The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-24
MAXWELL is ANGRY.
He Fails to EulOgize Commits
siOner A. L. Hatch.
The Los Angeles Coal Dealer Thinks That he
Has Been Unjustly Treated by HIS
Many Opponents.

waiter >. Maxwell. the napusOn6 young
man from the sun-kissed South, fluttered
into the Palace Hotel yesterday afternoon
fresh from his recent Waterloo at hicago,
but to use his own words he is slightly
dsfgured but still in the ring" His patent
leather shoes, which have grown famous,
shone with undiminished radiance. and the
crease down the front Of his rousers-leg
was none the less distinct by reason of the
long Journey overland. His wavy brown
hair. into which the gray is beginning to
creep, was parted exactly in the middle and
brushed aside with the most scrupulous
care.
As he hung his silver-headsd cane over
his arm he removed his square-topped derby
and carefully mopped his flushed brow be-
fore replying to a direct question as to the
cause of his defeat. One soft, white hand
tOyed thoughtfully for a moment with his
luXurlant mustache, and he said with tone
of evident hesitation: Now, really, do
not think it would be wise to discuss the
matter through the columns of the press,
and / am the last man in the world who
would care to provoke controversy. [ am
knocked out, and that ends it so far as l am
concerned, but you can just say for me that
while l am slightly disfgured l am still in
the ring. | made clean, straightforward
fight for the place, and do not feel that any
thing l could say would help the matter as
it now stands"
THOSE CHARGES.
'HOw about the charges which were made
against you?'
Simply lot of mi5statements Matched up
by few sOreheads, who pursued the guer-
rilla tactics usual when a man Of this State
is spoken of for any position OF prominence.
tadh trfF IaFo nh
who wanted the place for his friend General
Chapman, and when he found that my name
had been sent in he began to invent lot of
stories rejecting on my character. he
fought me by every means within his power,
and this caused a delay in the vote for con-
tirmatiOn that was simply fatal. Ii gave
the Eastern people who We're fighting me
chance to protest, and every State East of
the Rocky Mountains took up the cudgel
They were not fighting me personally, you
understand, but were merely doing every
thing within their power to keep the place
from coming to California.
EASTERN OPPOSITION.
Protest after protest rolled in from every
direction, and that combined with the
attack made upon me by certain men from
this State, overwhelmed me. and | was de-
feated. Now, l understand that they are
accusing me OF defeating General Chpman's
confirmation. That is another miSrepre-
oentation. In the first place that would be
giving me credit for strength that do not
possess, and IN the second place | am not
engaged in that kind of fight. The whole
thing IN a nutshell is that the members of
the Board of Control were disguised with
the treatment accorded me by General Chip
mans friends, and when his name went be-
fore them they voted solidly against him.
Now, l understand, they have COM
menced the same fight against Mr.. Forsyth
that they waged against me. but do not
4 II ~
day night l was assured that he would be
confirmed and | see no reason to doubt il.
The attack which was made on him by
Hatch will help rather than injure his
chances. see by THE CALL he denies that
he is the author OF the charges against For
syth, but that Is a misstatement of facts. /
sat Immediately behind him when he made
them and he did not at that time say that he
had been so informed by some one else. He
openly accused Forsyth Of having kept a
questionable resort at Geyseryile, and so
far as 1 could hear took the responsibility
for the truth of the statement entirely upon
his own shoulders"
WILL CONSIDER IT.
Mr.. Maxwell was then asked if ne would
accept the chief place under Forsyth in case
of his confirmation aud Immediately replied
that he would not a moment later he
said: Heretofore l have been principal.
and have not thought of any contingency
beyond that The fact IS that l have not
seen Mr.. Forsyth since his name was sub
mitted, and, more than that, he is in no way
Indebted to me. Under the circumstances l
DO not see what should give riSe 20 any dis
cussion Of my name IN connection with the
second plare."
And, now. in the event of Mr.. ForSyth's
defeat?'
The place will go to an Eastern man be-
yOnd a doubt. The talk which is being in
dulged 10 about J. de Barth Shorb is pure
nonsense, for l am in q position to know
that he can never reach the place. The same
kind of a fight would be- made upon him that
was made upon myself and Forsyth, and as
that is known in advance his name will
never 90 before the board"
Twirling his cane jaunuly in one jeweled
hand Maxwell took the pr0ffered arm of
Adolph Spreckels and sauntered out into
the sunshine in the direction of Market
street