions, what profound study many have given to them, and how conservative and sensible most of them are. I am glad that to me is given the proud opportunity of proving to all tye people of San cisco, to her busi- mess inierests as well as to the large and im- portant body of my friends, the laboring masses, that mutual confidence and re- ciprocal regard and consideration will secure permanent peace, continuous good feeling and certain prosperity, to the merchants and to the manufacturer, to’ wage-worker and employe. I trust that during my administration may be established & broader and better under- standing, that there may be harmony in place of disccrd, satisfaction in place of resentment, peage instead of strife. There should be & friéndly and sympathetic cohesion and co- operaticn of employer and employe, and so far as may be possible an avoldance of all indus- trial dissension and industrial discontent. Com.. mercial panics and strikes are usually forced growths, and conditions which foster or breathe ‘them should not be encouraged. As I have said on many occasions, capital must have steady and secure investment in order that la- —_— ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ Its least virtue is that it lasts so. ; Soap is for comfort and cleanliness. Pears’ soap cleanliness— perfect | cleanliness and cerafort. Sold all over the world. Dr. Lyon’s PERFECT Tooth Powder Used by people of refinement for over a guarter of a century. and labor and urged a cessation | organized labor, “‘the rafters | ancing civilization and the cer- | When I said that I depre- | bor may have constant and remunerative em- ployment. But labor must aiso have fair and respectfui consideration and decent and honor- able treatment. The might of organized capi- tal must not be thrown into the scale for the organized oppression of labor, organized or un- organized. The theoretical right of American citizens peacefully to combine for their own protection and amelioration is always con- ceded, but its practical execution hes often been denied. Let us get upon common ground, and let us strive In unison for a larger, a baj p:er. & more prosperous, a greater San Fran- clsco. From my standpoint, this would in reality be San Francisco's greatest and most. impor- | tant municipal improvement, for from. it all | other advantages and prosperities would flow. Too Much Fighting Done. _We have done too much fighting in this town. Capital not only contends with labor and labor With capital, but capital fights capital and la- bor oft strives against itself. Our friends, the | newspapers, sometimes fight capital, and some- Umes fight labor. They frequently fight one another, and during -political times they ail fight some of us who may happen to run for Mayor. But seriously, we waste too much en- €rgy against one another, when, by combining forces, we could fight the world, in_commerce, in industry, in manufactures, in finance. I1f We were animated by an intelligent gnd con- certed purpose and would all put our shoulders to one ‘wheel, instead of each devoting himself to his separate wheel, and running in oppo- site directions; if we, to use the language of the .duy, would not let our own separate and peculiar little wheels run us, : I believe that with the expanding opportuni-- ties now cffered us of commerce with the Phil- ippines, and with the Orient generally, with the certainty of increased trade with South and Central America, with the possibilities of the isthmian canal, ‘with the great manufacturing end industrial'possibilities opened uy, by the discovery at hand, in the vast oil beds of the Etate, of vast deposits of cheap fuel, with the development of cheap electric power, we can put San Francisco in the forefront of the cities and, with the magnificent resources of -the Golden State of California at our back, We could hold our own with the most favored community on-the face of the-earth. All we | need is a little more confidence, a little trust, a little liberality with one another. We really need no Eastern or forelgn capital to carry away our profits. ‘It is of course cordially welcome but ought not to be absolutely ne essary. Fut on these general lings I have.per- haps said enough. I have so often presented my views on matters of specific municipal inter- ests and they have been so widely spread by the pregs that they have ere this become un- doubtedly well known, Harbor Front Under City’s Control. I should like to see the harbor front under municipal control, and its management put on 2 g0od, practical business’ basis, With compe- tent and trained employes, so that the com- mer¢e and business of the water front would {be conducted - for the ' accommodation | ana ‘comfort of the business men _in-{ stead of for the maintenancer of a great and perhaps successful litical bureau. 1 fa- vor decidedly the, estgblishment of the prin. ciple that goods of home manufacture should be given preference in all supplies for public institutions. This I believe to be in the Inter- ests of the manufacturer and merchants, and the workingmen of this city, who pay our taxes | and support our local government, as against | foreign and external manufactures and mer- | chants who take their profits hence and con- | tribute nothing to the support of our govern- | ment, our institutions or our wage earners. | "'The acquisition of the Geary Street Raliroad | as an experiment in municipal management of | public utilities and the ultimate acquisition of other utllities are also_in the line of great municipal betterments. I believe one of my erstwhile journalistic critics has found fault with one of my former utterances in this re- - 1. 1 said that ‘‘many men Af experienca e B <SP | Who have given great thought to these gues- o bamed o | tions view with mueh: doubt the practicability and expediency of such ownership.”” This is tiue, and 1 have recently exemined into_the very thoughtfully and find my state- mfirmed, but the people of San Fran- in their charter and the platform of my ¢ have distinctly declared the —polfcy -of Francisco in this regard and I promise to out the purpose to the extent of my in a practical and businesslike way. Favors Carnegie Library. 