The morning call., 1892-08-27
Words OF WARNING.
Threats of q Vigilance Committee
for Boodlers.
street-Extension Schemes Denounced BY the
Mission Property-owners Protest.
ing Club

There was a well-attended and enthus-
astie meeting last night of the Mission
Property-owners' Protesting Club at Eu-
reka Valley Hall, on Castro street, near
Eighteenth. j. q. Ayres presided and j.
II. Drew acted as secretary.
After the reading and adoption of the
minutes, Secretary Drew created consid.
erahie excitement among the members pres
ent by reading paper in which he advo-
Gated the adoption OF radical measures 20
prevent what he characterized as a bold
robbery on the part of corrupt street
commission and Board OF SuperyIsors.
The breezy document copy Of which was
ordered sent TO the Street Committee of the
Board OF Super vi sors at their next meeting.
was as follows:
We once more appeal to your sense of
right between men; your responsibility to
the people, your constituents. You will
not we hope. you cannot. again enact the
farce of calling the protestants before YOU
TO ask why they have refused to abide by
the Comm issioners' figures. When we were
similarly invited on previous occasion
that Of the Seyenteenth-street protest-only
few were accorded the satisfaction OF Civ
Ing vent TO their Tent-up feelings regarding
that oppressive tax. And again in a recent
meeting OF The SiXteenth-Street protestants
given the opportunity Of arguing the issue
between the outraged community on one
hand and on the other the irresponsible
commission, whose sole aim, like the buZ-
zard. IS to pick the pockets if not the bones
oil those who are so unfortunate as 10 in
vest their money in this district
We have been told time and time again
tnat The assessed people are opposed 10 the
modern style of extensions. You have been
told, and you cannot have forgotten the in
faru rf0, hat
to see these jobs cOnsummeled are the
salaried commissioners themselves. Are
we. then. 10 20 through the buffOonery
OF suppllcating domIneerlng, unSympa-
tnetlc and arbitrary board for no ultimate
purpose We believe that this course of
procedure was prearranged, and we only
got semOlance Of justice.
Ne are now sorry that we compromised
our rights IN the Seven cen th-street Sc heme.
That was our false step. which we propose
to retrace IN these other double-dealing jobs
now staring us IN tie face. We have
clear title 20 our several lots or homesteads
ana not dollar on them. Our municipal
taxes are paid, as we have given our quota
OF city revenue cheerfully. You can seldom
see the names Of any OF our people on the
delinquent list. This being the ca Sc We are
determined to maintain our rights guaran-
teed 10 us by the constitution OF our cOun-
try, namely, that no man or body can take
away our homes by the imposition OF uu-
According to English common law, upon
which our Jurisprudence is based, every
man IS empowered TO protect his home.
which IS his castle. and shall be held in
violable from the eDcroachment of illegal
entry or seizure, and II in that defense he
has 10 take life be is pronounced guiltless.
The city has had one sad lesson in the ex-
pertinent OF vigilance committee. which
was organized for cause not half so i'm
portant as this. and Tor the maintenance OF
xksl iRh xra or M hov Id &. a.
The trouble is known In the history cf
the time as political feud, which made
the counting OF votes null aud void there
being so many bogus names presented tnat
the debased and vicious got into high and
honorable positions only to disgrace them
aud before tue dirty pool OF politics was
purified, the lives OF some Of the most notori-
Gus had 10 be sacrificed without process of
law. And then only did Law and order re-
gain lis wonted supremacy.
Now again this city is threatened with n
revolution Of much more Importance and
significance than that referred to before. in
aSmuch as The present manifestation of
Illegal or unjust Interpretation of statutory
enacimentS is upheld and indorsed by tina
constituted authorities, whereas in tie
former upheaval of public sentiment the
then authorities were overruled. intimi
dated and ignored. Then the Outraged
people rose in their might and annihilated
the disturbing element.
Are the people less mighty now, when the
disgusting influences are more grave and
characterized by more insidious name
under the guise OF improvements advance
ments and enhancing of properly? MANY
OF our brother citizens not owning PROPERTY
ana not aifected by the proposed changes
can be idle on-lookers. but we must re-
double our vigilance and destroy .bis viii
lalny, whatever shape or character IL NAV
assume.
But we are not done yet, nor will we be
L. 49,
ul the last pIot is discovered and uproOted.
and we here Haunt our Scorn and refusal in
the faces of the designing plotters and their
abettoTs. We ewill throw down the gaunflet
OF warfare and then our cry shall be ''on to
the contest till We have enrolled eyerv
man VINO has home to defend, every man
who has a wife and family to provide for
and protect, every young man whose gray-
haired sire Is endeavoring to transmit 10 his
offspring the fruits OF a lifelong struopIa
OF pToyident industry. untrammeled bv
debts. bonds or mortgages
But IL we are threatened with cnniiruo,
exactons OF unjust and fraudulent sssass-
| ments. we will be driven to inaugurate a
new vigilance committee, and woe he 70
those 1aekals who are found congniriny to
roo us under the gulse OF improvements or
extensions On that day we shall maize
them feel II were better they had never been
born. wv"
AT the conclusion of the reading NJ tho
paper the meeting appiauded the reader
Voclferously, aud. upon motion, the docn-
ment was adopted as expressing the senti-
ments of the club.
Captain w. a. Smith addressed the maa,
ing and SAID tDat while he was a large pron
erty-owner IN the vicinity and was in favor
oil extending the streets he objected TO com-
pellng the property Owners on other streets
who could not be benefited by such exten.
sioEs. to pay an outrageous figure for Tho
same. lie advocated the engagement of tbe
best legal talent to contest the legality of
these exorbitant assessments and that a
bitter fight be made for their reduction.
ID, Ii. Wulzen. L. G.. Hoeber and John
mcdonald followed ana spoke in the same
vein.
a protest against the extension of Mar
ket street under the present conditions was
also read, adopted and signed by the mem
bers. '"'
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