The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
The Deed of a Site for the
Affiliated Colleges Not
Yet Signed.
TOO MUCH OCTOPUS TALK.
Intimation That the Mayors Regard
for the Public Is Governed by
Dimes and Nickels.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, April 16.-The
method pursued by Mayor Sutro in criti-
cising the executive has aroused the ire of
Governor Budd, and in speaking of the
matter he said:
when the Legislature had closed and
all my official acts regarding legislation
were over, and Mayor Sutro was in full
possession of his faculties, he 1e1egraphed
me as follows:
SAN Francisco March %, 1895.
To Governor James II. Budd: Please permit me
to congratulate you upon the great service you
have rendered the citizens OF San Francisco
by bypreventing the streetcar fare bill to become
law. know the pressure which was brought
to bear upon you. You stood as firm as a rock
and to-day we look upon you as the noblest
Roman of them all" ADoLPH SUTRo, Mayor
The cares of office ana other matters
have SO worried him since then that he
denounces every man, woman or child
who differs from him in opinion with re-
gard TO the octopus. All that I as Gov
ernor asked or wanted was that he comply
with his promises made to the regents of
the university, and 1 was backed in nv
demand by the following letter:
SAN FRANCISCO, April ?, 1896.
CdliforniG-MY DEAR SIR: Permit us to call
your attention TO an important matter in the
interest OF the Affiliated Colleges of the uni
versity. One OF the principal arguments used
by the committee of the Affiliate Colleges to
procure the appropriation from the Legis-
lature for building the Affiliated Colleges was
that the present medical college was situated
at too great q distance from the City and
County Hospital, where the medical students
obliged SnaOd ho1 0f bai
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 medical college.
As an inducement 10 the committee to ac-
cept the Sutro site, and as an Offset to compen-
safe for the distance his Honor, Mayor Sutro,
repeatedly promised the committee that he
would establish on the adjoining portion of
the site large library; that he would endow
the library so that itwould be selfsustaining;
that he would place in the nands of a board of
trustees the library, the library building which
he would erect, and substantial property the
income of which would support the liorary
He asked the committee for few weeks time
to select the board of trustees into whose
hands he was to place the library and its en-
dowment.
Permit US TO call your attention to the fact
that his Honor, Mayor Adolph Sutro, has
not complied with his promise. AS members
OF the committee who worked incessantly for
several years 10 procure the appropriation to
build the colleges, we most respectfully pro-
test against dollar of the appropriation being
expended in building the affiliated colleges on
the sutro site until his Honor, Mayor Sutro
has complied with his promise Yours, re-
specttullY, W. F. McNutt, w. E. Taylor, W. NJ
SeaDy, l. L. Dunbar, A A. d'Ancona, L. l.
GODDARD; 1. A. Beckett, chairman committee
for colleges OF pharmacy.
Mayor Sutro appeared before the
regents Tor the purpose of asking an ex-
tension OF time before entering into this
contract. Judge Wallace was chairman of
the committee that had waited upon him
and insisted upon a definite answer. In
stead OF simply asking for the time, which
would have been granted him imme-
dlately, he went off into rambling talk
ABOUT the octopus, its influence over ali
bodies, and finally stated that it was en-
deavoring to influence the regents in re-
gard to the Affiliated Colleges on the Sutro
site. In his talk he went back to the davs
when he was fighting for the Sutro tun-
mel, and talked more on other subjects
than the one before the board.
"When he had finished | stated as was
u.
was that it asked no more than he had
promised in writing, and would take no
less. On motion made to relieve him
from his promise and accept this site l
strongly stated that l would not be
whipped into line by his threats of octo-
pus influence. The very head and front of
my offending hath this intent; no more.
The regents of the university stand too
high to be injured by the ramblings
OF any man, and my record on the rail
road question is too we'll known to be in
1ured by gentleman who can see no hon
est man in the world other than himself.
and who cries octopus as the boy cried
wolf for his own purpose.
III Mr.. Sutro wishes to keep his prom
ises, we'll and good; but he cannot avoid
keeping them by any abnse of the Cover
nor OF this State or the board of regents OF
the University of California. NV first
official act as Governor. was TO call the at
tention of the Legislature to The funding
bill in the following language:
While as legislators you cannot pass any act
directly bearing upon the subject Of transcon-
unental transportation, still you may instruct
your senators and advise your Representatives
In Congress thereon, ana would suggest that
you so advise and instruct in favor of Govern
ment construction and contfol of the Mica
ragua Canal also suggest that you instruct
and advise against all Pacific railroad refund
ing bills. The Government might with profit
to the Pacific States foreclose on the property
and operate the mortgaged roads, under proper
regulation, at a rate of charges to be meas
ured by the cost Of the service.
"The Legislature, acting upon my mes
sage, passed the anti-funding bill resolu-
ton, which l caused Immediately to be
telegraphed to .ames g. Mcguire. As
soon as the question came up this year as
to whether they had been properly re-
ceived l caused a certified copy to be
made by the Secretary OF State, and dur
ing the present session of Congress I
mailed to every member from California
certified copy of said resolution, so that
every member of Congress would know
exactly the stand taken by the Legislature
and the Governor of this State.
81 have said all on the funding bill that
an official in my position properly could
say. l stand as firmly on my declarations
to the Legislature as l did the day they