The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-03


Nineteenth-The number of Assistant District
Attorneys and clerks and The salary of each in the
aries of assistant attorneys and clerks In each
year since the year 1880.
Twentieth-The number of deputy clerks in the
Board of Supervisors the salary of each III the
year 1896, together with the amounts paid TO such
deputies in each year s.nce the year !esJ.
twenty hrst-The numb Der OF deputies and EN-,
ployes in the Board of Health in the year 1895
and the salary of each.
Twenty seocnd-Aumber of teachers employed
IN Inc school department and the salary OF each
In the year 1896
Twenty -third-The number of deputies, clerks
and employees in the school Department and the
salaries Of each in the year 1896.
ty-fourth-The numler Of deputies in the
Coroner's office employees and the salary of
each in the year 1896 !.
Twenty ffth-The number of clerks and en-
each In the year 1856. :
Observation-Disclosures officers, police clerks and
detectives
Twenty-seventh-Clerks and employes In the
Mayors office and salary of each.
Twenty-eghth-The salaries of the Mayor,
Sheriff, County Clerk, Assessor Treasurer Re
corder, Auditor, Tax Collector License Collector
District Attorney. City and County Attorney, su.
perintendent of Streets, superintendent of
Schools, Coroner, Supervisors, Register of Voters,
surveyor Chief OF the Fire Department in the
Peace and Chief of Police in 1890 +.
Senator Braunhart offered an amend
ment that the secretary ascertain the. Jag
gregate sums of money paid the short
hand reporters in the Police and other
courts. =.
The resolution and amendment were
adopted.
Alfred Crdge made a little speech, in
which he said that the present system OF
election was a farce because the officers
were elected by only 37I per cent of the
people, while "the Solid Eight OF the
Supervisors were elected by less percent
age even than that. A similar spectacle
of misre prese ntation was seen In the vote
by which members of the Legislature
were elected. He suggested that the COM:
mittee on elections should incorporate the
necessary reform. The officers to be
elected should be able to discharge their
duties by the light of the present and not
by the darkness of the past. He was OPP
posed to dead mems government and did
not care 10 have the committees present
code of laws, but wanted them to prepare
framework by which officers could be
elected and the people fully represented.
1t was because OF this Indifference that
the years rolled on until they brought the
civil war; But there were worse things
in government, added Nj. Cridge, than
human slavery.
J.J. Dryer moved that the committees
should report either in full or progressive
ly at each meeting.
Senator Braunhart favored the propo-
sition. The experience OF centuries had
ment cannot bs attended TO without great
care and deiiberation.
10 seph Leggett was opposed to haste in
the preparation OF the charter. 1t seemed
to him that certain basic principles
should be presented and thoroughly dis
cussed. They had started in just as they
did in the last freeholder convention, and
he wanted to know whether they wanted
to follow that procedure and invite
repetition of defeat, or whether they
would branch out in a new and more
liberal way. Principles should be dis
cusseu first by the general committee in
order that the sub committees might
know the sentiment OF the whole COM
mittee, and would be thereby guided in
their action. 1t would be very easy then
for the committees to arrange the little
matters of detail.
Judge Van Reynegom favored Mr.. Leg
gets attitude. At each meeting every
mem Der of the committee should be in
vited 10 offer suggestions. He understood
that the principles of government should
be first discussed before being referred to
the committees.
Mr.. DIVER could not sea how the dis
cussion of abstract principles of govern
ment could help the work of the commit
tee. Tney had met for the purpose of
framing city charter. Resolutions could
be presented and referred to the appro-
| pirate com mittees. Then when the COM
mittees reported there would be some
| t ing before the com mittee TO debate.
| Joseph AsbUry Johnson favored first in
| structing the committees as to what they
! should prepare.
| NJ. G. Eassett said that 1t was oues-
| ton of very serious port whether it
would not be wise 10 fix the amount of
| salaries in the Charter, and not leave it to
the Supervisors. II the salaries of officers
q nd hv ho hor rte
the people would know just what would
be sufficient Tor the tax levy. Civil SER
vice was another important proposition
for the people, and 1t should be discussed
by the com mitfee.
NLawyer II. W. Clement understood that
the object of the general committee was
not 10 go into the questions of detail, but
to discuss principles. and having settled
them, to let the Board of Freeholders ar
range the details of making the charter
Ii they were going 20 prepare charter
Mr.. Dryers motion was tit one, but if
the Board of Freehoiders were to do that
work the present committee should not
go into details, but should present certain
principles TO the Freeholders upon which
TO build the charter.
The experience of the past had shown
| that the people were opposed to granting
to the Mayor the powers which the charter
defeated in the last election would have
conferred upon him. There was also a
feeling that the mum Der of the Supervisors
should be increased to thirty-six or forty,-
il oroer that they might be better ena bIed
to Withstand the pressure of corrupt in
f1uences.
Mr.. Clement then moved that the chair
appoint a committee to formulate prin.
ciples upon which the charter shall be
drawn and that those principles should be
discussed.
F. w. Dohrmann suggested that the
people should be allowed an opportunity
of voting on alternative propositions in
the charter. He believed that nine-tenths
of each and every charter that had been
presented before the people lad been &C
ceptabls, but that the charters had been
rejected because of the Objectionable one
tenth. On disputed points such as
the appointive power of the Mayor, alter
native propositions should be submitted
to the people.