1 fevor the immediate acquirement of a suit- able site for the Carnegie Free Public Library and the immediate erection of the library build- ing. In connection with this I should be glad to sce large public assembly rooms, for the free use of the people, under proper regulation and control, inciuding such powers as might be used: for national -conventions, political, re- liglous or social. ‘Anything which makes the people more conténted or more happy is for the | benefit of the city,’and I would therefore | strongly favor liberdll’appropriation for Golden Gate Park and similar purposes. | , For example, I sgpuld consider it a matter of £reat public advantage if at least once a week for the-benefit of :the overworked mothers and chiléren of- the gity we could provide at the city’s expemse. opeh air concerts in a few | of our public squares. 1 would strongly favor the erection in Golden Gate Park of a perma- nent building for the purposes of the Park museum, and would gladly assist in making an extra appropriation for that purpose. The advantages of collections of such objects as are contained in our present young museum for | education and the development of learning and of -art are recognized the world over. They cannot be too safely, too expansively housed. 1 belicve the members of the Fire Depart- ment should be given a *“day off’ once in | every ten and a week or two annually for va- cation. They are now obliged to remain the year round twentv-four hours per day at their houses. Too constant strain has not achleve the best eventual results. I believe the mem bers of the Police Department should have the hours of their foil lessened. Twelve hours, In my judgment, is too much for the best results. An eight-hour day ought to be enough. Protect Teachers in Positions. 1 believe the teachers of the public schools are entitled to promotion for meritorious ser- viee instead of being obliged discontentedly to stand by while political influence and favor- itism place new men or women over them. Euch methods certainly do not advance the efficiency of the department. These sugges- tions are all in the line of bettering the condi- tions of the individual and of caring for the rights of the individial man. The happiness and contentment of the individual is the basis of the prosperity of the state.” It is the same principle Which led me to champion the cause of the laboring man in the recent political con- test and to accept the nomination which has now brought me here to address you as Mayor of San Francisco. I am opposed to utilizing any department of the city government for po- litieal or partisan. purposes and to using the money of the city for the payment of salarles to unnecessary ornamental clerks for the sup- port of a political machine. It will be a great mmunicipal betterment if the business of the city could be conducted on principles of busi- ness economy, as each one of us would conduct his own business. Criticizes Health Board. | . And equally obnoxicus with this is the util- ization of a great department for the purpose of creating a large municipal expense or the exploitation of personal ambitions or the se- curity of political notoriety. This may not Decessarlly be corrupt, but it is mnot honest. t woul a great municipal fmproveme: Boards of Health would consider seriousty. the danger and injury to the commereial and labor interests of San Francisco before folsting upon the worfd sensational and ill-founded reports of the existence of the dread bubonic plague in our midst; if a Board of Public Works would | put more of ‘the taxpayers' money into the {m- provement of our streets, in pavins, lighting and sewering and less intd the salaries of high- priced deputies and fancy-figured experts; if ten dollars of salaries were not required for one dollar of improvements; it would be a dis- tinet municipal advantage if the city would sweep its own streets with its own machines instad of giving enormous profits to contrac- tors, who sometimes, it ie charged, receive pay for work which is not done and who do not '} pay adequate wages for the work which is done. It would not.be a bad idea to have a municipal paving plant. Private corporations with work of far less magnitude find no dif- ficulty in doing it cheaply and well with ther own forces. It would also be a_distinct mu- nicipal benefit if Civil Service Commissioners who promulgate rules of political conduct for their subordinates and for those who come within thelr Jurisdiction would follow their own precepts and abstain 1 5 Titical Inthiguce. Saderies Fo Slap at Police Commission. {1t would be a distinct municipal betterme {i1¢ Police Commissioners would. ot e the weight of their great influence to one side or the other in an induetrial contest. I do not wish it to be understood that it is not their | duty at all hazards to preserve law and order. | But some of the unfairest acts known, innocent | men attacked without cause or apparent ex- | cuse, may be among the resuits of an over- zealous devotion to the cause of one side of { o such a controversy. We should schoolhouses and more of them. m’m“: | must be generally looked after. The hope of our entire governmental system is | them. 1 belleve the time. has sroen o] 3 th city saould pay more attention to the proper I and permanent paving of its streets and should restrict within reasonable limits thelr constant of the world, we could increase our population | OF THE HILE J recogmize the .fo I realize that this is not, a one-man government. the mainienance of law and of Capital not only contends with oft strives against itself, . I belleve ‘the teachers of the while political influence an men or women over them. .1t would he a distinet ‘m sive political intrigues. I would favor the liberal streets. omy. acquire its necessary public utili the people, Gii B It is certain that ' the in this connection. 