The San Francisco call., 1895-05-20
THEIR FIGHT STILL ON,
The Civic Federation Prepares
to Refute DR.. LevingSton'S
Statement.
the Funeral of Ex-Governor
Burnett.

Governor Budd comes to this City with
his staff this morning. His appearance
will bring no CLEAN of hope to the faithful,
as he comes only to attend the funeral of
Ex-Governor Burnett. No political busi-
ness whatever will be transacted and he
goes to Stockton on the afternoon train.
His appearance in his native town is abb
solutely necessary on Tuesday. There is 8
city election to be held on that day, and
Mr.. Budd is very anxious to be able to help
it along.
He returns to this City on Thursday to
attend a meeting of the Harbor Commits
sioners. He will remain here several days.
about the Board of Health appointments
will then be given a hearing. The four
physicians to be given the places will
probably be designated before the week is
over.
The fight is a peculiar one, Those OPP
posing DR.. Levingston offer no Board of
Health. They ask that certain men be
not chosen, give their reasons with great
vehemence, and leave the matter of choice
with the Governor. Though this is true of
these gentlemen as body, still nearly
whose claims he is ready to press for some
desired place, either on the board or
under it.
Both sides are still active in the struggle.
s. +. Chadbourne, friend of DR.. Leving-
ston, was in Sacramento for several days
and returned yesterday. The Civic FEEDER
alton is getting ready to protest against
the answer to their complaint filed by DIR.
Levingston.
"a committee will meet tomorrow
(Monday) to answer DR.. Levingston's S
specious letter." said the Rev. Mr.. Ollie
yesterday. "Dr. Levingston has not sue
ceeded in explaining away any OF the
charges made against him. He has avoided
them or evaded them.
Every one of our accusations was
founded on the testimony of citizens of
well-known veracity or the then uncontra-
dicted accounts of the daily papers. Al
most every charge we make was used to
defeat DR.. Levingston when he ran for
Coroner against DR.. O'Donnell and DIR.
Lawlor. Three columns of them were
| printed in the Chronicle on October II,
1884, short time before the election. Not
one of the charges then made was denied,
and in consequence of them DR.. Leyingston
lost two-thirds OF the Democratic votes of
the City. 1t is rather late for him to begin
denying them eleven years later.
'ln his reply DR.. Levingston prints a
letter from DR.. Blach, in which that gentle
man says he was not interviewed by the
Civic Federation in regard to the manage
ment of the Morgue during DR.. Leving-
ston's administration and could not have
criticized it adversely. That is true. But
he did say in the Chronicle of October II,
1884, that the condition of the Morgue was
filthy. and that he would not hold another
autopsy there unless it was cleaned. This
was the basis of the statement we made.
Every one of the answers made by DR..
Levingston are in the same eyasive form.
He says his deputies and the undertaken,
Mallady, are the ones who did the shock
ing things narrated, and that he shouldn't t
be blamed for their acts. Now, we've been
trying to show that his deputies were
utterly without conscience and decency.
Our idea was to impress upon the Gov
ernor the kind of appointments this man
made as Coroner. There is no reason to
think he would not repeat them as Health
Officer, should he get the place"
II am sure that the Governor has not
yet decided upon the Board OF Health, -
said Mayor Sutro yesterday. sHe has
promised to consult me before reaching a
final decision, and l am satisfied that he
will do so. dc not want to express any
opinion as to the advisability of making
DR.. Levingston Health Officer, but I win
say that Governor Budd has told me
unequivocally that he intended appointing
as members of the Board of Health four
men who stand the highest in their pro-
teSSion in the City,"