The morning call., 1890-06-25
TWO HEADS FALL.
Men Discharged at San Quentin
by Chambers.
The Governors Hesitancy Gives Strength to
His 0pponents-Has III. N. Drew Been
Promised the Wardenship!

Deputy Warden Ben Chambers of San
Quentin thinks that he has administered
a knockout blow to the Sonntag De Pue
combination, and consequently affected the
power Of the Governor, by dischargng two
men yesterday, w. W. Cooley and Thomas
C. King.
Cooley was the only man Director De Pue
has been instrumental in placing, and Sonn-
tags only man was King That these two
men should be discharged the same day is
very significant when taken into considera-
ton with late developments of the move
ment against Warden McComb. Further,
McComb and his friends claim to have
siIenced the Governor, and it is safe to pre-
sumo that the government Of the San
Quentin Prison is unit so far as the attack
on Directors Sonntag and De Pue is con-
cerned.
A gentleman who is in position to know
whereof he speaks yesterday said: eat
last the Governor has got himself into
nice place. In all probability he came
down from Sacramento with blood in his
eye and with the project fully matured of
ousting McComb and putting in Moses
Drew.
THE GOVERNORS PROMISE.
OF course. before emptying an Office he
saw how and with what timber he would
fill it, and it may be safe to wager that Mr..
Drew was rendered the place. If my
knowledge of the Governor be not amiss he
would tender the position Internationally,
and now that he has failed. will find him
self in pretty predicament McComb, as
an enemy on the one hand, and he unable
to Gust him, and Drew on the other hand
with the Governors unredeemed and I'M
redeemable promises. do not make a COM
fnrt3hla nnSltIOn for WIN likes hlQ
ease.
1.-The Governor cannot make a move
toward making the office of Warden vacant
for MI Drew, without preferring charges
against McComb, for McComb will not re-
sign now without a hearing. Besides, the
Governor is afraid to make those charges,
but believe that if, instead of coming to
San Francisco and telling what he was go
ing to do to the board he had gone to San
Quentin and asked MeComb to resign, that
the latter probably would have done so.
But not having given McComb this chance.
he wont resign now, and will insist ON the
preferment OF charges and hearing"
NOT COMMUNICATIVE.
The Governor is staying at the Occidental,
with his private secretary, Mr.. BOruck, at
his side. and very few visitors are admitted
to his presence. Among those excluded
are reporters, and even when one succeeds
in meeting him, and asks him what he
knows about the Warden matter. he
growls, - do not know anything.
One who claims to know about the
charges threatened to be brought against
Director Sonntag says that the charges will
originate within the prison walls. He says
further that Director Sonntag knew of the
possib ility of the charges being made
couple of months since, when he made
trip to San Quentin to look the matter Up.
POINTED QUESTIONS.
The McCOmb- Chambers combination has
received considerable impetus and gained
much vantage ground by the Governors
heSitancy.
The questions asked by many are: "Wil
the Governor be swayed by the conservative
or radical element in the Board of Prison
DrectorS?" 'Will he prefer charges
against McComb OF will he prove unfaith-
ful to his promises to Mr.. Drew" "Will
charges be preferred against Director Sonn-
tag? and if so, will the Governor entertain
them when Director Sonrtag was among
the first to give countenance to his proposed
change of wardens 9n