4 I recommend the appointment ception, OLD AND strengt! which the charter has placed in my hands, The might of organized capital must not be thrown into ihe scale for the organized oppression of labor, organized or unorganized. We have done too much fighting in this town. with capital, but capital fights capital and labor, entitled to promotion for meritorious service in- stead of being oblizgd discontentedly to stand by favoritism place new cipal benefit 1f Civil Service Commissioners who promulgate rules of political conduct for their subordinates ‘and ‘for those who come within their jurisdiction would follow their own precepts and abstain from offen- momneys for the permanent improvement eof our It seems to_be, in the end, the best econ, In my opinion it would be proper for the ity to and artificial light, which are prime necessities of charter amendments and much revision. strongly immediate action by your committee on charter amendments looking toward speedy relief the. Board .of Supervisors to act with a committee of other citizens to extend a formal invitation to the President of the United States to visit this city and to make preparations for his apprepriate re- should he accept.—Mayor Schmitz. . * = i3 - A THE SAN FRANOCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1902 STANDS WHERE PHEL OSSO : ree. and n and shall not he, | X wis o _represent to you in my own | streets, and the perspn that the working classes of our com-| heen first class. munity, granted their equal rights and fair treat<| . The School D x /ment, will co-operate with their fellow citizens in .social order. labor and labor, ublic schools are high average of miissioners have ‘tween employer % triotic people of appropriation . of s, such as water | extensive public yond. the dollar needs m-iy I recommend of a‘committee of may be believed upon the city. N | o+ tearing up for every trivial purpose and accord- | ing to the whim of any one who may fancy it his pleasure to" break them up. 1 would favor [ the “liberal appropriation of moneys for. the permanent {mprovement of our streets. It seems to be, in the end, the best pconomy. And in. this connection 1 would say ‘that in my opinion 1t would be proper for the city to acquire its necessary public utilities such as water and artificial light, which are prime Decessities of the peopie, and their use should be supplied at the lowest possible price, with- out_unreasonable profit on watered corporation stock or on fictitious valuations. There are many maiters of great municipal interest to which I _would lfke to direct your spegial attention. From time to.time here- after I will take the liberty of calling them 10 your notice. Qf some, however, I will make brief mention. g The City 4nd County Hospitai is really a dis- grace to 1 ciitan city like A neww hospital bullding is an immediate snd an im- | perative necessity. ‘Charter Needs Amendment. In conjunction with the retiring Mayor, I| believe that you should ingrease the amount of the official bonds of the Treasurer and Tax Collector by at least $100,000 each and would recommend that the city pay‘the necessary premium for such additional security. It fre- quently heppens, that a million dollars or more is in the sole and absolute charge of these of- | ficlals and of their deputies and the amount of their present bond is certainly not sufficient. 1 have looked somewhat carefully also into the distribution of the duties of the deputles and officials of the tax office. I find two de- partments independently handling large amounts of the city's funds—the license tax | department and the tax department proper. I believe that there should be a bonded cashier for each department and 1 would recommend that the Tax Collecteor be allowed the ap- jomntment of a cashier for the license depart- ment, who shall give bond in sufficient amount. | Provided, however, the appropriation for the | i | office of Tax Coliector shall not thereby be increased and that the clerical force of the Tax Collector’s office be reduced in an amount corresponding to the amount of such addi- tional cashier's salary. It is certain that the charter needs many amendments and much revision. 1 recom- | mend strongly immediate action by your.com- mittee on charter amendments, looking toward speedy relief in this connection. T recommend further the appointment of a committee of the Board of Supervisors to act | with a committee of other citizens to extend a_formal invitation to the President of the Uhited States to visit this ‘city. and to maké preparations for his appropriate reception should he accept. & Many other matters of great concéfn ‘and interest might be adverted to, byt for the present I content myself with these. I trust, gentlemen, ‘that our relations with" one andther and with the .people of San Francisco will be pleasant and agréeable during our entire term, and commend now to ¥our watchful care and | attention the important interests of the city to which under the charter and the laws it is your duty to give consideration. @ iR @ | INKUGURAL AfiflHBS:flHEW MAYOR L s fRal Continued From Page One. lobby, where his friends were gathered in force. g - ‘When he finished his address Mayor Schmitz stated that the meeting was called for the purpose of inducting the elected Supervisors in office, and was pre- paring to adjourn the meeting when Box- ton asked leave to present an ordinance providing for the creation of a new posi- | ion in the license office, jo be known as cashier, .at a salary of dpex‘ month,- which had been recommended by Mayor Schmitz in his address. Boxton desired thatghe ordinance be passed to print un- der suspension of the rules, but after some .discussion it was referred to the Finagce Committee. Thep Braunhart moved the adoption of the !