The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-14
Made at Yesterdays
Nass-Neeting.
MARKHAM Is DENOUNCED
For Appointing Moses GunSt to
Office.
MINISTER'S GIVE THEIR VIEWS.
Bosses and Others Handled With
LngIOVed Hands.
MINISTER'S GIVE THEIR VIEWS.
GROSS EVILS REQUIRING A REMEDY.
Strong Resolutions Passed Amid En-
thnSiaSm = RGvS. c. 0. Brown,
E. r. Ollie and others Speak.

Still another great outburst of popular
Indignation against the selection Of Nose
Gnnst for the high efice of Police Com
missioner. and The appalling municipal
rottenness that had its elimination in out
RACES on the ballot-box. was held yesterday.
Altnongh the day of rest, nevertheless it
was singularlv IN harmony with the pas
sionate cutlery. Ministers Ofdifferent ereeds
met on one platform, declaring 1t was
part of their duty TO raise their voices in
unison with the best elements Of the CON-
muHiiy, whose sense Of decency has been
outraged by political immortality beyond
endurance. Thinking pe0plesIostled with
leaders OF the reform movement 10 find
seats, and for over two hours they all list
ened with significant appreciation to the
sneeches.
Denunciation of the ex-dovernor's ap-
pOIniment of Nose Guust was mingled
with appeals for reform, aud the throDg
Of interested listeners pledged hearty ap-
prevail and support.
The meeting took place in Odd Fellows
Hall at g. P. NJ. 1t was a union Of the
Civic Federation and the Law and Order
League. Every seat on the floor and in
the spacious galleries was occupied, the
corrid rs we're packed with people who
were not able to fnd seats, and the stage
was filled with representative business
men, professional men and ministers of
different city churches
The hall was beautifully decorated with
draperies and small American flags, and
the motto For Law AMI Order" cleaned
in letters of gold from a tricolor back
ground over the stage. A braZen eagle
stood upon the speakers desk, which was
draped with national flags.
l. j. Truman called the meeting to
order. Said he:
Ladies and gentlemen and fellow citi-
Zens, you show in unmistakable language
by your presence that the represeu tatiVe
people of this fair city do not approve of
the selection of this Moses to lead you.
Governor Dan Markham, in retiring
from Office" said he, knew every ac-
ton of his would be criticized, yet he
selected Moses and throws the response
bility on the Recommendation of Acting
Governor H. H. Burns. L have read in
some book that the devil was once asso-
ciated with angels, but have not pursued
the subject far enough to discover that
when the devil was kicked out of heaven
he was permitted to name his successor as
Markham permitted Dan to do.
Markham, in trying to prove that his
tory repeats itself. made a miserable
failure. BE went to the slums in the
garb of Pharoah's daughter and 'nosed'
about among the bullrushes of the tender
luin district, peeped into the side eutI ances,
surveyed the gambling dens and a. last
discovered his Moses covered with the
pitch of his vile surroundings. He now
wanted mother for his foundling-some
one to recommend him for the office of
Police Commissioner, and all the ballOt-box
suffers, corrupt Judges and clerks of our
late elections. jGry-briDers, saloon-kespers
and people of shady reputation offered their
advice to poor old Mother Pharoah
(Markham) and with one voice insisted
that Mexican Mother Burns should carry
the pew Moses into the Police Commits
sioners' office.
"'Wbat are you going to do about itY
S asked the greatest villain in New York.
Tweed; so ask Markham and Burns to-
day.
ut is matter of State history that this
Burns was defaulter in the only two
offices ne ever held in California.
is it not fearful and sad thing to con-
template that such man had the ear of
Governor?
ut is said that the appointment OF
Gunst is eternal. If it Is not. know it is
Internal.
Ladies and gentlemen. you eae can do
something. You can each keep this fire of
wrath burning under the corrupt pot till
it will get so hot they can't stand it.
Let me tell you-do your duty, good
man. When you are drawn on a Jury.
serve. Don't give an excuse. The COM
munity needs your service. Help hold I'D
the hand of your upright Judges and help
to remove the corrupt"
Rev. j. C. Smyth was introduced by the
chairman, and plunged right into the
middle of the open assault on the appoint
ment of Nose Gunst as Police Commits
sioner. ut is surprising that we people |
OF San Francisco can be surprised at this
appointment" said be.
II have not the honor of knowing MIR. i
GunsL i have no donbthe may be high |
toned gentleman, and interested In moral |
and ethical issues; but if he is all that l |
would advise bin to show the people that |
he is not all that is said of him.
HE has been appointed Police Commits |
sioner. No sensible man in the audience
thinks he will resign. He is under the |
control of the Governor, who In turn is
supposed to be under the control of the
people who put him into Office. AS | |