The morning call., 1895-02-15
THEY ARE READ OUT OF THE
PEOPLES PARTY FOR OPPOS-
ING REFORMS.
THE DALTON-LECKIE FIGHT.
OAKLAND CITIZENS WILL RAISE A
QUARTER OF A MILLION FOR
THE VALLEY RAILROAD.

Ting against reduction of his salary be-
fore legislative committee. The plat
form of the Populists pledged its candi-
dates to reduction of % per cent in Off
cial salaries, and it has been reported of
Mr.. White that he made the statement that
the Populists did not know what they were
doing when they inserted the reduction
plank in their platform.
Treasurer Sanford and Superintendent
of Schools Garlick also come in for a comb
ing over, while Assessor Dalton, who was
not elected by that party, also receives
dressing from the angry Populists.
| The gentlemen at the head of the third
party organization have given this scorch-
ing communication to the public:
An account has been printed of the efforts of
| the lobby from Oakland, which went to Sacra-
mento to defeat the bill for retrenchment in
| the matter of salaries paid TO State and county
| officials, among whom are County Sheriff
| White, County Treasurer Sanford, County AS
SCISSOR Dalton and superintendent of Public
Instruction GaTlick.
Personally and as party we have nothing to
| do with Dalton, but we are assumed to be
responsible for the election OF MesSrS. White,
| Sanford and Garlick, and under the eircum-
stances we wish TO mphatically protest against
the alleged Populist end of the Alameda County
"high salary lobby
Mr.. White is alleged to have stated in the
presence of the committee that the Peoples
party aid not know what it@as talking ABOUT
| when it placed the twenty-five per cent reduc-
| tion of salaries" demanded on its county plat
| form.
Did Mr.. White know what he was talking
| about when he Stumped Alameda County in
the interest of the Sheriff's end OF the Peoples
party fight here and declared his Endorsement of
| the platform and emphatically promised the
| people retrenchment and reform in the Sher-
| IFS office in the event of his election?
Now that he, an accident, man elected to
office with MeSSrS. Garlick, Sanford and Dalton,
! by the good grace OF an accidental whim in
| their favor by the A. 2. A, secret political
| organization, and the Christian Endeayor, a
| religious organization, elected at the expense
OF every principle for which the Peoples party
! stands pledged, elected at the expense OF that
| for which the Peoples party is tighting-conrol
| of the legislation of this county-elected by
barter and sale at the expense of every legsla-
| tive candidate upon the ticket, it is not sur
| prlslng that these gentlemen should willingly
! prostitute another plank in the platform, that
is, the pledge TO reduce county salaries % per
| cent
! But these accidents political have lost all
right to pose as representatives of the Peoples
party sentiment of this county, and never had
| the right to instruct the people as to whether
or not said people know what they are talking
about. and are able to decide wisely what they
want"
AS voicing the sentiments OF the Central
Committee of the Peoples party of Oakland,
we reterate the demand for a reduction in
county official salaries of 20 per cent, and
strue TO suit their changed positions plank
which, before election, they indorsed.
Mr. White, man who cannot claim to
have ever earned salary exceeding :S95 per
month prior to his elevation to the Sherif's
efce, speaks very gibly as to his ability to clear
more than $4,000 per year Sheriff. Those
willingly give Mr. White $4,000 year for the
privilege OF drawing the Sheriff's salary, and
this not taking into account the added income
to the Sheriff, which the various members of
his family who have secured positions will
bring into the White Golfers.
What pertains to White can be said of the
rest, and Accident Dalton also. All stood
pledged for retrenchment before election.
But White has not been true to any element
that elected him. His promises TO the negroes
are broken, his promises to the A. p A have
been broken, and he has made no pretense of
carrying out his promises 10 the Peoples party
Inc people knew what they were talking
| about when they demanded a % per cent re-
ductlon IN county salaries, but they did not
know what they were doing when they elected
10 once such men as White, and that at the
expense OF the legislative ticket, through
barter and sale made by the present iailer
The fight is still on. Let us select the law
making element here in Oakland at the com
ing city election and carry the initiative the
referendum and the imperative mandate by
which we can dispose of such officials as
| White and others who prove traitors to their
trust. ED MCCLURE,
G. f. GARDNER
Campaign Committe,
j. +. PAULK,
Secretary City Central Committee
The old fight between Assessor Dalton
and ex-Assessor Leckie, which ragged BIT
terly during the campaign, when the two
men were pitted against each other in try
ing to secure the Office of County Assessor
seems to be still raging, but the seat of
war seems to have been moved to Sacra-
mento, where Dalton is making fight be-
fore the Legislative Committee against
cut of his office receipts. Leckie has fol-
lowed him up, and is trying to show that
the cut should be made.
Leckie has made a statement for the
committee, showing that he made S12. 600
out of the office in one year when he held
it, and that Dalton is likely to make S17.-
600 year out of it. Dalton figures that he
cannot clear more than $4500 out of the
office.
Leckie figures for the benefit of the com
mittee as follows: Salary $25, 1902 90: ex-
penses, $12,904; income for Leckie, $12,-
1898 93
To offset this statement on the part of
Mr.. Leckie Dalton has produced a state
ment made by Leckie before the Board of
Supervisors in 1892, when the Assessor was
asking for additional help to do the work
of his office: Expenses, $15.S79; income
commissions, $3.50 SO; salary, $4,000;
total, $19565 SO. This would have made
Leckie's salary in 1892, according to his
sworn statement, only $3686 SO.
In the face of these discrepancies Dalton
has set on foot an investigation He wants
to know why, if the office gave such rich
returns in 1894, it paid SO poorly in 1892.
Irish Camps Their Trail.
Colonel John p Irish is preparing to
strike the City Council in another direc-
ton. He says that the members of the
present council are responsible for an in
crease in insurance rates owing to their
action in making Broadway the dividing
line of the water companies.
The colonel says that had they allowed
the two companies to alternate their fire
hydrants one would be of service if the
other failed, and Oakland would have
first-class water supply instead of third
class one, as is the case at present
When Assessor Henry Dalton returned
from Sacramento yesterday he was imme-
mediately placed under arrest having
been a member of the City Council when
the garbage resolution was passed. .I
City Attorney Johnson is making active
preparation for the defense of the Councill |
men, and does not appear to think that
Colonel Irish will have it all his own way
when the cases come to trial.
The defense will be a general denial that |
any nuisance has been maintained
The City Attorney intends to make an
other Doint of the fact that the resolution |