‘;t of committees, which has been ublished, but Mayor Schmitz ruled that Be ‘Would not entertain public business, but would consider the meeting as a cau- cus for the purpose of agreeing on the comimittees. Evidently the Mayor is dls- eatisfied with the representation accord- ed his political associates on the commit- tees, It was determined to adjourn for five minutes, after which recess the com- mittee appointments were approved. Brandenstein began a campaign for night sessions of the board by moving to adjourn until next Monday "night at 7 o’clock. Brandenstein stated that his busi- ness was suffering because of being obliged to attend the meetings in daytime, and Curtis thought the board should meet at night in order to give business men a chance to attend. Braunhart made a plea for the usual hour of 2:30 o’clock, arguing that it was not in consonance with the eight-hour provision of the charter to compel the clerks to work overtime, ‘Wynn thought the wage-earners should be given an opportunity to witness the transaction of official business by meeting at night. The motion to -@djourn until meetings at night was ruled out of order, as a_resolution on the subject must be adopted at a regular meeting. Continued From Page One. | 400,000. 872 60, or a grand total of $2,927,872 6) in the NUMEROUS CHANGES IN CITY HALL Kellogg Chosen as Chair- man of Board Election Commissioners. 'HE Election Commission met shortly after 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Commissioner Green- blatt ‘introduced his successor, Thomas F. Boyle, and a period of speechmaking followed, after which. Sheldon G. Kellogg Was elected chairman, vice Jeremiah Deasy At the close of the meeting the Commis- sioners went in a body to pay themr Fe- | spects to the new Mayor. The Board of Public Works met at 2:: | o’clock. Michael Casey, the new Commis- sioner, presented his credentials and was invited to take a seat with the other members of the board. Colonel George H. Mendell spoke 1n praise of the public services of the retir- ing member, A. B. Maguire, and extended a welcome to Commissioner Casey. Mars- den Manson made a felicitous talk, and Mr. Maguire and Mr. Casey both spoke briefly. 3 The heads of the departments were pres- ent, as follows: John Barnett, supcri=tendent 'of building; ‘Willlam Mooser, architect; O. M. Tupper, in- spector of light and water; Benjamin® Heath 'STOO KEYNOTES SOUNDED IN SPEECHES THE NEW MAYOR tiong. - ¥ < A lK'wou‘d have been a great satisfaction for thi ‘administration to have settled the differences b. ' pervisors having intervened for this purpose, but ‘when negotiations failed and a physieal conflict was precipitated, it was likewise a the administration without an appeal, as many hastily requested, for State and Federal aid. So the outgoing adminj claim that it has redeemed the credit of the city, and, while paying its debts, is able to provide for ‘While .the charter is not free from defects com- mon to all human documents, which may now be eured by amendment proved its worth and conferred innumerable bene fits upon our people. So, hereafter, no special privileges should be granted, but theé gerieral ordinances should be so amended as to include any public benefit which it like conditions, a privilege which is granted to an- other.—Ex-Mayor Phelan. B charter s provided ax economical and progressive government. Fipa - The Board of Public Works has, during the Iast two vyears, laid many miles of character of the work has epartment has been greatly im- proved in eficiency and the schools are now con- ducted in the interest of the children, _ The high reputation which the Board of Super- visors serving for the last two years has enjoyed ind the confidence with which it was regarded is ‘a tribute not only to the character of the men who have had the honor of serving under the charter, “but to the charter itself. The Park Commission has maintained the same efliciency, and the Election Com- _creditably performed their func- ‘and employe, the Mayor and Su- tisfaction to nd to the thoughtful and pa- this city that the law was upheld stration may = justly improvements without soing be- limit of taxation. if mecessary, still it has a special privilege could confer * 0 citizen should be denied, under T el Adolph Meyer, who sold gloves before en- gaging In polifics, will keep the minutes in udge Kerrigan's court. ~Charles Corey is slated for the desk in either Judge Gra- ham's or Judfe Hebbard's court, positions which were ormer;y filled by William Raisch and Robert Fitzgerald. Just what deputies will be named to fill the places in the other courtrooms, which are prize billets, is not known, as Mahony and Deane were too busy yesterday dodging disappointed “job chasers” to make any assignments, John J. Boyle, a brother of Thomas F. Boyle, the new Election Commissioner, is one of the “‘organization’ appointees, and H. T. Howe, son-in-law of Martin Kelly, Is another. Another of the new staff is T..C. Wilson, who is married to a niece of Phil Crimmins. John F. Ahearn, who was defeated for the office of Supervisor at the last election, and Willlam K. Phelps, a former Supervisor, received ap- pointments from Mahony and the organi- zation, as did also E. 8. Hawley, a sdn of Judge Hawley of Nevada. Lyons Is Victorious. L Billy Lyons, brother of R. E. Lyons, and Dorson Nichols, who held a position in the County Clerk’s office under Curry, are named as successors to some of the Deane deputies, and so are F. S. Dugan and Jo- seph Windrow, who have been for the last two years in Sheriff Lackmann's office. J. Crane, a County Committee- man_fre the Thirtieth District, and M. Bushway, formerly sergeant-at-arms | of the Board of Supervisors, are among | the lucky ones. Senator Richard J. Welsh, C. C. Mor- ris, J. E. Reilly, A. Houston, J. C. Flood and Donald de V. Graham are among those who served Deane as deputies who will | remain during the Mahony regime. The other appointees named by Ma- | hony and the organization are: Michael McGrath, Harry S. Jones, James McNear, F. K. Doherty, James F. Halsey, H. H. St. Ledger, E. B. Barman, A. Davidson, P. MCGOWRH' W. W. Little- field, T. L. Doran, R. A. Martin, W. S. Blakeley, James J. McCarthy, Anthony Eg:};}gher. Alpheus Duffee and A. S. Mahony claims that he turned the ap- Jr., chief of the bureau of street: . E. | pointment of his deputies and copyists Grunsky, City ~Engineer; secretary, J. Leo | over to the districts and made no per- Park; J. B. Gartland, attorney. sonal appointments. He said yesterday Affer Commissioner £asey had been | that he realized that some of "his best shown through the offices the.board