The San Francisco call., 1896-11-18

Site 2, Alameda County 8, San Fran
cisco 8.
Second baIIot-Stockton 2, Alameda
County 4, University Site 8, San Fran
cisco 8, Los Angeles 1.
Third ballot-Stockton 8, Alameda
County 2, University Site 5, San Fran
cisco IL.
The foregoing ballots were taken by the
Board of University Regents at the Mark
Hopkins Institute yesterday afternoon to
determine the location of the Wilmerding
School. Governor Budd cast the eleventh
vote on the third ballot which gave San
Francisco the majority, and then declared
the result in favor of this City.
The regents voting for San Francisco on
the third and final ballot were William I.
Jeter, E. A. Denicke. C. F. Crocker, H. S.
Foote, George T. Marye, T. G. Phelps, J..
B. Reinstein, Arthur Rodgers, G. w.
Slack, William T. Wallace and Governor
Budd.
The three votes for Stockton came from
Lynch, Chase and John E. Budd.
The regents voting for the university
site were Hallidie, Hellman, Martin, Mil
ler and Waymire.
Regents kellogg and RoweIl voted for
Alameda County.
The votes for Stockton on the first hal
lot were cast by Governor Budd, Lynch,
Chase, Foote and John E. Budd.
]. c. Wilmerding, in his will, gave $4C0,-
0oo to establish trade school for boys,
indicating q desire that the boys
should have little study and plenty OF
work. The trust was confided to the Re-
gents. As the bequest did not stipulate
that the school should be established in
San Francisco strong pressure was ex-
erted to secure its location elsewhere.
Last February majority Of a special
committee on sites reported in favor of
establishing the school on tract of land
in Temescal, bnt the report was not
adopted by the board. After much dis
cussion the whole .subject-matter was
postponed until after the election. Yes.
terday at the hour appointed for settling
the question only two regents-S. T.
Black and ]. F. Houghton-were absent.
Twenty one responded to the rollcall.
Chester Rowell came from Fresno, John
C. Lynch from San Bernardino, John E.
Budd from Stockton and William T. Jeter
from Santa Cruz to attend the session.
The regents Ia ked from 1:30 until
PM Messrs. Martin, Hallidie, Governor
Budd, Phelps, Rodgers and Wallace m ade
elaborate arguments. As preliminary
step the regents resolved that the school
be established to teach trades.
j. West Martin opened the discussion
on behalf of the Temescal site of seven
acres. He read from printed pages. He
spoke of the bequest as the grandest dis
position of surplus wealth ever made, as il
was step toward the emanci patton of
youth from trade despotism. He hoped
1t was not the policy of San Francisco to
al hoorh avarvthlnp and iCpnre tho en- h
urban towns.
Timothy Guy Phelps smoke for San Fran
cisco and made strong and lucid argu-
ment He produced letter from Irving NJ.
Scott 10 sustain his position. He held that
the school should be established in the
midst of the din OF manufacturing industry
and in the rlace where the greatest mum ber
of boys could be reached Mr.. Wilmerding
desired to reach the idle boys, and it was
in these boys that the speaker was inter-
ested. Many OF them were boys of bright
intellect. Some time ago the board was
addressed by man who made sneering
allusion to these boys of the street. II
ielt sorry for that man" said Mr.. Phelps.
"He would have sneered at Abraham
Lincoln in his rail-splitting garb. He
would have sneered at q. s. Grant"
Governor Budd replied that the whole
drift OF discussion seemed TO Imply that
the regents were 10 execute local trust.
San Francisco only was mentioned. The
rest of the State was ignored. He wanted
to know If any rich man OF San Francisco
had come forward with the offer of q site.
The Governor spoke of the many advan-
taGes which Stockton possessed, and the
readiness o. her people to provide land
and buildings for the school.
Reference was made to the absorbing in
clinations of Alameda County. The sum
OF $500 was soon to be expended at
d. - Lxo
other large sum-perhaps million-was
coming from. The Governor was afraid
that the people of Alameda County were
trying to emulate the animal that was
driven into the sea.
Arthur Rodgers said the main purpose
of the regents should be to ascertain what
the beneiactor desired, and in good faith
execute the wishes OF the donor. 1--WE
should establish again and again the prin-
ciple that we carry out the wishes of 8
benefactor. We snould be true to the
trust and locate the school where Mr.
Wilmerding saw the idle boys. We should
be honest 10 the man who made the gift" !"
George T. Marye recalled TO the atten-
ton of the regents the letters which Will
liam Alvord, Thomas J. Lamb and G.. F.
Fargo had written. When it was sug-
gested to Mr.. WiImerdine that the Po-
trero would be good place he remarked,
That's right; the Fotrero is the place for
1t. As merchant and resident of San
Francisco for forty years Mr.. WiImerding
had this City in view.
a. S. HallIdie read carefully prepared
paper on the subject, directing particular
attention to the lact that Mr.. Wllmerding
left the choice of the site to the regents.
Mr.. HaIlidie held that it was mistaken
idea that the school was designed for the
street arabs and neither was it mission
ary school.
Judge Wallace's line Of argument was
that Mr.. Wilmerding had no other place
than San Francisco in view. He lived
here for forty years. 1t was his first inten-
tlon TO give $400, 900 to the Art Associa-
tion. but hearing of Mr.. Searles' munifi-
cent gift be said to himself, "What else
can do for San Francisco2"
1T never entered his mind or the mind
OF his associates to designate site; that
vas implied. Why should Wilmerding
exclude San Francisco? If q rich man of
SiocKton-a man who had lived there
forty years-should die and leave 100000
Tor trade school my modesty would not
allow me to go there and ask for the
money for q school in San Francisco.
couldn't have the lace 10 do it. II would
break me down."
Judge Wallace's remarks elected some
merrlment at the expense OF the Governor