The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-02-24
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SAN JOSE, Feb. 23.-After a session
lasting more than two hours the nom
mating committee of the New Charter
Club tonight selected a full ticket for
city officers. This list will be submit
ted tomorrow night to the body of the
club for its final action. Notices have
already been sent out to all the mem
bers urging them to be on hand for
the purpose Of receiving and acting
upon the report of the nominating COM
mittee of the club
While there was full and free discus
sion on the candidates for every office,
harmony prevailed throughout the
meeting. There were numerous candi-
dates for every office to be filed.
J. r. Lewis chairman of the nomin-
ating committee of the New Charter
Club, speaking of the list of names Sc
lected tonight for submission to the
body of the club, said:
The names determined upon to-
night were chosen by a majority of the
members Of the nominating committee,
comprising twenty-seven members. The
voting was by secret ballot. The names
submitted came from all sources. No
one who had a candidate for any office
was refused a hearing, whether he was
member of the club or not. The mem
bers were not even confined to voting
for the persons formally placed before
them as candidates.
THE result of our deliberations to-
night will be reported to the Charter
Club tomorrow night. We considered
fitness only, regardless of politics or
anything else. Our desire is to get first
class men for every office Our purpose
is not to attack any particular man or
body of men or any political party, but
to attack generally all disagreement
and those responsible for it; to reduce
the expenses of our city government,
and, if the good of the city will permit,
to cut down the number of offices. Our
object is to place the city government
on the basis Of a business corporation,
and not on the basis Of a political
machine. We have tried to select men
who will give us good and economical
government-whose regime will give
San Jose an enviable record throughout
the land and will mark the era of new
prosperity for the city"
Reports are afloat that there will be
a number of independent candidates in
the field. Some of those mentioned are
Charles ]. Martin and B. D. Murphy
for Mayor, F. A. Curtis for Councilman
from the Second Ward and A. B. Nc
Neil, Councilman from the Third
Ward. Every vote cast for any of
these men will mean vote toward the
success Of the gang ticket
John H. Scully, the police officer who
resigned pending an investigation of
the charge that he purchased his posi-
ton, has gone to San Francisco. He
here of going to the Klondike. The
Grand Jury held a morning session in
connection with the Scully-K rieg
bribery charges, but came to no deter
mination.
Councilman Noting struck hornets
nest when he ran amuck in the Council
chamber on Monday night. Ex-City
Clerk Thomas Bodley and ex-Council-
man Reuben Burdett submit state
ments to-day in which they show how
Noting made deliberate false state
ments. Mr.. Bodley's statement fol-
lows:
In regard to the charge made by Coun-
Gilman Noting that 1 was interested in a
contract for sweeping the streets of the
city of San Jose while l was City Clerk
and obtained the same during the admin
istration of ex-Mayor Schilling and that
/ received over 5000 per month for a term
of three years for performing the work,
/ will say;
First-The public records of the city of
San Jose show that | retired from the
City Clerkship April 20, 1891.
Second-That no contract for street
sweeping was awarded during my term of
office.
Third-That contract for sweeping and
sprinkling the streets was entered into
May 2, 1891, by and between H. c. Mcguire
and the city of San Jose over one and
one-half months after l became private
citizen.
Fourth-That H E. Schilling was not
Mayor at that time although he was a
member of the Council. The record shows
the contract was signed by eX-Mayor S.
n. Packer, whose administration, by the
way, for progressiveness and economy
ranks as high as, if not higher, than that
of any Mayor San Jose has had.
Fifth-That the bid of H. c. Mcguire
at the time the contract was awarded
was 1864 SO per annum lower than the
next lowest bid, there being five bidders.
Sixth-That I subsequently acquired the
interest of Mcguire as l had the perfect
right either morally or legally to do, being
a private citizen.
Seventh-That the average amount
received for street sweeping and sprink-
ling, as shown by the clerks register of
warrants were as follows:
1S91-$5S5 50 per month.
1S92-S646 so per month.
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