The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-18
MRS. ELIZA UPPER WILKES TALKS
ABOUT IT TO THE WOMAN'S
CONGRESS.
KELLOGG SAYS IT IS SPITE.
INDUSTRIAL LEADERS HAVE a WAR
OF WORDS ON A STREET
CORNER.

congress ASSOCIATION Mrs. Il. i. Wilkes o.
the First Unitarian Church made a power
full plea for State aid for charities. She
said that California had no State board Of
charities, but that it provides literally
enough for its insane, feeble-minded
youthful delinquents, epileptics, deaf
dumb and blind. For those the State last
year appropriated 50, 42s, 237 IS. For each
full orphan 500 is allowed and S75 for each
half orphan supported in private institu
tions, and last year there were 800 of these
children in asylums.
From these facts Mrs. Wilkes argued fol-
State supervision of charities. She said
that general board is needed whose duty
should be advisory, because separate in
situations must have their local boards OF
control. The duties of a general board
would be to compile statistics, locate
abuses and report to the Governor and
Legislature and keep the people informed
as to the results of their Investigations.
Annual estimates and demands of all
State institutions, both charitable and
penal, should be submitted to this State
board.
The State body would be required to con-
vene for consultations with superinten-
dents of institutions in order that intelli-
gent methods of management might be
established.
The speaker said: "Is there any ques-
ton that body of our wisest citizens de-
voted to the suppression of crime and the
amelloration OF suffering among dependent
humanity and the prevention of pauperism
must succeed in exerting an influence on
such evils and find a remedy for them ?
The improved methods now in use in
many of our States are the result largely
of the earnest efforts of such boards.
The services OF persons willing to I'M
dertake the work for humanity's sake
by other States. California is not without
men and women of equal disinterestedness
and intelligence.
THAT this board should be unsalaried
seems clear, If we are to secure persons who
are selected on account of their fitness, and
not those who are appointed for political
services. That there should be women on
the board seems evident, when we remem-
Der that young children, girls and women
are to be considered in all these institu-
tions. Governor Tilden, when asked why
he put woman on the New York board,
answered: In order to place a sprig of
grace in barren wastes
Our dependents might be reduced one
third If we refused aid to the able-bodied
and held relatives to their legal obligations.
We might have fewer architectural palaces,
but more useful buildings fitted to their
purpose. Once let the public know that 90
per cent OF the occupants of the almshouses
OF California are foreign born and the need
OF more stringent immigration laws will be
realized. Ii we must Keep the saloon let
our inebriate asylums be separated from
the almshouses, and our worthy poor will
be more comfortably supported"
KeIlogg's Arrest Spitework.
Detective Kellogg, the well-known watch
man at the broadgauge mole who was ar
rested and taken to the City Prison on Sat-
urday night charged with drunkenness,
told his story yesterday.
He attributed his arrest to spitework on
the part of Chief of Police Schaffer and
some of the men working under him.
Like many stories coming out of Oakland,
according to Mr.. Kellogg, this seems to
have the railroad behind it. Kellogg says
that Babe" O'Connell, the man who first
started the row, has been in the employ of
Herbert, the deposed claims adjuster of the
Southern Pacific, and that Detective Denny
Holland was also friend of Herbert, and
as such, had the sympathy of Chief Schaf-
fer. They seemed to think, somehow, that
Kellogg had something to do with helping
Herbert out of office, and felt bitterly to-
ward him.
Every time I meet the Baby" said
Kellogg, che is throwing out sIurs and in
situations IN covert way, and this he
did when / passed him at Seventh and
Broadway on Saturday evening I turned
on him and gave him a tongue flashing.
No, was not drunk. Then soon along
came Schaffer, who has a feeling against
me because l did not support him at the
last election. He has imbued the Holland
O'Donnell animosity, brought about by
Herbert being dismissed, and he arrested
me. The whole affair is spitework. No,
didn't support Schaffer for Sheriff and I
told him SO. Nor was l drunk Every
body who knows me knows that there is
no truth whatever in the report"
Chief Schaffer denied last night that
there was any spitework in KelIogg's ar
rest. He said: II went up to kellogg and
said Look here Mr.. Kellogg, have been
watching you going up and down the street
Tor the past hour and a half in an intoxi-
Gated condition and advise you now to go
home and behave yourself or you'll get
into trouble He turned on me then and
accused me of putting O'Connen upon him
and said there was nothing in it-that he
was intoxicated. Who's intoxicated p he
asked. You are said. He then said to
me, with his finger under my nose, Chief,
you are a--d dirty, lying pup Then
| arrested him and locked him up for
drunkenness. There was no spitework
whatever in the matter. I have not
spoken to Kellogg for months, nor do
Baby O'Connell or any one else l locked
him up as would any other man who was
drunk and abusive"
Broke Out in a New Place.
The fight against Sheriff White, the
Populist, broke out in a new place last
night, and at Tenth and Broadway caused
wordy fight among the industrials.
A big crowd gathered, and the Kellyites
and Whiteites in the Industrial Army had
that part of town for time. Rival speak
ers on adjoining drygoods boxes hurled
liar" scoundreP" and chief at one
another in free-and-easy fashion, and
tried to drown one another's voices by
trying who could shout the loudest. Then
Auctioneer Rosenberg mounted another
drygoods box and tried to out-shout all
the others, but even this was a failure.
The industrials kept right on with their
abuse until they were tired.
General Kelly said afterward that man
named Speed, who was with him in his
march across the continent, and who was
dismissed, was fermenting all the trouble.
He had come back to Oakland and taken
up the fight of Sheriff White in certain
matter. Kelly said:
"a short time ago White evicted poor
old woman from her home and I objected
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