vis ited Mayor Schmitz in a body. The count of the money in the city treasury by Treasurer McDougaid, ex- Treasurer Brooks and Auditor Baehr was completed last evening. The money was found correct to a cent, the amount in the joint custody safe, to which the Aud- itor and Treasurer have access, being In the outside vault there is 35. city’s coffers. After 'the counted the Auditor and Treasurer agreed on a new combination to the vaults, and the office will be opened for business this morning, after haying been closed all day yesterday. The Fire Commissioners held no meet- ing yesterday. The new Commissioner, J. 8. Parry, visited the offices and said that he would be present at the meeting of the commission at 9 o'clock this morning. The Civil Service Commission will meet this afternoon at 2 o’clock, when the new member, Louis J. Ohnimus, will take his seat. His credentials have already been filed and he took the oath of office with other appointees of Mayor Schmitz. Dr. James M. Ward, the new member of the Board of Health, visited the office at 11 o'clock. He was welcomed by Health Officer O'Brien and the office staff, but no members of the board were present. Un- less a special mecting be called Dr. Ward will have to wait for welcome by his col- leagues until the third Wednesday of the month. The Board of Education will meet to- day at 10 o'clock, at which time Alfred Roncovieri will be given formal welcorhe as the new member of the board. In, both the Recorder’s office’ and the Auditor’s office the changes in the staff were made in accordance with previous announcements. City Attorney Lane filed with the Audit- or the following appointments to his of- ficial family: George W. Lane, first assistant; Willlam I. Brobeck, second assistant; Hugo K. Asher. third assistant; Walter E. Dorn, fourth as- sistant; Richard M..Sims, chief clerk; Harry R. White, assistant clerk; P. Allen Joy, mes- senger; John C. Quinlan, stenographer and typewriter. Tax Collector Smith completed his list of nflmlntee%vyesterdny morning by nam- ing Edward W. Hulford as cashier. James A, Simpson is chief deputy and Edward L Robinson is attorney for the collection of delinquent,taxes, to succeed Abe Ruef. H. W. Hutfon, the newly appointed Po- lice Commissioner, qualified before Bert Cadwalader, the secretary to the com- mission, during the afternoon. Shortly Monday night was carried. Brandenstein's | afterward he accompanied Commissioners attempt to establish a rule providing for | Mahoney, Newhall and Howell and Chief of Police Wittman to the office.of Mayor Schmitz, where congratulations were ex- changed. L e e s i el I e B S e R e ] OLD STEPS OUT, NEW COMES Ik {PUSH RIDES ROUGHSHOD INTO OFFICE e c’gnfinued From Page One, ing his commission, remarked that, speak- ing for all, they would help to give such ‘would be proud of. Commissioner of lic Works Casey said, “I shall live u] your intentions to the letter.” Mayor Schmitz then instructed the new Commissioners to file a copy of thelr cre- dentials with the Auditor and Civil Ser- b- corder, to complete the legal formality. 1‘;‘:{“ Bchmitz was_then escorted by Mr. e lan to the assembly room of the Board | of Supervisors, followed by the new Com- missioner: —_————— The Peruna Almana The druggists have already been supplied with Peruna almanacs. There Is sure to be a great demand for these almanacs on account | clerk and E. of the articles on astrology which they con- tain. The subject of astrology is a very' at- | brot! ‘tractive one to most people. The articles on astrology in the Peruna almanac have been | Cashier, though {furnished by a very competent astrolosist and ‘the mental characteristics of each h;un is given, |; TOSCOpE. B P onih | continue dealing out permits from. the g:-t rush for these | Marriage license o m.:lvbelm'!fiim constituting almost-a complete \ist of Jueky and unlucky days-for each month ‘is given. There will be a books. Ask your druggist they are all gone, an administration as their chief himself | dard, Deane's ¢] to | about wit! vice Commission and nnally with the Re- [ new C i and a number of other deputies who had served their D and his political head s vided by the organization. Just what duties th 3 intees I' will perform has not - yet been decided | “the It is understood, however, that the ounty Clerk will act as understudy upon. to W. A. ane for some time to come: two the “organization,” . French for Chier Deputy. Frank French is slated for the position l.of chief deputy, J. J. Grief will still con- the duties of judgment J. Casey will have Charge of Joseph Riordan, tinue to perform the grobate department. rer of Attcrney Thomas Riordan, all probability perform the duties ary. main in charge of the documents relati to the insane, and “Cupid’ Danforth wil fiice. remain at courtroom. desks money was Even Joseph God- ief deputy, got .the ax now rolling the others in the sawdust pro- In fact, it is rumored that Deane’s duties will consist principally during the next years of supervising the selections of eane will draw the sal- ‘olonel Thomas F. O’Neil will re- brose Watson and illiam. Kenn:gz | friends, whom he exvected would be named as successors to those in office, | were great ut outghy the failure of the | “patronage dispensers” to appoint them. They all know, however,® said Ma- hony, " “that I am doing ‘organization politics’ and am not to blame because they are not on the list. There are a num- ber of disappointed ones to whom I would gladly give office, but my hands are tled. Those who had the greatest claim upon me are out now working for all they are worth to get into my office and I hope they succeed. I can do nothing more, though wflllng to do anything."” It is .thought that the three vacanctes )e-a{{'flng in_the hands of the organiza- ggn "Tl llfe f!ll‘ledc b){dlge appointment of car Tolle, T. C. Maher and MeBiroy James E. @ il ol @ NEW MAYOR OUTLINES HIS POLICY Continued From Page One. the opportunity may occur. - One of the first oificial acts of the new Mayor was to recommend to the Board of Supervisors that a new position be cre- ated in the license office, that of a bonded