The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13

| the City and County tax for said fiscal year
should not exceed S5 cents or 75 cents, as the
case may be, on the 500 on the total valua-
! t1on for City and County as aforesaid and tor
all purposes.
In the interest OF economy and reform at
home we have reduced our pledge below 80
cents to meet the shameless and discriminat-
! ing action of the State Board of Equalization
| In raising San Francisco County'S assessment
20 per cent, ana thus imposing an additional
| burden on our taxpayers of $276 ,625 54 in
coin, which we now meet in part by our re-
| duced pledge that saves our taxpayers $685.,
| 793 OF the aforesaid sum unjustly imposed on
| them by the "stand and deliver" policy OF the
State Board of Equalization.
The pledge is in contrast with the acts of the
Republican ma jority and conf animation in the
present Board of Supervisors. who, in 1895-96,
with a total tax OF $2 % on each 500, OF
which 81 80 for City and County pur-
poses, on total value returned by the As
sessor raised and spent So, ,130 $50 of money
collected from taxes Tor City and County pur-
| poses alone. Under our pledge, as above set
forth, there will be saved each year under this
! pla torn about So, ,l1S. 648, Or reduction OF
Al per cent to the taxpayer on the City and
! Cou nty taxes to be paid by him when COM
| pare with his tax bill OF 1895 5-96.
! We commend the action of the Hon. Joseph
/. Dimond, present Supervisor of the Fifth
Ward, for his fealty to his trust and fearless
adhere nee to his pledge.
We think it of the highest importance that
! the School Department of the City and County
OF san Francisco shall be for all time at liberty
! to secure the highest and best talent available
ana TO employ for its teachers and instructors
! the persons best qualified for the work,
! whether educated in the public or private
| schools in other States, or in the public and
/ private schools of this State or self-edueated.
| We believe that there should be but one test
ior the selection OF teacher in the public
! schools, and that test requiring the highest
degree of integrity and ability.
We furthermore denounce this exclusion of
large body OF qualified citizens from the
right 10 become teachers OF our public schools
upon equal terms with other equally qualified
citizens as an unconstitutionally imposed
qualification for holding of office, and as de-
NAL of equal rights before the law.
The report was adopted and then the
trst and only vigorous contest of the con-
vention quickly followed. 1t was another
period of the battle over the nomination
in the Seventeenth Senatorial District,
waged by Thomas Egan and Lawrence
Buckley and their friends, and in which
the Twenty-eie hth and Twenty-ninth
Assembly districts are solldly arrayed
against each other. at the primary there
was great contest at ballot-box Stutfing.
Egan receiving 975 votes, just six more
than the number of ballots Buckley
friends could find to put in the box.
Buckley and his friends have been vigor-
ously but vainly pushing contest.
So John Rafferty, read report of a con-
ventIon of delegates from the Seven teenth
Senatorial District, at which the twenty
five delegates from the Twenty eighth and
four from the Twenty ninth districts were
present. This convention had resolved
report recommended that the convention
indorse Lawrence Buckley or order new
primary, or that the nomination be re-
terred to the delegates to the convention
from the district.
The friends of Egan and Buckley APP
peared OF about equal nun bers in the con-
vention, and the ensuing proceedings were
rcd not for fifteen minutes.
| Amid great hU Ubbub, which Chairman
Nealon resolutely tried to hold in check
Egan made a speech and when Buckley
| had made a speech in reply there were
cheers for Egan and rival cheers for Buck
| ley. There was vote on the report,
| which Chairman Nealon declared lost.
| This almost threatened riot by Buckley
and his friends from the Twenty eighth,
but it was suppressed in its incipieney and
Buckiey's contest was shelved.
The committee on judiciary then pre-
sented its report, which was read by w.
| F. Humphreys. The report recommended
the nomination of the following named
for Superior Judges: Joseph Leggett
| Frank J. Murasky, w. G. Burke and Rob
ert Ferral; Police Judges-Walter Gal
lagher, DIR. w. ]. Gavigan, George W. Fox
and Frank w. Lawler; Justices of the
| Peace-A. j. Fritz, w. E. White, Frank
SchIlling, d. B. Richards and J. c. Flood.
The report was adopted and the nomi-
nations were made unanimous.
The committee on School Directors rec
| L. II.
Carew, j. ]. DowGng, G. A. frost, P. t.
Finn, DR.. a. E. Blake, E. P. Farnsworth,
J. J. Mccarthy, H. B. Morey, James
! O'Connor, Frank Bragg, w. C. Read, DR..
II. r. Morton.
The report was unanimously accepted.
| For the unexpired term Superintendent
| of Public Instruction John A. Wall nomi-
mated Robert Haight and the nomination
was made by acclamation.
! For Supervisor from the First Ward
! Stephen Sanguinetti was proposed by Del
egate Morgan. Mr.. Phillips named Henry
| Eckhart for the same post. 1t was decided
that the vote should be taken by districts
in order to save time. Sanguinetti was
chosen by a large majority, getting 387
votes to Mr.. Eckhart's 56.
For Supervisor from the Second Ward
Delegate Devote suggested the name of
Emil Kehrlein, who was forthwith NOM
mated by acclamation.
Charles w. Pope, the real-estate dealer.
was nominated by acclamation as Super
visor from the Fourth Ward, the Third
being temporarily passed.
Delegate Brady proposed Colonel A. A. !
Andrews for the Fifth Ward, and the
name of DR.. j. s. Stone being also sug-
gested the names were put to vote, re-
sulting in a large majority for DIR. Stone
who received the nomination.
DR.. W. d. McCarty proposed as nomi-
nee for Supervisor from the Third Ward
the name OF j. d. mcintyre, VINO was nom-
mated by acciamation.
John Rafferty, next presented as nomi-
nee from the Seventh Ward ex-Supervisor
James Ryan. who was unanimously nomi-
mated.
for the Eighth Ward w. F. Humphreys
proposed Charles Meyer and DR.. Stanton
offered the name of F. H. Molloy. The
vote resulted in favor of Molloy.
For Supervisor from the Sixth Ward
Fred w. Eaton was nominated by
acclamation.
Joseph Rothscbild suggested for the
Ninth Ward II. B. Goecken. Another
delegate proposed John Quig, who de-
cltned the nomination, and that of MIR.
Goecken was made unanimous.
, p f. Cahill was proposed for the Tenth
Ward, and Reel B. Terry nominated ], w.
Fahey, proprietor of the COSMOPOLITAN
Hotel whose name was greeted with much
cheering. The nomination went to Mr..
Fahey.
Dr David Todd and Patrinty Gill, 80,