The San Francisco call., 1897-09-23

This indirect reference to the case of
Attorney Philbrook was heartily ap-
plauded and the speaker told to proceed.
He added that this was good meeting
for the Supreme Court TO observe, that it
would tend to brace them up.
The speaker was in full accord With the
fight m ade by The CALL against the Mis-
sion monkey ranch. He referred to it in
speaking of the corrupt acts of the de-
funct board.
Zone of their pet schemes" be thun-
der d, twas the idea of establishing big
monkey ranch in the Mission at cost of
$400, ,000-just so much money taken from
the treasury to pay for land not worth a
quarter OF that sum, and land We did not
want at all.
I'VE told them so, that we did not want
1t, but they told us we would have to
take 1t whether we wanted it or not. Well.
what do you think | saw the other day
will tell you-I saw one of the same Su-
pervisors trying to break in the door of
the City Hall to regain the seat he had
lost. l asked him what he was still try
ing to do and he answered ito get inside
Il said: You have done your best to
get into the treasury and you have been
1olled. NOW you are trying TO get into
San Quentin"
Amid hearty applause the speaker re-
sumed his seat and the Hon. Barclay
Henley was presented. He introd uced
himself by saying that the preceding
speakers had left him nothing to say et,
cept the doxology and the benediction.
However, our Assem- blage is in honor
J tlme-honore custom, and we should
rejoice" he continued. "Our presence
here is for the purpose of giving hearty
and unmlstakab BILE appreciation of what
has been done IN this city within the last
thirty days"
the speaker then reviewed the troub-
lous times of old in California, and re.
ferred to the work done by the Vigilantes,
and individually by George K. Fitch. He
said times were good and a1ministra ton
OF public Office honest for a long time, but
that there came change, and the cor pora-
tlons, especially the Southern Pacific Rail-
way and the gas and water corporations
had obtained control.
But short time ago we found a man
named Fitch, he found a man named
Wallace, and those two found a man
named Phelan, and that trinity kicked up
such racket that l guess we will have an
honest admins tration by Boards of Super
visors for some time"
He did not believe with the preceding
speaker that the Supreme Court would be
found anywhere but on the side of the
people at all times. In conclusion. he
hoped some clause would be introduced
into the body Of the next proposed charter
to deal with such crises as have Just been
passed, in the future.
After song dealing with the fall of the
old board, and modelled on the lines of
"Viva la Companie," by the Knicker-
booker Quartet, Clitus Barbour was IN
troduced as "the man who was RESPONSE
BILE for the proposing of the amendment
TO the constitution which made the re-
moval of the board possi ble "
ID -
of the evening. He started out with the
assertion that he believed James Ii.
Barry. editor of the Star, had been slight
ed in not having the work he had done for
the city against corruption properly recog-
niZed.
There is one thing | want to say" he
proceeded, 'and that is that the act of the
board IN refusing to fix water rates in Feb
ruary caused the symmetry of the law to
be destroyed and put things in a tangle.
Ii should be regarded as a crime and not
as mere failure to comply with techni-
cality.
II have heard that Hermann Schusser,
eng gineer of Spring Valley, has said that
one Clitus Barbour is responsible en-
tirely year after year for the confusion in
fixing water rates. l plead guilty to the
great i am OF Spring Valley. | have
always been on the side of the people and
l am proud of it. My belief is that this
great corrupter of the Board of Super
visors shoIl4 be abolished by municipal
ownership"
AS the crowd, or what was left of it.
filed out after Mr.. Barbour's rather
lengthy effort was finished. the pand
played "Red, White and B .ue."