cashier, who would handle large sums. Mayor Schmitz made the recommendation with the understanding that the expendi- tures of the office be not increased. Super- visor Boxton immediately mtro%xcea an ordinance creating the place, at a salary of $200 per month, and as a consequence two experienced clerks in the tax office will have to go. It}ls said that the place is to be created for Morris Levy, who was Tax Collector’s Scott’s chief deputy. Levy did good work for Schmitz in his cam- palgn, but vigorously denies that he is slated for the new job. Levy smiles know- ingly and says he is looking for somé- thing better. He did have aspirations for the secretaryship of the Board of Public g;l;l;(ksihbult it llb ul:derlsltlogd that J. Leo , the incumbent, will ho “Tile‘““--u : | hold for a year at al not harmony amon, - 1y appointed Commissioners s demon strated during the recess of the Board of Sup;:\;;syol: ‘When l;‘lire Cox;)ml!!ioner J. . as complimented on - ell, I am liable to resign befor. I took the office with the‘finderstgl}g&gg' that d could resign when I wanted to.” e ——— REMAINS OF J. R. FREUD ARE LAID TO FINAL REST Many Friends Gather to Pay Last Tribute to Memory of the Deceased. % The funeral-of the late J. Richard Freud was held yesterday morning from his late residence, 1516 Jackson street: Im- pressive services were held at the house, where the many friends and relatives as. sembled to pay the last tribute of respect to the deceased president of the Civil Ser- vice Commission and secretary of the Merchants’ Association. Rabbi Voor- sanger, who conducted the sole: for the dead, took o}cuiun tomrgcfifvtlg: sterling qualities of the deceased as a R funerar. coriete s ‘as com) ly of members qf the Merchuu,;o:: ation. The room in which the remains were laid was filled with beautiful floral offerings. The Board of . Isors sent a large column and .wreath and F. W, Dohrmann, a lifelong friend of the de- ceased, sent a beaufl?u] pillow of violets, e Romaing whce 1aid- Ly roat In S s e remains were laid to rest in of Peace Cemetery. San Mateo Cognto ™" 2"The hon libearers were: LI B A S b D E rthy, repre- genting the Civil Service mm(ul g Jeremiah Deasy, Blection Commisehans: and R. V. Watt, Fire Commissioner. n’rfire Horghagts Sevcinlon, Sis et R AR L SR R e ‘To Cure a Cold in One Day 25c. E. W. Grove's signature Is on each box, D, WITH HOPE AS Hi 1 . X-MAYOR PHELAN'S address to the Board of Supervisors on retiring from the office which he has held for five years past was | deveted principally to the im- provements which, according 0 his idea, the charter has pro- duced in municipal affairs. He admitted | that the charter is not free from defects, | but claimed that these could be remedicd by amendments, He referred to the ex tremely small funded debt of the city, | but neglected to state that it was quite as small before the charter went into ef-| fect. He. bestowed compliments on the Commissioners of his own appointment and expressed the opinion that the dollar limit yields ample funds for the mainte-| nance of the city government. He paid a | tribute to the city officials who had pagsed | away during his regime. The address Was as follows: To the Honorable, the Board of Supervisors: It has been customary for the retiring Mayor to make a statement of the condition of the municipality during his administration. As I have sent messages to the Board of Supervisors on the occasion of my inauguration on throe different occasiops I will confine myselt more particularly to the last two years under mel charter government. o five years ago, I assumed the dut of the office of Mayor and for the three ye thereafter, the city lived under what wus known as the consolidation act, which con- sisted of various statutes which had been passed from time to time by the Legislature, and the Governor of the State exercised certain | powers over the municipality in the appoint- ment of boards or commissions. Every Lexis. lature tinkered with the municipelity, ereating new: offices and Infiicting upon our people un- reasonable and unjust legislation. _On four different occasions our citizens had tried to throw off the legislative yoke by proposing freeholders charters, which for inherent defects falled at the polls. I had the honmer im- mediately after my first election to appoint a freeholders convention of one hundred, a thoroughly representative body, Which pro- ceeded to draft an advisory charter.and to venti were elected and the charter they | !rnm:;‘_ after having been voted on by the peo- | ple and approved by the Legislature, becsl!.:.i on the 8th day of January, 1900, the organic law of the eity. From that moment San Fran- cisco was practically exempt from legislative | interference in its municipal affairs and be. came a free city. That charter has now had | a trial of two vears. The outgoing admin- | istration has had, therefore, the nspons}hlllly of inaugurating it and defending its provisions wWhen attacked in the courts, of interpreting it in dally practice and of establishing precedents. Charter Not Free From Defects. | ‘While the charter is not free from defects | common to all human documents, which may now ‘be cured by amendment if necessary, still it has proved its worth and conferred innum- erable benefits upon our people. It has, as we have seen, freed us from the Legislature and from interference by the Governor. Many of the other great cities of the country still loole to the Legislature for their laws, whereas San Francisco has advanced from that stage. It has introduced a civil service system, which applies under the decisions of the courts to| all offices, boards and commissions except the Sheriff, Treasurer, County Clerk, Recorder, Coroner and Assessor, which are called county offices. This condition arose from the failure of constitutional amendment 8%, -Article XL to mention, in -addition to “terms and com- pensation’’ therein expressed, the word qll:ll- fication.”” That Is to say, according to the Su- preme Court it was not competent for the charter to require the subordinates of county officers to have certain qualifications, to be