The San Francisco call., 1896-07-29

4no representative OF q dig local cor
poration, who claims to have paid money
to the agent of the majority in the board
for the prevention of the passage of a
certain resolution, is. according to Super
visor Taylor. thinking seriously of taking
the matter before the Grand Jury.
He held a consultation with Colonel
TAYLOR, the chairman of the Finance Com
mittee and leader of the minority, yester-
day, and laid the facts before him. Colonel
Taylor advised him to await DEVELOPMENTS
in the present efforts of the Grand Jury to
unearth the rottenness that is alleged to
exist in the ranks of the majority, and at
the proper time come forward and tell his
story.
This last act of this coterie of corrupt
men is the proverbial last straw that
breaks the camels back said Colonel
Taylor yesterday while discussing the ac-
tion OF the majority. "They have been
running things with high hand so long
they imagine they are safe in doing any
thing, but the people have turned on
them and the end of the tidal wave that
has risen is hard to predict. A business
man in this town, a leader in big corpor-
alton. told me to-day that he had paid
money to this crowd in the board to pre-
vent it from running his business and
asked me what to do about it-whether to
go to the Grand Jury.
ST told him that there was only one
thing to do, and that was to tell the truth,
and the whole truth, when the time came.
This action of the board Is infamous, and
a public insult that shall not go unpun-
ished.
II have rested quietly under the strain
of this thing long enough. Why, never
heard of such thing. These men think
they can control this City as though it was
their own, but l think they will find to
their cost that the people have been
reused at last. The era when men could
be robbed and cheated with impunity has
passed, and l think we are approaching an
era when better men will be elected tC
Office and the affairs of the municipality
win be better managed.
'Since the board passed the resolution
offered by Wagner three of the Supervis
ors have been to me to half apologize fol
the insult put upon the committee O
which am the chairman. Iwant noEe o.
their apologies, for 1 know the men.
when thev began to talk to me I tolc
them that knew they were corrupt anc
that l could prove it, and that if they
wanted to go with me would take them
TO man who had paid them money, anC
that would show them to their faces tha
they had been bribed and how much the,
sold out for. OF course they did not have
time TO go just then, nor will they eve
have time of their own accord"
If Supervisor Taylor concludes to attenc
the session of the board this mornin,
when it meets as a committee of tn
whole those Supervisors who voted t,
take the arranging of the municipal ap
preparations out of the hands of the
Finance Committee will probably listen t.
an arraignment of themselves such as the,
never heard before.
From an incident that occurred Monda-
afternoon last after the meeting of tn,
board it may be imagined that the session
will be stormy one.
Colonel Taylor entered downtown
resort to partake of some liquid refresh
ment, when Supervisors Hirsch and Wag
ner entered. The Supervisor from th
Eighth was not present when the resolu
tion of the man from the Twelfth wa
passed, and Hirsch went over to tn,
colonel and impaired the information O
the majority's action as matter of news
He had scarcely finished when the Su
pervisor grasped the full import of tn,
communication and saw the direct Insult
Hirsch fairly recoiled before the lock h,