The morning call., 1894-05-22
A JOB IS HINTED.
Big Row Raised Over a
Committee.
TOO HASTY ORGANIZATION.
A Claim That Proper Notices
Were Not Sent.
HIGH OFFICES MONOPOLIZED.
TOO HASTY ORGANIZATION.
HIGH OFFICES MONoP0LIZED.
The Board of Supervisors Order All
Arrangements to Celebrate In
dependence Day Set Aside.

Jimmy" Grove, the south of Market
street politician and saloon man, will
probably not ride the grand marshaPs
horse on the 4th of July coming. There
is big hitch 10 his getting in the saddle.
True it is that Jimmy" has been elected
TO the position by the Fourth of July COM
mittee, and is said to have already picked
| out his prancing steed and appointed his
private secretary.
All the arrangements were overturned
by the adoption of the following resolution
by the Board of Supervisors yesterday:
WHEREAS, Through the neglect on the part
of the Fourth OF July committee. large num-
Der of the gentlemen appointed by Tie COM
mlttee of this board failed TO receive due notice
OF the time and place at which organization
was effected. therefore
ReSolred, That this board will not officially
recognize the committee unless all the prelim-
mary proceedings are started de noyo
}. j. STANTON.
The reason for the passage of this resO-
luton was that the scandal of a job
reached The ears of the Supervisors and
they forthwith, with unanimous action.
overturned the whole superstructuIe of
the alleged jobbers.
Those who jobOed the Fourth of July
committee are accused of having abused
having utilized certain preliminary in
formation 10 their own advantage, secur-
ing control of the committee aud their own
appointment TO all the high offices. The
charge is that those entrusted with notify
ing he men appOiu ted on the committee
exercised discretion as 10 who should be
notified OF the first meeting. which is
claimed to have been packed in the in
teresis of the j0bbers.
Whnn This baPoma known there n
large howl, which finally reached the ears
OF the Supervisors. resulting in the action
men toned. There IS ample foundation
for the charge that many appointed were
not notified, and number on the commit
tee have not received their notification To
this day. Others received notices on the
day following The meeting, and the pOstals
read that the notices were posted at
o'clock on the afternoon Of the day the
committee organized.
There has been some very raw work in
this matter" said Supervisor Stanton yes
terday. II gave in a lot of names, and my
appointees became members of the COM
mittee. The committee organized and APP
pointed a president OF the day, a grand
marshal and secretary. l thought every
thing was all right Strange TO say, | met
some friends on the street, who said:
'How's this? l thought | was on the
Fourth of July Committee so you are;
| appointed you | answered. But | have
received no notice, and the committee has
done all its important business in OrganiZ-
Ing was the response.
ION investigation l found that there
were numbers of others who had not re-
ceived any notification. Some Of Mayor
Elerts friends who were appointed have
never known there was a meeting. All
this gave rise to suspicion that something
was wrong, and we thought the best way
to do In order 10 prevent the charge of Job
berry is TO have the whole thing done over
again. That is why l introduced the reso-
luton"
Supervisor Forman, who was also on
the committee which appointed the Fourth
Of July COMMITTEES, said he did not like to
make any charge of jobbery, but that
many of those appointed had not received
proper notification. al appointed j. j.
Groom on the committee" said he, land
his name was on the list, but he was never
notified. This was the case with several
! others"
! When the Fourth of July committee
was ordered appointed by the Board of
| Supervisors FoTman, Stanton and Good
win were appointed by the Mayor to select
! the names of the committee of citizens
| AS was usual all the members of the
| board sent in the names of friends. Each
| of the three Supervisors finally agreed on
| fifty names each. These names were given
to George Kelly. who was secretary of the
last lnGe Uendence-day committee, and he
was directed to notify all on the list
| There was no reason why the list should
| have been given to him, and the usual
| custom of giving the names out for pub
| LEGATION several weeks before the prelim-
| mary meeting was called was not fol-
| lowed. The outcome was that many of
those appointed were not notified and
! have been making very extensive kicks.
George Kelly, last years secretary, who
| was supposed to have sent out the Offices,
| was reelected secretary OF the prelim-
| mary meeting.
George Elder. the contractor, who was
grand marshal last year, managed to go a
| step higher and work himself into the
position of president of the day.
Jimmy" Grove, who was only a men,
Der of the committee last year, sailed with
! flying colOrs into the saddle of the grand
msrshafs horse.
| Frank Murphy, who was assistant secre-
| tary last year. was appointed secre tary to
the grand marshal.
Jimmy" Grove, whose equestrian am
bitiOn has been so rudely checked is said
TO have sent out letters asking for votes for
| the place. reminding the cOmmltt' EN- an
that he was under obligations for his APP
nontment to him, Grove. DIR. Stanton
has one of these curious epistles. This
shows that those on the inside had full
know ledge of the list of members before
the meeting was called. Those VINO were
not notified think that other citizens should
have a chan ,e for Fourth of July honor
The chief reason of the howl of tho Sc
not notified is that at the preliminary meet
ing resolution was passed authorizing
the grand marshal and chairman TO APP
point an executive committee OF twenty
five.
This is the committee which makes all
the preliminary arrangements for the cele-
bratiOn, appoints all the subcommittee,
ana decides on how the money donated by
the city shall be spent, and also super
vises the collections from citizens all over
the city.
To control this committee is to control
the celebration. and that is why those
who were not notified and had no hand n
its selection have raised the row. which
resulted in the Supervisors ordering ALI
the work done over again.