The San Francisco call., 1898-11-01
DETAILS OF THE . SALE MADE BY THE Y
 MAYORS AGENTS
M. F. Tarpey Acted as the Spe- cial Commissioner of w. ..."
 R. Hearst. .="=.

Mayor James. D. Phelan, not content with having betrayed his friends. and broken. his sacred pledges by: offering to sell :=out his party anization. to Sam Rainey and Major. P. J.. Harney, has resorted to falsehood. to cover up the treacherous act Of: which. he has still. sufficient merit to be:ashamed. :.::: :-:.
 In an interview with representatiYe of this paper yesterday he stated knowing that his: statements were for. publica tion-that tthere has: not: been and will not be any promise. @or: agree ment to turn over the organ anfzation,"" !" meaning the organization .of the: local Democracy as now represented by the Committee of One Hundfed. '. :. :. ;: = ..
 Now, as. to MT. .Pheian,s vera city. There has been a promise, anda a def: mite one, to. turn over the party organi- zation to the Harney- RaineX: Demo-: crats, together with one4t third of: the. patronage. of the city government. pro vided the Harney- Rainey. faction will Indorse Phelans candidacy. This prom ise was made by M. F. Tarpey,+ Gov, ernor Budd and others who represented< W. R.. Hearst, proprietor of: the Exam :: liner. Pheian's personal organ. The: promise was made first on last Friday at the residence of Major Harney in: the Western Addition,: and: later -on Sunday, at: a mr ating: of. the. .Harney= Rainey campaign committee in the Ferry building, called for. the express and particular purpose of. receiving the proposal of Phelans representative The promise was acknowledged by M, F, Tarpey yesterday. during :the course of an interview with a representative of this paper-he knowing that he was being interviewed for publication: Tie promise was also acknoWledg ged and re- iterated by Major P; J. Harney. :" to- whom 1t, was. originally made; during the course of an interview. yesterday he being first informed that he was being interviewed for publications: *s-:> The promise was first 1nade.to. Ma jor Harney and later to. the Harney--.3 Rainey~ campaign committee bw NJ: F; 9 Tarpey. who stated that he spoke as the authorized agent of ". R. Hearst. :. which gentleman gave his personal guarantee that the provisions of the agreement would be. carried out to the. letter. To make it stronger-for~ there: were members of the campaign com IlllIlce WHO BdNe SNlQSQC6 or d -DelleI that they. were being handed a gold brick-Mr. .Tarpey added his own per- sonaI word of honor to the guarantee of MT. Hearst. MT. Tarpey says that these things occurred. and MT. Tarpey*| is known from one end of the State to:] the other as a gentleman. of unini- :. peachable integrity and Eeracity Ma jor Harney says that these. things .oe- I cured and Major .Harney Is the man i to whom the promises were made and who would gain nothing by a misrepre-: sentation of the facts
 These are the facts. It is left for the reader to decide whether or not I any one of the gentlemen whose names have been mentioned Is guilty of hav= Ing told a deliberate falsehood.
 It is not unbelievable that a man who would be false to his pledges, un- true to this friends and who would bar ter the patronage of the city govern ment for the support of men whom he has accused of being guilty of every crime short of murder, would resort to