demonstrated by~ civil service examination. This was unfortunate and can be remedied by proposing & constitutional amendment, which o doubt will be done. The Civil Service Com- missioners have _industriously and conscen- tiously classified the civil service of the city ang have held numercus examinations, as a result of which they have prepared eligible lists for the several offices and departmerts ble to the law. ere arc in the city government, in round numbers, 3400 positions, including teachers, po- licemen and firemen, and over sixty per cent of this number are subject to the civil service pro- vislons of the charter, and if we add 1064 employes of the School Department, hold- ing under a civil service of its own, the per- centage would be about ninety per cent. It is accepted by all isinterested officals, who have had experience with the system, that it ot only promotes efficiency, but protects a public officer, who with a trained staff enters upon the discharge of his dutles. It confers an equal benefit upon the men who are em- ployed and who are protected so long as they faithfully perform their work. I trust that this system, which has been so successfully begun, will be protected by the incoming administra- tion ggainst the assaplts of its enemies. Says Government Is Economical. The charter has next in order provided an economical and progressive government. Under the old law thers was practically no limit upon taxation, and the rate for State and city and county purposes has within the past seven years been as high as $2 15, against a rate this year of $1.556, of which $1.076 is for city pur- poses and the balance for State. The charter Iimits taxation to $1 for all eity purposes ex- cept the maintenance of parks and provision for interest and sinking funds. This is an organic check upon extravagance, and when once the funds are apportioned by the budget, they are inviolable and cannot be diverted during the year. This insures a pald up government and prevents deficits at the end of each fiscal year, a calamity which visited the city perennially under the old system. In June, 1900, the bud- get was as follows: For maintenance of the City government proper, $5,146,700; for interest and sinking funds for proposed bonds for hos- pital, sewers, school'houses and parks, $446,- 285 total, $5,602,985. ‘The amount provided by the budget of June, 1901, for the city was $5,825,100, of which the receipts frOm other sources than taxation amounted to $1,470,100. Of the revenue from other sources than taxation the principal items ‘were from the State school fund, $695,000, and from licenses, $470,000. 1In the gar 1898-1899, before the charter took effect, the amount of licenses_collected was $505,082. As the char- ter abolished license taxation on mercantile | business, it was expected that there would be a loss ont-this item of $100,000, whereas it ap- pears that there is a loss of but $35,000. Figures on Taxation. The first year under the charter the assess- ment roll was assumed to be $375,000,000, and the tax levy raised a sufficlent sum to meet the current expenses of the government and allowed about $40,000 for improvements; but as a mat- ter of fact the Assessor subsequently returned a roll of $410,000,000, and hence for that year there was a Jarge surplus unappropriated by the budget, which, under the charter rule, passed into the surpius of-the following fiscal year beginning July 1, 1901. With other items, the surplus in the general fund amountad to $267,- 000. Again, in the first fiscal year under the charter, levy- was made for interest and sink- ing funds on bonds which had been voted by the’ people, but were invalidated by the Su- preme Court. That monéy was also avallable as surplus and amounted to ,000, making approximately a surplus available. for this fiscal year of $520,000. The board appropriated from this surplus to the Board of Public Works, principally for street improvements and build- ings, a sum #ggregating $200,000, and for the payment of old claims authorized by constitu- flonal amendment, for which the city creditors had waited for ten years, the sum of $202,500, This inciuded payment of over $100,000 to the teachers of the School Department. 8o the out- going administration may justly claim that it has redeemed the credit of the city, and while | ing its debts, s able to provide - R ibiic. Improvements Without. seine: i Yond the dollar limit of taxation. The unusual sources of revenue for this fs- cal year are due, therefore, o the interest and Sinking fund accumulation’ and the unexpected increase of last year's assesment apart from these considerat sdal SPe" 1t e reasonable to expect more than $350. | ment of the city. CHAMPIONS NEW CHART:R AND DEFENDS HIS RECORD AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE Phelan Speaks in Retrospective Mood in Turning Over the Mayor’s Office to His Successor. a hundred fold {n the better health, the greater prosperity and the increased numbers of happy and contented people. Supervisors May Legislate Only. Another feature of the charter that TS worked admirably is the separation pf les! Sl tive and executive functions. Under the char ter the Board of Supervisors is a legislative body, having no patronage in its gift except its own clerka, Under the consolidation act the board appointed gardeners, police court clerks, Drosecuting attorneys, janitors, a fish and gams warden and two fire commissioners, and its cgnfirmation was required for the appointmeat of the license collector and gas inspector. Now the Board of Supervisors is engaged exclusively in passing laws or ordingnces for the sove: It ralses the revenue, does not disburse it. The Mayor appoints the administrative boards without confirmation, and the subordinates are taken from the civil serv- ice lists. The responsibility which is confer red upon the Mayor, and his power to remove and appoint, for cause, concentrates authority and makes the government m esive. His position is respectable and sected. _ The consolidation act divided the city into tweive districts or wards. The charter has obliter- ated the wards