The morning call., 1894-12-27
TART BACK TALK.
Colin Boyd Denies Being a
StumbIing-Block
IN THE NEW CHARTERS WAY
II Money Is Provided the Board
Will Go Ahead.
MEMBERS CLAIM TO BE ELIGIBLE
Nothing Done but Talk - Another
Meeting To-Day With hope
of Evolving Action.
IN THE NEW CHARTERS WAY
MEMBERS CLAIM TO BE ELIGIBLE

Except 10 say some tart things to each
other, the Ereeholders met and adjourned
Yesterday without accomplishing anything
by way of framing a new charter Tor this
city and county.
The meeting OF last week adjourned with
The. understanding that the Mayor-elect
and tho incoming Board OF Supervisors be
=. Invited 10 meet with them so that some
expression might be secured from the
latter as TO footing bills, there being no
. provision with regard tC this important
maltrr Chairman Britain had deferred
notifying the officials, and this fact and
i6e lac, that they were not there caused
me long discussion that ended in adjourn
Inent TO meet to-day at . p NJ, when the
gentlemen referred 20 are expected TO be
present.
Stewart Menzies spoke right ont to the
effect he thought that Chairman Britain
had.exceeded his authority in declining 10
notify the Supervisors after the board had
directed him to 40 20.
Mr.. BOurn drew conclusions from sOme-
thing City and County Attorney CreSwell
had said that the Supervisors would be re-
CURED L pay the expenses in any case
and he IL Oved the chairman be sustained
in his action.
Mr.. Cresweli was certain Bourn had
misunderstood him. for it was directly
contrary 10 his (CreSW6lPSl usual caution
10 give oit-hand opinions. He had said
inai the passage o. a law carried with il as
81 genera! principle The machinery to carry
Trout, but mat principle might not 60 so
lar As the requirement OF securing a new
charter demanded. He (CreswelD was an
on er of the Board OF Supervisors, and if
that body ordered him TO contest auy claim
Tor expenses he would have to do II. He
thought II wise to secure the concurrence
of the new board first.
Colin NJ. Boyd mad opposed taking any
steps " batever until it was known if the
financial obligations were to be met and
Bourn, who wanted to so ahead and DO
business, referred to Mr.. Boyd as placing
STUNT llng-h ockS in the way of the board,
and MIR. BOYD, after thinking this over
for some time, took the floor again TO
say that Creswell had stated the case
9Xactly-that while the Board of Sinner
visors might furnish the stationery re-
CURED and places 10 meet and other in
expensive incidentals when it came to
clerk-hire and advertising there might be
difficulty. Then ne turned To Mr.. Bourn
and repudialed rather sharply the alega-
ton That he was a Stun bling block in the
way Of the new charter. Il have been in
favor of new charter for years." he
said, probably when Mr.. Bourn was not
thinking about it, and l 10 not propose 10
allow his insinuation to go abroad that [
Ol0ck without uatIy QeQy-
ing IL. When L can see the way to fur her
it on safe and legal basis am for IT," he
sad.
You have misunderstood me.". said
Bnur.
Il have not misunderstood you, sir"
SAID BOyd, pulling his coattails with DIS
gUsted emphasis as he sat down.
Mr.. Clement of the committee of three
appointed TO go to law if necessary to
establish the legality of the board said that
they had gone so far as to draw up a writ
of quo WarrantO for presentation to the
court when the allegations came out in the
newspapers that ali the members of the
committee were likewise ineligible to hold
the office, and this gave him a sense of
delicacy IN proceeding in the matter. The
cOmmitee went to the Registrars office
and searched the records and found, how
ever. that all of them bad been properly
registered and were qualified electors dur
ing the required five years; all except,
possibly. Mr. Bour. who lived
at ST. Helena for a time. He had
consulted number of authorities and
prominent citizens, all of whom agreed
that the entire board was legally cOnstitu-
ted and should go on with lis work until
attacked and the fact proven that it was
an Illegal board. and so he advised that
they do so. The life of the board was
ninety days. 1t must complete its work in
that time, and if it does so without meeting
with opposition its work must stand. OBJ
jection could not raised after that time
Gibson moved that the board proceed to
business, out the financial question re-
manned a worry. and the board after a
long discussion finally agreed to adjourn
and ask the incoming Supervisors and
Mayor-elect Sutro to meet with them to.
Gay.
There were only pine of the fifteen men,
hers present: Britain Chairman, Truman
Secretary, and Cement MenZes, Umb.
sen, Gibson, BourD. Boyd and Marye.