The herald., 1895-01-08
The Qncs'jon Is Now Whether
Mr.. Burr Will Get There.
RESTS WITH SUPERVISORS.
District Attorney DOnuell Says
There Is u Vacancy.
It Wm 81 Settled By thu Board at
Fhis Mornings S,sston whether
1t Ia to lsn sheriff Burr
or Sheriff Cline.

At least halt an hour before the noon
taps sounded Oh the city hall bell. a
c1asiderahle crowd assembled in the
lower corridor of the court house to see
whether any fun or r.y would develop
et ,he sherif's tfi 20 when John Burr
camo to demand the Office from John
Cline.
BURR APPEARS.
Sheriff elect Burr's arrival was the
aigual for rush. first into the business
the Incumbent. There wers lawyers,
poitiois AZ. reporters aud deputy sheriff.
Of bath factions galore.
Seated in chairs near the table in the
n ial5 Of the room ware Mssers. Cheney
and Cronin, the gal adyiserd OF Sheriff
Cline, who himself sat on the edge OF
that picce of furniture. The entrance
OF Bur. with his attorney. Frank Flint,
WA the gnal for whipping out chro-
nometers and Waterburys. It took some
minutes TINA to make it eight bells"
ns snero were no two watches in the
entire room hstpointed out exactly the
e., me time. Johnny Cline, however,
whipped out bis own gold ticker and
said he would be guided BIZ that, aud no
amount of suggestions by the crowd
that it wac ''time" swsyed him until
the big hand OF his watch had cover ed
the siuallsr one. Then no allowed that
il was IL o'clock
SHORT BUT SWEET.
Immediately Mr.. Burr npoke up: "Mr.
Cline," said he, sit being now the hour
OF IL. 1. as the duly elected aud quail
fed successor to your offcs, demand Of
you that you deliver TO ma the books.
keys and other appurtenancss. l am
the duly elected sheriff OF this county"
Mr.. Clno-Mr. Burr, it would have
boon my duty at teis hour to have
delivered up the pa -aphernalia OF this
Gifice to my successor in Office were it
not that l am advised by my st ornsyt
mat yen have not complied with the
necessary formaIities which would have
made You my duly elected successor |
must therefore decline to comply with
your request. Any further questions
which you may desire to ask will be
answered by my legal adviser5.
Frank Flint-Thsn you won. give up
Mr.. Cline-No.
Mr.. BuYr-That nottles 1t!
Then Burr and his attorney walked
OF. without another word, and the crowd
followed.
BEFORE THE BOARD.
Mr. Burr was hstf1 sd but not dis-
heartened. He went before the board
of aupervisora as soon vs. ii convened ia
the aiternooB. That this had been the
stserif elect'a intention WAS an open
secret. because the lobby In the auper-
visorial room. Ordinarily deserted. and
ths corriier leading to it, were Tiled
with people discussing the situation.
Sheriff Cline's re!ueal to turn over tina
Office to his successor was at opcs
brought to the attention OF the board
NJ T. Allen. OF the firm of Allen &
Fiat represented Mr.. Burr. He asked
that tho Office OF sheriff be declared
vacant and that his client bs appointed
~ the vacancy.
He etated that Burr had been duly
elected sheriff of this county, that he
had fled hie bond in due time. but by
son,s omis ion he'd neglected to file his
osth of Office With the county clerk
within 10 days SITTER receiving notice Of
j. election. He had taken an oath Of
cGo in Sen Francisco before Judge
onto OF tho eupre"'a conrt, and had
also takoR sn cath b col D ole, By y,-
peaaIg il to a. " seaysr, deputy
U,unty clerk, Burr being in San Fran.
uiaCo and Ssaver in Los Angeles.
REVIEWING THE SITUATION.
There csn ba DC question:" eaid Mr..
A'len, 'thas Mar. Burr wise elected, and
that it is lie will of tha people that he
~" the Office. He la, two remedies
ut his spossl: One is that he take OFT
u - waffanto proceedings, which woulu
REQUIRE a lapse Of several months before
decision could be rendered, and in
addition would entail great expense
rnd an1oysncs to tho people OF this
cauny. Tbs other remedy ia that the
lnenDers OF the board, of their own vo-
liiion. declare the office OF sheriif vacant.
therefore ask that you dsclars the
Office vacant, and that my client be an.
pointed TO the position the people chose
him foY.
CLINE WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE.
@. f. Cronin, representing Sheriff
Cline replied that he was not there to
make formal argument. Eat present"
said he. ss he glanced at the clock. at
is just q quarter OF 2 o'clock and Mr..
Cline is still sheriff. What you gentle-
mon are going to do, know not, but
Sheriff Cline is holding public Office
VI hich he haa honored by his vigilance
and vigor. lie has been weighed in the
balance and not found wanting, and be
does not propose to relinQ uish the posts
ton in any illegal manner to his euc-
ceesor. 1t remains for you to say who
shall fill the Office"
WAS A SHORT WEIGHT.
Attorney Allen, resuming, said that
"the verdict at tbs polls wac in favor OF