and provided that the Super- visors, elghteen in number, shall be elected at large. This has sensibly improved the per- sonnel of the board, the conventions having the whole city from which to make selections 1 desire to say that the high reputation which the Board of Supervisors, serving for the last two years, has enjoyed, and the confidence with which it was regarded, is a tribute not | only to the .character of the men who have had the hofor of serving under the charter but t4 the charter itself. It was the first Board of Supervisors without rings, and it was the fizst Board of Supervisors that was practically ever re-elected. The abolition of the ward sys- tem and the increase of the number of Super- visors from twelve to elghteen has by practi- cal experience of the last two years been demonstrated to be a success. Against Special Privileges. The City Attorney has advised the board in & recent opinion that the charter contemplates only the passage of general laws, and discoun- tenances special privileges. So hegeafter no special privileges should be granted, but the general ordinances should be so amended as to include any pubfic benefit which it may be be- lieved a special privilege could confer upon the city. No eitizen should be denied, under liks nominate a board of freeholders “‘1,,,‘;“;,& conditions, a privilege which is granted to legal expression. The nominees of o e I believe that the true meaning of the char- ter is that the commissioners are responsible to the Mayor, and that he, as an elective offi- cer, is responsible to the people, and that there should be a loyal ce-operation between them; but that the commissioners should be al- lowed a wide discretion in putting policies into force and effect, and the Mayor should not in- terfere unless there be an abandomment on the part of the commissioners of the people’s de- clared agd deliberate will, or if they suffer flagrant abuses to creep into the administra- tion, The charter gives the Mayor the right to attend meetings of the commissioners and to make suggestions. Due weight should be given to his suggestions on account of the jmportance of his office and of his responsibility to the people. But within their jurisdiction the boards or commissions are independent bodi Continued on Page Five. ADVERTISEMENTS. Does Not Disappoint. The New Discovery for Catarrh Seems to Possess. Remarkable Merit. A new catarrh .cure has recently ap- peared which so far as tested has been remarkably successful in curing all forme s of catarrh, whether in the head, throaty bronchial tubes or in stomach and liver. The remedy is in tablet form, pleasant and convenient to take, and no special secrecy is maintained as to what it con- tains, the tablet being a scientific com- bination of Blood root, Red gum and stm- ilar valuable and harmless antiseptics. The safe and effective catarrh cure may be found at any drug store under the name of Stmart’s Catarrh Tablets. ‘Whether the catarrh is located in the nose, throat, bronchial tubes or stomach thé tablets seem to act with equal su cess, removing the stuffy feeling in_hea and nose, clearing the mucous membrane of throat and trachea from catarrhal se- cretions, which cause the tickling, cough- ing, hawking and gagging so annoying to every catarrh sufferer. Nasal catarrh generally leads to ulcera. tion, in some cases to such an extent a: to destroy the nose entirely and in ny old cases of catarrh the bones of thax%:&d become diseased. Nasal catarrh grad- ually extends to the throat and bronchial tubes and very often to the -stomach, causing that very obstinate trouble, ca- tarrh of the stomach. Catarrh is a systemic poison, inherent in the blood, and lecal washes, douches, salves, inhalers and sprays can have no effect on the real cause of the disease. An internal remedy which acts upon the blood is the only rational treatment and Stuart’'s Cata¥rh Tablets is the safest of all internal remedies, as well as the most convenient and satisfactory from a med- ical stamdpoint. Dr. Eaton recently stated that he had successgully used Stuart's Catarrh Tab- lets in old chronic cases, even where ul- ceration had extended so far as to de- stroy the septum of the nose. He says: “I am pleasantly surprised almost every day by the excellent results from Stuart’s Catarrh_Tablets. It is remarkable how effectually they remove the excessive se- cretion and bring about a healthy con- dition of the mucous membranes of the nose, throat and stomuen.” All' druggists sell complete treatment of the Tablets at 50 cents and a little book giving the symptoms and causes of the various forms of cathrrh will be mailed free by addressing F. A. Stuart Co., M; shall, Mich. visir DR. JORDAN'S cacat MUSEUN OF ANATOM MAZZETST. bet. G:h a7, 5.7.Cal, The Anatomical Muscum in 000, as a_surplus n excess of the cost of main- “’.’"‘,‘w-‘-"-- oy Comracied taning the Sovernment to be devoted to pib- Speciton the Come Ty the akdest lc improvements. This fs shown on the report Coast. . Est. 36 years. of Cyril E. Williams, the exprt of the Finance OR. JORDAN—DISEASES OF MEN Committee, dated December 19, 1901. 3 Coumtiition fes-mndt Credit of the City Is Excellent. T, Perecatly or wy Telier A The credit of the city, therefore, Is excel- ‘Write for Rook. lent. charter provides for a solvent gov- MARRIAGE, MAILID FREE. (4 ernment. Nuxb:mnrrnfit unmbe drawn except valuable book far men) une. spec : That provision and the One-tweltth Hommiion S & SO IS MArket 8. 8. P. e g (L 5 o t be apparent from this showing, has néver bies better. Its net funded debt is only $31,000, a condition vuparalleled among cities of the wer] of jts size and importance. Tt has i~ lands and buildings the value of which is es- timated at §29,000,000. It is therefore in a no sition to° 1ts. municipal equipment. by {ssuing bonds, which, as required by law, shall pr "’{nl"‘xiu..-."‘" il Conmtiches e s es! tute t] capital, - “When'tnvested in 113 busin L DR. MEYERS & €O, SPECIALISTS FOR MEN. Established 1381. P g B d free at office or by mali. Cures guaranteed. 731 MARKET ST. i making & model munlicipality, will come back SAN FRANCISCO, Cale