The record-union., 1896-04-17
SUTRO And THE GOVERNOR.
Perfect Harmony Does Not at Present
Exist Between Them.
The Latter is Determined That the
Former Shall Garry Out the
Pledges He Made.

There is war between Governor Budd
and Mayor Sutro-especially Sutro-as
the Governor stands pat and more or
less benignly smiles while Sutro raves
and calls him the agent Of the ooto-
pus."
1t was not always so. A year ago,
when Governor Budd vetoed the street
car bill, Sutro sent him a telegram con-
graduating him and saying, You
stood as firm as a rock, and to-day we
look on you as the noblest Roman of
them ALL" But things are changed
row.
1t is all about the site of the Affiliated
Colleges building, for which the last
Legislature appropriated $4,000.
Sutro, who has an eye to business, has
a large amount of land in the outskirts
Of the city, it is very possible, thought
it a good speculation to offer
the State a gift of a site for the
buildings and reap the benefit Of the
consequent rise in value in his adjoining
property. He did not let the iron grow
cold, but made the offer, which the
Governor and the Regents accepted last
October. 1t was November, however,
before Sutro gave them the deed, which
provided, however, that work should
be begun within six months or the site
should revert to him. He also prom
ised to do other things which were not
in the deed, but has not carried out his
promises.
The Governor, who is one of the alum
nj of the University, and President of
the Board Of Regents, took great in
terest in the matter and favored having
the work done at the proper time, but
the necessary legal delays Of having
plans and specifications made, adver-
tising, ETC., have nearly consumed the
time named in the deed, and the nom
fulfillment by Sutro of his promises
made the propriety Of putting up the
buildings doubtful unless he did 50.
Early this month the Governor re-
ceived the following letter:
To His Excellency J. H. Budd, Gov
ernor of California-My Dear Sir: Per-
nit us to call your attention to an i'm
portant matter in the interests of the
Affiliated Colleges of the University.
One Of the principal arguments used by
the Committee of the Affiliated Colleges
to procure the appropriation from the
Legislature for building the Affiliated
College was situated at too great a dis
tance from the City and County Hos
pital, where the medical students were
obliged to spend half their time. The
great objection that was urged against
the selection of the SutrO site for the
Affiliated Colleges was that it was a
still greater distance from the City and
County Hospital than the present Med
ical College. AS an inducement to the
committee to accept the Sutro site, and
as an offset to compensate for the dis
tance, his honor, Mayor Sutro, repeat
edly promised the committee that he
would establish on the adjoining por
would endow the library SO that it
would be self-sustaining that he would
place in the hands of a Board of TruS-
tees the library, the library building
which he would erect, and substantial
property, the income Of which would
support the library. He asked the COM
mittee for few weeks time to select
the Board of Trustees into whose hands
he was to place the library and it's en-
dowment.
Permit us to call your attention to the
fact that his honor, Mayor Adolph Su-
tro, has not complied with his promise
AS members of the committee who
worked necessarily for several years
to procure the appropriation to build
the colleges. we most respectfully pro-
test against a dollar of the appropria-