The San Francisco call., 1896-04-27
TANNING AND DAVE MEET
The Tourist.Attorney and the
Mayor Compare Their
Experiences.
PROTECTED BY HIS DOG
Chief OF Police Lloyd's Argument in
Favor of Granting Woman the
Right to Vote.
PROTECTED BY HIS DOG
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL. J
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SOo broauWaY, April 26.
After nearly twenty years, during which
neither knew whether the other was dead
or alive, Mayor Davie and w. L. Tanning.
attorney for the Hotel Association, met
Friday night. Mr.. Tanning is here as a
member of the hotel mems excursion.
Friday morning he read an article in
newspaper about some one named J. L.
Davie fighting all kinds of alleged mu-
nicipal Jobs.
wonder if that's John L.P' mused
Tanning.
'Sulllvan-where2' said a companion
from Texas, jumping from his seat.
mo, no; another John La friend of
mine,' said Tanning.
The same day Tanning came over to
this city and hunted up the Mayor. II
was nearly O'Clock and Mayor Dayie was
in his Office. The Mayor makes it his
boast that he attends to municipal bus1-
ness from 2 to 5 P. NJ. Tanning walked N.
He said something. So did Davie. Then
they shook hands and for the first time
during the administration the Hotel As
scciation attorney induced his Honor to
leave the City Hall three minutes before S.
Then they took in some of San Francisco
and little OF Oakland, and last night
Mayor Davie returned from San Jose
alone.
flaming is half an hour older than I
am" said John L. Davie to-day. 'sHe was
born In the next room to where 1 was born
IN little house in Saratoga County, New
York State, over forty years ago. When
he was less than an hour old was born,
and we grew up together till we were
young men. Then We parted and heard
no more of each other till last Friday.
Tanning did better than 1 did. Although
he is Democrat he declined an offer OF a
Police Judgeship worth $4,000 a year
from Republican Mayor Strong of
New York. Now he has a most
lucrative practice. 1 am hurrying
myself to my grave for $4,000 year, and
everybody who has design against the
treasury-and they number thousands
wishes was there now. l asked Tanning
what he would advise a man to do under
those circumstances He replied, Stand
in, and charged me bottle of chamgagne
for his advice. OF course he spoke in fun
but he drank the champagne in earnest.
Chief of Police Lloyd is an ardent advo-
cate of woman's suffrage. He is more
convinced to-day than he ever was that
the lords of creation should not have a
monopoly of the franchise. In fact it
would be safer in some instances he thinks
to trust with dogs rather than with men,
"You see that name Fred Gibson on the
docket" said The chief this afternoon.
''He is booked for drunk. He is in a cell
now stupid from drink. But he's safe as
far as harming himself is concerned, be-
cause his intelligent dog is with him. Last
,irrhT her AY,+ -
Upper Broadway so drunk that he lay
down in the gutter and went to sleep. He
was accompanied by his dog and when
the rain fell the brute tried to keep it off
his master. Several people went to see
what the matter was, but the attitude of
the dog did not encourage them to GO too
close. The officer on the beat rang in for
the patrol wagon and it was a long job
getting the poor fellow into the patrol
wagon.
1.-THE dog was furious for time and
would not allow any one to approach his
master. Finally the animal became con-
vinced that the officers would not harm
the man, so he permitted them to place
him in the patrol wagon. But the dog
jumped up, too, and stood guard till the
City Hall was reached. Then there was a
little more trouble, but the animal was
tracIable then and seemed to appreciate
T.
The dog went into the cell, and is in there
now-certainly the most intelligent ami
mai OF the two. If the ballot is safe in
the hands of men who trust their lives to
dumb animals, I do not think we have
anything to fear from the women"
The merchants and landed proprietors
OF this county have recently been consider
ing the best method of advertising this
district and laying the foundation for an
era of municipal improvements that will
have tendency to build up and induce
people to come to this city. It would
seem that the grand opportunity is at
hand. There Is now in this part OF the
State the greatest body of advertisers that
can be got together-the visiting hotel men
from the East. They are here for pleas
ure, and, ike all American business men,
there Is always an eye open for information
Unless something is done at once to induce
these tourists TO put in one day in Oakland
they will return with the idea that the
second largest city in California exists
only in name. The information i'm parted
by hotel man in the course of wear is
incredible. He is a standing advertise
ment, and the Merchants EXCHANGE and
the Board of Trade surely do not need to
be told of the nature of the information
that the excursionists would derive from
drive through Oakland, around the State
University and across to Alameda,
They could never forget city whose
electric service is considered the most
complete in the country. a glimpse of
the Piedmont hills, which will soon be-
come thickly settled residence property,
and of the Oakland harbor would convey
an impression not easily lost to men with
eyes for business. At present, however, it
looks as if, when the hotel men return
home and are asked about Oakland, they
will be forced to remark, "Oh yes, we saw
that place-from across the bay"
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To Elect an Editor.
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