The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-30
PRESIDENT HYDE SAYS. so.
Signers of Damaging Papers
Explain.
HOW johns. ENGINEERED THINGS
Not One Acknowledges. Having Read
! tie Document to Which He :.
j +. Affixed Ills Signature. s. :.

:: The yieIdifgs up of the defunct Pacific
Bank have raised a hornets nest In LOCAL
:: politics, placed several prominent business
: men. in a seemingly very: bad pesition and
:: set the pot Of disse1sion in*the Board OF
Education boiling .eyer. : 81.
: While rambling trough the transparent
assets Of: the bank a small package Of I'M
paid u otes:foI S50n.each, made. payable on
demand, was. discovered by those, in
charge: Further down in the mysterious
archives in little. tin box several pieces
% f paper were discovered which are :l1k ely
= to:cut an important figure at a later date
behind the secret DOORS of the Grand jury
room. T.. .:.@ i. =.
~ The finding of the documents, which
: were executed in 1899. just prior.:to the
s election of the members Of .tbe Board of
: Education, has brought to light the dis
graceful practices in vogue Ia local poll
tics. =: =. - .::.:. T.. -.::..: ::
: The papers foundin the banks vaults
read as follows; $500: -. go
: II hereby. agree that II l am elected as
School Director Of the:ctiy. and. county of San
" FranclScO; state OF California. that l. Will vote
e upon all questions coming before the Board OF
:: EGucatioDr or any AID all sub e6Hmittees
-: thereof: of the city and county OF San Fran
Cisco as directed by a. f. Johns, or by a per
son named by him, and / will not vote upon any
question or make any promises which would ia
. any: " ay affect my vote or any of my actions
Without first having received instructions from
II TOM said A. +. Johns or the person named by
Linn. - p. ..:..r: !.
/ furthermore agree tnat all patronage and
appointments OF any kind. character or nature
over which j have any control or participate In.
The: control of shall belong 10 said A. +. Johns
or=the person named by him. and in general /
agree TO be guided while in said office. in every
;. particular, by said a. r. ohns or the person
named by him. =. -.s.-
/ 81 Furthermore agree in case 1 break any of
my promises 10. %ord or spirit made herelnbe-
=, fore, that then I:will immediately resign from
said Board Of Education.
:: They are all identical in construction
= and are signed by DR.. Charles w. Decker.
GIN. Pennington. James a. Pariser, II.
:. +. =Sahborn,~W. ii. Eastland and a. +.
(: johns who were at that time Republican
@-candi dates for election as member of the
. Board of Education. but in their aspiIa-
tons all failed except DR.. G. W. Decker,
: Yho:ocenpies a seat on the board,
j ohns was an employee of the Pacific
Bank t. the time the papers were signed
and until It's failure the right bower of X.
!" III. Mcdonald jt. just what was the con-.
: slde ration IN exchange Tor the signatures
> to be: contracts cannot be learned, other
than:tEat Of $500 for each paid by Nc
Donald to the Republican city central COM
: nlittee} as. their individual substitution to
Lfle%canlpa ign fund. Al this point the $500
g notes. ame*iD.. 1n.order TO make the affair
! aaPacific Bank transaction one of the can
!. didatss for whom the. money was paid
gave a: deInand note.fOr the sum- These
notes il never was the intention of any of
1.-THE parties concerted should be paid.
They were simply to- lie UP as assets of the
bank to be brought 10 light only when dis
covered. III. /. ~. g..
~ What McDonald's object was in trying
to secure control of the Board of Educa-
.:tfon~is not definitely known. In the cam
@paign he was one OF. the most energetic of
J work ers. His horses, servants, ETC., were
at the service: of the Kelly and Crimmins
Committee and candidates day or night,
late OF. early. Johns, as his deputy, was
constantly ct WORK among the aspirants
for Office. Where they went he went. and
at:alI the meetings, both of the committee
ahd:of:thecandidate he was present, and
supported the: interests which he repre-
sented.:<- T. -
: The hardest men in all the city to find
yes erd ay were those who were directly
. connected with:the barter-papers found
: Few OF. them could befound 10 their offices :;
some: were clOseted with their attorney,
!: drinkipg in legal advice on the matter.
: while others. SO. far as the clerks in the
offices knew might have been off Oh q
buffalo hunt: