The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 8, 1903, Page 29

P i o S S S Sy " Paoes 20 to 40 (8 1 & Company Will o missions for public service as to put a | fOF @ position in the pubilc service over ; premium on bribery ‘and kindred viola- | Which he as an officlal of the State has tions of law {oantrnl, the convening of the Legislature GOVERNOR PARDEE RETICENT. w morning Assemblyman Géorge | Governor Pardee evinced no surprise E Rolley, 2 me f the Committee on | when shown a copy of The Call detailing - Commerce and ation, will introduce | the facts of the corruption that marks K embly calling for | the record of the present Board of Pilot s the appo! . cial committee of | Commissioners. He declined to directly e imact, | five to investigate the charges of bribery | discuss the matter, however. He would . . ,od many | and corruption in the matter of the dis- | not say that he had invited a pilot of the » jon of patronage by the Pilot Com- | port of San Francisco to come to Sacra- st sion s resolution will further pro- [ mento and tell what he knows of the nr vide that witnesses may be summoned to | charge that gold bought him his appoint- give testimony In relation to the charges | ment, but nevertheless the fact exists. 5 until the. entire story of corruption has | The chief executive of the State was loth been recited. ‘ | to say anything, but it could be inferred < ke ROLLEY MEANS BUSINESS. | from his remarks that he favors an in- 5 SRR 3 | vestigation Assemblyman Rolley sald- yesterday | 'mpe article caused a great. sensation | - that if the charges were true as detalled | & . tho legislators. Many of them de- | in The Call it wa politicaloutrage bin- | . o ¢ 11 eatigation and. bMeve it shouid heard of before. Nothiog, e 8afd. should:(y t05 mmediataly:” Those menibers (ot be left undone to bring to light the entire b 458 facts surrounding the barter of public po- AtecAROSHEYS. AUNNeA s thitn. el sfralktireh tetat 1o s being opposed to commissions ‘wrong done the people should be righteq | °f an¥ kind wish to have such an iny swat and a warning given to those who in fu- | figation, as 1t will. be ammunition for . be tempted to perpetrate like | 'hem In battling against the establish- o the compa o + PO+ +0+0e0+00 Cal @ +b e b 00+t 00st0 2000200000 Pages 2010 40 D O S e Y ) H $ } $ SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1903. | E [T SLATURE WILL BRING TO BAR BRIBE-TAKING MEMBER AND METE OUT FULL PUNISHMENT MEETOR MEN GRANTED CONCESSIONS: Count Conductors’ Money at Carhouses. irty Cents and ne Hours Work Will BigNext Demands. the Btreet Car- ted Ral OF PILOT COMMISSION HE charges of bribery and corruption involving the barter | Commissioner Pratt will be investigated by the Legislature. Next Monday morning resolutions will be introduced in the Sen- | political Senators and As- | the charges are true | they constitute a heretofore unheard of tale of official corruption; hat a full measure of punishment should be meted for gold of positions as pilots by Pilot Charles H. € an ate i Assembly calling for the investigation of the crimes ex yesterday’s issue of The Call. semblymen alike are of the opinion that i sed and they agree ut to the guilty. lhe Ca once by t : nd As ffer evidence proving that Pilot Commissioner Pratt ty of the offenses charged. he two houses of the Legislature arges pro nate ed to ion will be made for the issuance of s tainted the administration of State affairs. 1 is anxious that this investigation be inaugurated at embly and reiterates that it is pre- In resolutions to-be introduced be- ling for the investigation I sum- mons to all who may have any knowledge of this scandal which This will bring details of a tale of political jobbery without trust re- 1 not alone have the the insolent per- ors of these political crimes, but it will have the effect of ging great dea whose was not here wi men agreed ent of Aiff ar with t is & mistake t e facts are, these ween the men and TILOT COMMISSIONER C.H.S.PRATT i { | etk Gt CAPTAIM THOS ept one. There- k upon the new keeping and ng emgy i visions which establish such large com- The reiteralos that it is prepared to provel g from the statute books those pro- | that Pilot Commissioner Charles H. S. Pratt offered to accept gold in exchange ment of new commissjons and In securing the abolition of commissions now in ex- ~tions. “If the charges as published in The JH. Resolutions to Be Offered To- Morrow. R el Lo Witnesses Wil Tell Tale of Crime. “PAMN" KEVANE A — — S | MEMBER OF BOARD OF PILOT COM- | MISSIONERS, PILOTS AND | CIAN INVOLVED IN POLITI- NDAL. 4 Call are based on fact, and The Call has offered to furnish proof of at least one cdse of bribery, there should be an in- vestigation for the determination of the charges, and those who are proved to be implicated should receive proper pun- fshment. 1f any Pilot Commissioner has been guilty of accepting bribes for the use of his influence to securo places for pilots he should be removed from office and such other punishment meted out to him as is right. OPPOSES COMMISSIONS. | “As s generally known, T am opposed to commissions, especitlly those which | may be political in their character and | therefore composed of people who some- | times have the reputation of taking bribes. T am of the opinion that an in- vestigation of this matter by a Senate committee would be entirely proper. I shall consult my eolleagues, and if they | deem it advisable to hold such an investi- gation I shall introduce a resolution pro- | viding for the same.” Senator Selvage of \Mendocino is also in favor of an investigation. He sald: | *“I have read the article in The Call re- | garding the charges of bribery and regret | to see that there is a grave suspicion cast upon at least one member of the Board of cnate a reso will also be | Pilot Commissioners. 