The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03
MORGAN ON MOTT.
The Councilman olated Decency and
Propriety.

Propr1ety.
OAKLAND, CAL, March 2-Ben Nor
gan has written an open letter in which
he takes to task President Mott of the
City Council for making public a private
letter which he (Morgan) wrote to Mott:
The letter of Mr.. Nor IAN explains il
self. 1t is as follows:
LICK HOUSE. San francisco, March 2. 1897.
EditOr Tribune: l nouce in the Examiner
an article attacking John L. Davie, candidate
for Mayor OF Oakland at the coming election,
in which is pu blisheG q letter from me to f. X.
Mott in which are used certain harsh express
sions against Mr.. Davie. Ny letter was not
intended for publication, and its publication
bv Mott without my consent violation
of decency and every canon of gentlemanly
propriety.
The course of Mr. Davie es Mayor during the
past two years is, in my opinion, q guarantee to
The people that they will, if he is continued in
Office, be assured OF an honest admins Il alton
OF the citys affairs Whatever my private
grievance against Mr.. Davie may be, were |
voter in Oakland l should certainly vote for
him as public duty.
The pubicatio ion of my letter for political
purposes is a low. miserable trick, that l re-
pudiae as beneath the contempt Of every
honest man. BEN MORGAN
In Mr.. Morgan's letter to Mr. Mott
there was also published a reference to
some business transaction between the
Mayor and W. C. Doane. Mr.. Doane has
also written an open letter. i'll which ne
says that he has never had any reason to
question the integrity OF Mr. Davie.
The Hamburg Show.
OAKLAND, CAL, March 2--All efforts
to get II. y. Trowbridge to reconsider his
resignation as Commissioner to the Inter
national Exhibition at Ham burg have
| failed, as / is health will not permit him to
serve. Regarding the funds for the Cali
| fornia exhibit he said: '.I think there
will be enough money raised. 1t
will only iced about $500 to make a
creditabIe display and most OF it had been
] raised before | sent in my resignation.
! The ra lroad and the Hamburg steamship
| line will give free transportation, so there
will be mparativelv little expense in
| making creditable display"
Married in stockton.
| OAKLAND, CAL, March 2.-Miss Kittie
| Virginia Lemis, daughter of Edward
Lemis, formerly Deputy Sheriff of this
county, and sister of the late Mrs. Frank
| Fled. was married in Stockton to-day.
| Benz jamin Green Maynard of Stockton
was the groom. His best man was Walter
Gavne, also a former resident of this city,
Mr.. Maynard is the agent OF the Valley
at the BALDWIN Hotel, San Francisco, for
few days, after which they will visit
Fresno before returning home.
Changing Matrons.
OAKLAND. CAL, March 2.-The M at
| ron at the Receiving Hospital will Grange
April by the present one, Miss Hattie
Mcdonald, retiring AMI Mrs. A. E. Ben
nett assuming charge. Mrs. Bennett has
been matron before and was very accom-.
modating to the public and care aking in
all of her duties. Miss Mcdonald, who
retires. has been laid up for several weeks
| with blood poisoning in the arm. She is
| only able TO be bout at present
Not This Year.
OAKLAND, CAL, March IN. J. Kel-
Ter and Graf lie Sharp returned from Sac
ramento last night and declare that the
proposition to remove the State Fair to
Oakland cannot be carried at the present
session of the Legislature. They went as
the official representatives of the Oakland
Board of Trade.
Grand Jury at Work.
OAKLAND, CAL March 2.-The Grand
Jury was in session to-day and several
minor matters were discussed. The So
called bribery case regarding a candidate
Tor Coun Gilman proved to be nothing.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.