The morning call., 1895-01-20
WHO HAS THE FACTS?
The Committee Of Eleven
Wants Information.
WILL UNEiRTH CORRUPTION.
The Entire Municipal Government
to Be OVerhauled.
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE ASKED FOR
Another Mass.Meeting to Be Held Next
Saturday Night to Discuss
the Situation.

t'The merchants, bankers and clergymen
of San Francisco are the biggest set of
towards in the world. Some of them
worship the golden calf set up by G. P.
Huntington of the Southern Pacific, and
others are afraid of their own shadows.
I'll guarantee to scare the life out of the
whole lot with a wooden shotgun. In re-
gard to the clergymen, most of them that
attend our meetings make for the entrance
with their heads turned over their shoulder.
They are afraid of treading on somebody's
toes, and want to make sure that their
parishioners who sit in the front pews, and
who are affiliated with the Southern Pacific,
are not watching them. Strike out bankers
and capitalists and let us have representa-
ton of the people by the people"
The committee of eleven, appointed by
the mass-meeting in Metropolitan Temple
last Saturday, was in secret session in one
of the offices in the Academy of Sciences
building yesterday. The transom over
the entrance was open, and one of the COM
mittee of eleven raising his voice in de-
bate, the above quoted words came floating
to hear could hear.
The committee of eleven went into ses-
sion at 3 P. NJ, and it was three hours and
ten minutes later before all the business
had been discussed and an adjournment
was taken. During the session Henry E.
Highton read the address to the members
of Congress, published in yesterday CALL.
1t was adopted, and ordered printed ior
general circulation among the people of
San Francisco.
'Mose Gunst, as Police Commissioner"
was the text of lively discussion. The
consensus of opinion was that while he was
Just and fair in his business dealings,
good husband and loving father, still as
the proprietor of place known as gam
bling hell and saloon with side entrance
he was the very last man whom ex-Gov-
ernor Markham should have appointed.
During the discussion one of the COM
mittee drew comparison between Nose
Gunst and Chris Evans. He COM
planned that number of people had APP
preached him on the Gunstquestion. They
did not want the committee of eleven to
take up the matter.
They pointed out that Gunst was mer-
chant of standing and referred to his
family relations. He then drew the anal
ogy and proved by newspaper extracts that
Chris Evans had been reputable business
man, good husband and a loving father,
but that nevertheless he was now serving q
term in the State prison.
The sense of the meeting was that Gunst
should be removed, and that if the Gov
ernor had power to remove Gunst he had
power to remove Alvord and Tobin. There
was even some testing about the box that
Alvord and Tobin seemed to have put
themselves in by accepting Governor
Waterman's appointment and fling their
oaths of Office under it.
After considerable discussion the follow
ing resolutions were carried unanimously:
RESOLVED, That all citizens of San Francisco
and throughout the State be, and they are
hereby invited to forward to this committee of
eleven written communications, tersely and
definitely prepared and marked "confiden-
tial," furnishing any information in their
possession relative to corruption or maladmin-
istration in the three departments of the State
government, legislative, executive and judi
cial, and in each department of the municipal
government of San Francisco, especially In
Guiding the election of 1894, and also present
ing any specific charges they may desire to
make against any State or municipal officer or
officers, and other person or persons which are
within the range above indicated, and also
provided all such charges must be limited as
respects State and municipal officers to the last
and the present administrations.
ResolUed That all such information thus re-
ceived shall be promptly systematized by q
special committee of three, to be appointed by
the chairman by and with the consent of this
committee and presented to this committee in
executive session for its consideration and
action.
RESOLVED, That public meeting, to receive
and act upon report of this committee shall
be and is hereby called for Saturday, January
26, 1895, at 8 p NJ, at Metropolitan Temple or
such other suitable hall as can be obtained.
RESOLVED, That the committee on legislation
is hereby instructed to draft and present to
this committee, at an adjourned meeting to be
held on Wednesday, January %, 1895, at 3 p NJ
a joint resolution, to be presented to the Legis-
nfT1rn mn IN nCcs0 rrfft
adoption, covering the matters pertaining to
legislative investigation included within the
programme heretofore adopted by this COM
mittee, published by the daily press and ap-
proved by the Civic Federation.
ResoLUed, That in reference to the work of this
committee there shall be no secrecy, except in
respect to the confidential communications
hereinaboVe referred to, and that only to the
extent that may be essential to enable them to
be thoroughly examined and sifted, and to
avoid and prevent loose and unwarranted at
tacks upon oflce-holders, Legislative, executive
and judicial, past and present, and citizens in
private life; to limit the proposed investiga-
lion, legislative and otherwise, to matters
which are authenticated and susceptible OF
proof; as far as practicable to condense and
simplify the investigation; to secure concen-
tration and directness, and TO avert the dam
ger OF any misuse or perversion of public senti-
ment by wise and distinct restriction of the
scope OF our inquiries and of the methods by
which they are TO be pursued.
RESOLVED, That the hearty cooperation with
US OI every Idlr-IHIuueQ ana just clClZon VINO
has at heart the best interests of the State and
nation, and who approves of thoroughness and
rigid impartiality in probing the abuses which
have swung this community from its solid
basis of American law and American civiliza-
ton, is respectfully invited, without distinc-
ton of party or creed, and the attention of all
classes in San Francisco is directed to the fact
that the underlying principle of the present
movement excludes vindfctiveness, resent
ments, personal selfseeking and involves
simply the fundamental rights of American
communities to equality before the law, to po-
litical deceney and integrity, and to the just
and faithful administration of public affairs
in such manner as to promote the solid in
terests of the entire body of citizens and their
industrial, mental and moral welfare.
In regard to the resolution introduced by
Calvin Ewing in the Assembly, the COM
mittee passed the following:
WHEREAS, The Hon. Calvin Ewing of San
Francisco has introduced into the Assembly
resolution providing for an investigation into
the Police Department of San Francisco, which
resolution has been duly referred 10 commit
tee; therefore, be it
ResoLUed, That the Assembly be and is hereby
respectfully asked to defer action on that reso-
luton until after Wednesday next, by which
time this committee, through its sub-commit-
tee on legislature, will be ready to suggest a