1 belleve there d on Monday providing for ‘the | lstence. | should @e @n investigation to determine on of the charges by the Com. | Senator Charles M. Belshaw stated that | whether or not the charges are true. If > and Navigdfion. This | if his colleagues deemed it advisable he | found to be true, Droper puniabimene will bring the matter (o a point where the | Would introduce a resolution with thit | should be meted out. If there is a reso- of the charges will be established, |end in view. He made the following | jutjon introduced to hold such an investi- Call’ sceks' this investigution and | s(atemgent: X gatlon 1 will favor it, since in the accu- sation made by The Call it is positively stated that the facts can be proved.” Senator Knowland is also in favor of the investigation. It is probable that a resolution providing for the same will be introduced to-morrow, and witnesses | will be subpenaed to go to Sacramento. to give testimony. Silence was upon the offices of the Pllot Commission in this city yesterday | and at the shore headquarters of the pilots. Chief Pilot Thomas H. Barber | alone kept vigll, but it was not a quiet day for these men of the sea. The bomb of corruption that had been loaded to the limit by Pilot Commissioner Pratt had exploded among them when least expected and Pratt and others who had been damaged in the crash were scur- rying to the hospitals of political refuge. | PRATT DEEP IN SILENCE. Pratt, so far as the charges of bribery 1aid at his door were concerned, was non- communicative, but as to his record he| was voluble. So far as the matter of the charges were concerned he sald with him the incident was closed, that is, if other: were willing that it should be. The begin- ning and the ending of his statement con- | tained but the one assertion by him that “his record is well known.” In the statement that his record is weil known The Call agrees with him, but can’ add that his record .will be more thor- cughly known by the people who have a right as citizens of the State to know of bls official conduct as a member of the Board of Pilot Commissioners and of the gerles o corrupt Incidents in his career | as an office~holder that has made posi- tions open to appointment for the com- petent purchasable by the incompetent. la | tafled In The Call < A detailed statement of his connection with the bartering of public positions for gold he would not make; as to a defense of himself he had none, but the people to accept his record is clean as a full vin BARBER SAYS SOMETHING. Chief-Pilot- Barber had a statement t make regarding the charges of bribery ard corruption to which Pilot Commis- sioner Pratt must answer. * “The fact that Dan Kevane called upon me in relation to charges invelving the sale of positions as pilots can not be de olently that his jor Ty nied,” said Chief Pilot Barber yesterday, | “and the facts of tRe case are just as de- Kevane, after the first Interview, which was Interrupted by Commissioner Pratt, did not come back again. “I was prepared at that time to teil what I knew regarding the charge that positions as pilots had been sold, but I was not given an opportunity. If I am summoned to appear before an investi- gating committee I shall certainly go, but before that time I do not wish to make a detailed statement regarding the affair.” Thus the mattér stan Commissioner Pratt will be given an opportunity to make his defense before the legislators of the State and iné%dentally Pilot Mitch- ell Tyson, Pilot Charles B. Johnson, Pilot M. Anderson and Pilot John von Heims will be called upon to tell through what influences they obtained their positions; ~ Pllot Fred W. Jordan wiil be called upon to tell how he saved himself from disratement after the Rio de Janeiro went on the rocks while he was on her bridge, and former Pilot Frank Murphy will be asked to tell the reasons why he withdrew from the ser- vice in favor of another, who is now guid- ing ships through the channel of the Golden Gate. Others will also be called and the detaiis of another scandal which has tainted the administr tion of State affairs will be known by the. people. BOYS SEVERELY BURNED.—Adolph Me- Vey, aged 11 years, residing at 1S Indiana street, and Walter Lang, aged 12 years, restd. ing at 1221 Ninetcenth street, were treated yesterday at the Central Emergcicy Hospital for numerous burns about the face and hands. The accident was caused by the boys pouring gasoline on a fire. INTIMIDATION O ACHINST LA Judge Hunt So Decides in Suit Against Com- mission Men. . Holds That Sacramento River Co-Operators Have Cause of Action. IR By overruling a dem ter Bros. and oth to the suit for damage them by the Sacramento ~0Pw ators Judge Hunt pra that the plaintiffs were itled to dam 1ges, holding in his opinion that th ained of are actionable. s an important on who seek by or ‘attempt e rfere with t ss of a rival Judge H esldes eing a d a omplete review I ows Iff and threa sarded tened purchase sdities wh ey Jealt in t & Francise THREATEN BOYCOTT. The complat Isc e. t and cach and every fously and for tiffegut of busi ded in to on the may aggravate a lawful continue then also ne may law protectsd etition of an n in e nd If loss result ereof he is remedyless is attended with or effectuated by c10 cts, acts not justifiable within the imate sphere of competition, and damage a remedy ex . therefore, m on.. CITES TEXAS COURT. | 1In Texas (25 S. W.-Rep. 428) the | Court held that where | agreed not to seil lumber t d because of plaint! " . but If = determine what !s le- m, d distributed circulars e withheld from plaintiff. g others not to deal with h . the complaint stated a causs of ‘That the defendants therein had no | to prevent pla tomers and that such act on their scope of legitimate v ght Aealing with b part was not Wi competition: lefendants could not wi pose directly relating usly induce third pe another v trade with an fonable. The Supreme Court red a similar_principle of law at the highest appellate of V It tkus appears t tribunals of several States of the Union sub- loctrine in_supp est of t coercion or intimida stantially that the In rival trad the customers or p: the trade a combination forme vent one from carrying on a legith ness. by Intimidation of, or threa against his customers is unlawful: t not within the @ of legitimate peti tice and policy of menace ess of another; and = ng Injury upon another is d party in damages. e a passive pe ¢ withdrawal of ait s relgtions With a rival tradesman _is threats and intimidation his ¢ defendant aling with spired to place of business demanc tomers cease from dealin with plaintiff they by the wholesale dealers That In consequence 0 iff has been seriously damaged. Under the circumstances detatled am of the opinion that the acts complained of are actionable. The demurrer is overruled amd i ten days allowed to answer,