The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-09
FROM ACROSS TEE BAY.
Talk About the Blind Home
Management.
DIRECTOR LEACH EXPLAINS.
Married at the Depot and Off on Wedding
Tour-Beggs' Partner Convicted.
Berkeley Notes.

There Is Juror just now about the man.
agement of the blind asylum. +. A. Camp
bell and A. ID. Thomson of the directors
want Superintendent Sanders removed, al
legiDg his incompetency because of his
blindness.
The other directors-F A. Leach. Jacob
Greenwood and John p. Irish-assgn po-
litical reasons as the underlying motive,
however. and Mr.. Leach, in explaining the
situation, said yesterday
ut is nothing more than declaration of
war Of faction of politicians who have
been trying to get control of the home. 1t
is not question as to capability, but as to
whether the asylum should be made an ad-
1unct of the political machinery Of a politl-
cal faction.
1T Is matter the Governor of the State
should take in hand Immediately He must
decide which policy is to prevail If he
thinks the course indicated by Mr.. Campbell
Is the proper one IL is certain that the ma
jority OF the directors will surrender their
appointments that the Executive may select
board which can act in harmony even on
those lines.
IF he should uphold the majority it is to
be expected the minority will resign"
In referring TO the accusation Of Mr..
Campbell that Mr.. Sanders is unfit for his
position because of his blindness, Mr.. Leach
cited seven other leading asylUms whose
superintendent cannot see. In regard to
the recent scandal about the inmates being
made drunk on election day he said that 1t
had been exaggerated. The man Dunn,
he stated, had no connection with this
affair whatever He seems to have been
worthless kind OF chap, who Dragged that
he had been in every jail between Ogden
and San Francisco.
when | was asked to 60 on the board,
some four years ago, was assured that the
home was not to be run in the interest or
any political parry, and 1t has not been up
to the present date, and when the time
comes for change from such policy want
10 know it as soon as possible, for L Will re-
sign at once. for have no time TO spare Tor
til at kind of politics. | have taken pride
in assisting in conducting the home on
basis of combined business and philan-
thropy, and could have no further interest
in il If managed on lower plane"
Miss Z. V. Donell left this city few days
ago to meet her lover, w. j. Schaner, OF
Pueblo. Colo She arrived there at A. NJ,
and the couple sent for parson. who united
them in marriage on the depot platform.
They then left on their wedding tour
Oscar Eaton, the young man who fell
from the third story Of the California Col
lege building few nights ago. is liable 10
lose both limbs. They were so badly
broken that the spintered bones protruded
through the flesh. The young man nome
is in Visalia He was playing pranks with
other students and attempted to walk
around narrow cOrnlce, when the accident
happened.
The Gallagher trial closed last evening,
ana the prisoner was found guilty by the
jury. He will come up for sentence Mon
day.
The North Oakland and Twenty-third
avenue Improvement clubs are arranging
for joint meeting, to be held next Wednes-
day evening, to prevent, If possible, the
closing of the readiDg-Iooms oil their re-
spectiye sections.
Among the successful applicants, with
their percentage. at the late examination OF
aspirants to the police force, were the fol-
lowing: w b. Quigley ST %, Fred Brad
lev 81, Ed f. Lamping 50. j. Knowles So.
c. f. Clark rs, j. Morrison "A. j. NJ. Har-
low 70, p. Mckeegan II, Charles Layton 10.
Police Captain Barnett and Officers Al
drich, Moore, Williams and Banks raided
the faro game yesterday afternoon which
has been going on for a year at the New
land House, corner Of Washington and Sew
enth streets. None of the players were
present, but Charley Mullen and w. Curtis,
who ran the game, were captured, with
their layout They putup bail at the police
station.