The herald., 1895-12-04
TEED WILL STAY WITH II
He Will Take Another WhaCk at
the JanitOr
THE LAUGH ON THE COUNCIL
George Stockwell Was "Forninst" the
"Fiie"
THE LAUGH ON THE COUNCIL
As Chairman of the Finance Committee He
Refused to Sign the Back Action,
Reversible Reconmendatio,

Fred Marshall, the colored janitor at
the old city hall, is the recipient OF con-
CALCULATIONS from nearly every resident
in the Ninth ward. Marshall on Mon
day evening met the ehemy and with Il
stray assistance rendered him by the tv o
patrol wagon drivers of the police d.,
partment has compelled the whole Ct y
government to acknowledge his g-cl,.
ness.
MARSHALL has always been a leader
among the colored population of the city,
which fact secured, three years ago. his
place among the city's ianitor corps
Among his other duties he ives. ons year
ago. deputized to look after the quarters
of the chief of police. Having Il
purely political Job, Marshall. 50
Chief Glass AYERS, has never by con.
soientious labor earned his salary OF $50
a month. Time and again has the chic.
Shown 20 visitors dirt and refuse in his
quarters in chunks, after the ;anitor was
supposed to have cleaned up ell of the
debris. Tno thing became so unbcar-
able that the chief IN sheer self
protection was finally compelled to
ask thu board of police commission
ers to request OF the council to cut off III
his prime the colored janitor from tue
Ninth ward. This rscommen 1ation the
the time predicted that Marshall's pull
would keep him in otficc, all the other
prevailing pulls to the contrary.
When the matter came UP in the coun.
Gil it looked as il The Herald Ind reck-
oned without it's host, for Marshall 5
official head came off so quick that 1T
made the people in the galleries appear
Ii-zy nj only thu a
whirlwind also struck the two drivers OF
he patrol wagon, whose pay was ordered
tt be reduced from $50. 30 IL $50 a month.
At the subsequent meeting OF the coun-
Gil Councilman Blanchard threw himself
into the breach with all the spirit OF
his Boy lie Heights nature. lie protested
against Marshalps decapitation and
against the proposal to have trusty
from the city prison detailed to do Mar
shall s work, on the ground that such leg
islalion was discrimination again Vt free
lator. Blanc hard is a member OF the
finance committee, and hnally bad the
matter referred TO that comm ittee. Then
began that pulling and hauling and wire
wurkin. which is always tie domiDat-
ing feature upon similar occasions. The
two patrol drivers and their friends
Joined issue with the culored statesman.
and the thing was apparently done. The
patrol drivers in san Francisco and every
0tner large city are paid $50 a month, but
that cut no ice in the present emergency.
The county had TO be saved, and the COL
ored vote was slipping away from the ad-
ministration on all tours. The police
justices were called into the pay, and
they stated that a trusty janitor would
De unsafe. He mi ht be tempted to re
move the city hall to Pasadena, and pn-
lice court luries can so easily be con-
terminated.
In due course of offciul procedure, the
city attorney drew up the necessary or
dinance throwing tho colored lanltor out
upon an unfoeling world and TOPPING off
tho patrol drivers wages as Ind been
officially deoreed. Councilmen Blanchard
and Snyder din lot do thing to that or
dinanco. They both placed their teeth IN
to it to see if It were not counterfeit ana
binding it real made Il Recommendation
that it b. filed. Councilman Stock we'll
who is the chairman of the finance c. M
mittoe refused to stand in. The work of
his two colleagues was too raw Tor the
man from the First ward. When the
matter came to vote on Monday, the
filling" recommendation went through
with q silencs which was funereal. Pre+i-
dent iced, who had been responsible for
the econom cal wavelet, was absent.
iced said yesterday that he did not in
tend to let the matter drop. He will
bin 1t up again AT q subsequent meet
ing for the purpose OF preventing the
administration from becoming laugh
ing stock.
And in tho meantime Colonel Michael
Beckpan, deputy Zaniero, who is the
mascot of the minIstratioD, deplores
the universal jollying propensites which
are such prominent feature OF this
wicked worln.