The morning call., 1893-01-08

"but feel justified in saying that 1t is far
from being sinecure. especially when you
are regarded as the executive officer Of e
municipality.
Il speak honestly when I tell you that
ever since was FIVE years old 1 never had
days sickness until was honored with
the position Of Mayor Of San Francisco.
81 went into the Office a healthy, not to
say positively robust man. Look at me
now.
II am more fitted to be at home nursing
myself than l am to be here attending 10
my private affairs. But 1 have been away
SO long and it is so necessary that / should
be here at this time that have been down
at work these last three days.
my experience in office has simply been
disagreeable in most Of the channels. I
found that had to stand as q middle-man
between tie welfare of the city and a
thCu-and and one people who imagined that
their previous friendship entitled them to
preference.
''Some of my most intimate friends have
found me as a barrier to their expectations,
and they are cold TO me to-day.
IAN honest man in the Office of Mayor Of
this city will find himself as powerless as a
babe in fifty feet Of water unless he has
honest people TO support him.
AFTER all, the Mayor has but one vote,
and his veto amounts 10 little if he has e OF
good backing. True enough, was over
ridden but once in my term OF Office, but
even then l should not have been. l sup
pose something in the nature Of a political
pull caused that It was at the time 1 re-
fused TO grant permission to erect q wooden
building on Drumm street, in one Of the
most dangerous sections Of the city. Well.
there is no use talking about it. the measure
was passed over my head
THAT is not all that goes to make up the
sorry phase Of a Mayors life. Not sin
gle thing transpires In the city but he is
called upon to eouDtenance it or do the
other thing. 1t is a routine matter to bring
It TO him for approval or otherwise and
whether lie decides it one way or the other
the opposite side is down on him like an
avalanche of discomfort
zone thing that panied me more, how
ever, than most other things was the init
mate connection it brought me into with
unfortunate people that were really un-
worthy Of assistance.
''No man with heart could help wanting
to assist any one claiming TO be in need and
there l found myself daily helping people
out VINO came for assistance That was
well enough until / found that really the
most needy were those who did not come
around. The Associated Charities helped
me wonderfully in strengthening out this
affair. When the poor ones came 10 me
referred them to the association and If the
cases were reported back favorabiy for
assistance J gave what / could. Unfortu-
nately did not begin early enough in do
Ing this and l must have given considerable
10 people who were not nearly ia SO much
distress as others.
II will always remember the frat case in
which | learned to what extremes people
will 20. 1t was woman, meek and look
ing needy. / was touched by her tale of
sorrow and was inclined to give her some
thing without resorting to the Associated
Charities to judge on her case. suggested
&c her, however, that she visit them and
explain her case. / hardly did so than she
turned on me, and such flow of Billings
gate that came from her lips would have
siekened any man. She said / was just
like the others, the Associated Charities
included. that she was not going to beg
from one place to another, and that she
thanked the Almighty she did not need me
or any one else to put bread into her
mouth. There the woman was, telling me
last the contrary TO what she had said
before ! spoke of the charities.
"WeIl, she was only one of Thousand
Just like her that met during my term Of
Office.
81 must say. though. that those miserable
cases were wiped out by many others In
which my position of Mayor Vf this city