The San Francisco call., 1897-12-19

| he public school at AlviSo, the gang
| having control of the School Trustees
here. The Trustees action so incensed
| he people at Alviso that they estab-
ished a private school. This lnstltu-
| ion has now an attendance of forty
| hree pupils, while the public school IS
2tended by but thirteen children. For
attending an entertainment given for
! the benefit of the private school and
making a speech in which he referred
! to Trustee Miles Hollister as a hypo-
critic Suzzallo was charged with un-
| professional conduct by Hollister, and
was tried before the County Board OF
| Education, the majority of whichis con-
| trolled by the gang. At the first meet
| ing after all the testimony had been
put in the members of the board agreed
that the charge against SuzZallo had
! not been sustained AT subsequent
| meeting the three members who are
| credited to Rea decided that Suzzallo
was guilty, but they had not the hardi-
| hood to revoke his certificate, as SUCH
| an action might have taken the mat
ter into the courts. They took the cow
ardly course of finding their victim
guilty, but showed him a false and un-
appreciated leniency by allowing MIN
to retain his certificate.
the gang. At the end of the term DUR
ing which he turned down Fitzpatricks
claim he found himself out of employ
ment, and for two years thereafter was
unable to find a position in the schools
of Santa Clara county, though he is
looked upon as one of the best princi-
pals in this section. Last July he se-
cured the principalship of the Suno1
school in the Hester school district
which lies to the westward of the city
of San Jose. The gang was unable to
control the people of the district. 1t
is said Rea is now seeking to have the
district divided by the Supervisors,
hoping by thus gerrymandering the
district to- secure the control of the
proposed new district, in which is To-
Gated the Sunol school. At the present
time the chances are against victory
for the gang.
Not the least of the exposures nadeby
The Call during the past month was
the maner in which money was f1lched
from the city by means of irregular
claims contracted by Councilmen with
out authorization. In some of these
cases goods were purchased for the os-
tensible use of the city from relatives
or friends of the Councilmen and fancy
prices paid for the same. In other
cases claims for work alleged to have
been done for the city were put in for
payment when the work was not per-
formed. Through the publicity given
these matters many thousand dollars
have been saved to the taxpayers.
A similar looting of the county treas
ury was shown in the case of Deputy
Roadmaster William Nj. Garliepp, a
protege of Supervisor S. F. Aver, and
f who still retains his position. By
, means of a false claim for labor he OBJ
tained in one instance from the county
S35 to which he was not entitled. How
many such claims have been made can
only be ascertained by a complete in
, vestigation of how the moneys of the
county have been expended.
Among the records in the City Clerks
office was found report of ]. H. Leon
, ard, the expert appointed by the Mayor
to examine the books of the various
- city officials. This called attention to
: the imperfect system of bookkeeping
in the office of the Collector and Treas
= urer and charged that through the
. neglect of the Collector not less than
: $4,000 in licenses alone had been lost to
the city during the past three years.
Even the city's Poundkeeper, Charles
S. RiddeI, is under suspicion. His bills
for slain dogs and horses, alleged to
D have been captured within the city
limits, show that he is enjoying daily
revenue of more than $11. While his
= bills were under consideration by the
l Council last Monday the Mayor pub
= = Iicly charged that Ridden had i'm
: ported dogs and horses from all over
= u the county and had charged them to
Il the city 1t is likely that an invests
{ CATION of the Poundkeeper will be Or
, dered and that he will be removed.
In the foregoing is reviewed some OF
the more important discoveries of mis-
y management and corruption that have
: been brought to light through the ef-
: forts of The Call. From the people Of
: Santa Clara County must come the
q verdict This verdict will be rendered
T at the city election to be held in San
I Jose in April next. What that verdict
/ will be cannot be in doubt, judging
q from the feeling that has been created
e by the recent publications in the coll
: umns of The Call. Already several
o movements have been inaugrated
=, quietly among the best citizens which
d has for their object the nomination
y and election of men who will conduct
t the affairs of the city in the same mans
e ner that they conduct their own busi-
ness. 1t is not likely that any man
d who can be shown to have the taint
Ie of the gang upon him will stand the
/. least show of being elected.
l. San Jose is the stronghold of the So
sc called gang. With it's power broken
II here it can never hope to win in the
If county at large Meanwhile the effort0
n of The Call will not be in the least de-
a gree abated.
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